Fantastic beginning - Downhill from there

Rating: 5/10 (17 June 2013)

This movie had an amazing opening scene. I knew from that moment that the movie would be fantastic. Not up to par with the Dark Knight series, but fantastic nonetheless. The opening scenes finally end, along with my hopes for this movie.
The acting is pretty dang good, I will admit. But it could not save the movie from being what it is-a large buildup to one of the longest action scenes of your life. Honestly, they turned the movie into a contest to see who could destroy more buildings. It got so repetitive after the first few punches, that by the end you just want it to be over. And the way it actually does end is one of the stupidest things I have seen in a movie, leaving you wondering "Why didn't that happen at the beginning of the fight..."
I have never been a huge Superman fanatic. I like him, but not enough to actually know much more than the basics. I felt this movie was geared for the hardcore fans, who know every fact about him. To be honest, I had no idea what was happening half the time in this movie, partly because of how chaotic it was, and partly because I know next to nothing about Superman himself.
As we left the midnight premiere (one of my friends actually left early, due to how much he disliked it), I have never heard so many people say such bad things about a movie. The most common phrase was "let-down". I would frankly not recommend watching it, except for the opening scene and fantastic acting by Russell Crowe (as always).