Noyt as good as I had hoped

Rating: 5/10 (22 February 2014)

Let's get something straight away. I usually enjoy Zack Snyder's movies and eagerly awaited his take on a comic book legend. However, with Man of Steel he managed to pull off an amazing triple of too long, rushed and a bit boring! Good action sequences towards the end of the movie can't save this one for me, although do bring it up to 5/10 from a lower mark. Maybe Superman is just too hard to deal with - a lead character who is overpowered and not human takes a special actor and story to deal with in movie length. In my view this effort suffers in comparison to the longer character development of TV series Smallville, and the better lead acting of Christopher Reeve in Superman 2 all those years ago. OK for a Sunday afternoon, but I doubt I'd re-watch.