Super-movie?

Rating: 7/10 (22 June 2013)

After 2012 being a sort of Superhero-year with lots of good movies, the bar of creating a original and fun-to-watch superhero movie was set pretty high. The superhero has it's own super powers and that's all that separates him from other superhero movies. I don't think that this movie is any different.
It tried to be revolutionary like " The dark knight" but it got a little lost with the vibe. It starts at Krypton where Russel Crowe (Superman's dad) is fighting against a General Zod (bad guy) played by Michael Shannon. Krypton looked a little bit like a mixture between Lord of the rings and Oblivion, which I think didn't really catch the Superman vibe and don't think anybody wants to see Russel Crowe flying on a bird/dragon. After that the movie and Superman/Cal-el/Clark Kent go to earth where I think the movie became interesting. What I liked, apart from Kevin Costner playing Superman's other dad, was the way the chronology was filmed. You first see Superman as a grown man still trying to find himself and throughout this process there's a series of flashbacks of his youth where he discovers his powers. This was done terrific and was very fun to watch. The dilemma's he had to go through to control and at the same time console his powers for the rest of the world in, order to fit in, where very nicely shown. And also the graphics are amazing, especially the flying and falling through buildings blew my mind.
What this movie really lacked was an epic battle. First of all general Zod didn't do it for me. He wasn't dark and gritty as a bad guy supposed to be. I actually wouldn't' mind having a beer with him and talk about his plans for wold domination because I think he would hurt me and I can maybe even talk him out of doing it. I think the girl that was working for him (that almost kicked Superman's ass) was more of a bad guy then Zod. Second of all the movie misses a epic battle. Of course there were a lot of fighting scenes but they were all small scenes that were quickly over. I really wanted a transformers or avengers like battle at the end there. After having said all that I still think people have to watch this movie cause Henry Cavill did a good job (especially in the whole "who am I" process) and the movie is pretty gripping at times. Still I don't think that the worlds most famous superhero got his Super-movie! 7/10