A lacklustre effort to a legendary movie

Rating: Null/10 (19 May 2014)

As a child, I've always been the no.1 fan of Superman. So I had big expectations going to the cinema to watch this movie, that it would be one of those greatest superhero movies & that it would bring the DC.Comics back to the limelight it so badly needs nowadays, seeing their lack of activity compared to the Marvel Comics. And of course all the ingerdients were there. Zack Snyder directed the flick, David S. Goyer & Christopher Nolan wrote the script. Nolan was also overseeing the production. There was also a talented cast: Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Russel Crowe as Jor-El, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, Michael Shannon as General Zod & Laurence Fishburne as Perry White. So my expectations were justified.
Cut to the chase & highlight the flaws. The plot was too thick, too complicated with too many potholes as IMDb user reviewer Iyre mentioned. Henry Cavill looked too serious for the role of Clark Kent & hardly packed the humour & jokes that once characterised Clark Kent. Gone is the nerdy Clark Kent who is not well acquainted with the activities of planet earth & how it operates.
Superman's reflexes are also unnecessarily exaggerated so much you can barely catch glimpse of him flying. There's also a lack of romance. The biggest flaw to me came when Lois Lane got to know who Superman is from the start. There's also too much action for the first installment of a movie. I expected the movie to first spend a large proportion of its time chronicling the background of Superman in a way that is very enchanting to the audience, as was the case with Iron Man & Batman Begins. IMDb gave the movie 7.3/10, which is really an undeserved gift. Enough said. 3/10 is my rating.
Seka Samuel Gaula Cape Town, South Africa