Movie with great potential ends up being a disappointment

Rating: 4/10 (14 June 2013)

Before I saw this film, I was pumped up. Even though I was never a Superman fan, this looked like a very interesting film, plus I am a fan of Christopher Nolan, one of the producers of this. I felt that if he was able to save the Batman franchise after Batman and Robin, he'd be able to help save Superman. The trailers were also very interesting. So it's finally the big day, I sit in my seat, and here's what I think: This movie had great potential with fun to watch action, but still ended up as a disappointment in my eyes. The story was about Clark and his struggles to adapt to a new planet. It shows his struggles in school and his unknown powers. Problem is that his childhood is told in flashback. You see him trying to work with jobs as an adult for about half of the movie and while at that, we get an occasional flashback of him as a child. I think they should've used that at first and morely show his struggles growing up. The story is told in a really bad manner.
This is an origin movie, so you would think they would've built up the character more, but nope. All that happens is that Clark talks to his Krypton dad, and they already had a suit built up for him. It's like they knew he was gonna be a superhero.
I've seen other reviews which say "It's too serious" or "It's too dark." I actually like how they took that angle. I don't see anything wrong with a serious superhero movie. The Dark Knight was very serious, and people (myself included) really praised that movie. My problem with Man of Steel is the story telling and lack of origin in a film where that's the main focus.
I liked the second half better than the first half, but the second doesn't save the movie for me. I really wanted to like this movie, but it's disappointing.