Did I really like this movie?

Rating: 7/10 (26 June 2013)

This was a highly anticipated movie for me. I absolutely loved the trailers and have been expecting it for more than a year. This could have been something brilliant, something to be remembered. However, the numerous mistakes in the plot and the exaggerated and prolonged messy action scenes (boring) make it seem rushed.
The first thing you will notice while watching it is how this movie (maybe purposely) avoids developing the female characters. Instead it focuses on the male protagonists: Superman, his real and step father and of course general Zod. The female characters have been spectacularly ignored for the most of the film and even when they appear they really don't get any attention. I must say that even Lois is highly forgettable and has zero chemistry with Clark in the movie.
The thing I liked about this movie is how it has a "comic-book" approach. Although it has been commented that superman appears "too serious" I personally liked this version. What I didn't like was the clumsy flash-backs of superman growing up. Practically most of these scenes are shown in the trailers. I would have much preferred a linear story-telling method.
Still, the first half of the movie is for me the best part of it. The 2nd part is crammed with unnecessary, brainless action that just doesn't cut it for me. At some point I was so bored I felt I was watching transformers 3 again. Don't take me wrong, some of the action is really good and fun to watch but there is just too much of it. You practically see half of Metropolis' sky- scrappers destroyed, with superman to blame for the most of it. Isn't that like totally against to what superman stands for?
I think that if not for all the promotion and hype and all the brainwashing I went through the previous year, I would have probably given it a lower rate even. But after all this, just being there watching it was giving me satisfaction. A satisfaction that would have been a lot greater if not for all those terrible plot holes and contradictions which are just too obvious.
I got out of the theater feeling entertained but also disappointed at the same time. This could have been great. For a movie with such an enormous budget, such a cast and such a promotion, the clumsiness in the plot and directing is just unforgivable.