Not as great as I hoped it would be.

Rating: 5/10 (14 June 2013)

Don't get me wrong, I LONG for a Justice League movie, and lots of other DC movies, but this one took me a long time to get into.
The pacing was very bad at the start. One minute we were enjoying a fantastic look at Krypton, he is then sent to Earth where my wife and I were hoping we would see the Kents discover him. Nope, it jumps to him at the age of 33, with a couple of flashback scenes which were done well. First he was on a fishing boat, next a waiter, then he ended up in the Arctic or wherever it was, then BAM, met his father, got his costume which was conveniently left on a random ship, met Lois and saved her life. Then she fell in love with him instantly and became his stalker. Happened too fast, like they were rushing all of that to get to the BIG battles at the end.
The character of Lois Lane in this movie did not hold my interest at ALL. In the comics she is supposed to be very pretty but in my opinion Amy Adams was such a bad move, not to mention she is almost 40 years old, while Henry Cavill is only 30, too much of an age gap when they could have had someone better play Lois. Amy just looked like she had the flu for the entirety of filming, pale and wrinkles with a pained expression like she had just broken her hip. Which is weird considering she is only 38. Not old at all. I genuinely didn't care if Lois died or not, she didn't manage to convey she actually loved Clark, she only seemed to get obsessed with him by stalking him down.
Henry Cavill did very well in my opinion. One thing that kinda freaked me out is how he was so pale in a lot of shots. Same with Lois, not sure if it was a director's decision to make everybody pale or if it was just the lighting while filming, but oh well.
He did do very well but I did miss the natural charisma of Superman. The Golden Boy in Blue attitude that makes him appear like he can do no wrong in the eyes of the public, yes this is only the origin story, but he didn't seem to have the charisma he does in other media variations of him. That is what sets him apart from other Justice League members like Batman, he is naturally charismatic and is seen as the typical idea of what a superhero should be. An all around good person who doesn't have a bad bone in his body. It is hinted at the end with his discussions with the military though so it's not gone entirely. I don't think it would have been a good idea to have a Superman that doesn't talk or smile.
Quite a lot of the actors had such a wooden performance. Russell Crowe seemed like he just did it for the cheque, his face moved once during the whole movie and that was when he died.
Also, the fight scenes, SO GODDAMN LOUD! Not sure if it was just our movie theatre but my god it was loud, I had to cover my ears for a lot of it and started to get a headache. I did enjoy them and they were done brilliantly, but turn down the damn volume. I'm only 20 but I felt like shouting to the projectionist to quieten it down.
Overall, the movie could have been better, you don't see Clark Kent news reporter, you don't see a Fortress of Solitude (a ship isn't the damn Fortress I don't care what you say), you see barely any connection with him and Lois Lane, you really don't care about any of the characters. The good parts? Visually it is absolutely flawless. Up there with the Avengers and Thor.
Oh by the way, Jonathan Kent died standing still in a tornado after saving a dog, because Supes wasn't allowed to save him? Yet he doesn't mind saving a bus of kids and letting his dad die. No. Not accepting that. Nonsense.
If you are committed to Superman and DC in general, go see it. But don't fully expect to like it. There didn't seem to be real, believable human interaction in this, if at the end, everyone died but Superman, I would just think, "Ah right OK, oh well.". I WISH I could have loved this movie, I very rarely dislike a movie, and I absolutely love everything DC, but I have to say, I like the animated DC movies more.