Too much of a good thing

Rating: 5/10 (7 June 2015)

This movie had a lot of potential. I really wanted to like it. Unfortunately as you can see by my rating, it barely did the job. Is this a bad movie? Not at all. But there was more than a few missed steps and far too many times it just fell on its face.
The revamping/updating of the Superman story/mythology was completely overdone. I found the beginning sequences over the top and while beautiful to look at, did nothing for the story and were somewhat confusing.
Later in the movie, what I can only describe as "WTF?" moments kept happening and each time I found myself wishing the movie would somehow redeem itself by showing some intelligence.
Unfortunately this did not happen.
This latest effort does no better than the last simply because it tried too hard to set itself apart from previous efforts. In doing so it lost its way and ultimately lets the viewer down in the storytelling department. It's new, but so far from improved that they actually made it worse.
Underneath all that polish I still found a turd. With plot holes instead of corn... meh.