Man of Steel is Man-Oh-Steal

Rating: 1/10 (6 April 2014)

I just watched this movie this morning on HBO...I was bored out of my skull. I kept thinking, snoozefest....this is NOT something my 11 and 13 year old nephews would be able to sit through...so pretentious, self important, and deadly serious...not much fun. Just more of the same special effects and situations from dozens of other recent "blockbuster" films.
Not much cleverness either---I would even venture to say the 50's TV show with George Reeves had more wit and inventiveness (maybe not better special effects!) If you like movies that are predictable, and telegraph every move the characters are about to make...if you like humorless superheroes...and if you like special effects with lots of stuff being destroyed and blown up--then this is the film for you!
Can't understand why they just didn't further the "Smallville" storyline as a theatrical film---now there was a good version of Superman---without ever really showing him! AND it had great stories, special effects, better character development, and even better cast actors!