Why spend this kind of money and make such a poor movie?

Rating: 1/10 (18 October 2013)

I'll confess, I'm not a huge fan of Superman, but I liked the first 2 movies with Christopher Reeves A LOT. In fact I liked the second one so much (coincidentally the one with General Zod also) that I was curious to watch what I thought was an improved remake of the old one. What a colossal disappointment, character development was non-existent, the plot wasn't interesting or enjoyable, there were lots of useless scenes which should have been deleted but weren't (like the scene at the bar with the trucker, or the one where Clark steals clothes from the trunk of a car), an awful lot of plot holes and endless, painfully boring fight scenes - and I usually like those! I give it one star in order to help put this movie's score where it belongs, which is around 5, not 7.
Bottom line is: even with special effects from 30 years ago, Superman II is infinitely better than this abomination. A good movie needs a good story, and that story needs to be well told, period. That didn't happen in Man of Steel unfortunately, not even remotely.