they sold the story short

Rating: 2/10 (11 July 2013)

I went to watch this movie with great expectations... I found that superman returns was disappointing because it lacked dialogue and character formation. I was excited that the man of steel was taking on the story from the beginning, and had the opportunity to make the viewer fall in love with the much loved characters all over again... The trailers were fantastic and I was hyped and expected great things. My highlight was the beginning- the character of Jor- El was admirable, a great beginning. But from there it was down hill. Unfortunately I found that not only was there a lack of character development and relationship development with the main characters; there were certain lines that were crossed that ought never be so - to be true to the characters and all they represent. Jonathan would never disregard the importance of life under any circumstance. Superman himself seemed to lack humility and wasn't as self assured in his values/ priorities. The action and collateral damage took away from supermans purpose in defending life. From a female perspective, the romance was an utter disappointment. The romance was totally a side show and is normally so essential to the superman story - you can't believe they could have fallen for each other in 3 or so uninspiring scenes! Overall and besides there was way to much action compared to dialogue - there was no chance to get to fall in love with the characters. They sold the story short for a few big action scenes.