So much potential, yet such disappointment.

Rating: 6/10 (25 June 2013)

I love Superman, I think he's the greatest of all the superheroes. So it saddens me to see that apparently it is so hard to get his movie just right. The four films that Reeve did were a joke, while Bryan Singer's one failed in a few big ways. Man of Steel showed such potential with the new take on Superman's story and the names behind it, such as Nolan, who I thought did an amazing job with the first two Batman movies. Yet it was let down completely by the script and some story-line choices that just didn't work.
I will not enter into much detail here as there's actually so much that bugs me with this movie, but I will mention just a few things, like the need to destroy entire cities and kill thousands of people just to make the movie dark and serious. The problem with that is that, this inadvertently makes Superman guilty of mass murder and not the savior that he is supposed to be. Also, the fight scenes were so computerized that it made me feel like I was actually playing a video-game. Some dialogues were just horrible and unworthy of the blockbuster they were part of. And there were so many things that didn't make sense or questions raised, that when all put together, leave a bad taste of disappointment in the mouth.
A shame really; I have no desire to play the critic, I just feel frustrated that this wasn't the movie that I was hoping for and could have been. I hope there's a very extended version when it comes out on DVD, that will contain some more material to make it feel more complete.