The original was made for kids. This one was made for adults.

Rating: Null/10 (17 June 2013)

This film was one of the most anticipated films that I've been waiting for. I expected it to be great, and it was. But it wasn't without a little disappointment.
What was great about it? There were little things that helped improve the Superman mythos. The costume was obviously taken from Superman: Earth One, and if you notice- he's without his famous red underpants. And all the better for it.
We begin in Krypton of all places, and it was an amazing spectacle on the big screen. It really wowed me from the ships to the flying creatures to the droids. They created this whole other world and it was exhilarating.
There were great scenes with Cavill destroying the semi when the guy was picking on him. Any scene with him flying was incredible. It made Superman cool. A word that I wouldn't throw around towards the other Superman films. And the scene where a shirtless Cavill saves comes out of the chamber- flames rippling up and down his body, while lifting up the oil rig screamed Superman. And if you noticed as where Superman was basically given unlimited strength in the originals, and in Returns- you could see with the cringe, sweat and apparent struggle that he had a hard time holding it up. Something different offered by the studios.
Another little thing that they added was Lois Lane giving her reporting while traveling. It was simple, but clever.
And the scene where Clark seeks advice from a priest was appropriate considering that's probably who I'd go to if I had the same problem. It added depth. Great audience reaction when he said I'm the one they're looking for and the priest gulped. Good scene.
And the action? Sometimes comic book films skimp on the action for whatever reason. Budget. Character development comes first. I don't know, but this one did not. In the words of my brother who cares about character development? Show us some action! But they managed miraculously to develop the characters quite well, which is really difficult to do in a big budget film like this that's loaded with action.
Jor-El. Wow. Was Russell Crowe good. He was probably the best actor in the entire film. And to have him as a ghostly guardian only added to the great mythos of Superman.
So what was bad? When I was watching the trailers with Michael Shannon as Zod- I was pumped. I'm a fan of his, but he didn't quite have the character. The way his voice was didn't quite match how I think Zod would be. Zod is a General. A leader. But this guy came across as a thug- a henchman. Another thing is Michael Shannon doesn't quite look like Zod would look. Mads Mikkelson, Gerard Butler, and even Benedict Cumberbatch (if he died his hair) would have been good. The two things Shannon got right was Zod's intensity, anger, fanaticism, and pure craziness. What he did good was when Zod lost everything. Good acting on Shannon's part. I really felt sad for him.
Another was the characterization of Johnathan Kent. Saving a dog in a tornado, and refusing help from Clark. It would have been more credible if he was saving an actual person instead of a dog. And saying, "Maybe." when Clark said, "What should I have done? Let them die?" Man, that didn't make me like Johnathan's character. It didn't make him seem like a good man the film made him out to be. Another thing wrong was they went kind of quick with the suit. It's like now he's a fisherman, or whatever, and now bam! He's flying. No build up.
But overall it had some of the greatest fight scenes ever in a comic book movie, and obviously the good outweighs the bad, so I highly recommend everyone to see this film.