Another Fanchise Deboot

Rating: 2/10 (28 July 2013)

I, and thousands like me, were very disappointed with the new Superman reboot - Man of Steel. It felt lazy and derivative, as if the 'creative' team behind the movie had simply looked at every reasonably successful action flick of the last ten years and lifted all the best sequences, creating a disjointed collage of action sequences. Avatar, The Matrix, The Avengers, Iron Man, Transformers: they're all there.
Director Snyder even managed to reference footage from 9:11, so desperate was he in his search for compelling scenes to hang his emotionless story on. Couple this with characters you really don't care about, wooden acting, a nonsensical script, cartoon-like CGI and ridiculously over-played set pieces, and you have a £250m turkey, another failed re-boot of a beloved Superhero franchise, and the death of a handful of movie acting careers.
Compare this to the latest Star Trek adventure, Into Darkness, that I saw the same week as suffering through Zak's latest offering. Now THAT is how a summer blockbuster and ongoing franchise should play out. Mr Snyder: take note.