I was warned it was bad, but for the wrong reasons.

Rating: 3/10 (20 September 2014)

Many people told me it was the one of the worst movies they've seen and when I asked them why, almost everyone told me that superman killing is a big no-no. I've only watched it now and I think the killing scene smoothly flows with the story. What I didn't like was much worse. What I felt watching this movie (apart from the cringing every 10 minutes) is that Zack Snyder has a unique superman picture in his head. Probably when he first saw or read superman something caught his attention that wasn't strongly connected to the original idea, which is absolutely fine BUT(!) that particular thing - or at least the explanation of it - is missing from the film. The mindset in which I'm supposed to get in at the beginning of the film is not given. The idea that's supposed to hold the elements of the film together is nowhere. I have no problem with re-imagining superheroes, but this film sucks at it. At the beginning I have no idea why do I have to look at this General Zod figure so long and what do I have to think when he screams like a crazy person. What was the purpose of that long intro? And why is Jonathan Kent such an asshole? No he shouldn't have let those children drown, no he could've saved Jonathan from that hurricane. All in all to me it was very preachy and confusing in the wrong way. The storytelling should've been more in the focus during the production. This film sucks ass.