Man of Steel is to Superman as R.I.P.D is to M.I.B

Rating: 5/10 (23 November 2013)

Interesting story, but I find it a poor derivative of Superman much like R.I.P.D was a poor derivative of M.I.B.
Of course this is much darker, has a different story, and Clark's mother is more attractive and personable than Lois Lane. But many of the characters have the same names! Okay, after that I am stuck a little bit on the similarities.
This is no where near as bad as The Last Airbender from 2010 but I did look to check and make sure M. Night Shyamalan didn't direct it. Zack Snyder should have done a lot more research into Superman rather than just watching some Smallville episodes. It is just sad that he says "In my mind, we really had to act as if no (Superman) films had been made." And, he should have added - no comic books, no existing characterizations, nothing to go on except a few names and a story of two sentences.
Glad I watched it on DVD, worth a once over, but I hope they don't continue this version. Move on folks, not much to see here.