Branded Tripe

Rating: 1/10 (20 June 2013)

Man of Steel is what happens when high end CGI becomes affordable to bad screenwriters.
This film was absolutely deplorable. There were two redeeming qualities to this film: the ending credits and the guarantee that I'll never have to watch it again.
The storyline was so rushed, empty, and flat that I was laughing at how cookie cutter and formulaic it was. No, I mean I was 'literally' laughing out loud. It followed suit with all of the new "re-imagining" of films of late; stepping up the political correctness to a painful degree, abruptly revealing one dimensional lead characters, entirely Mickey-Mouse-scary antagonists, and unbelievably shallow motivations on all sides. Not to mention, it has so many plot holes that if it were held up against a light it would look like mesh.
There was a clear motivation, however. Keeping the optioned rights to the Superman namesake by putting out a 2.5 hour piece of tripe to rake in big bucks from the uninspired and vapid herds. Oh, and merchandising.
My girlfriend and I often joke about taking a shot anytime a film depicts a cliché movie phrase, action, dynamic, or scene. We would have died of liver failure within the first 11 seconds of this film.