Action scenes were great, Plot was too simple and rushed, still deserves about 7.7

Rating: 8/10 (15 June 2013)

I have just seen this movie in Imax 3D. It was great, though, it didn't really reach my very high, perhaps unfairly high, expectations. Snyder has employed a unique method in making this film and this is what separates it from other movies of the same genre (the superhero, particularly origin, genre). Usually, when a hero is just beginning, he lets himself known by first going out in the streets, saving people from gangs, small criminals, and a few accidents(eg Batman Begins, Spiderman, etc), before he battles the main villain. "Man of Steel" took a different route by letting the newly-suited up Superman face Zod immediately. The film's first part is in Krypton. It was nice to finally have a more detailed, and thrilling version of Jor-El's sending off of Kal to Earth. After this, the film immediately shifted to the voyage of an Adult Clark Kent and flashbacks of his childhood. I, personally, loved how the childhood of Clark was handled for it offered a unique, different perspective of the character by showing his difficulty in adapting to our world. After this however, the plot went too fast and felt rushed. Lois Lane knowing Clark Kent as Superman before he even became Superman was a downer. And Superman's exposure to the world felt lacking. I mean the world had just learned of alien's existence, they saw a man actually fly for the first time, and you couldn't even see a hint of shock or surprise in their faces. The fact that the aliens also look like humans should at least expect a response from the citizens in the movie. Another thing that bothered me was the over simplicity of the plot of the film. I mean the movie could easily be divided into 4 parts: 1. Beginning (Krypton) 2. Adult Clark + Lois looking for him 3. flashbacks 4.Superman vs. Zod and other Kryptonians. Overall, the movie felt like a very long pilot episode of the first season of a TV show series due to its lack of tone-shifting in the final half of the movie. And both Snyder (watchmen) and Nolan (dark knight) could have done better. The action scenes however were truly amazing. Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, and the rest of the cast were excellent. The flaws of the storytelling could still be accepted considering that this was an origin movie. And so, despite its shortcomings, "Man of Steel" still deserves a solid 7.7/10 score. I just hope that "Man of Steel 2" will be better handled.