Terrible, Only For The Fanboys.

Rating: 1/10 (6 July 2013)

I didn't want to see this film, but the family wanted to go see it. I warned them, but they didn't listen. I knew it would be a disaster when I found out Zack Snyder was the director. Let me just say that overall, this movie was very boring. The characters/actors had no charisma, there was absolutely no humor, and it jumped around so much without any meaningful transitional devices. The tornado scene was ridiculous, and the advice given in this about running under a highway overpass is actually wrong and its been proved for decades that it's the WORST place to hide. They might as well have told us to drink Windex to cure heartburn. Amy Adams makes for a terrible Lois Lane. Why does she know his secret so early on? Where's the fun and excitement of her being so close to Superman (when he's not in costume), and yet not knowing it's him. Henry Cavill may physically be a 'Superman' character, but that's where it ends. He has no charisma, and his portrayal of the caped crusader comes off as a wimpy, I-don't-wanna-get-involved person. General Zod in this film is not all that menacing. None of his sidekicks were that interesting either. How come there are so many of these Krypton escapees in the film anyway? Stuff that didn't make sense, included why did they bother terraforming if the way the Earth was made them even stronger? Why create a planet where all of them are of the same low strength level? Okay one explanation that was forwarded was that it would take them too long to adapt, Superman had 33 years. Well, General Zod seemed to adapt quite quickly. Why did they destroy so much of Metropolis in the first film? Is the sequel going to be about them rebuilding the city? I found it funny that there was a convenient, open area where Zod and Superman had their fight on the ground. It wasn't a parking lot, it wasn't a park, it was just some big open area with no building. Weird. I would just say stick to the Christopher Reeve Superman movies (specifically 1 & 2) if you want to enjoy this iconic character. At least those movies had a sense of humor, and had great acting, great dialog. Yes, there were some cheesy moments, but that didn't overpower the wonderful character development we saw. Especially in the shaping of Superman as he realized who he was. Man of Steel didn't give us any of that, we didn't see much development, he just seemed to already be aware of his powers early on and that's it. After he put on the suit, he'd magically transformed into a less wimpy, clean-shaven superhero. I hope this is the first and last Superman movie by Zack Snyder.