too many flaws ..

Rating: 5/10 (30 August 2014)

I'm a big Superman fan because he is the god among mortals who chooses to lead by example and not put himself above the law - he's a beacon of hope and uses his actions to inspire people to become better persons. So I was hoping that Snyder would grasp the concept of his character and make an interesting movie out of it - he did a good job on Watchmen to preserve the spirit of the graphic novel, so there was little reason for me to lower my expectations before seeing it. But I was rather disappointed that after a good start it turned out to be just another run of the mill origin story which became an over the top disaster flick by the end. Especially since the story was shallow and derivative. Zod as the antagonist provides with the "might makes right" philosophy the exact opposite of Superman and a good story should basically write itself, but instead it all ended in a conclusion that was in so many ways just wrong. Most of all because it only works if you're willing to swallow a big plot-hole and ignore the lazy writing to set it up. And besides all this it also tried too hard to incorporate some darker and serious tones that came across as incohesive ramblings and made the movie look like it took itself way too seriously. The only good things are that I can now lower my expectations for the sequels and that it inadvertently made Superman Returns better.