Very solid origin story.

Rating: 10/10 (27 June 2013)

This is a very solid superhero movie. The fight scenes were fantastic, the action was fantastic, Superman had depth and was very humane, it had a decent villain, and the direction by Zack Snyder was solid. Henry Cavill did an excellent job as Kal-El, and was almost as good as Christopher Reeve. Russell Crowe and Kevin Costner were great fathers, and Diane Lane was great as Martha Kent. The pacing is almost perfect, though there was maybe too much action. Michael Shannon's Zod wasn't as good as Terence Stamp's Zod. I do wish Lois Lane and Clark Kent had some more chemistry, that she didn't know he was Superman the whole time. I think that will take away from the classic banter of the earlier films. Overall this is a very satisfying movie, though not one of the best superhero movies. It's definitely the best Superman movie since the second Christopher Reeve film.