The innovative stuff that split the fanbase so (the end of Superman's fight with Zod, or the fate of Jonathan Kent, or Zod's motivation and the specifics of the fate of Krypton), I'm fine with. I'm not sure if it quite rings true with what I'd expect from Superman, but Snyder makes it work within the narrative, and it is close enough that it still feels like an interesting take on the icon rather than a new character wearing the same suit.

I outright like how the film handles the origin story -- piecemeal, in flashbacks, so we experience it, but don't have to watch the nineteenth version of Superman growing up and are bored to tears for the first thirty minutes like a linear approach would have done. And the acting's good, with the three leads -- Cavill, Shannon and Adams -- all being particularly great.

Where the film falls short for me, is with the non-stop slugfest that it becomes once Lois and Clark flee the Kryptonian ship. Once Zod threatens Ma Kent, the film barely takes a single breather until the epilogue. It's just one fight after another. Individually, these fights are fine, and rather entertaining. But all in a row, they're just exhausting CGI cavalcades. From my layman's perspective, the film should either have been 30 minutes shorter, cutting most of that from the final hour, or 15 minutes longer, adding story beats and dialogue into that final hour. Ideally the former, as it was already dragging a bit on the pacing, but honestly, almost any change would be better than the punch-punch-punch-explosion-punch-punch-punch-explosion it is now.

It could also have used a bit more humour. On the few occasions where it shows a little levity, I notice myself sitting up straighter, paying more attention, having a better time. I don't mind the mood being more dour and serious than one might be expecting from a Superman film, but some counterpoints wouldn't hurt.

All in all, though, I think the film's pretty OK. "Pretty OK" is admittedly not what you want from a huge budget Superman reimagining, but plenty of films of this ilk have failed much more spectacularly. ( )

Yeah, he's hot (and looks a lot like Christopher Reeve), but the good points of this film (including some dialogue and comic bits-in-passing) are lost in the mayhem of the CGI World Wreckers.
PS: the school-boy scatology was totally unnecessary for the story, and use of foul language in films targeted at kids is never acceptable. Despite current opinion, there are still subsets of youth that don't use it and parents that don't tolerate it. ( )

An alien raised on Earth defends his adopted world.

I can see how if you want to make a long-lasting franchise that takes itself seriously, you probably feel the need to do the whole origin thing to establish exactly what's what in this version. But why do I want to watch it? I'm looking forward to the sequel, though. This movie doesn't do much for me, and I suspect the action would be mind-numbingly dull on a re-watch. But there's a lot of potential. It establishes a great cast and setting for an epic DC Comics movie franchise, and that is exciting.

Concept: C
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: C
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: A
Acting: B
Music: C

Enjoyment: C plus

GPA: 2.4/4 ( )

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