No wonder it's a Love It Or Hate It . It's a roller coaster of very good and bad moments, and overall feel unpolished, but far from bad.
In my opinion, the main flaw of this movie is that we saw very little of the mature Superman, who puts thought in what he does and manages to use his power more intelligently (few people know Superman is a scientist as much as Jor-El). The blandness of the secondary cast, Info Dump abounded and the second part suffers of Ending Fatigue and too much destruction for the sake of Rule Of Cool.
However, both the Big Bad and The Dragon are well developed (for a comic book movie), and the action was great, very worth Dragon Ball Z (in a good way). I also dislike how Superman was a Screaming Warrior. And the least I talk about Johnatan Kent, the better he is. I understand he wanted Clark to be happpy, but all he did was to repress him, up until his Heroic Sacrifice (regardless, Superman all of sudden stands up to military despite having been submissive so far)
I also saw in the second act very little Superman saving people, dropped in favor of Superman fighting Kryptonians (and collateral destruction)
Overall, a 'Super' film, but lacked the 'Man' part. Had they advertised it as 'Superboy' I would have been more tolerant of its shortcomings, but the character was very immature.
It is good? Yes, but I hoped more for a movie about the greatest hero, especially after reading All Star Super Man. Still worth a look, because it can be a very enjoyable experience... or completely hate it
A very polaziring movie
No wonder it's a Love It Or Hate It . It's a roller coaster of very good and bad moments, and overall feel unpolished, but far from bad.
In my opinion, the main flaw of this movie is that we saw very little of the mature Superman, who puts thought in what he does and manages to use his power more intelligently (few people know Superman is a scientist as much as Jor-El). The blandness of the secondary cast, Info Dump abounded and the second part suffers of Ending Fatigue and too much destruction for the sake of Rule Of Cool.
However, both the Big Bad and The Dragon are well developed (for a comic book movie), and the action was great, very worth Dragon Ball Z (in a good way). I also dislike how Superman was a Screaming Warrior. And the least I talk about Johnatan Kent, the better he is. I understand he wanted Clark to be happpy, but all he did was to repress him, up until his Heroic Sacrifice (regardless, Superman all of sudden stands up to military despite having been submissive so far)
I also saw in the second act very little Superman saving people, dropped in favor of Superman fighting Kryptonians (and collateral destruction)
Overall, a 'Super' film, but lacked the 'Man' part. Had they advertised it as 'Superboy' I would have been more tolerant of its shortcomings, but the character was very immature.
It is good? Yes, but I hoped more for a movie about the greatest hero, especially after reading All Star Super Man. Still worth a look, because it can be a very enjoyable experience... or completely hate it
Rating: 7.2/10