The movie experience wasn't bad enough. It had some good moments. However, yes, it's not one of the most spectacular films. The reason I wanted to watch is I want to enjoy Man of Steel, Batman v Superman and Justice League to the fullest. You can do that too, as I'm sure this won't completely disappoint you. It was a little dark, but pacy enough and not slow. The movie wasn't spectacular but Brandon Ruth definitely was. The story was on the average side, however, since it had its moments, it can't be considered poor!

Director Bryan Singer has outsmarted himself. He sets this superman movie after a 5 year absence when he went back to Krypton and find a desolate planet. Intended as a loose follow up to Richard Donner's Superman I and II, this misses the best parts of the Superman mythos. We get a sequel to movies from almost 30 years ago, which already had sequels, which we're suppose to ignore. How does that work exactly? Superman needs a reboot, not a sequel jammed in after 2.

Clark Kent/Superman (Brandon Routh) returns to find Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) with a boy and a long term boyfriend Richard White (James Marsden). Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) has defrauded a fortune from a little old lady on her death bed. The story of him giving the old lady pleasure is very VERY unwanted and unnecessary. Lex goes to find Superman's fortress of solitude and discovers some of his secrets.

Kate Bosworth is terribly bland, and losing her blonde hair is like Samson losing his hair. She seems to have lost what little acting ability she had before. Brandon Routh is doing cosplay desperately trying to mimic the great Christopher Reeves. We need to fall in love with this new Lois-Kent pairing. Having this duo start off so badly from a sad place really sunk any chance of a franchise this reboot had. We need to love them. We need to enjoy them, and we need to have a few laughs with them. It should be considered a first date. This is not a good first date.

The action, the special effects, and the crazy Lex all work quite well to some extend. If this was a stand alone movie, it had its moments and is watchable to some degree. Don't get me wrong. It would still be very problematic. If this was the start to a reboot franchise, this failed miserably and should get no more than 4/10.

There have been critics who have been stinting in their praise for this movie, but others were quite condescending. This film is far from a masterpiece, and definitely not the best of the Superman franchise, but it was fairly solid considering what it could've been. First off, visually it looks amazing and I thought the special effects were extremely good. Same with the music score, full of those familiar motifs and some new haunting ones too. While Lex Luthor wasn't portrayed as the cold, shrewd yet somewhat lovable villain Gene Hackman played so memorably in the original movies, Kevin Spacey the competent actor he is played him very well. Also Bryan Singer's direction was able and had just the right edge, and I was intrigued by the film's concept. And I have to say, some of the action scenes were very exhilarating. However, there were elements that could've been better. One of the main problems I had with the film was the pace, I found it unusually slow and there are scenes like Clark listening in on Lois and Jason that dragged on for too long. And maybe I am in the minority who felt that it could've been half an hour shorter, and that the script was clunky at times. Also, I wasn't taken with the two leads either. Brandon Routh is handsome and he is charming but he isn't charismatic enough as Clark Kent/Superman, and Kate Bosworth left me cold as Lois. In regard to these two, the relationship between the two characters was underdeveloped. All in all, a solid and visually enthralling film, but it is let down by uneven pacing and a clunky script. 6/10 Bethany Cox