Being a fan of superhero /comics, and fantasy movies in general, I was quite looking forward to this. It suffered from what a lot of recent comic and fantasy movies have suffered from – i.e. not a lot happens, all flash and not much substance. I felt the casting was good especially Brandon Routh who really carried the torch of Chris Reeve without completely copying him. Kate Bosworth as Lois was totally different to the old movies, but I didn’t mind that. I was part of bringing the movies up to date. The special effects were generally good as you’d expect from a multi-million dollar blockbuster, but these days eye popping effects are the norm, and not sufficient to carry a movie. Kevin Spacey was OTT as Luther but again I had no reall problems with this.

My main disappointment was that the plot seemed just … thin.
Without spoiling it, Superman comes back on the scene, a bit of getting to know you stuff between CK and his old friends, same old “people trying to guesss who he is” etc. Luther comes on the scene and hatches an inexplicable and unlikely plot to tak eover the world again, and Supes thwarts him. Yes I know that probably is the plot for most superhero movies but really there needs to be some kind of original take on proceedings. Or some more depth to the character development.

Oh well, this seems to have turned into mostly a moan, but it was quite fun, so as I said in the title… not bad, not great (3/5)