I enjoyed Captain America more than I did MoS. The funny thing is, I watched Captain America(believing that it would be bad but hey, why not? I was genuinely surprised when it turned out to be pretty good. I mean, the whole film built up the WW2 world really well. I found everything to be believable.), meanwhile, I walk into MoS, hyped and excited as hell...and get disappointed in so many ways. They kinda butchered his Kryptonian background a bit(to make it more edgy? I suppose...but really, it kind of lost the emotional effect that I've always had when I saw Kal's parents die in each others arms), had a mousy Lois Lane who's scripted big words didn't match her quiet, timid voice, the first half of the movie was just a bunch of cut up scenes that didn't mesh well, and I was in disbelief when Pa Kent was just standing, peacefully and serenly smiling, with his hair slightly caressed by the wind, while the tornado came and ate him up. I was like,....nobody stands still when there's a hurricane that close to them. He should have been blown off his feet when the hurricane was a hundred feet away, much less standing rock solid on his feet until the tunnel literally had to swallow him up. It was just so obviously greenscreened and CGI'd that I couldn't even enjoy it. And Clark's cliche NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I had to stare into his gaping mouth for what felt like 5 minutes. And really, I couldn't conjure any sympathy for him, because it was like, dude, I'm sorry but this entire death is just so fake and cliche. Get out of here. Lois and Clarke...while they looked the part, they weren't good at acting at all. Superman came off as emotionally distant and Lois was just...not Lois.
The only redeeming part of the movie were Zod's cool space-ship, Clark using and showcasing his powers, Faora kicking ass and taking names, and black Perry being so damn awesome in the face of annihilation. Real highlights. I teared up at the Perry scene. So I guess this movie gets a B-. Could have been sooo much more, but yeah.
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