I am going to hold off a day or two from writing my inevitable long-winded review of ‘Man of Steel,’ (and a fair warning ahead of time, it will be wordy!) In fact, I will be writing a few features for my MovieFreak eBook at some point this next week.

What I can say now, though, the third act of ‘Man of Steel’ gave me a headache. I guess the belief that ‘less is more’ doesn’t exist anymore in Hollywood. Even Nolan restrained himself with just enough action in the ‘Dark Knight’ trilogy.

There were things I liked about ‘Man of Steel’ (pretty much the parts in the film that isn’t an reenactment of what’s been done before). There were a lot of things I didn’t care for (like the third act of the film, which relies heavily on being loud/flashy/and Michael Bay-like). The positive thing I can say, the cast is solid. Even though I will always cherish Christopher Reeves, this new Supes fits the part well (both in looks and charisma). I even enjoyed the scenes with Russel Crowe as Supe’s dad (even though I did not care for the ‘Star Wars’ prequel-esque prologue that starts the film off).

The overall - I don’t hate the new Superman at all, in fact, I admire its efforts and glad to see a new generation that will take in the classic superhero. I don’t love it either, and don’t intend on buying it on Blu Ray. I actually enjoyed the underrated ‘Superman Returns’ more. It might be boring with not as much action (though I argue that it had enough action, and that whole sequence with the airplane was a lot more exciting than majority of the new film). The film had heart, and was a perfect blend of today’s technology and yesteryear’s storytelling. It also made a perfect tail end to a trilogy (Superman: The Motion Picture, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, and Superman Returns).

‘Man of Steel’ is another great example why the superhero genre, and well, the summer season nowadays, BORES ME! At least half of the film, I felt like I was watching a video game with all the phoney CGI trickery. The filming/editing made it confusing what’s going on. And everything felt forced, rather than a natural story.

I would give it a 6.5 out of 10. I at least enjoy the first half.