Board Thread:DC Universe Discussion/@comment-3974095-20130611233337/@comment-24205801-20130625204428

The movie was pretty good. It definitely deserves better reviews than what it has. I would have liked to see more references to a shared universe, Superman's super breath, and for Zod to say "Kneel Before Zod!" once or twice, but whatever. Also, I didnt really like the Lois Lane. The character was fine, and I like Amy Adams, but she doesn't do the role well. She made her... boring? I would've rather seen Olivia Wilde in the role. Henry Cavill is perfect for the role of Superman, but I wish he had smiled just a bit more to make him seem like the nice, mild-mannered farmboy he was raised as. My biggest complaint, if I had one, would be the constant action. There were 3 unnecessary and overly dramatic fight scenes that could've been taken out to give room to more character development/acting scenes:


 * SPOILERS BEGIN HERE* Zod and Jor-El before Kal-El is sent away. There was no need for them to fight, Jor-El could've sent Kal away just as Zod arrived, causing him to kill Jor-El by stabbing him in the back out of rage. No fight necessary.

The World Engine scene where he flys through it was too long. The tentacles were stupid- he could've just flown to it, gathered his strength after he imagined his dad encouraging him, then destroyed the machine like he did (flying through it and crushing it). That makes it simpler, yet more emotional.

The final Superman vs. Zod was too long as well. Zod shouldve just told Superman he would never stop, they would tackle each other, then Zod would try to blast Lois and crew with his heat vision while Superman held him back, then did what he did. No need for the excessive building smashing that happened.