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I agree with you Tupka. All your points were going through my head when I was watching. However, I felt pretty sad when John Kent died. Despite the movie's amateur attempt to bring in so many characters, the writers never made anyone three-dimensional except for Superman, his father, and Zod.

Along with the slow beginning, I would have been more intrigued if the bulk of his backstory was with the Kents, not Supes doing odd jobs.

Last, and I pointed this out to my friends after we had watched it, the movie was more of a "what would we do if Superman arrived" and less "Superman." I went to the movies to see Superman whoop some bad guys around, instead I got 2 hours of people panicking about aliens. I can easily say that I preferred Batman Begins but I do not regret seeing Man of Steel.