Man of Steel sucks

After having a few days to stew over it, Ive decided I was entirely too generous in giving Man of Steel a "C" rating. It deserved no better than a D-, and I'm mulling over just flat-out calling it an F. That may seem harsh because it can't really be that bad, can it? I've decided that the awesome cast it boasts, and the fact that it had some stellar moments (Kevin Costner deserves 90% of the credit for that) are completely negated by the raping of the mythos that's made Superman an iconic hero (I'm mostly talking about the ending, which I won't spoil, but its not something I can reconcile with my idea of the character) and a butt-numbing 2.5 hour run time that's bloated by repetitively pointless fight scenes. Man of Steel isn't as bad as the all-time worsts like Manos Hands of Fate, or Plan 9 From Outer Space, but those movies were made on micro-budgets with inexperienced actors and never had much of a chance. The newest Superman, however, boasts a multi-million dollar budget, a cast of well-known, respected actors and was written and produced by a dream team consisting of David S. Goyer and Christopher Noland. The fact, then, that it fails to capitalize on all these positives and bores audiences with too much exposition (we all know what happened to Krypton), and over-complicated plot executed poorly, and about an hour of invincible characters fighting each other (causing massive collateral damage that's never mentioned) is more than just disappointing…its a flat-out crime against cinema. As such, I think its fair to judge it more harshly than some B-movie schlock and hold it to higher standards. That said, I think I'll be generous and give Man of Steel an overall rating of "D."