re: Man of Steel was great - no spoilers

Just got back from watching it. I kind of liked it.

But after watching the movie, I can understand why the reviews are so mixed. It succeeds and fails in different areas.

The pacing was really uneven, especially the first half of the movie. I can understand why it isn't a totally accessible movie because many parts of the movie required me to fill in the blanks from my personal knowledge of the character(s). So for the average movie-goer who's main knowledge of Superman is from pop culture, the Reeve films, and Smallville, I can understand how such a tonal shift of the character can be disappointing.

With that said, it should be a crowd-pleaser to the die-hard fans. And of course, if nothing else, it was pretty to look at.