I agree with you. It is probably going to sound bad, but the Nolan Batman trilogy really set the standard for what I expect from the DC Universe films and too be honest with you, the Man of Steel didn't quite live up to the expectation at all. The cast was good, the story and direction, not so much.

Furthermore, how about some decent villain(s) this time? Zod was on a mission to save Krypton, making it difficult to love to hate him (the selective DNA thing was a poor attempt at connecting the villain to Hitler, but he was literally trying to save his species from extinction, making his selectiveness against the lineages that destroyed Krypton infinitely less deplorable - in fact, he never would have TRIED to adapt Earth if not for Jor El shooting their only hope of survival into space; he probably would have adapted one of those nearby, uninhabited planets) and Foara could have been a robot and had the same impact emotionally.

Superman has many great villains and they chose to explore the kryptonian villains AGAIN as they rebooted one of the most well known non-religious origin stories in the world.

Isn't that what they tried with Superman Returns? I was much more satisfied with the explosions and brawls in Man of Steel.

This is ridiculous. MOS was co-written by David Goyer and Christopher Nolan.

Yea, they ruined Jonathan Kent, but that was really my only major gripe with the movie.

yea i tend to attempt to get as little information about a movie as possible.. im like Frank Costanza "I like to go in fresh!"

Then when i get home i start looking up reviews and message boards to compare my opinion and discuss it, i find that to be a lot more satisfying than going into a movie with pre conceived ideas and criticisms.