vatsalspandya

Let me be clear on one thing that I generally have a lenient opinion in rating movies. Also, I watched this movie first day, first show and hence I was not at all biased with any reviews in my head. Though, leniently speaking, I rate it only 6/10.

The reason is clear that I was disappointed. Why? Easy. What do you expect when you hear a year ago that Christopher Nolan after his successes in Batman is producing a movie on Superman? Added to it is Zack Snyder's direction. I saw Watchmen(one of Zack Snyder's better movies) only to see his direction and I was utterly impressed. These are two classic movie makers. I had expected a gripping plot, unorthodox direction, a good story and some decent action.

The only place where this movie stood out was the action part. Though, it had too much action. The second half has nothing else. So, maybe good for action fans. Next comes the story. Here are the most expectations since Nolan has got the ability to make stories exciting without twists (his special ability). Nolan has written a new story but it gives up in the first half hour itself. Very predictable. The direction from Zack Snyder promises in the first half but fails later. The first half show touches of both Nolan and Snyder trying to make a crooked plot but to no good as we all come to know where it heads. Still, I intriguingly saw the first half expecting a good climax. Hopes fail me even this time. The end is very straight. This disappoints because the second half has nothing but action and story lovers like me want to see the unpredictable or at least something fruitful of the wait. Lastly, as I already mentioned, the plot is no good since "it is never created" - the biggest failure of the movie.

Overall, this is not what you expect when you see two of the best superhero movie makers combine to make one. The Dark Knight Trilogy was Epic with a similar to comic story though gripping and intriguing and Watchmen was a beauty in plot, climax.

The acting can be said about as good since this was my first Henry Cavill or Amy Adams movie. They tried but to no good.

Apart from this, there are holes in the story!!! Unanswerable happenings (don't want to write spoilers see for yourself). The dialogues, the strength of any Nolan story, are nowhere except one or two good ones which are copied themselves.

Overall, the simple story goes on and fights keep up. Really disappointed (5/10). I make it 6/10 because I felt that there was hard work behind even though only in the action department. Also, I feel copyright issues are likely to have kept the story down even though this is improbable after The Dark Knight.

Watch this on DVD.

P.S. I talk about 1st and 2nd halves here because we had an interval in the movie about midway(created by the theater people for some snacks sale).

This is a stunning piece of action with over the top sci-fi. The tone of the movie sets from its very offset. I believe that since I had no star trek background, I was immediately playing the catching up role and this really gripped me throughout.

Firstly, the graphics of the movie pulls you. Action scenes were quite breathtaking. This is more of an improbable sci-fi where time travel is again exploited but executed quite well. All the elements of fantasy of science are involved in the movie - relativity, black holes, warp speeds and what not. Secondly, the performances of the cast are quite to the script. Though, the focus on individual characters except James Kirk and Spock is quite less and the roles are not really challenging for any of the characters. This movie lives on its concept alone.

By the time I was in sync with the story, it got to its last quarter almost where there is a fast and promising end. The story is not really predictable too. However, this is because it seems more of a bits and pieces woven together along with revealing important facts at continuous times. Yes, the plot really lacks the spark and the story is a simple one with no major twists. Though, by the end, the stage has been set for the sequel (Into Darkness) and you can hope for a better plot along with more character involvement. The trailers are certainly promising.

Hoping to see Cumberbatch at his best in the next one. As far as this one is concerned, see it for its action and sci-fi and let the story build for a bright future. For me, its an 8 due to lack of plot and lack of character (emotional) involvement-->a part where I hope but do not expect much in the next ones too.