I thought MOS was OK, in fact I would compare it to SUPERMAN RETURNS from several years back: Several interesting ideas*, some nice eyecandy action setpieces, and I'm ultimately underwhelmed.

Its weird that for a movie that tried its darn best to make you care about the hero (following the Nolan playbook, its basically SUPERMAN BEGINS), I felt no real investment in him or his journey or the stakes really. The one moment where I did feel something was that brief scene with Meloni in Smallville, where fear and ignorance is defeated by decency.

The 3rd fact becomes disaster movie mayhem porn like you expect from Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich. When Supes and General Zod have their big expensive fight, I really didn't care and actually wanted this movie to end.

Not to mention there was never (for me at least) a big "whoop" moment, if you will where for a scene you lose yourself in the story and leave yourself hopelessly giddy. I think of Hulk smashing Loki like a ragdoll in THE AVENGERS.I think of IRON MAN when Tony Stark fights his way out of the cave. I think of Batman's first night out in BATMAN BEGINS, or Christopher Reeve's Superman debut when he grabs the helicopter. Or beyond that superhero genre, Harrison Ford pulling out his gun on that swordman in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Bruce Willis telling off the police captain in DIE HARD. The heroes in STAR WARS escaping the pitfalls in the Death Star, and so forth.

Using a scale, I would give this 3 out of 5.

*=For example, how the Lois/Clark relationship is totally reimagined is a good idea. Wished it would've actually added up to something.