The film follows three decades after Superman immigrated to Earth from the planet Krypton. Played by David Corenswet ("Pearl"), he is a well-known hero in the public eye. But his arch-nemesis, Lex Luthor, played by Nicholas Holt ("Nosferatu"), works to expose Superman as the villain he assumes him to be.

I really wanted to love this film, as I've waited for a new Superman movie for more than a decade. I am sad to say that this movie really disappointed me.

I'll start with the positives: Corenswet and Holt are great in their respective parts, and overall, the "Superman" central plot is good. Corenswet brings a sweet, child-like charm to Clark Kent that is not seen in previous movies. He's a little dorky with a heart of gold, and it was a treat seeing him play the character.

Holt as Luthor is ruthless and petty. He plays a great adversary to Corenswet's positive beacon of hope.

I also loved Rachel Brosnahan ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel") as Lois. She has perfected the character, and I adored her scenes with Corenswet. She is really entertaining to watch and feels like the closest we've ever seen to a comedic and accurate Lois.

It was also refreshing that most of the people in Clark's inner circle knew that he was Superman. That allows the film to get straight into the action and avoid the liar-friend trope that has been done to death in superhero movies.

The supporting cast is fine. Nathan Fillion ("The Suicide Squad") was good as the Green Lantern/Guy Gardner; Isabela Merced ("Alien: Romulus"), was alright as Hawkgirl, but suffered from not having enough screen time; and Edi Gathegi ("X-Men: First Class") is accurately named as Mr. Terrific -- one of the most interesting characters of the movie.

Gunn has a knack for directing great action scenes. Superman's heroics are full of life and fast-moving action, and the fight scenes are intense, engaging and the most fun part of the film.

Krypto the dog is a fun addition, but he feels overused and outshines Superman in most of the scenes they're in together.

For some of my negatives, I felt the plot of the movie was really uninspired. It felt like a Frankenstein's monster between the plots of "The Boys," "Invincible" and "My Adventures With Superman." It was as if Gunn took what was popular with Superman-like properties and almost copied what he watched into his script.

A lot of his directing felt muddy and unfocused. He has some really weird fish-eye lens close-ups that look ... ugly.

I also thought Gunn overstuffs the film to fully introduce us to the new DCU and how it functions. I was expecting a "Superman" movie, but what I got was a world-building "Justice Society."

Some of the plot points like the civil war in a fictional country to setting up other hero teams bored me and distracted from the Superman-centric plot. The Man of Steel felt like a side character in his own movie, which shouldn't be the case.

Overall, this one is just OK. It's got great Superman action, but it's a terrible "Superman" movie and an OK start for the DCU. I still have high hopes, but I'm cautious of the future.

I'd give "Superman" a 7/10.