[Alex]

Spoiler:

I don't have a problem with slowing down before impact or the idea that Krypton technology is capable of FTL travel (though where Superman got the craft I don't know) since obviously terrestrial physicists have missed something vital in the basic frameworks of the universe so why not assume Einstein wrong. But the craft, despite its advanced FTL travel, shows no signs of being capable of a controlled landing and if the deceleration occured prior to reentry would either not have heated up to such extremes or would have had time to cool before landing. That's what I meant by not happening simultaneously. You can enter slow and cool or hot and fast, but not slow and hot.

After my previous post I decided to check out whether The Bad Astronomer had reviewed the film. He had and raised much the same point. (I've met the guy in person and he doesn't really think that movie need be scientifically accurate, he just sees critiquing the physics and astronomy in movies as an entryway to getting people to think about real-world physics and astronomy -- he has no problem enjoying movies with stupid physics.)