:chuckles: I'll let you have your opinion on what you mentioned, not that out there. However the "Superman basically destroyed the planet" thing strikes me as odd. I mean it'a true, but how exactly was he supposed to stop 3 Kryptonians without collateral damage? The Avengers basically destroyed NYC.
Exactly. The movie was a remake of Richard Donner's Superman I/II which, for one was a single story split into two films. These movies basically rewrote the book on Superman. Donner's Superman IS canonical Superman. The movie was simply so popular and so well liked that DC pretty much used his interpretation of Superman as the backstory from there on out because that is what most people think when they think Superman.
In Donner's original story for Metropolis, Zod, Faora (Ursa in the Donner movie), and the other dude (Nob or some shit) basically destroy much of the city while Superman is fighting them in a seemingly hopeless battle. He is heavily outmatched and even if he could beat Zod, he probably couldn't beat Faora (she is the toughest of them all going back to the comics). When Donner was replaced by that asshole Richard Lester, that is when you see all of those ridiculous comedic scenes being thrown into the movie and Superman essentially saving everyone.
I'm not saying Donner's film would have been as dark as Snyder's, of course not. What I am saying is that it's preposterous for Superman to so easily defeat all three of them without anyone dying.
I do think they took it too far though (the level of destruction was enormous), but, when you sit down and think about it, what WOULD happen if two Supermen existed and they fought to the death in an open cityscape? I have a very hard time believing they would remain airborne the entire time, and that they wouldn't inflict considerable damage on their surroundings.
Other than that, I thought the movie was great. Zod being killed was questionable, but in the original comics though Superman does kill Zod and Faora though... Also a lot of people also seem to forget that Batman used to carry a pistol and yes, he's killed people too.
Overall I really liked the reboot because it did for Superman what Batman Begins did for that franchise. Begins isn't one of my favorite movies.. It was okay, but I thought it dragged on a bit. But it was infinitely better than the previous 3 movies in the franchise, and that's why I appreciated it so much. Same for this one. Without any doubt whatsoever, this is the best Superman movie there has
ever been. So as a fan of Superman, I do appreciate that.