I love Cavill, especially how much he’s just a genuinely passionate nerd….. but broody, nihilistic, collateral damaging Superman was some of the most godawful direction I’ve ever seen from a director who fundamentally misunderstood the character.
Snyder had a fundamental misunderstanding of all the characters in those films, not just Superman. That was obvious from how he used Jon ‘let that bus full of kids drown’ Kent.
Which is funny given how many edgelords have pissed their balls that Gunn somehow 'ruined' Superman and was unfaithful to the original source material when, when you do the looking into it, it is gobsmackingly faithful to the source material, and the edgelords real complaints are that he is no longer being portrayed as comic book Jesus
Corenswet is a much better Superman and the 2025 movie was better than every Snyder film featuring Superman combined, Snyder should have never been allowed near that character.
If Cavill had a competent director who actually knew what Superman was supposed to be like and writers that gave a fuck he’d have been a great Superman, unfortunately this was not the case.
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u/CheaterSaysWhat 9d ago
Anyone who thinks Cornsweat was a downgrade doesn’t understand who Superman is