This particular son Jor-El deserved better than what he got.
We missed out on the next great Superman.
Look at that rock-jawed son-of-stockbroker bastard.
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Henry Cavill is the most Superman-looking human being since, well,Christopher Reeve, the GOAT.
Superman gets tagged “boring” a lot because he is, largely, a do-gooder granite slate.
But Cavill also had the chops to go with the face.
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With Man of Steel and BvS, Snyder and Co. quite literally burdened Supermanand Cavillwith his own heroism.
He looks like a dude trudging to his nine-to-five at an accounting firm.
Superman should never look disappointed to be saving lives.
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It’s a general misunderstanding of the character that bled into everything Warner Bros. did with Cavill.
The Zod kill works in a vacuum, but less so coming after the deaths of countless Metropolis lives.
This scene gets dunked on a lot, but I actually love the intention.
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A beautiful idea executed with all the subtly of a trombone noise.
“You’re letting them kill Martha.”
What an awkward, ass-backward thing for writersDavid S. GoyerandChris Terrioto have Cavill say.
Why would Superman call his own mother by her first name in such a desperate moment?
But that’s just Cavill’s tenure as the Man of Steel in a nutshell.
