Henry Cavill's Superman was boring, amirite?

All the great acting in the world isnt going to improve a poorly written movie script.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Classic Snyder wasting any potential of a character

by Anonymous 2 days ago

The biggest problem with Superman are his powers. Anything less powerful than Darkseid, can't be taken seriously as a threat.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Not Cavill's fault.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Hot take: I liked whedon's take on Cavill Superman. He was light hearted and had hope. I personally think that's what he should've been in all the movies he was featured in. Keep Snyder's dark tone, add in hopeful Superman, and I think you got a better universe than what we had. I did want to see the inevitable conclusion to the Snyder verse, but I really want my beacon of hope to be, ya know, hopeful.

by shanieziemann 2 days ago

Honestly superman itself is kind of dull and it requires very good writing to make it interesting. The movies so far ain't it. Not the fault of cavil though since no one has made superman interesting IMO.

by Massive-Change 2 days ago

He was, but I don't think anyone could play Superman and make it interesting

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Superman IS a pretty dull character?

by heathcotesammy 2 days ago

No he is not, that's just a bad take by people who've never read a comic.

by Organic_Grade 2 days ago

If I have to read a comic to watch a movie, then the movie failed. I know the movie is based on a comic, but I don't read comics. The media delivered to me, entitled "Superman" is boring. If the comic producer has an issue with that, then they have an issue with the way their story was adapted to film. It is not the comsumer's job to tell themselves the story.

by Few-Teach 2 days ago

Depends on the writing. I've seen instances of depth and personality, and then others like here where there wasn't really any attempt at that.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

If you know that, then it's pretty disingenuous to blame Caville, OP.

by OkMovie 2 days ago

The acting didn't really help. Like even during the emotional beats in MoS, he hardly reacted to any of it.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I'll double down. Superman is a boring character. The guy has no weaknesses, so they had to gin up Kryptonite as a way for the guy to be vulnerable. Meanwhile, one lucky shot or blow kills Batman.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

See, even here it comes down to physicality. Which I get that it's a superhero movie so the fight scenes are important, but I'm talking more about him as a character with personality and emotional investment.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Henry is the coolest when he's in mission impossible

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Snyder is a terrible director he hasn't made a good movie since 300 I'm not sure why anyone's surprised his DC trilogy sucked

by Sweet_Ranger1943 2 days ago

Superman is boring anyway in my opinion regardless of which actor plays him.

by huldamante 2 days ago

They need to make Superman so broken hearted because of Lois lane slept with another man.

by FrontAd488 2 days ago

See, there are plenty of stoic and reserved characters in cinema that are also captivating. This one just felt like it missed that particular mark.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Not sure if this is unpopular, because for some reason lots of people dislike "Man of steel" movie. Personally, I really liked the origin story, his childhood. The antagonists were fine, too, for the most part. Just not entirely sure how Zod lost to someone raised on a farm. Lots of people criticize all the destruction, but what do you expect, realistically, from two such beings clashing? It's supposed to be cataclysmic.

by Dachisabel 2 days ago

Superman in general is boring.

by Few-Teach 2 days ago