jwiggler

I get it works in the context of the plot, the characterization just didnt work for me. When I say he's underpowered, what I mean is I wish there were more moments where he's SUPERMAN and not just a super guy. There weren't many of those WOW moments, to me, where you and all the other characters are just astounded by his raw power. He struggles through the whole movie and that's just not the version of Superman I like, I guess.

The JLU animated series version is more how I see Superman so that's kinda the model I judge the live action movies against

I hear you, but weirdly enough I feel the opposite! I do get that the hope and optimism part was severely lacking in MoS, and it's more present in Gunn's new movie. But I kinda think of Superman as the wooden goodie-two-shoes of the JLU animated series, and to me Henry Cavill did that better than David Corenswet did. I feel like the Superman from Gunn's movie is kinda underpowered and a little too "normal quirky funny nerd guy" rather than the straight-edge force of nature I feel like JLU Superman is. I feel like MoS almost got that, but then injected a bunch of sadness and desaturation which brought it down a bit

Man of Steel had an amazing first trailer that included the music from the crying scene in Fellowship of the Ring after Gandalf falls to the Balrog.

I think Man of Steel is a better movie than it gets credit for, but the trailer is legit great.

https://youtu.be/wArmHSPIvlQ