Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3221148-20180117165635/@comment-16581186-20180119002137

Ok, I'm not trying to start a fanboy war over here (I've been through WAY too many), but I just cannot see why so many people hate Henry Cavill's Superman. Nobody seems to understand that they are building freakin' CINIMATIC UNIVERSE! Every character (except Batman) is being built from the ground up, learning what the right thing to do is, how to be heros. 

Imo Henry Cavill's potrayal of Superman is one of the best versions of superman on and off screen, because it shows Superman as a human with flaws and who struggles with issues everyone had to struggle, but with the added challenge of having to hold back his strength and maintain his secret despite people constantly testing him. He's one of few versions that actually show depth and problems that he had. And once he does reveal himself, everyone is so divided on whether or not he should be in this world or not. I mean j esus, the man killed himself to to save 3 people, possibly the world. What is un-Supermanly about that? After his (spoiler not spoiler) resurrection, Superman finally gained some friends that were more like him and actually treated him like a human being (which he was raised as), and as of Justice League he's now the Superman everyone wanted. Truth, Justice, and all that jazz. The films before was the road to, and I think it was freakin' amazing because it felt organic and realistic (as far as invulnerable solar powered aliens go). People ask so much from Superman (both in-universe and out), but none bother to care or think about what he wants or how he feels. Like Martha said, he doesn't owe the world anything, he saves people and fights genocidal aliens because he feels that it is his calling, that helping people is the right thing to do. THAT is everything Superman stands for.

And by no means am I saying the DCEU is perfect. I think Ezra Miller and Jared Leto were hard, HARD miscasts for The Flash and Joker. I can tell Miller was trying to play Wally West, but failed unless Wally was on crack. They completely ignore Katana (who pretty much is the most interesting character to me) and pretty much anyone else who isn't Will Smith or Margot Robbie (yes not Deadshot or Harley Quinn), which they have hard time even defining Harley Quinn and for some reason makes the Joker actually love her in this one. The concept of Ares sitting back and letting the armies power him as the god of war is interesting, yet unfullfilling in the end. My point is, there's definitely some room for improvement there, but I think they're 5 for 6 on their heroes so far. We'll just see when Aquaman hits.