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I.. I did not love this film.
It is odd, I feel like the individual pieces (even up to entire scenes) are quite good. However, the whole is just less than its parts. What was our character's growth here? Who sacrificed what for whom? What big emotions were at play?
I don't know man. I just couldn't figure out what Luthor's motivation even was here? Why was he so bent on this? Something about humanity not having to shine in Superman's beneficent aura? Really? You are going to potentially destroy the world for that?
Superman's transformation was just... kinda vapid. He was good because biological mommy and daddy told him to be good, then he learned they were actually bad, then he was sad, and then he was good because adoptive daddy tells him to be good. Like, you are 30+ years old man. I just don't get it.
As I said, lots of the individual scenes were great, but when you back out and ask "why are we here? What is he trying to accomplish? What is the point of this subplot?" it is just weak. Why are we having a scene where superman white river rafts down a proton stream holding a baby while his dog rescues him?" Why is Lois lane and like 5 other people in Mr. T's baseballmobile like doing something... aren't they reporters? Why do the Green Lantern's splinter at the most opportune time to help him?
What is anyone's motivation here?
It just does not add up to much honestly.