I really don't get the MoS hate, especially if you are a big Superman fan. Don't know which movie everyone has seen. I was smiling throughout the whole movie, felt it inspiring and completely positive. I also don't think Superman made a single bad decision in the movie. If the Avengers would've faced Zod and his crew, they wouldn't have had time to look after civilians. Every single second Clark would've given Zod, while rescuing people, Zod would've killed many more. It was his only option to attack head on!
And about the damage Superman causes in Metropolis... He doesn't. Everyone who says that hasn't paid attention while watching. The only damage Clark does, is to buildings that are already destroyed, when he takes down the scoutship and later he damages a building facade when he pushes Zods face into it, while flying. The rest of the destruction ONLY COMES FROM ZOD. He knocks down buildings, by throwing Clark through them, by heat vision and by throwing stuff. Sure, Clark doesn't try to catch a falling building, but that wouldn't work anyway in a more or less realistic portrayed world, like the one in MoS. The same thing happened when he tried to lift that giant crane thingy on the tanker. He is strong enough, but it doesn't work physically.
He has no chance of saving those buildings and he is not fast enough to superspeed through them to save people. His only option is to attack Zod and to keep him from causing more damage.
For me, MoS is in the top 3 of the best superhero movies of all time, but then again I dislike the Reeve movies a lot (he was great in the role, but for me the movies are way to cheesy and old school) and think that Dark Knight Rises is the best comicbook movie ever, so what do I know, right?
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