I don't know, I have read to many infuriating quotes from Snyder to have any faith or good feelings about him as a director going forward.
I agree. When he spouted that trash about killing Superman just so he could "...get him out of the way..." and let Batman be the "samurai" who gathers the other heroes, I found myself confirmed in my lack of faith in him regarding a fair treatment of Superman. In the same interview, and while answering the same question, he even admitted that Superman would logically be the focal point of uniting the league if he were alive. After seeing the movie and that interview, and noting the poor treatment Superman received under Snyder's direction, I realized this guy is pushing an agenda that I'm not interested in.
The quote that killed it for me was where he said the reason for the lack of dialog was because he thought they looked stupid talking in costume if it was more than one or two lines. Also the one about not needing to explain why they all knew each others secret identities because secret ids are stupid.
I wish they had given Cavill more to do. He's not a bad actor but they don't give him much to work with.
As far as the story, it might have worked better if they had started the movie as Clark already having moved to Metropolis and became a reporter. Instead of being a nomad wanderer, Clark should have been established as having built a life and career for himself while using his powers anonymously to help people. That way when Zod comes to Earth and forces Clark to reveal himself it might have had more impact.
I think the fact he is an anti-vaxxer should have disqualified him from running at all. He's also a 9/11 truther, most likely a climate change denier and peddler of other ridiculous conspiracies.
Man of Steel had some positives but was super frustrating. The complaints about Jonathan Kent are completely valid and what makes it worse is that his stupid death scene and being a dick about Clark saving children was so dam unnecessary. Did he really need to die? Clark saving the bus should have been a wonderful character moment, showing the beginnings of his heroism and how he cares despite being treated badly. And again, DID JONATHAN REALLY NEED TO DIE?
There was a bunch of other stuff I didn't like but I can't be bothered to list it.
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