I want to come straight out and tell you guy my opinion on Man Of Steel before asking this question. I would say it was a very disappointing movie. I don´t hate it and I was even willing to defend it until I found out they´re throwing Batman into the sequel. I thought ok it made some mistakes, but in the end a second outing for Supes could improve upon a flawed movie that had some really good ideas.
However my mood turned with the Batman announcement, especially in the way they are framing it. I have had discussions with many people who support the movie and said I think the film suffered from a lot of things, but 3 things in particular stood out for me as bad story telling.
1. Jor El The Ultimate Deux Ex Machina.
Part of the heroes journey in a film is to figure out how to beat the badguy. It´s a journey of discovery in which we the audience are put in the shoes of the hero, as he fights against the odds to figure out how to beat the unbeatable monster.
The problem with Man Of Steel is everything Superman needed to do was provided by good old space daddy, rather than have him figure anything out. This meant there was no mystery to the film at all. No fight scenes or feats of strength in the movie had any consequence.
2. To many illogical occurrences for a film that took itself very seriously.
I´m not going to go into this but we can talk about this in the comments if you want.
3. Little to know Character development of key characters. Especially the protagonist.
I think the film spent alot of time building up Zod and Jor´El at the expense of Superman. This is where my question arises. As i said I´m not trying to diss anyone who like the movie, but I want to know from supporters of the movie, can you tell me one character defining piece of dialogue for Cavill´s Clark or Superman. Not him as a child, but of him as an adult.
Because I think Cavill was seriously short changed, he fit the role beautifully, but Superman who is a very complex and interesting character seemed to be reduced to a series of frowns.
Is there a moment in the film where Cavill says something that truly defines who the character is and what he´s going through. I should add I don´t think the scene where he claims his father said the world was not ready to find out who he is counts. That just restates everything that has already been seen in the movie.
So the question again: Has Cavill Got One Character Defining Moment or Dialogue in the whole Man Of Steel Film? And, if not does that not make the film an instant fail in bring us a new fresh take on the Superman mythos and character.