Of all the movies to emerge from the Snyderverse (aka the Dceu), “Man of Steel” might be the most palatable.
It’s true that Henry Cavill was a great Superman who never got a great Superman movie, but 2013’s “Man of Steel” did at least represent Snyder’s efforts to try something new with the titular hero.
While it was slightly muddled in its attempts to meld more fantastical elements with the gritty realism of a Christopher Nolan Batman movie — the esteemed director served as producer on “Man of Steel” — the film that kicked off the Dceu was arguably the strongest entry in the entire ill-fated enterprise.Unfortunately, a muddled tone and somewhat forgettable story weren’t the film’s only issues.
Many fans of Supes took issue with the end of “Man of Steel,” in which Cavill’s Kal-El kills the film’s villain, Michael Shannon’s General Zod — recently resurrected for the box office disaster that was “The Flash.
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