Originally posted by Aria:
Honestly, the fact that Superman killed Zod in Man of Steel didn't bother me, because the movie made it crystal clear that killing Zod was Superman's only choice. What did bother me was the complete decimation of Smallville's downtown, and a large section of Metropolis and, likely, the accompanying deaths of thousands as all the buildings collapsed. Granted, Superman was barely holding his own for a while, but if they'd shown him taking even a few steps to avoid the mass casualties (and perhaps not throwing Zod into buildings, but trying to pull him away from the city center), I would have been happier. Even worse, they showed Superman come down to the ground in the center of a field of ruin to kiss Lois Lane and crack jokes about their relationship. Really? Did he even care that thousands of people had probably just died?
This. I was ready to get up and walk out of the theater during MoS. The Young Clark stuff -- well, anything with Clark -- was great. The endless fighting and destruction totally turned me off. If I ever rent the movie in the future, I'm going to be using the fast-forward button a lot.
SR, on the other hand, I saw in the theater 3 times, then bought. I don't watch it that often, and I admit it has its flaws (the lonnng crystal-growing scenes, the suspect circumstances with him being gone for 5 years, which they failed to explain properly (but it DOES get better explained in the novelization) and a few other things.) But at least I didn't ever want to get up and leave the theater when seeing it.
So, maybe if I watch MoS again I'll feel differently, but as it stands now, SR > MoS.
