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Originally Posted by kysirsoze
The thing is, that's how he's been in the comics for a long time. I'm all for showing his human frailty. It's something most other film adaptations have completely whiffed on. It's just that it was done in a cheap, hackneyed way. His character arc is all over the place and he just seems to barrel through the movie with little to no awareness of what he's doing and who it's affecting.
I'm hoping the sequel pounds this home and it is about him learning to really be a hero with a feeling of care and responsibility. If it's just more wonton destruction and death in the name of "justice" count me out.
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To me this is like complaining about the Hulk character in Avengers.
The Hulk hasn't been a dumb giant for most of the last 30 years but that's how people expect him. I nit pick and find reasons to hate the Avengers Hulk but all in all they did a really good job.
It's not about 30 or more years of comix continuity - it's about introducing these characters to a brand new audience with the "essence" of them being true do the stories.
When Supes walked away from the drunks it seemed like a real sacrifice. When Supes threw that semi over a phone pole at the truck stop I cared. It had meaning. He knew he could rage out at any time but didn't.
The idea of SM having resentment and anger over what he has to deal with isn't touched on outside the comix.
The Mark Ruffalo Hulk was only ok until he said "I'm angry all the time." That changes him from a very black/white character to a more complex one. It frames that whole movie completely differently at that point. He could have raged out and bounced every character off the dirt at any point.
It adds a deeper meaning that makes us care. It shows restraint. Morality.