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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Seems like the biggest complaint is 'No Joy' in this movie or romance etc...

I feel like all that is to come, i hope.

It's not a cold movie at all. It's just restrained. Which reflects the character at the stage where we meet him. He's kept himself apart from the world for his entire life, always holding back, a wanderer who's only now finding his place, and discovering that at least a few people in this world actually can accept him (for all the talk about Lois, Christopher Meloni's arc may have been my favorite in the movie)

Spoiler!

when he tells the troops during the fight in Smallville that Superman is not our enemy. I loved that line and how it was set up. After Meloni committed to fight Faora-Ul with a knife (!) moments earlier. Totally badass moment. And then when he turns her line about death onto her later in the plane. Good stuff.

Anyway, that's where I think the joy in the movie is. Aside from the awesome first flight sequence. Superman finding a place, discovering that the time has finally come where he can step out into the light.

It's not Iron Man. It's not Spider-Man. It's just a different kind of movie than that, not as light-hearted. More serious, and filled with bigger ideas (not all of which work as well as they might have...). But that doesn't mean that it's emotionless.