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I will try not to spoil anything that the trailers haven't.

It feels like they cut a half hour from the beginning and it didn't work very well, like they were leaning on the audience already knowing everything about a new version of Superman in a different universe framing. Even giving us 10 minutes more would have made it feel more natural like we were seeing a whole day instead of starting at noon.

Reconcile Superman's lack of emotional control that was a departure from other iterations of the character. At times he was acting like teenage Clark and not Superman once he has his mantle.

Krypto is just there and totally uncontrolled and we don't find out why he is there until the end and it doesn't agree with the established lore. He feels like comedic relief that doesn't really fit well.

Why is Superman so weak?

I felt that Lois wasn't nearly as strong of a character. They got her smarts and journalistic prowess, but I don't feel she was as strong willed and independent. I guess they didn't want to do the same Lois gets in over her head and Superman has to be a male savior trope, but they backed her off a bit to far in avoiding that pitfall.

I was relieved that the negative hype was largely unfounded, the immigrant stuff wasn't really a thing but Luthor trying to capitalize on the fear of a being from another planet had respectable correlation to modern times that in no way comes off as an overbearing social justice message like was being complained about.

I feel they did a decent job of rebuilding the DC cinematic universe and didn't try to build their Superman in a vacuum, it feels like it is an introductory part of the DCCU in a good way. I am excited to see what Gunn has in store with the more comic and less grounded style. 6/10 on this one, but 7/10 when you stand back and look at what they are trying to build.