>>149500561For me it was, maybe below christopher reeves superman, but by far is the best film because it actually feels in tone like a superman movie.
My list is:
1. Christopher reeves superman
2. James gun superman
3. Superman returns superman
4. Man of steel
With the last two is more like a tie, because superman returns was a better as a superman movie in tone, but to be honest, it was kind of boring, didn't like the stuff about supes having a secret child with lois as a surprise.
Man of steel is hated because it popularized gloomy godlike superman, but the story wasn't that bad beside the whole dumb stuff with pa kent, but by far it had the best jor-el and krypton lore.
People like to shit on the destruction of the city in that movie. But I'm sure two kryptonians engaging in a fight would cause a lot of destruction, people blame that fight too, but people like and tend to forget the city destruction was thanks to the terraformation machine zod brought, but could have been nice to see supes saving some civilians more often.
Clark killing zod? I don't know, zod didn't give him to many options either, sounds stupid on paper to let live the guys who almost destroyed your planet.
But the real deal why that movie sucked is because it failed to despict superman in tone.
Superman is a colorful wholesome goody two shoes boyscout to the core.
That scene about "this world don't let you be good" in other movies is way too cynical for the actual superman. I get superman is seen as a godlike being, but the gimmick with him is how he's the nicest average joe or being on earth. Superman is cool, when you don't focus on his powers, but the kind of person he is. Powerscalers are the worst for sure.