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>Kryptonite is in particular forged to make it a weapon, a spear. This detail is not trivial since the lance of Longinus is what pierced the sides of Christ in his passion, from which escaped water and blood.
Except it is trivial and redundant, because beyond the visuals of Superman getting stabbed in the side and "dying and rising" it provides no narrative/thematic depth or purpose to these characters or their story.
>As we have seen, the movie binds together (symbol) meanings and characters so as to create a picture or painting of different forces both within and without characters, at the micro and macro level
A film heavily utilizing traditional Western religious and esoteric symbolism does not make it inherently "good", especially when it does not utilize these motifs effectively or in a cohesive, effective narrative. And on all other levels, especially regarding acting and many of the visuals, it is not engaging for a casual viewer or a cinephile given /film/ is not merely a visual but also an audio medium.
>That Superman represents a manifestation of a superior and virtuous principle is beyond his ability to conceive, and so his view is distorted and reduces the figure of Superman to the material plane.
Except Superman isn't a human being or a God, he's an alien.
If anything, HE would be the Prometheus figure (something else Snyder overlooked in his screenplay/worldbuilding) bringing something magical from the Chariot of the Gods to mankind. Luthor derives his motivation and paranoia from this fact, and in many ways the fight against Zod and the idea that Superman could potentially bring the apocalypse by merely being present on Earth is what makes Luthor and those subscribed to his worldview so powerful and persistent. If anything, going by Greek allegories Lex and all the villains Superman faces represent the dogs eating the liver of Prometheus and perpetually binding him despite Prometheus always recovering.