Snyder also earns our #1 spot with last year's Superman reboot, Man of Steel, which was so strangely divisive with critics that even an employee of Rotten Tomatoes couldn't believe the movie couldn't break "fresh" status on the website (it currently sits at 56%). Against a huge $225 million budget, it made $668 million, so is for all intents and purposes considered a success, enough that Snyder is moving full speed ahead with the controversial Batman vs. Superman movie. But the critical consensus speaks volumes, and the Internet uproar over the movie has been considerable, that it lacked character development, that the Lois-Clark relationship didn't work, that Zod was a bad villain, that there was too much mindless destruction, that Cavill was a bland Superman, and that Superman shouldn't have killed Zod at the end. For the most part, it felt like some audiences simply weren't happy with seeing a radically different Superman movie, one without Lex Luthor and Kryptonite that took a far more downcast trajectory, while still including the key elements of his character. Zod's death was a major point of discussion online, with many protesting that Superman simply would not kill Zod under any circumstances. But in 2014, isn't this just pretty stupid? Black and white moral "rules" like this can so easily be broken, and that's what Zod managed to do so easily: by forcing Superman into such a tough scenario, we ended up with a far more provocative and interesting movie, rather than simply following along the tired simplicity of previous Superman movies. In time, perhaps more audiences will come around to what just might be Zack Snyder's best film. Are there any hugely underrated comic book flicks we missed? Let us know in the comments!
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