11 Biggest Sins Of Batman v Superman

Look, I get that there's this whole messianic subtext to Superman's character. That's unavoidable. But the whole thing about subtext is that it has to be... y'know, subtle. But Snyder beats us over the head with these metaphors so frequently, it becomes almost a parody.

What makes it even worse is how Superman behaves throughout the movie, as almost a cold, unfeeling god. The first time we see him, he crashes through the terrorist compound in Africa. He doesn't come like the bright, optimistic character we're used to from the comics. Instead, he comes like a wrathful god.

He never once gives a statement about who he is or what his intentions are. At least in Man of Steel, Superman attempted to reassure the general by saying he was raised in Kansas. But there's none of that here. 

In Jeph Loeb's Superman/Batman comic, there's a quote from Batman that goes, "It is a remarkable dichotomy. In many ways, Clark is the most human of us all. Then he shoots fire from the skies and it is difficult not to think of him as a god. And how fortunate we all are that it does not occur to him." 

This is the core of who Superman is. Yes, he's a god, but he never thinks of himself as anything more than a farmboy from Kansas.