12. Pa Kents Cameo
Was there really any need for this at all? Superman's ridiculous decision to retire for a grand total of about 13 seconds was unquestionably the film's most pointless sub-plot. It didn't lack logic, obviously, because the whole Weight Of Responsibility issue always crops up in superhero movies, but it wasn't even barely fleshed out. Instead of some moments of soul-searching, we instead got a needlessly distracting cameo vehicle to bring back Kevin Costner. But this wasn't the earnest, moral barometer of Man Of Steel, it was a nightmarish abomination of Pa Kent, taking like he was auditioning for Twin Peaks of True Detective. The entire script felt at times like it was a collection of cobbled together T-shirt slogans, but this fever dream (which AGAIN wasn't even established as a dream or a vision, but whatever) was particularly poor. And why bring up a horrific story about drowning horses, when all he needed to do was steal Uncle Ben's "with great power comes great responsibility"?