I didn't have a problem with him killing Zod because he was in put in an impossible situation that Zod would definitely have put him in. However, I can see why some would be mad about it. Superman is suppose to be super in everything. Quick wit for one thing. MoS superman was pretty daft and unprepared. It just wasn't a good movie. Wasn't a good superhero movie. It was pretty bleh. I mean, it still provided entertainment (had decent cinematography and action) so it fulfilled it's objective. But if I had to pay to see it I'd definitely avoid seeing the continuations in the theater based off MoS.To quote Zod " I was bred to be a warrior, Kal. Trained my entire life to master my senses. Where did you train? ON A FARM?" (Shannon is such a great actor)
You need to rewatch the movie.
Yes, extremely underpowered. He could only fight one kyrptonian at a time... Who weren't even getting their full potential of power due to inhaling kryptons atmospheric composition and probably weren't even aware of their dormant abilities... When he had 33 years to acclimate and perfect his powers... A point he makes sure to make to zod that he says took him years.... Who then perfects all the same powers within minutes of being introduced to an atmosphere he's never had been introduced to (same reason Star Wars was crud).... Yet superman coughs blood when he breaths krypton atmosphere.... Because apparently it only works one way. Again, it was a VERY bad movie. Only redeeming factors in it were action sequences and cinematography. And that's okay if you are one of those able to shut off their brain and enjoy a movie solely based on flash. (one of my Co workers has the opinion that The expendables and Fast and Furious are the best franchises ever)
BTW, when they went to space, they should have both died instantly
7 Weird Things In 'Man of Steel' That We Need To Talk About - Dorkly Post
Only one I'd change is 4. The codex was just retarded and I would talk about that. I'd add 8 that lois for some idiotic reason is on a military plane ready to drop a doomsday device and just so happens to fall out right before it detonates and everything gets sucked up except her because she's in a more perilous situation of free falling to earth
You're saying Superman wasn't strong enough to beat two "powered" Kryptonians, two Kryptonians who are just as strong as Superman, two Kryptonians who were literally engineered to be soldiers with millenia worth of combat knowledge programmed into them, makes him weak? He's overpowered for the fact that he didn't die.
You do realize Superman's entire weakness is based on Kryptonite? Now, the "flaw" with how they handled that in the movie is actually a flaw in the comic books and it was a flaw for nearly a century. They never actually properly explain how Kryptonite affects Superman. They hint to the fact that it's radio active. But that doesn't mean Krypton the planet wasn't radioactive. So Snyder explaining Kryptonite with Superman walking on a ship who's entire atmosphere is simulating Krypton, the same planet shards that can kill Superman in the comics, making cough up blood is actually very faithful to the comics.
BTW Superman has been going up into space without a space suit in comics for more than half a century. He can actually travel to other planets just on his abilities alone.
Don't know why you have this hatred for the codex. It was a big theme in the movie. Jor-El embedded it to Kal because of hope. Krypton as a culture became slothful which caused their demise. Jor-El didn't agree with what Kryptonians have become and decided to have a son that wasn't tied down to genetic coding (Being hopeful that his son can choose a better life). He knew the planet was going to be destroyed so he took the basis of Krypton's genetic engineering device and embedded it into Kal. This way there's hope that Superman at some point will be able to create new Kryptonians and restart the race. Which was a good clash with Zod and fits with Zod vs Jor-El that happened at the beginning of the movie. Zod was genetically engineered to keep Krypton safe. It is this blind programming which causes the cataclysmic event in the movie that Superman had to stop. Which makes Superman and Zod's fight more meaningful. Zod was just trying to save Krypton any way possible with his blind programming. As opposed to how Superman would have been able to do it.
You need to start reading comics