by OL » Wed May 14, 2014 8:25 pm
The ending to Man of Steel didn't darken him too much, I think. There's one particular act he has to do that seems really dark, but once that's over and done with, he seems fine. In fact, I'd say the last few minutes of the film show him in a much more "accurate" light than the rest of it. He's boring for the majority of the movie, but then he suddenly seems to have a personality right at the end (after the badguys are beaten, before the credits roll I mean). Hopefully that carries over. I think Henry Cavill could be the best on-screen Supes ever, he just needs a better script.
Going back to the introduction of multiple characters at once, an interesting possibility strikes me. The comics themselves have usually introduced characters without revealing their origins first, then elaborated on them later on. We don't really know the extent to which the other characters are going to appear in this particular movie at the moment; for all we know, they might just be there at first to illustrate that there are other super-powered beings on Earth besides Superman, with basic bit parts here and there. And then from there, Warner Bros. would have the smart option to give individual movies to those characters afterward based on audience demand. Sort of a reverse-Marvel method, without having to go too far into whichever characters the audience decides aren't very interesting.
As much as I like the Avengers, I almost think this method might be better; you can get to the meaty stuff without having to sit through individual movies for lame-ass characters like Thor. I wouldn't mind that at all.