For one, if you think "realism" serves a purpose for superheroes then you're kinda missing the point. And Man of Steel wasn't even well done anyway in that regard.
It's a very poorly written film and that we owe to David Goyer and it's who I really blame. Zack is a decent director and definitely can make things look cool visually but, he's all style and no substance. Get him some good writing talent on board with him and he can make a good movie.
David Goyer is not. He's goddamn awful.
And while it is true that the movie fails to understand anything about Superman, it just fails as a movie too. It's badly done with only the Dragonball Z fights being the highlight of them.
And you also obviously don't understand Superman whatsoever. You probably never even read any of the comics to just act like he has no dilemmas whatsoever.
You're talking to a huge comic book nerd. Don't try to tell me you think you know what's right for Supes. Man of Steel was NOT the way to go about it. Especially being the launchpad for DC's cinematic universe.
Plus We don't need moody, "realistic", and gritty superhero flicks out the a$$. DC just needs to embrace the comic book lineage like Marvel has.
And this is why Marvel is practically making victory laps now and DC has no clue as to what they are doing.
Which is a shame because I LOVE both Marvel
and DC.