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A really good edit to an already awesome film but that always had a little too much going on at times. I like the changes in the narrative flow with a lot of the distracting elements being discarded or changed. It gives more time to focus on Superman, as well as not forcing a quick relationship with Lois Lane.

There’s also a nice touch of hope that makes the whole thing feel less cynical and more enjoyable to watch, even in the small things like less harshness to some of the conflicts between Clark and others, or Perry White being a little less of an a-hole. The best change overall for me was the minimizing of the damage done to Metropolis, and not having Superman “accidentally” killing so many in his duel with Zod. Just a few of these tweaks elevate the entire experience quite a bit.

Highly recommend this as a very solid replacement to a great Superman film,