User blog:Jaora Var-El/Henry Cavill as Superman: My Opinion

I'll put it to you straight, I honestly thought Cavill's performance in the DCEU movies was stunning. The biggest reason those movies 'failed' was because of the filming and poor attempt to copy the sparkle of the MCU. I'm sure if Cavill played Superman in a flim (flims hopefully) that weren't as dark and copycat as the DCEU, it would honestly be the best Superman movie to date.

Just about every Superfan who has watched the original movies will wholeheartedly agree that they were amazing, excluding Quest for Peace. Why is this? Well, what do the movies all have in common that made them good? The answer is good actors. Christopher Reeve was an amazing Superman because he was Superman. That's the same with Cavill. He's a good Superman because he shows the audience a beautiful mixture of a Kansas farmboy with a strong moral compass who could almost be the guy with a newspaper scross the street. Strong, but compassionate. The reason the Regime scenes in BvS were so abhorred was because Cavill just couldn't be that Superman. He's too good for that and his Superman personality just clashed with Snyder's filming. Superman Returns could have been the best one yet, its storyline superb, but Routh and the filming style could have used a little work.

A good movie doesn't just have good actors or a good story or a good fliming style, it has to be a combination of all three. JL: Amazing actors, good story, not a super good fliming style (personally thought it was too dark and lighthearted at the same time). Right now WB is playing the game wrong, trading good actors for not as good when they should be working on improving their fliming style. The DCEU is trying to head in a good direction and I can see them almost making it, but poor decision making and just straight up copying the MCU is going to kill them and it will hit hard. Up your game, WB. We want Cavill back.