The color shades matching the character’s darker interpretation, the subtle and rightfully more otherworldly look of the crest, the thankful lack of red underwear and the way it all fits on Henry Cavill’s angelic frame gives this Superman the most imposing and cinematically rich appearance yet, which is also how I felt about Batfleck’s costume design in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Throwing the prize at the current cinematic iteration sounds like the obvious choice, but I truly believe the DCEU costume deserves it for much more than recency.
There has always been something cheesy or cartoonish to note about the previous live-action suits, but not at all on this one, earning Cavill’s Man of Steel the gold.