If we get passed the bleak color palette, and the fact that Henry Cavill isn’t Christopher Reeve, we find that the story actually tells a fairly resonant story.
That’s something that tends to get lost in the shuffle whenever people sit down to examine Man of Steel.
It’s all about the hubris of an advanced civilization, the folly of believing resources will never run out, and arrogance to believe that the civilization can simply move somewhere else.
Despite the fact that it has become reviled in certain circles for its somewhat off-kilter take on the Last Son of Krypton, the film actually does have quite a bit to say.