May I ask why ppl are obsessed with ''light'' superman? I was born in 90th so I have no nostalgia about old movies, for me it is unwatchable, sorry not sorry. Comic books very often were pretty much dark and what made me fall in love with that character was Snyder... who actually gave him some emotional layers and sense. I absolutely hated JL version of him, it was so forced and out of place. I believe Snyder cut still includes Superman I love. Anyway if they are going to make MOS2 I hope they will keep and balance the tone.
I agree. Idk what it is for other people, but most of the DC comics I've read are pretty dark, including Superman. And I used to buy all the Super titles up until about a 2 years ago (just not enough space for them all). Was there hope in them? Sure. But in no way in the last 25+ years did I ever feel like I was reading a comic that resembled the Reeve movies. Heck even the Fleischer cartoons are pretty dark until the very end when Clark smiles at the viewer after Lois asks where he's been or compares him to Superman. I mean DC literally had the problem of Superman being too light which is why they did the the "What's So Funny about Truth, Justice and the American Way?" run.
I like Reeve for what he did in Superman 1 and 2 (Richard Donner Cut) but, I honestly don't want Cavill to completely light hearted about everything. They tried to make more Reeve like superman movies with Superman Returns (and potential sequels) and look what happened... majorities didn't like it.
I liked all of Cavill's slightly lighter dialogue in JL (which wasn't much to begin with) to the "Is this guy still bothering you?" line...everything after that (mostly his dialogue with Batman and Cyborg) and the resurrection lines were horrible.