The $225 million-budgeted tentpole has the lofty ambition of relaunching the DC Universe after the last iteration of the comic book universe had flamed out with a string of costly bombs, including “The Flash,” “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” and “Blue Beetle.”

But another issue with the film's opening is that Gunn almost wants to subvert our idea of who Superman is. We don't see him fighting bad guys or saving the day. We see him in a state of vulnerability,

David Corenswet makes DC Comics' Man of Steel boyish and vulnerable in a reboot that bodes well for the future.