JUST AS GOOD AS ANYBODY . JUST AS BAD AS ANYBODY

Mad props to James Gunn for giving Lois agency. She saves Superman! She figures out what’s happening with Lex. At no point in the movie does Clark have to save Lois. It’s so nice getting to watch a woman just be a brilliant badass. I also think this is the first time I’ve seen Lois interact with the Kents. When she tells Clark she loves him too it’s because she’s seen him as Superman hero of Metropolis and Clark Kent from Smallville.

I love that at no point did the story feel the need to "raise the stakes" by putting Lois or the Kents in danger. The person in danger doesn't need to be someone personally important to Superman for it to be important to him and for him to do everything he can to save them. A guy who gave him a free lunch one time, a strange alien baby, the citizens of a country literally on the other side of the world from his home, a dog who is honestly kind of a pain in the ass, or even a random squirrel that was about to be crushed - it doesn't matter, they're all important.