Kal-El vs General Zod [PART 2] | Man of Steel

“Intergalactic soldier get’s beaten up by local farmer”

A lot of people are so focused on what they think Superman should be that they ignore what the neck-snapping scene was actually supposed to mean. The entire movie was set up telling how this alien is rejected at every moment of his life and feels like he doesn't belong, no matter how hard he tries to help people. Then, when he actually finds his own people, he is forced to choose between them or the humans, who have done nothing but push him around. Miraculously, he chooses to protect the humans, but at the cost of the Kryptonians' lives. With all the Kryptonians sucked to the Phantom Zone, Zodd is literally the last one of his kind, and yet again, Superman chooses to protect the humans. The neck-snapping is jarring and it's easy for us to judge Kal based on our preconceptions of what Superman is supposed to be. But if you just take the scene at face value, solely in the context of the movie, you can see why this scene was tragic. Superman screaming, "DON'T DO THIS! STOP! STOP!!" is not a forceful command. He's pleading with Zodd to stop because the last thing Kal-el wants is to kill the only other Kryptonian. People criticize the scream at the end too for being over-dramatic, but if you look at it this way, that scream makes perfect sense. He had to kill the last of his kind for people who never loved him all because of what, morality? That's a tough pill to swallow even for someone who is bulletproof and can fly.

i still think the yell after he kills zod is the greatest pure emotional acting moment in henry's career. The sheer pain of knowing he is now the last of his kind after killing zod, expressed perfectly.

“If you love these people so much, you can Mourn for them” That must have truly hurt him, to no what he had to do. To kill, but not just that, but most likely ending the race with only him being the last. Somewhere inside of him, he had really lost the battle.

“Satellite gets taken down” Some kid playing black ops: WHY TF Am I LAGGING!!

Them destroying Batman’s satellite is the real reason batman is pissed.

Zack Snyder's camera angles are a work of art, unmatched by any movie today. The fight scenes in these movies were out of this world. Pure Gold. We will always love you henry.

i love how the cgi from 2013 is in 10000000x better then the dogwater they use now

When Superman snapped Zod’s neck and yelled at the end... I felt that.

Bruce Wayne saw all this and was like “Yeah, I can take this guy.”

This is literally like an actual DBZ fight.

Watching Zod in the Flash gives a whole new meaning to these scenes. This was an inexperienced Superman, fighting against a skilled warrior that trained his entire life. Looking back at what happened between general Zod and Supergirl, Kal El deserves his flowers for putting an end to Zod.

Let's be honest Lois is the fastest person ever in comics. She's everywhere just in time from the other side of the city lol

This movie is the reason I don’t listen to critics anymore.

It’s crazy how this fight is so much better than anything marvel or dc has come out with to date. The action, the score, the raw emotion, everything about it is masterfully done.

I really like how the music is somber at this point in the fight. It's like this is no longer a flashy superhero fight, this is a disaster that needs to end.

I’m surprised I haven’t seen a lot of comments talking about the music. It really elevates this scene

the fact that henry isn't playing superman anymore makes this movie that much more of a gem

All I can say is "Good luck James! You're gonna need it" this movie is a masterpiece from start to finish. Don't care what anyone says. THIS was the Superman movie I always wanted. Just wish Zack got the chance to finish his story.

ZOD is a such a great villain character it's astonishing, not just in writing but IN ACTION too. Love how the whole fight progressively shows off Zod becoming more skilled with his powers, from heat vision to flight to x-ray vision and speed, and beyond (literally) Makes me realize that part where they reenter Earth was supposed to be suspenseful as if you don't know who's winning, they're equally powerful now. Also realizing now that Superman was trying to fly away with Zod in the end, but Zod grabbed and pulled him down by kneeling to kill those people. It's hard to tell cuz the shaky cam. This half of the fight shows how much of a monster Zod can be, and he had to be stopped IMMEDIATELY. Underrated