To be clear, overall I loved the movie

But this is bugging me and I wanted to get it out

So, early in the movie, some random guy runs to check on Superman after Superman gets literally pounded into the ground in Metropolis.

Just some nice guy who is worried about supes.

Says he gave Superman free food one time.

Lex sees this and tell his people to get random guy’s information

Half way through the movie, Lex takes Superman to basically space gitmo and suppresses his powers

Then Lex and the president of Russisrael bring random nice guy before Supes, tied to a chair

Lex puts one bullet in a revolver and attempts to interrogate Supes by playing Russian roulette with nice guy

Guy is crying, Supes is crying begging Lex to stop

Lex puts a bullet in the guy’s head the second time he pulls the trigger

The president of Russisrael is laughing he thinks it’s funny

Lex is annoyed he only lasted 2 rounds, and then goes “whelp I guess I need to go find another person who was nice to you to bring here to execute now”

And like

Fuck that is really dark

I feel like it was too dark, honestly

For this movie

Like, it IS the thing that breaks Rex into not kryptoniting Superman anymore despite Lex holding Rex’s child hostage

And you need something believable to do that

But, I don’t know, it felt like too much

Maybe it’s just me?

I’m curious what other people’s thoughts are on this

I had no issues with it. It was dark, but for me it worked ... especially the reactions of Luthor and Putinyahu, because it's showing the two "human" people are iinhumanly cruel where the alien and the weirdo are heartbroken at the loss of another person

I think it was necessary. Superman stories have this reputation for Clark being able to just swoop in and instantly stop anything bad from happening. There was a loss that was needed both to show to that he can’t do that and to make Rex realize he could be brave

Not that he could be brave; that he NEEDED to be brave. To stop Lex from killing another innocent person

Also, for an audience, it's really easy to like ... ignore bystanders, you know? For the people who are not our characters, and who get caught up in the fighting, to just become a faceless mass of individuals.

this made sure you don't forget the little guys

Hmm maybe you’re right

I'm a sensitive person and shit like this is why I don't watch movies anymore.

I can't stand being blindsided by gore, cruelty, triggering content etc