It looks (and sounds from what I've heard and read) that the director is trying to take Superman in a new direction and make "The world's most powerful boy scout" more up to date an approachable/believable for the modern audience.
It's a gutsy move, given that Superman's 80 or so year old origin is him growing up as a farm boy.
Movie Bob is cautiously optimistic, which I find as enlightening as I find it amusing given his utterly vicious attitude towards 'The Amazing Spider Man' from the very first day the re-boot was announced. When it came out Movie Bob, who I normally enjoy, went fan-boy nuclear on TASM for any and every deviation they made on it (it's unavoidably clear that Bob's professional detachment was utterly absent where this movie was concerned).
His reaction to Superman being changed from a farm boy in Kansas to a fisherman's son in what looks like New England? "I hope this doesn't suck."
Like Wonder Woman, Superman is a surprisingly difficult character to write. He's TOO perfect. That was the problem the makers of the John Carter movie had to confront: Back when Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote John Carter and Tarzan the fashion of the times called for perfect, Sir Galahad type heroes. Superman was written in much the same style.
Captain America and The Avengers proved that you can play a genuine boy scout--good guy straight without him coming across as goofy or campy. The difference was that Captain America was vulnerable to other things than just kryptonite.
Like I said, it's a gutsy move playing with the big 'Boy Scout's' original background. I hope they pull it off.
NOTE: I thought the scene of him flying through the air looked totally cool. There was a power to it...I don't know how to put it, but if they can pull off other scenes like that the special effects should rate as awesome.
