"A "dark" Superman movie has never gone over well, and it shouldn't... parts of it can be dark, but to make the whole affair a dreary one means the people involved really don't know or care about the character...it can be done in the comics, but not the movies..."

While I prefer the lighter Superman personally, I think a smart and gifted storyteller could make a darker Superman story from the comics work. Snyder just isn't that. At all.