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If Man of Steel had less citywide destruction I would be more of a fan. I know Supes was more or less just learning his powers but why couldn't they battle on the moon or something?
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From what I heard in the novelization of the move, superman tries to fly zod into the ocean and fight, but zod forces them back towards the city
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Yeah but movie novelizations are kind of like fan fiction sometimes. I mean the movie is the canon and there was no evidence of that in the movie.
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True, but I don't superman could have gotten them away from the city since it is very hard to contain someone who is basically your equal in strength. Also I think the destruction was necessary because it was an alien invasion and the entire world was threatened.