The story is what kills this movie. Bank robbers with huge guns? Ho-hum: just walk up to the bad guy and let the bullets bounce off. Natural disasters? Yawn: fly around town and save everyone. What remains would be a story involving extra-terrestrial villains, and Hollywood just won’t go for that (too geekily sci-fi for mainstream consumption).

Knowing all that, everyone knows the plot will inevitably involve:

• Lois Lane: there will be some kind of romantic interest story, and
• The villain: will get his (or her) hands on some Kryptonite. The story will have some inspiring ironic twist that even Superman needs help from normal humans every once in awhile.

Spider-Man remains by far the gold standard for movie adaptations of comic book material.