I thought it was a great tribute to the world as it is right now. Adults who act like adults. A good tribute to Chris Reeve in this Superman adopting and adapting his mannerisms. And Spacey's Lex seeming to emulate Hackman's Lex for a needed comic break (with some mannerism's from TVs Smallville's Lex--Jon Rosenbaum---it seemed right on to be and mellowed the darkness generally.
John Steinbeck's overbearing Christian religiosity in "East Of Eden" was pure lameness I have always thought. But here it was a nice touch laid on the story I thought. At least this film didn't have blatant Cain and Abel and all references by naming characters Caleb, and Amos, etc. How about Cuperman and ALex ??