Henry Cavill interview where he speaks about the DCEU..

The only DCU film that I think was unfairly criticized was MoS. That film was exactly what it was promoted to be: a more realistic take on the Superman origin story. If that's not your cup of tea, then that's fine. But some people got butthurt at it for it NOT being just like Dick Donner's film, and that's retarded. The real "problem" with MoS was that it came out the year after the Avengers. That's when tastes started to change. People gave the more grounded superhero films a more critical eye and gave the lighthearted romps a pass. Even TDKR got complaints about being "too moody" after the Avengers came out (which was also retarded, as it was perfectly in line with BB and TDK). Does MoS have flaws when judged by its own merits? Of course. All films do. But it wasn't the "trash" that some people made it out to be. And you know that people are being biased when they claim shit about the movie that isn't even true (like Superman personally knocking down buildings and dumb shit like that).

So MoS received unfair treatment. But WB didn't respond the right way. They became super reactionary and didn't know how to proceed.

I'm a fan of the UE of BvS, but I can completely see why the TC got trashed. It was a grim, bloated, and sometimes incoherent mess. I happen to think the UE was rather ambitious (though it was still pretty grim and somewhat bloated), but it at least executed against what it was TRYING to do. And I blame the studio for the whole debacle. If they didn't want Snyder to make a three-hour movie, then they should have told him that up-front. But you don't let him make the movie he wants to make and then tell him to shave 30 rather essential minutes out of it.