This is really not a good idea. Batman works a as a dark movie, yes. Batman is a dark character, that's fine that works for him. Superman isn't. Superman is about light and hope. That's partly why the Supes/Bats comics work so well - light vs dark. They bounce off each other.
Applying the same methodology and thinking to both of them will result in at least 1 fucked up movie. Plus, the darkness wasn't what made The Dark Knight movie so good. There were loads of other factors - plot, acting, characterisation, detail, thought.
Superman doesn't work when he's made dark. He's uplifting, he shows us there's a better way, and he shows us what the possibilities are. He's not Batman!
And also I thought Superman Returns was a damn good movie and Bardondon Routh made a good Clark and Supes. As a lifelong Christopher Reeve fan that's saying something! The only fault I can find with it is that more dialogue would have been good - it was very action orientated. That doesn't make it a bad movie, but it could have been better. And the apparent stalking doesn't bother me, at all.
You're right. Superman doesn't need to go dark. It does, however, need to do something much different. I actually liked the Dean Cain "Lois & Clark" Superman more than Christopher Reeve, mostly because they didn't portray Clark as such a nerd. Clark antics devolved into slapstick far too often, and they need to get away from that. I'd be revisiting John Byrne's "Man of Steel" reboot, if I were going to make a new Superman movie.
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