I loved Man of Steel, as a Superman Fan I thought it was Perfect. People are so beholden to the 77 Superman movie but that was an Adaption as well, Superman was not like that in the comics of the time. Krypton wasn't an Ice Planet it looked like this:
It was a real Alien World with it's own ecosystem and unique geography.
The Fortress of Solitude wasn't an Empty Ice Fortess it looked like this:
http://bigglee.blogspot.com/2013/12/superman-tour-his-fortress-of-solitude.html
It was one of the Coolest pads in comics at the time.
But the Donner Movie never focused on the fact that Superman was an Alien, No one really seemed to care (I'm sure Carl Sagan would have had a few questions) except Luthor and that was only so he could pull Supes' weakness to Kryptonite OUT OF HIS ASS! Not long after the Donner Movie the Crises happen and all the cool shit about Superman went away, Supergirl, Krypto, The Legion ties, all of it.
Supes went from being Kryptonian and proud of it to being almost ashamed of being an alien. He wasn't even born on Krypton. Krptonians were turned into Haphephobia cases that a Vulcan would tell to lighten up, His home away from Home The Fortress was built by the Eradicator instead of Supes who really couldn't give two shits about it even though it ended up saving his life. Supes became Boring. He became us.
Man of Steel let you know from the get go, This Dude is NOT Us, deal with it. Some people Could, Some Couldn't and here we are.