In one single scene, the rest of the movie he respects them and trusts them to do what's right. By B v S he's more rebellious except that's limited to pouting and not speaking to anyone because he lost what social graces he had in Man of Steel. Superman being a vigilante isn't that much of a game changer for Superman, it's not like he has to be deputised in every incarnation to be a super-hero. A random superhero is an urban myth, and a terrible one who Lois can track because he's an idiot who never learnt how to cover his tracks properly when he becomes Superman he does it openly.
Which makes him look unhinged, when he could have stood up for her without risking his identity because people are going to notice that guy's car getting trashed after that. He has two modes, being a passive coward as Kent and someone who overkills things and ruins lives. There's more options to him defending ladies from sexist jerks than doing nothing and destroying vehicles.Superman trashing a truck of a guy harassing a woman.it's a parallel of how superman smashed the car after lois was being harrased by butch.
When did he do this in Man of Steel? We don't know why he becomes a super-hero in Man of Steel. Superman only becomes an active super-hero in the movie when Zod shows up and he still needs prodding to stand up to Zod.Superman getting pissed and accidentally causing collateral.Also, the kents nor the els where the reason superman helps people and defends the defenceless .
For someone who's supposed to defined by 'choices' he sure doesn't give us much insight into why he does the things he does. Snyder's Superman does more being passive and being reactive than actively choosing things to do. He's contradictory, at one point he can't decide whether to turn himself in so he has go to a priest while he overcame Pa Kent argument to not be a super-hero off-screen and didn't care when heavily armed criminals shot up Gotham under his nose.It's his instinct. Which he honed to be a choice.
That talk about chance and choice.it presents the theme of personhood that exists through out goldenage comics.
Being inspired by something means nothing and he's more controversial than either of those characters. And Golden Age Superman did things like supporting miners when they were being taken advantage of by their bosses, this Superman did nothing like that in the movies.Incidentally, anything inspidered by goldenage superman comics like the irongiant or astroboy.He doesn't give long drawn speeches on how people should behave.