No, I don't blame him a bit. I look at how DC and WB have handled Superman over the years, and it was clear to me in the early 2000's that - stated or not - company practice was going with the assumption that "the character is the problem". I've been some level of pissed at them since that time, and that's well before I came to have as much of a general dislike of corporate power as I do now.
It's clear they don't care or understand the character beyond brand recognition - and even when they
try (I stress
try) to "play it safe" (Superman Returns) they have no clue what they're doing. Now, I don't assume Henry knows all of that history, but I know that if I were in his shoes, I'd be pushing for what I want because otherwise it's a giant crapshoot. Do I really want to trust the people who gave Singer and Snyder a shot but passed on MacQuarrie - and not just passed but apparently passed so hard that he was pretty harsh on WB on Twitter?
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Creatives who have any care for working with a studio again don't use words like "I go where I'm valued" publicly. They just don't.
Now, has Henry likely done some things that didn't help? I'm sure. I can likely symapthize with some of the decisions if I knew the specifics, but I'm sure this isn't just a one-sided thing. But once you add in years of DC and WB mismanagement of the character? No. This isn't his fault. WB took a bed that was at least
decently well-made by Donner and the Salkinds (who had/have their own problems, but still) and spent decades both letting it languish and also chopping it up with a hatchet.
They worked with Jon Peters/etc on "Superman Lives" (DC's "Part One of let's take a Batman producer and filmmaker and let him fix Superman")
They didn't have any idea what they were doing and eventually went with "Let's copy Superman 1 but replace the heart and charm of it with... who knows what" ("Superman Returns")
They hired Nolan and Snyder for "Man of Steel" (DC's "Part Two of let's take a Batman producer and filmmaker and let him fix Superman")
They aren't responsible for what is still one of the most lasting interpretations of Superman in his live-action history (Donnerverse) because they couldn't get Adam West out of their heads when picturing a comic book movie.
They aren't responsible for the Superboy TV show.
This makes "Lois and Clark" and "Superman and Lois" outliers, at least in my opinion - and "The Death and Return of Superman" came from a group of very talented people who took the lemon DC gave them and made an amazing lemonade. As the saying goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
It's clear that you don't care for Cavill, and honestly that's fine. Believe me, I was sick to my stomach for a week after watching MoS, even to the point on posting "The Death of Superman" edits on my social media at the time. I *should* be right there with you, and if I hadn't seen "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and "Enola Homes," I probably would be. But overall, this fits the WB's pattern of history with the character. And it's not just Superman, either - I can tell you stories of how they botched the "Elvis: That's The Way It Is - Special Edition" rollout (in 2001) so bad that it truly defies belief. Literally anyone on this board would know better, even after getting them completely drunk.
So they've made their bed, and now they have to lay in it. Sadly for us - at least for now - it's our bed, too.