While I'm not trying to change your opinion at all because I think at this point, every person has a well ingrained opinion of MoS. It's definitely one of those movies where you either liked it, or you didn't. Either you embraced the "changes", or you absolutely detested them.
However, something very important to consider regarding that particular scene. Up until that scene, Clark had been told his entire life to hold back; think of the scene of him being bullied by Kenny Braverman and his buddies ("Get up Kent! Come on! Is that all you got?") and also of course, the famous diner scene with the trucker. Imagine having all this strength, knowing that you can indeed fight back and just utterly and literally pound these people, but it takes every ounce of your energy to hold back and simply walk away, even though you're being provoked.
Now, Zod (it was actually Zod he attacked in this scene, not Faora) in this scene was threatening Martha. Even choking her at one point and destroying Clark's childhood home and posessions. Now imagine if you were Clark. Finally, after 33 years of being advised and taught to hold back, he finally, finally has a target that he can release all of his pent up energy on spear him mid flight with every ounce of strength that he can summon, and with extremely good reason. I think it's reasonable to believe that while in this state of mind, while being absolutely hyped up on adrenaline (whatever the Kryptonian equivalent of that is
), one would naturally get a little over zealous.
However, I digress from what the current topic is and what the thread is for. As I mentioned, I'm not attempting to change your opinion at all. But regarding that scene, it's just something to consider being that it was brought up.
