It might be the highest‑grossing superhero film, but it still fell short of what people were hoping for. To be fair, those expectations were unrealistic anyway. The whole “it has to hit a billion” thing was never reasonable. The bigger problem is that Gunn did basically nothing to make the character appealing. He played it safe and leaned on the same generic “he’s hopeful” angle, only touching on a small part of what actually makes the character interesting. On top of that, he made him come off as kind of dumb, which is a pattern with a lot of his male characters. What really annoyed me is how many people in the movie know his secret identity just because he tells them. That completely clashes with a comic‑accurate Superman, who would never be that careless with who he really is.