Superman (2025) Rotten Tomatoes Thread

[Lily Adler]

Things I liked:
Martha and Clark
It's not an S
Jor-El and Lois
You are my son
Superman vs Faora (minus the exploding factory)
Chris Meloni and Faora (chemistry off the charts)
Krypton

Things I didn't like:
No Jimmy
Dicksplash
Tornado scene
No Clark the journalist
All downhill after the first kiss
Superman vs Zod
Superman kills Zod
No Clark valuing all living things
Jonathan and Clark
The lack of colors.

 

[Link]

I definitely get that. I'm a non-donner supes fan myself as you know, so that was part of why I was so hyped. It seemed so different and had such potential for a great modern take grounded in realism (which was just so in at the time). But I remember sitting in the theatre and even 30-45 mins in having this deflating sensation and the thought 'oh man, the reviews really were right weren't they.'

I will never know exactly how i'd have experienced it if i'd never seen the RT score and never read any of the reviews. Maybe it did make those quality issues feel more prominent, because i'm pretty sure things like editing and pacing were mentioned as criticisms straight away.

All I know is that I went in still TRYING to love it... and I just never could.

I never saw the RT score or any reviews for MoS beforehand. I was in London for the first time, and it was my first time seeing a film in IMAX, so the setting was beyond exciting. I had purchased the soundtrack on CD the day before because I was so hyped. I really disliked it (as did my friend), and the only thing that really stuck with me was the size of the screen and Zimmer's oppressive but epic score. I've rewatched it at least twice, and my feelings haven't changed. It's just... dour.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

MOS is a weird one where I loved it on first viewing, hated it on second and now time has made me look on it with much kinder eyes. As is often the case with movies, especially franchise instalments once the sense they’re What It Is Now and we’re stuck with it wears off. Many, many, many flaws but it’s leagues above Snyder’s other DC movies and has some genuinely good stuff in there.

Just a shame the third act is a mess and the screenplay is more a series of post it notes than a fleshed out narrative. Because what it’s going for was pretty ideal for a Superman relaunch.

 

[flickchick85]

The Marvels.

I love The Marvels but I don’t necessarily disagree with its 62% RT score. It’s a blatantly messy movie with visible seams, that just has some flashes of the great movie it could have been. I don’t believe it remotely deserves the vitriol it gets online at all, and I think there are a number of higher-scored MCU movies that deserve lower, but that’s another discussion.

 

[Lily Adler]

I love The Marvels but I don’t necessarily disagree with its RT score. It’s a blatantly messy movie with visible seams, that just has some flashes of the great movie it could have been. I don’t believe it remotely deserves the vitriol it gets online at all, and I think there are a number of higher-scored MCU movies that deserve lower, but that’s another discussion.

Captain Marvel has a 45% Audience Score on RT.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I never saw the RT score or any reviews for MoS beforehand. I was in London for the first time, and it was my first time seeing a film in IMAX, so the setting was beyond exciting. I had purchased the soundtrack on CD the day before because I was so hyped. I really disliked it (as did my friend), and the only thing that really stuck with me was the size of the screen and Zimmer's oppressive but epic score. I've rewatched it at least twice, and my feelings haven't changed. It's just... dour.

I was in London too at the BFI Imax (also my first and only IMAX) for the first screening of the day. Wonder if we were having our disappointing experiences together lol

P.s. i'm not bothering to travel to an IMAX theatre this time because i'm older now and the journey will exhaust me enough it'll impact my enjoyment too much to be worth the bigger screen

 

[flickchick85]

Captain Marvel has a 45% Audience Score on RT.

Oh audience scores on RT I ignore completely unless it’s something that definitely had no reason to be review-bombed.

 

[Link]

I was in London too at the BFI Imax (also my first and only IMAX) for the first screening of the day. Wonder if we were having our disappointing experiences together lol

P.s. i'm not bothering to travel to an IMAX theatre this time because i'm older now and the journey will exhaust me enough it'll impact my enjoyment too much to be worth the bigger screen

It could've been the same screening! That's pretty amazing. It was my only IMAX experience, too, as of today. There's one in Helsinki, but it's a "Liemax," so I haven't bothered to make the two-hour or so trip.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

It could've been the same screening! That's pretty amazing. It was my only IMAX experience, too, as of today. There's one in Helsinki, but it's a "Liemax," so I haven't bothered to make the two-hour or so trip.

Same, there's a couple of limeax's not as far away from me by public transport, but it still doesn't feel worth the extra hassle and energy spend, at least for the first watch. I'd rather be well rested. I do have pencilled in plans to go see it at a liemax in Swindon with a friend that lives there on the week after release though.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Oh audience scores on RT I ignore completely unless it’s something that definitely had no reason to be review-bombed.

If this movie gets a low audience score, I will find that much harder to take seriously lol

 

[Link]

Same, there's a couple of limeax's not as far away from me by public transport, but it still doesn't feel worth the extra hassle and energy spend, at least for the first watch. I'd rather be well rested. I do have pencilled in plans to go see it at a liemax in Swindon with a friend that lives there on the week after release though.

If I really love the film, I might also go to the Liemax since I'm in Helsinki anyway the week after the premiere. Might be fun to drag some family to watch Supes together.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

If I really love the film, I might also go to the Liemax since I'm in Helsinki anyway the week after the premiere. Might be fun to drag some family to watch Supes together.

I figure if I love it, it'll be cool to see it in every new format I can! I also have tickets for a 3D showing on Sunday 13th with some friends for the same reason.

 

[Link]

If this movie gets a low audience score, I will find that much harder to take seriously lol

I mean, when a certain fringe faction of the fanbase has openly campaigned for review bombing and trolling, it's not going to come as a surprise when it happens.

 

[Primal Slayer]

MoS - the KRypton scenes are AH-MAH-ZING and best part of the film. And imo...the best Krypton scenes we've ever gotten in live action.

The arrival of Zod and co. out of the phantom zone was also great and eerie AF.

Fight scenes were great. All the costumes are TOP NOTCH.

But frumpy Clark was not it. Or frumpy Smallville. Thats where Snyder truly goes wrong. Everything between Krypton and Zods re-arrival should've been sunshines and rainbows with Clark finding his way of life in Metroplis being a reporter.

 

[Lily Adler]

MoS - the KRypton scenes are AH-MAH-ZING and best part of the film. And imo...the best Krypton scenes we've ever gotten in live action.

The arrival of Zod and co. out of the phantom zone was also great and eerie AF.

Fight scenes were great. All the costumes are TOP NOTCH.

But frumpy Clark was not it. Or frumpy Smallville. Thats where Snyder truly goes wrong. Everything between Krypton and Zods re-arrival should've been sunshines and rainbows with Clark finding his way of life in Metroplis being a reporter.

It became obvious after BVS that Snyder didn't care for Clark as an identity. This was confirmed when Terrio said Clark was to remain dead and Superman/Kal-El as the sole persona.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Personally think Snyder has poisoned Gen Z on what Superman is actually supposed to be like...

If anything! Injustice League Superman has been more of an influence on gen z over even the Reeves version. Gen Z ain’t looking at Chris Reeves and SReturns didn’t even happen for them.

 

[jokesonm3]

Hell i'm going ALL in on my prediction.

Ride or die.

90+ RT Score.

One of Gunn's all time best films since GOTG1.

 

[Elayis]

When MoS came out I was on a bit of a rebound from the MCU (I hadn't enjoyed the overly comedic tone of Avengers 1 or IM3), so Snyder's style was like a balm for me. I really liked the aesthetic of the film, and despite some troublesome narrative and acting choices I had issues with, I basically gaslit myself into loving it.

When BvS came along, I was convinced bringing on Terrio was going to ensure the best of both worlds: a strong script to serve as a foundation for Snyder's visual flourishes. I wasn't a fan of casting Affleck, but I was excited to see a Batman movie directed by the guy that did Gone Baby Gone and The Town. All of my hopes came crashing down, though, when baby Bruce started flying in a sea of bats, and the movie ended up being an escalating series of baffling unforced errors. By the end of the movie I was convinced that we were stuck with a director that seemingly hated not only Superman, but the concept of superheroes in general.

This time around, I'm cautiously optimistic. I'm not a Gunn fan, and actually find him to be uniquely ill-suited to handle an intrinsically good character like Superman. All of his previous work demonstrates his immature and edgelord tendencies, which is completely at odds with someone as wholesome and square as Clark Kent. However, he's been saying and doing all the right things since the moment he got the gig, so I'm hopeful that he's grown enough as a person to understand what a movie called Superman requires. I just hope his voice has enough edges worn down to be palatable.

I'll probably end up seeing this in LieMAX next Monday since I prefer less crowded theaters after COVID.

 

[STARMAN]

When the first few negative reviews arrive, we'll criticize the critic, then criticize the criticism, and swear we'll like the movie even more because of what the negative critic said.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

When the first few negative reviews arrive, we'll criticize the critic, then criticize the criticism, and swear we'll like the movie even more because of what the negative critic said.

I can already sense the death threat campaign lol (not from any of you cool people, more the nasty Twitter/Reddit crowd).

Even if it’s mostly positive people will react poorly. I doubt it’ll be quite as glowing as The Batman and when THAT movies embargo lifted I sincerely thought it was being panned cause I opened up a thread for it and everyone was panicking.

 

[Lily Adler]

I can already sense the death threat campaign lol (not from any of you cool people, more the nasty Twitter/Reddit crowd).

Even if it’s mostly positive people will react poorly. I doubt it’ll be quite as glowing as The Batman and when THAT movies embargo lifted I sincerely thought it was being panned cause I opened up a thread for it and everyone was panicking.

 

[STARMAN]

It was a non-stop party of positivity on the forum during the MOS release until the reviews came in. The people who say they don't care about the critics are usually the ones that have the biggest meltdowns.

 

[donuts]

The movie's done.
If you didn't read any reviews, not one frame of it would change.
You'd still watch the same movie, and not have any preconceived idea of it going in.

 

[Link]

I can already sense the death threat campaign lol (not from any of you cool people, more the nasty Twitter/Reddit crowd).

Even if it’s mostly positive people will react poorly. I doubt it’ll be quite as glowing as The Batman and when THAT movies embargo lifted I sincerely thought it was being panned cause I opened up a thread for it and everyone was panicking.

It basically always comes down to this:

Well, not so much here, but on big social media. The most annoying version of this is people with a chip on their shoulder, like the anti-woke crowd or the Snyder cult. For people like that, the only honest critic is the one that dislikes what they dislike and likes what they like. Everyone else is paid off and/or lying, how convenient.

 

[donuts]

It basically always comes down to this:

Well, not so much here, but on big social media. The most annoying version of this is people with a chip on their shoulder, like the anti-woke crowd or the Snyder cult. For people like that, the only honest critic is the one that dislikes what they dislike and likes what they like. Everyone else is paid off and/or lying, how convenient.