Superman SPOILER Review Thread (NO TAGS NECESSARY)

[Mandon Knight]

I feel I need to explain myself here first, because without explanation there will be some 'comeback', given my stance both on Gunn himself & my own thoughts on this film and what follows for the upcoming future it now seems, which still exist.

I HAVE seen the film now, for the very simple fact my dear (IRL) friend @Mach2Infinity had seen it and I wished to be able to talk & discuss the film with him over some of the scenes & events that he enjoyed.

My lifetime friendship with Mach is way more important to me than one film and one film-maker.

So going in, I had zero 'expectation', lets just see how this unfolds. I knew we were not getting Man of Steel for sure, but what we got, in my mind, is essentially a combination of Superman, the animated series and the Justice League animated series, both of which I loved when first broadcast.

Mach had informed me of what he got from the film and how certain imagery got his 'emotional range' and where the film 'scored' for him and the places where he 'felt', I understood why and aspects of those, did hit.

I didn't agree with some decisions taken on the character and supporting characters, like many have expressed and I am sure those will play out in future sequels.

Chemistry was very strong between Lois & Clark and you felt the ending, some great action sequences (I get the ? mark over the CGI, given the budget) and the given the introduction of the wider range of characters fitted what was being presented.

I got the emotion of the character that I 'tuned in with' and the casting of the main two leads where spot on, to put it in a nutshell, I laughed in the right places, I cried in the right places, I inwardly cheered in the right places.

The opening titles (clearly a direct and well intended reference to the 1978 original) worked and they took me back to seeing the Reeve original with my Pops (Dad).

Be interesting to see where and how this all moves forward, the basis of the story they are working from for Supergirl is a strong one in graphic novel form and I think that this DCU is here to stay,

It all depends on whether the hierarchy of WB are 'happy' with the outcomes for this Superman.

 

[donuts]

Glad you liked it.

WB is happy, a follow up of sorts is already being fast tracked and will go into production not too long after The Batman Part II starts filming.

 

[Thome216]

Glad to see so many positive responses to the movie, even if it really didn't do anything for me.
I wanted to like this far more than I did and I wish I was more on the side of those who did enjoy it so much.

I did like Corenswet's Superman, for the most part. There were a few moments where he really seemed to convey Superman. But I think he overdid it in the interview scene and other spots where he came off as very overly dramatic. He's supposed to have been Superman for a few years by now, but he comes off as pretty naive in some instances and so overly shocked when that bubble is popped.
His suit could use some work too. It's too much of a mix between the CW version and the '78 movie. Choose one, either something like Superman Returns or straight CW.

Really liked Brosnahan as Lois. I probably liked her best of all of them, her and her heavily sugared coffee! Dang, that would make even my sweet tooth ache!

His parents were too hokey, by far. His mom was especially treated more like a joke. Made me miss Eva Marie Saint or Diane Lane.

Krypto I could have done without, esp the way they had him jumping all over Supes and killing that dramatic opening. Yes, dog cute and funny, but it seemed like all he was there for was for chuckles and for the Supergirl tie-in.

Lex was pretty basic, IMO, except for that one moment where he played Russian Roulette.
I felt that was the only scene in the movie that had any risk or suspense to it, and that really grabbed my attention. That one scene...

Really did not like what they did to Jor-El and Lara! "Conquer and take many wives." W.T.F?!
That's nothing like they have ever been depicted and I kept waiting for the moment where it would be revealed that it had been faked. Nope.
We go from hopeful Krypton, with Kal-El being told to lead humanity into the light, to it apparently being a world of despots that kinda makes me glad it was destroyed. And what does Kara know about this? She's supposed to remember Krypton and was beginning to have a life there, so surely she knows about this.
Just an extremely weird choice to make.

Sadly, I have to say I much prefer the original Superman movie, Returns or Man of Steel. This... Wow.
I have thought of giving it another shot and waste at least twenty bucks or just wait until it streams...

Anyway, sorry to be a downer here , folks.

 

[dhandler01]

No need to apologize...you dont have to like the film just cause we did