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Well thought out, well cast movie. Both Superman and Lex Luthor were great.
Id rate it above all DC movies, sans Nolan trilogy. Perhaps right in bottom of that tier 1 Marvel movie line. Along lines of a GoTG standalone.
Definitely wont be going again because Chief Editor was black, and Lois Lane was a brunette. Unreal how wokety woke it was. Almost left the theater.
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Some people just want cling to the melancholy take of Zach Snyder.
Most people were ready for bright and hopeful version of Superman that rekindled that feeling of the Christopher Reeve series but with the more modern dressing of today’s superhero films.
I have some nerdy nitpicks but overall I loved it. My kids are extremely excited about it.
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This popped up on my Facebook feed.
One of the best things I've seen posted online about it.
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The Superman Legacy (Facebook group)
By Steven Goodman
JUST SAW THE GUNN FILM. HERE ARE MY FULL THOUGHTS AND REVIEW:
You will believe a man can fly.
That's what the posters and trailers all said before the release of the classic ’78 Donner Superman starring the late Chris Reeve. I was lucky enough to be there. And believe we did! We soared with this Superman who was everything that embodied the character I grew up with, including all of the color, humor, action, and layers and layers of “Truth, Justice and the American Way” cheese. Every time I went to the theater to see it again (and it was many!), the audience cheered at every feat and every time Chris streaked across the screen, especially during that knowing smile to the audience at the very end. At that moment the audience got up on their feet and applauded, and stayed standing as the credits rolled, and I think it was the very first time I saw a standing ovation at the end of a movie! This was my Superman, with all the unflappable courage, immense love for humanity (especially Lois!), as well as the technicolor Silver Age and Saturday morning silliness that I grew up with. For every kid that grew up in the 50s or 60s and ever tied a towel around the neck and pretended to be Superman, Chris Reeve was SUPERMAN!
Yes, things faltered a bit after Superman II. Then twenty or so years ago, the modern Superhero film genre really got going with entries like Singer's X-Men, Raimi's Spider-Man, and Nolan's Batman – and everything went dark and Comic Book movies turned gritty, and grounded. But let’s not forget that these stories and characters got their start in something called “comic books,” a name that was derived from the Sunday “comics” also known as the FUNNY Pages.
Gunn’s Superman has put the FUN back into Superhero films. Superman was never intended to be "grounded;" he was meant to soar, to have us look up in amazement and wonder and shout, "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's SUPERMAN!
Gunn and Corenswet deliver that in spades!
I hate all the shade this film has garnered from people who do not know and love Supes as I do, many of whom probably never even saw the movie but brushed it off because of the colorful suit with the shorts on the outside. I feel bad for all of you who thinks that's just silly and only know Cavil and Snyder's Man of Steel. Somewhere along the way, Hollywood forgot that Superman wasn’t supposed to be a brooding anti-hero. He was supposed to be inspiring!
That’s why James Gunn’s Superman feels like a homecoming for me.
This film isn’t afraid to embrace what made the character an icon for generations: his unwavering moral compass, his inherent kindness, and the simple yet powerful idea that being good isn’t boring—it’s heroic.
Stylistically, this film feels like a deliberate throwback to the colorful, hopeful tone of the 1978 film. Gone are the desaturated grays and existential angst of Snyder’s Man of Steel. Instead, Gunn gives us a Superman who smiles, who cares, who sees saving a single life, even of a SQUIRREL, just as meaningful as saving the whole world. There’s joy in watching him take flight—not just visually, but emotionally. This Superman wants to help.
And that’s what makes this movie great! It remembers that Superman isn’t a god wrestling with his place among mortals. He’s a farm boy from Kansas who believes helping others is the right thing to do. Like all of us, he tries his best, every day to be a good man, to do the right thing, yet, is fallible, can get beat down and beat up, knows he can make mistakes and by his own admission, “be a jerk sometimes.”
Oh and he LOVES his DOG!!
Gunn’s Superman is compassionate, honest, and, most importantly, human in all the ways that matter.
This is the Superman of my sugary-coated Saturday Mornings. This is the Superman of George Reeves and Chris Reeve. This is the Superman who may be "unbelievable," but the Superman we can BELIEVE IN…
THIS IS THE SUPERMAN WE NEED NOW
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One of the best things I've seen posted online about it.
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The Superman Legacy (Facebook group)
By Steven Goodman
JUST SAW THE GUNN FILM. HERE ARE MY FULL THOUGHTS AND REVIEW:
You will believe a man can fly.
That's what the posters and trailers all said before the release of the classic ’78 Donner Superman starring the late Chris Reeve. I was lucky enough to be there. And believe we did! We soared with this Superman who was everything that embodied the character I grew up with, including all of the color, humor, action, and layers and layers of “Truth, Justice and the American Way” cheese. Every time I went to the theater to see it again (and it was many!), the audience cheered at every feat and every time Chris streaked across the screen, especially during that knowing smile to the audience at the very end. At that moment the audience got up on their feet and applauded, and stayed standing as the credits rolled, and I think it was the very first time I saw a standing ovation at the end of a movie! This was my Superman, with all the unflappable courage, immense love for humanity (especially Lois!), as well as the technicolor Silver Age and Saturday morning silliness that I grew up with. For every kid that grew up in the 50s or 60s and ever tied a towel around the neck and pretended to be Superman, Chris Reeve was SUPERMAN!
Yes, things faltered a bit after Superman II. Then twenty or so years ago, the modern Superhero film genre really got going with entries like Singer's X-Men, Raimi's Spider-Man, and Nolan's Batman – and everything went dark and Comic Book movies turned gritty, and grounded. But let’s not forget that these stories and characters got their start in something called “comic books,” a name that was derived from the Sunday “comics” also known as the FUNNY Pages.
Gunn’s Superman has put the FUN back into Superhero films. Superman was never intended to be "grounded;" he was meant to soar, to have us look up in amazement and wonder and shout, "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's SUPERMAN!
Gunn and Corenswet deliver that in spades!
I hate all the shade this film has garnered from people who do not know and love Supes as I do, many of whom probably never even saw the movie but brushed it off because of the colorful suit with the shorts on the outside. I feel bad for all of you who thinks that's just silly and only know Cavil and Snyder's Man of Steel. Somewhere along the way, Hollywood forgot that Superman wasn’t supposed to be a brooding anti-hero. He was supposed to be inspiring!
That’s why James Gunn’s Superman feels like a homecoming for me.
This film isn’t afraid to embrace what made the character an icon for generations: his unwavering moral compass, his inherent kindness, and the simple yet powerful idea that being good isn’t boring—it’s heroic.
Stylistically, this film feels like a deliberate throwback to the colorful, hopeful tone of the 1978 film. Gone are the desaturated grays and existential angst of Snyder’s Man of Steel. Instead, Gunn gives us a Superman who smiles, who cares, who sees saving a single life, even of a SQUIRREL, just as meaningful as saving the whole world. There’s joy in watching him take flight—not just visually, but emotionally. This Superman wants to help.
And that’s what makes this movie great! It remembers that Superman isn’t a god wrestling with his place among mortals. He’s a farm boy from Kansas who believes helping others is the right thing to do. Like all of us, he tries his best, every day to be a good man, to do the right thing, yet, is fallible, can get beat down and beat up, knows he can make mistakes and by his own admission, “be a jerk sometimes.”
Oh and he LOVES his DOG!!
Gunn’s Superman is compassionate, honest, and, most importantly, human in all the ways that matter.
This is the Superman of my sugary-coated Saturday Mornings. This is the Superman of George Reeves and Chris Reeve. This is the Superman who may be "unbelievable," but the Superman we can BELIEVE IN…
THIS IS THE SUPERMAN WE NEED NOW
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