Superman (2025)
Directed by James Gunn
Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.
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It’s bizarre to think that the right might have some claim over Superman because he was raised in the midwest and fights for the “American way.”
…the icy Fortress of Solitude just borrows the aesthetic of the 1978 Richard Donner film.
Comparing to other depictions of Superman…
Mix in some of Gunn’s trademarked goofy humour, and a riff on John Williams’ classic “Superman” theme and you’re left with a character-driven film that values uplift over angst.
This is not the best Superman film – that remains Richard Donner’s 1978 classic…
The best Superman movie in 44 years…
2025’s Superman is a counter to the DCEU’s opening film, Man of Steel, a dreadful movie that fundamentally misunderstood Superman by lionising his Godhood…
I really like Man of Steel initially, but after watching it a few more times, I’m starting to like it less and less.
Zack Snyder’s MAN OF STEEL in 2013 was dragged for its excessive destruction of Metropolis for the better part of an hour, so why do the same thing here?
Gunn may be keen to move out of Snyder’s shadow and the fascistic embodiment of American exceptionalism behind…
…when it became clear that DC’s slapdash attempt at a coordinated ecosystem of linked projects—spearheaded by Zack Snyder’s highly revisionist and divisive Man of Steel—was a total bomb, it was once again time to start over.
Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” brought back the feeling.
Since 1989 DC has been awkwardly positioned in the shadow of its most successful character, Batman…
I'd argue that the actors who play Batman are better suited to be either the millionaire playboy or the caped vigilante…
If James Gunn ever does Batman and Superman…
Like Batman and Bond, every new iteration of the character comes with a new actor, a new tone, and a new(ish) mythology)…
The friction that bristles between the journalist's pragmatism and the superhero's guilelessness is matched by the electricity that sparks between the two actors playing them; Corenswet is never stronger than when his Kal-El cracks at the seams, while Brosnahan channels the same whip-smart, love-drunk brilliance that Holly Hunter brought to “Broadcast News,” but here in a role that requires her to act like she's dating Albert Brooks and William Hurt all at once.
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Marvel has Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, and others.
Superman (David Corenswet) landing, badly injured (by Superman standards) in Antarctica after a fight with the Hammer of Boravia, a man in an Iron Man-like armored suit who claims to represent the government of Boravia…
…planning to do for Batman and Superman what Marvel did over a decade ago for Iron Man and Captain America…
His Lex is akin to Tony Stark if he were hellbent on destruction.
The 2025 Superman movie feels every bit like DC Studios’ version of that initial foray into Marvel Studios and the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Marvel has Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, and others.
(Where would Peter Parker be at the Daily Bugle without his ability to secure snaps of Spider-Man?)
It doesn’t copy the William’s, Zimmer’s, Romer’s, or Ottman’s score, but it feels like it’s honoring every single theme.
It wasn’t enough that director Bryan Singer did the exact same thing in his SUPERMAN RETURNS back in 2006?
Much like Donner’s original, Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns and Snyder’s Dawn Of Justice, Gunn’s film once again sees David Corenswet’s Superman take on Lex Luthor…
Jumping ahead to the 21st century, this Superman is the third attempt at a live action film franchise for the Last Son of Krypton in the last 20 years, after Superman Returns (dir. Bryan Singer, 2006) and Man of Steel (dir. Zack Snyder, 2013).
Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns is a misbegotten mess…
…with various versions of the characters coming across as glum, dour, or whatever Superman Returns was supposed to be.
Shows like “The Boys” and the animated “Invincible” have used similar methods to essay the world’s current cynicism, with often grim results, but Gunn flips the script, opting for optimism.
In a world of people misunderstanding The Boys and Invincible, as well as the unfortunate rise of manosphere culture, a film like Superman is what we need, even if it falls short of its potential.
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Batman v Superman comparisons. Snyder vs Gunn…
…making Lex Luthor a tech whiz when audiences and critics despised that take on the villain in BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE in 20016 and led actor Jesse Eisenberg to grumble that the take sank his career for a number of years…
…the controversial casting of Jesse Eisenberg in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" having given us a much more interesting Luther…
…ambitious but hobbled by studio need (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)…
With the critical and popular success of The Dark Knight, the overwhelming cultural phenomenon of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there's hardly a day that goes by when a superhero movie of some kind isn't playing at your local multiplex.
…to misquote The Dark Knight…