I just hope they don’t try to explain his origins, some things are better left to people’s imagination.
Spoilers Superman (2025) Grade and Discussion
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I just hope they don’t try to explain his origins, some things are better left to people’s imagination.
A few very random bullet-point comments:
- I LOLed during the closing credits to learn that Otis’s last name in this movie is “Berg.” (He had no last name in the Reeve films. On Supergirl, he was Otis Graves, Mercy’s brother. On Superman & Lois, his last name was Grisham.)
- My only complaint of any significance about the film is that Lois and Clark don’t get enough scenes together. Both have meaty roles and plenty of opportunities to shine individually, but Lois probably spends at least as much screen time with Mr. Terrific as with Clark/Superman. (The hangar door bit, BTW, is probably the single funniest moment among the many laughs in the movie.) The interview scene is great, well-written and really capturing the crackling dynamic between the characters, and Brosnahan and Corenswet have fantastic chemistry. But I wanted more, more, more.
- Brosnahan is jostling for the top spot among live-action Loises, but Bitsie Tulloch still exists, so it’s a tough call.
- I like the little touch that Pa Kent is a big cryer. It’s gently funny and rather sweet.
- Loved Alcock’s cameo. She’s funny and looks great in the suit. Left me even more excited than I already was for Supergirl.
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The soundtrack is probably the least interesting part of the movie. I did like hearing the “bring me sunshine” song though. A very popular song in the UK for obvious reasons.Superman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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I just noticed I called things “funny” or “funniest” three times in these notes. How nice is it that a live-action Superman project is willing to foreground funny again?
I wish I knew what this meant
I thought we didn't want quips or humor? Or am I misunderstanding?
I think the issue was people didn’t want it to be like the Marvel movies. They wanted a more serious tone as contrast.I wish I knew what this meant
I thought we didn't want quips or humor? Or am I misunderstanding?
There are some nice comic beats between Jimmy Olsen and a character to be named later.
You know, Mr. Terrific would hate having to hang with Olsen on a mission. Which is the ideal formulation for a buddy picture.
Since Clark is taking care of Krypto, I’d say she may not have been Earth-adjacent, so probably out of the loop.
Only 16 votes total? Nobody's going to the movies?
Superman 2025, me personally not liking the movie aside, the jokes and humor are not at tiresome levels at all.
The hypno glasses scene is a perfect example of humor done right.
There's quips and humor, then there is Avengers Age of Ultron level quips and humor.I wish I knew what this meant
I thought we didn't want quips or humor? Or am I misunderstanding?
Superman 2025, me personally not liking the movie aside, the jokes and humor are not at tiresome levels at all.
The hypno glasses scene is a perfect example of humor done right.
Huge Nathan Fillion fan here. How was his portrayal as Guy?
If Judy Dench can be M in two different Bond continuities, why not?
That and with them all clapping and cheering each other on doing nefarious things.
As someone already mentioned, Hawkgirl and Guy are in Peacemaker Season 2, and Guy will also be in the (Green) Lanterns series on HBO Max. Nothing's been confirmed for Mr. Terrific yet, but I read an interview with Edi Gathegi the other day where he did seem to imply he already knows about some kind of plans they have for the character.
Yeah, I had the same thought.
We saw it this morning and I absolutely loved it.
I think the biggest thing for me is that the entire cast, and especially the big three, David Corenswet as Superman/Clark, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois, and Nicholas Hault as Lex were absolutely perfect. All three are right up there as absolute best versions of the characters we've ever gotten. All three characters really felt like they jumped right off the comic book page, which is a nice change after the last few adaptations had made some significant changes or put them into positions we never really saw them in the comics, both in good and bad ways.
One thing Gunn has always excelled at is the mixture of humor and drama in his movies, and we got that here again. It had it's serious, but he also worked some genuinely funny, that were worked in in a way that didn't hurt he more serious elements.
The action was absolutely spectacular, and I loved how they worked into those little moments, like Superman stopping in the middle of fighting the kaiju to ask if the people in the office were OK after he stopped the it from destroying the office.
It had a great story to it, with some nice twists and turns. The one big change from the comics that I could see would have to be the Els' message, and I could see that being somewhat controversial with some hardcore fans, but they're not that big of deal to me, so I'm not upset but it. After some of the movies having given us kind of silly schemes from Lex, this one felt much more true to the character, especially once he revealed his motivation behind it. One concern a lot of people had going in was the number of other heroes and villains, but I thought Gunn did a good job of giving them all logical roles in the story, but without stealing the spotlight from Superman.
As a dog person, I absolutely loved Krypto, and the little bit with him and another character at the very end was great.
I went with You'll Believe A Man Can Fly for my rating.
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