Spoilers Superman (2025) Grade and Discussion

[Kai "the spy"]

^ And James Gunn echoed that in one of the recent Peacemaker podcasts.

 

[Anwar]

Again, yours is built on hollow, unsubstantiated claims about the desires of innumerable moviegoers, which you are incapable of knowing. What is known is that the near-universal praise / interest in Barbie and Oppenheimer was the only logical reason for the films' remarkable theatrical success. You can try to "level" the audience interest playing field (to aid the now-sagging MCU) with baseless claims as much as you like, but your underlying message created to protect the MCU of recent years is inapplicable to Barbie and Oppenheimer. Audiences who found many of the recent years MCU films lacking (or flat out awful) made that discovery in the theatres, hence the quickly sinking box office during their runs, which is verifiable..

Not unsubstantiated at all, as stated above both Nolan and Gerwig deliberately delayed both going to VOD and streaming precisely to draw more to the Cinema. Praise and interest simply aren't enough.

 

[Skywalker]

I don't really buy a lot of Blu-rays anymore, but I'll likely make an exception for this. Hopefully they release a 4K UHD version.

 

[theenglish]

Not unsubstantiated at all, as stated above both Nolan and Gerwig deliberately delayed both going to VOD and streaming precisely to draw more to the Cinema. Praise and interest simply aren't enough.

In a similar fashion, Superman is specifically being put on VOD early to complement the release of Peacemaker. I guess the strategy can work both ways.

 

[tenmei]

And the advertised worldwide VOD release is US only. Great.

 

[theenglish]

And the advertised worldwide VOD release is US only. Great.

I just saw it available in Canada. Cineplex tells me I really want it.

 

[tenmei]

I just saw it available in Canada. Cineplex tells me I really want it.

UK shows that "release date to be announced".

 

[Mudd]

In a similar fashion, Superman is specifically being put on VOD early to complement the release of Peacemaker. I guess the strategy can work both ways.

I'd squint pretty hard at that offered rationale, TBH.

Gunn is the creative director and public face of DC Studios. I expect that he's a participant but not the single final arbiter of marketing or distribution decisions. Those are specialized aspects of the business.

 

[V'Lias]

I just saw it, and I thought it was pretty good. I'd go with a 8/10 after first viewing. I wasn't blown away by anything, but I didn't think anything was truly bad either. The inclusion of the "Justice Gang" was a highlight for me, leading me to give it an extra star.

Fillion as Green Lantern was *exactly* how I imagined it would be, and Mister Terrific was great as well. I was a bit disappointed at how little Hawkgirl featured, but someone has to get the least amount of attention I guess, and it is a Superman movie after all!

I didn't have any issues with the casting, and I thought most were very good. I thought it was good that they started out with Lois knowing who he is, superheroes established and all that, it allowed them to just tell a story. It didn't feel like they were just trying to set up the next movie either, which I also really liked! I also liked the tone pretty well too. It had some humor without it being in every scene, and didn't go super dark either. There were also a few other moments I found humorous that probably weren't overtly designed that way, like Guy using a massive baseball bat in the background of Lois and Clark's talk. I would have really enjoyed seeing more of Perry, but at least he made the most of his limited scenes!

On the negative side, some of the fight scenes went a little too long for my taste, and a lot of the pocket universe escape segment didn't do a great job of keeping my attention either. I was looking forward to seeing Krypto in the movie, but unfortunately it ended up being a bit of a miss for me. I have a hard time deciding why though.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

Not unsubstantiated at all, as stated above both Nolan and Gerwig deliberately delayed both going to VOD and streaming precisely to draw more to the Cinema. Praise and interest simply aren't enough.

Yes. Again, a quick search online shows that Oppenheimer was in theaters for seven months before Christopher Nolan allowed it to be released on streaming and VOD, and Barbie's streaming and VOD date was pushed back by a month.
In fact, by keeping Oppenheimer on the big screen and IMAX longer than anticipated, it interfered with the release of other movies scheduled for IMAX and made them less profitable.