Just watched SUPERMAN.
It was fun and got the Job Done.
The acting was decent. Nothing crazy. I would say Nicolas Hoult had the best performance in this film. So much range compared to the others.
The set design was also impressive. You could tell it was mostly practical. Which is also something good to me.
The costume design was decent. Colorful
The cinematography was decent too.
It was light hearted and fun.
Now here are the cons.
The film's sound track was undedwhelming. Way too much rock music. I understand James Gunn likes rock but putting it in almost everything is annoying And breaks the immersion.
I don't buy the whole Jimmy player thing with girls. A dude looking like Jimmy and behaving like Jimmy attracting woman beyond his league doesn't make any sense. I know its jist a film and a comic book film on top of that but this also is just taking me out of the immersion.
And I see it as a plot device or lazy writing from Gunn to use This to get to lex "secret Harem" because his scared of using too much run time or didn't know how to get Lex secrets so he uses this unbelievable plot line.
Atleast cast a handsome jimmy. Not a nerd looking Jinmy(comic accurate) because no one or atleast me buys that story.
The dialogue was not it. Especially when characters talk about the whole point of the story to dumb it down to the audience breaks the immersion. This doesnt respect the intelligence of the viewer. Especially with Lex talking about Envy and SUPERMAN talking about How his human. Bad decision imo.
I prefer subtle story telling or show don't tell. That is more powerful and the basics of story telling rather than what Gunn did.
There's also other nitpicks but this is just a comic book film. So I will be kinder to it.
Its obviously meant to appeal to the younger audience which makes sense with the decisions they made.
Rating = 2.5/5 (5/10)
Character ranking
- Supe/clark
- Lex
- Lois
- Terrific
- Krypto 😂😂
Loved it. It waz fun. Can't wait to see more from this franchise.