Anyone watch Superman yet?
Thoughts?
Trailers look so woke
I saw it on Friday, was a bit different to what I was expecting- both good and bad. Few random thoughts;
Liked that it wasn’t an origin story but it sorta felt like it started part way through an existing story/world(3 years in), little jarring for the first movie in a reboot.
Superman - they got the ‘boy scout’ angle right but I found him pretty whiny
The daily planet crew were a bit more fleshed out liked Lois more than the last couple of versions (surprisingly didn’t go down the ‘she’s the real hero girl power route’) and Jimmy has an interesting character trait that proves pivotal.
Villians were a mixed bag
Liked Hoults Lex- he can do menacing/intelligent well and he played it a little ‘spectrumy?’ Interesting update on his methods but he was almost too smart in a mad scientisty way( certain sub plot that’s a stretch too far and unnecessary)
Engineer should have just been Metallo, Ultraman and Hammer of Borovia were kinda plot lines, Metamorpho was 100% a plot device and the Kaiju was a bit random- have seen others question why someone like parasite wasn’t used instead that I’d probably agree with.
Liked a couple of throwbacks in Otis and Eve being used from the Reeve movies
Support cast
Ma an Pa Kent were a bit jarring as a different take being kinda redneck
Liked Fillions Green lantern more than I thought I would, Mr Terrific was the pick of the bunch and Hawkgirl would have made zero difference if she wasn’t there and her screeching was a little irritating.
Kryto becomes kinda necessary to the plot later on but wasn’t a huge fan of his inclusion.
Overall I enjoyed and it was a fun movie- think it’s getting a bit overhyped but decent