
SUPERMAN
2025
Superman has to save the day after his first defeat.
There has been an enormous amount of controversy around this film. I wanted to get to the bottom of it all in my mind.
The movie starts off with a minimum of exposition. Superman was just dealt his first defeat. It happened as the consequence of his intervention of a local war. The rest of the movie is about Superman realizing his destiny while being hindered by Lex Luthor every step of the way.

Let's start from the top. This isn't a typical reboot. It feels like a picking up an issue of a Superman comic. Just another story. The only really big twist is the emphasis on family. They made a modification on his originally intended purpose. Other than that, he's the usual boy scout we know and love.

Superman / Clark Kent is played expertly by David Corenswet. The only thing that he is guilty of doing wrong is being in some bad promo photos. Otherwise he looks and acts the role well. Nicholas Hoult played a most believable and HATEFUL Lex Luthor.
This struck me as your typical James Gunn superhero film. It's polished, makes sense, great action scenes, and tugs at the heart strings. And it's loaded with jokes, sarcasm, and one-liners so it doesn't get dull.

To address this movie being woke - I don't see it. I can see how people might MISINTERPRET certain things into a woke meaning, but that's more of a symptom of of modern fan abuse. The audience has been subjected to so many woke and political messages packed into our beloved nerd films that it's practically expected at this point. So if you want it to interpret it as some woke political message, go for it, but I didn't see it that way.

Other things worth mentioning. Lois Lane, played by Rachel Brosnahan, is an amazing character. She's loyal, smart, and sexy. Great choice. Nathan Fillion is HILARIOUS as Green Lantern Guy Gardner. Mikaela Hoover is is distractingly hot as reporter Cat Grant. Edi Gathegi stole the show as Mr. Terrific. Actually, the entire cast is pretty great. And the entire movie was a lot of fun. And I would say this is definitely a good movie worth watching.
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I only have ONE gripe / spoiler about this movie. For what ever the reason, they decided to change the reason Superman was sent to Earth. I feel that entire scene could've been changed and made that it was a doctored recording. Why change one of the most basic aspects of Superman's origin story?