Superman

Yay! We’re not starting with an origin story? Origin stories are the way Surf Dracula reproduces.

On the other hand, this is James Gunn, so it’s all kinda gross?

Cute CGI dog, though.

Eh… This looks kinda bad? I mean, the compositing? And of course the colour grading is all “let’s make everything grey” which I find really offputting.

I have to give it to Gunn — he’s gotten us into this movie extremely efficiently — nothing boring or dull, but it doesn’t feel too hectic, either.

Yes, that’s what all boardrooms look like. They have to save on energy.

Whatsisname is perfect as Lex Luthor — some of the other casting so far has been eh. Good Lois Lane, too.

Oh yeah, I read about this scene. It is indeed kinda boring, and Gunn’s hyperactive editing style doesn’t help.

Heh heh.

There’s a lot of pretty amusing gags here — they just keep on coming. I’m still slightly bored, though? I mean, it’s better than virtually all other super-hero movies, ever, but that’s a very low bar.

I liked it. Gunn’s a wise-ass, but his heart is in the right place. And he manages to do CGI-filled action scenes that still feel exciting — many a director fails trying to do that.

And it’s not that it felt too long? It probably could have done with being edited down a bit, but it’s an amiable movie.

So I’m gonna give it this, on a super-hero movie score scale:

Superman. James Gunn. 2025. ⚄

It’s so lenticular.