Superman

James Gunn has absolutely mastered the art of comic book movies. This film feels like it was ripped straight out of the page of a comic in the best way possible. The action was fun and inventive and you even get one of Gunn’s* classic one take action scenes with Mr. Terrific which was just so awesome. The cinematography didn’t blow me away but there were some great shots, although some of the close up flying scenes of Superman’s face were a little silly but yet they were also powerful and showed the strength of Superman. This movie also has one of the best scores ever for a CBM, dare I say the best. Superman’s theme is hopeful and inspiring and it gives you chills whenever it’s played while Lex’s theme sets the mood for every scene he’s in. Nicholas Hoult plays a petty and just downright evil Lex Luthor to perfection. His mannerisms and monologues embodied Lex to a T and it is everything I wanted from him. I’m convinced David Corenswet was just born to play Clark Kent/ Superman he mastered the character in every way and I can confidently say he is my favorite Superman actor. The Daily Planet characters such as Lois and Jimmy were great. Rachel Brosnahan* and David Corensweat’s* chemistry was radiating off the screen and you could really feel these actors all really liked each other. I wish we did get more Clark and Jimmy interactions though. The Justice Gang was fun and it was nice to see Green Lantern’s power on the big screen again they did a good job showing the stuff he can do. Hawkgirl* didn’t have much to do but the bouncing of jokes between her and Guy were good and Mr. Terrific* was easily the star of that group. His fight scenes, his performance, his tech was just all so cool and I definitely have to read more about him. Krypto* was a fan favorite in my theater as he stole the show for some people. Constant laughs and cheers when he was on screen. Some slight negatives are that there was a lot going on at times, often switching from one plot point to the next so quickly that they didn’t really have time to develop all of them to the potential they could have. I wish some serious scenes would have stayed serious, like there was one towards the end where Lex and Superman* are having this standoff with serious dialogue and Krypto* disrupts it by grabbing Lex and slamming him around the office similar to how The Hulk did Loki in the first Avengers. All in all though I very much loved this film. I had chills throughout the entirety of it and was filled with so much emotion. If there was ever a doubt about the future of DC* under James Gunn this film should absolutely put a stop to those. I can’t wait to see what he has in store next for this universe and hopefully the success of DC* can motivate Marvel to step their game up and we can really have an era of great superhero movies again.  p.s I will be going to see this again friday 2025 Ranked