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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin

Superman available for VOD and purchase tomorrow.

So...finally watched it.

People liked this movie? Really?

I'll start with the positives and then spoiler most of the rest. At least they sort of got the 'Old School' Superman tone back. Its not dark and gritty its bright and mostly hopeful.

Okay that was the positives. End of list.

Spoiler!

Sadly, I was pretty much dead-on accurate from watching the trailer. Krypto the dog did the vast majority of the heavy lifting in this movie. Pretty much the only good character.

All the rest of the characters essentially sucked, I'll give Mr. Fantastic a bit of a pass. He was okay.

Making Clark's parents bumpkins was certainly one way to go.

Is the last 45 minutes of the film a Classically ridiculous DC CGI-Punchfest? Why yes. Yes it is. How did you guess? Is all of Metropolis a devastated wasteland? You bet. Is some non-descript dustbowl at the other end of the world miraculously saved? Oh yes.

This movie is like James Gunn forgot to take his downers in order to stay level it was so over-the-top Gunn ridiculous for huge swathes of runtime. It reminded me a lot of Thor: Love and Thunder where Waititi wasn't held in check. It was just over the top at points.

And a Supergirl cameo as some drunken Valley Girl? Why?

Anyways. A generous 4/10.

And it can thank Krypto for most of that.

Still better than the last few Superman/Justice League movies though, granted, that is a bar so low even Hermes Conrad couldn't limbo under it.