Superman (2025)
Once again, we pride ourselves as the very last blogger to post a review of this movie.
Don't worry, we'll be brief.
No plot details either. At this point, we couldn't even remember the line ups of various super-villains and Supe's super-allies, and whatever the hell it was they were all up to at any given moment......as if we gave an actual flying **** anyway.
Let's just hit the major stuff we took away from this......
The most comic bookish comic book movie ever...the film's best feature. No Zack Snyder gloom 'n doom Super Angst. James Gunn(creative master of "Guardians of the Galaxy") throws non-stop, no holds barred superfeats at the screen as if he's hurling spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks. A perfect duplication of what it's like to flip through the pages of a real comic book, loaded with panels of perpetual spectacle.
Holy Kryptonite, what a wuss of a Superman....given half a chance, David Corenswet does a decent job of the bringing back that singular unique mixture of empathy, vulnerability and resolve that made Christopher Reeve's portrayal so legendary.
Not that he ever gets much of a chance....
In this movie, from the first scene on, he's nothing but a super punching bag, getting his red undie'd ass kicked six ways to Sunday. Come to think of it, this Superman spends a good part of the film's running time bruised, battered and prone, absorbing Wile E.Coyote epic levels of punishment. Somebody get this guy an ObamaCare policy in a hurry.....
Let's move on to the other major players...
Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor....a huge asset to the film, having a swell time playing a huge ass. (Check out his equally brilliant funny portrayal of Peter the Great II in the Hulu series "The Great")
Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane....brings nothing to the party. Blah. Meh. And her overlong, cutesy-wootsy interview with Superman is the one and only scene that drags on so long, we started checking our watch.
Krypto the Superdog....appears like the usual battalions of 6,000 digital artists labored long into the night to make this thing a convincing photo-realistic dog. It's insanely hyper behavior is finally explained with the brief entrance of its real owner.....drunken, hard partying teen Supergirl..... (now her movie, we'd really like to see....)
Final thoughts.....if you're bound and determined to take in a superhero movie, it might as well be this one, which pounds your eyes and ears with all the wham-bams you'd expect of it. But don't think you'll enjoy many shots of The Supe standing tall and powerful......a few, maybe, but mostly he ends up a candidate for the Intensive Care Unit.
2 & 1/2 stars (**1/2)
Public Service P.S.: If you weary of being forced to sit through those soul-sucking credit rolls so God forbid, you won't miss the final 'teaser' at the very end......breathe easy, you can easily skip this one. It's stupid, unfunny, pointless and in no way sets up any sequel. Feel free to leave when the movie's over......you're welcome.
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