Superman

7.1/10 stinky bananas

Pretty good. Not great. Probably the worst of James Gunn's comic book endeavors.

I like David Corenswet. He's a good Superman. I look forward to seeing him in future DC projects.

Mr. Terrific, Lex Luthor, Guy Gardner, and Krypto are all fun characters. These 4, plus Superman, do all of the heavy lifting in the movie.

Superman (2025) has issues. First off, the writing, the comedy, and the action fall well below the standards I have for James Gunn. The story feels as though he rushed to finish it, and then he stuffed and crammed it into the runtime without much revision. Here's my point form list of the issues I have with the story:

• Lois fucking stinks. She spends 10 mins of the movie ripping into Superman about the geopolitical ramifications of his actions even though Superman is right about the whole thing and it was all a Lex Luthor scheme. You're not that smart Lois, maybe leave the life saving business to the guy in the blue suit and the red cape.

• Too much of the Daily Planet rat pack. With the exception of Lois, I think the movie would've benefitted if we cut all of their screentime by two thirds. Why does Jimmy Olsen think he's too good for a super model? This chick is way out of his league and he's treating her like she has the plague. Oh, she has weird toes? So what? Have you seen your face? You look like the kid from Hereditary with the peanut allergy. Also, during the climax of the film, why is the whole Daily Planet team in a flying egg hovering above the city. They are completely irrelevant at that point, get them off the screen and let Superman and Lex do their thing.

• Ultraman reveal kind of stunk. I couldn't care less that Ultraman is a Superman clone. The whole thing felt unearned. For example, in Logan, when the clone of Wolverine pops up, it knocked me off of my seat. Maybe, they should've holstered that character for a later date.

• What was the security guard that was supposed to kill the baby doing when that transformer guy started turning into the sun? He had a full 2 minutes to just waste that kid. Or alert Lex. Or make a threatening gesture. Did he fall asleep? Did I miss something? Super dumb.

• Gunn's got to lay off the animal brutality. Enough is enough, Gunn.

Superman isn't nearly as funny as any of the Guardians movies or his version of the Suicide Squad. The action is a little underwhelming too. The best fight scene is the one where Mr. Terrific takes it to that military base camp. The action scenes involving Superman just didn't really do it for me.

Anyway, the movie overall is still pretty good. Still worth a watch. I would just wait until it comes out on streaming. See ya.