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22 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

This movie was unapologetically corny and optimistic and for our timeline that's refreshing and novel.

Mostly agree-we saw it this morning with the kids and I appreciated that it was sufficiently different from previous takes-this was the first in which Superman as a son seemed to be the main theme (certainly that’s part of some of the previous efforts but doesn’t really drive the plot).  
 

Also glad to see a Superman film go weird and have a sense of humor after the po-faced Returns and Snyder versions.  Also glad that Gunn didn’t overly mine All-Star Superman, the best version of him ever written but doesn’t fit an introductory story.  
 

Worst part for me was Hoult, who I like in other things but insufficiently lacking in menace here (instead he comes off as petulant).  Compare this to Josh Hartnett in Trap, and who does a great job of playing calculating and a little scary without getting hammy.  

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This is a tough movie to review. It was all over the place. I'm not a James Gunn fan so I knew I was probably in trouble going in, but this was less Gunn-ish than I thought it would be. Way too much loud, dumb, CGI all over the place for my tastes. Great casting all around, although Lex was probably the low point. Didn't care for him shouting out Battleship coordinates as a way to defeat fucking Superman. Corenswet was probably the second-best live action Superman ever. Very likable, unlike Henry Cavill. 

Overall I'd recommend it, although I doubt I'll ever watch it again. Will watch a sequel. 

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2 hours ago, Red Five said:

Corenswet was probably the second-best live action Superman ever. Very likable, unlike Henry Cavill.

I liked Cavill a lot at the time, but I don’t think he could play this version nearly so well as Corenswet did.  
 

We’re talking matters of degree, but also Corenswet is just less pretty than Routh, Reeves, and Cavill, and I think that works better for a Superman who’s meant to be a little closer to people and a little messy.  

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