Superman

GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★1/2

Rated: M

Directed by: James Gunn

Written by: James Gunn

Based on the Characters by: DC

Produced by: Peter Safran, James Gunn

Starring: David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced.

‘Brain against brawn,’ is the fight Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) wants to wage against an alien that has landed on Earth.  Luther hates metahumans, but, Super… Man (David Corenswet)?!

‘Nothing’s felt right since he showed up.’

And Superman isn’t as popular as he used to be.  Especially after involving himself in the war between Boravia and Jarhanpur.

Superman the movie is set in the time when his alter ego, Clark Kent works alongside journalist, Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan).

No one else has realised Clark is Superman except love interest Lois and the League Gang made up of the: Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion), Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced) and Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi).

One day the rest of world is going to figure it out, ‘But the glasses,’ says Kent, AKA Superman.

There’s definitely a wry sense of humour that sometimes hits the mark and sometimes doesn’t.

Like fellow journalist, Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo) carrying a physical pin board with all his notes… Onto a spaceship.

It’s like the movie is laughing at itself, but not really.  Because I don’t want to laugh at Superman’s world so the humour’s left hanging.

Except for Krypto the Superdog.  He’s just unruly.

And Green Lantern’s haircut’s hilarious.

The storyline’s a classic tale of Superman versus Lex Luthor, Lex hating Superman because he’s an alien but really getting annoyed at his interference in his business.

And Superman being the super nice guy he’s always been.

I’m thankful for the explosions and build to the finale as there’s effort put into the build so the effects don’t feel unnecessary.

It’s just that the humour feels, off.

Sometimes it’s funny, like the cameo of Peacemaker (John Cena) lamenting in an interview how Superman being super nice makes the rest of the metahumans look bad.

Then the humour misses like Superman rescuing a squirrel.  Which is great. But the film making fun of it because he’s so nice he rescued a squirrel doesn’t feel wry, it feels false.

It’s like the film’s trying to drag Superman into a current time by making fun of the classic icon.

Overall, the film’s entertaining and balanced with Mister Terrific and Lois grounding the flighty humour from the rest of the characters.  And David Corenswet, although not, ‘punk rock’ is likeable as Superman.