All I can think is LMAO. Please let this genre die unless Christopher Nolan picks it up again (he will never). I want to see how bad this film does. If it succeeds it will be because our society is completely brain dead.

This review from Forbes is scathing. He says positive things about a couple of films that I thought were trash, mainly Sinners. I saw a lil bit of it on Max recently and laughed at how bad it was.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/e...ric-mess-of-a-movie/

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So much money spent on everything but a good script.

That statement from this review seems to sum up 95% of the big budget movies these days...

The Christopher Reeve Superman movies were on last night and I watched the end of I and half of II. So dated and hokey yet still so fun to watch.

THAT is Superman to me, all the rest are Superman-ish

Christopher Reeve will always be Superman just as Michael Keaton will always be Batman to me.

Stopped watching after the Chris Reeve's ersion decades back.

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Originally posted by PASig:
Christopher Reeve will always be Superman just as Michael Keaton will always be Batman to me.

I consider them to be legitimately good versions of the characters and loved seeing Keaton reprise the role in The Flash, but Cavill and Bale knocked the characters out of the park.

The only reason I'll end up seeing this movie when it comes out online is for Nathan Fillion's character.

These actors and directors can’t keep their mouths shut. You would think as the co-head of DC he would know better.

James Gunn Faces Backlash

It's possible Gunn thought the market was soft, and he triggered this to get some sort of controversy going so that one group would support his movie by buying tickets, even if they weren't originally interested in the subject matter. Better that a controversy contribute to the failure of his movie, than his movie failing just because it was more feminist propaganda.

I heard, once again, besides the movie being bloated with way too many storylines, and undercutting of it's serious scenes, the women are essentially faultless in the movie with the men being emotionally very weak.

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Originally posted by PASig:
The Christopher Reeve Superman movies were on last night and I watched the end of I and half of II. So dated and hokey yet still so fun to watch.

Still watch those two, usually once a piece, every 12-24 months. Hokey, sure, but both stand the test of time. From Clark running along side the train in I as a high schooler, and Terence Stamp nailing General Zod in II. Excellent films in my book. Wholesome maybe hokey, but hokey can still be good. Rudy was hokey as fuck, but I still love the film. Rudy, Rudy, Rudy! Even Vince Vaughan “Lets get a score for Rudy!”.

And yes, Reeves will always be my Superman. Cavill’s first movie as the character wasn’t bad, and Diane Lane ain’t fooling me as no Grandma character. She has always been stunning. And I really liked Zod’s female #1 in that version. She was hardcore bitch, in a good way. Decent film, and a worthy successor. Fuck the rest of these things. This latest one, even from the trailers, looks, in Charles Barkley voice “aw-ful”.

If James Gunn wanted to do this right, he should have either adapted J. Michael Straczynski's Superman: Year One which is a "modern day" Superman origin story done right (with only 2 things grabbed for Man Of Steel), or if you're going to junk it up with multiple characters, then Joe Kelly's Superman vs The Elite/"What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?" is a much better starting point.

This was also the nice review I found, but for the most part without spoilers, it look like James Gunn adapted everything else EXCEPT Superman for his Superman movie.

I saw it today and thought it was a great Superman movie. Hope, love, determination, and above all else helping those in desperate need that can't help themselves were featured throughout. And if you're a dog guy like me, Krypto steals the whole damn movie.

I always wait until I have seen a movie to pass judgement but this looks good. I am easily entertained and don't look for reasons to piss all over it.

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Originally posted by Chuck Perry:
I saw it today and thought it was a great Superman movie. Hope, love, determination, and above all else helping those in desperate need that can't help themselves were featured throughout. And if you're a dog guy like me, Krypto steals the whole damn movie.

We liked it. BUT: I'm a sucker for a superhero movie. I grew up on the Batman & Justice League cartoons.

Krypto %100 steals the show!

son and I watched it this weekend. We liked it. It was a choice between Jurassic and Superman so we both chose Superman and didn't regret it.

Saw it. Don't know how to convey my thoughts. It's a superhero movie. I did not think it a good Superman movie.

DC strikes again!

(I have never read the Superman comics, so I don't know if anything in the movie is canon.)

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Originally posted by Vgex:
It's possible Gunn thought the market was soft, and he triggered this to get some sort of controversy going so that one group would support his movie by buying tickets, even if they weren't originally interested in the subject matter. Better that a controversy contribute to the failure of his movie, than his movie failing just because it was more feminist propaganda.

I heard, once again, besides the movie being bloated with way too many storylines, and undercutting of it's serious scenes, the women are essentially faultless in the movie with the men being emotionally very weak.

Sister and her husband in town. Made me see it with them. Mr Terrific and Nathan Fillion were great. The retcon of Sup's Kryptonian parents was unforgivable.

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Originally posted by Orguss:

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Originally posted by PASig:
Christopher Reeve will always be Superman just as Michael Keaton will always be Batman to me.

I consider them to be legitimately good versions of the characters and loved seeing Keaton reprise the role in The Flash, but Cavill and Bale knocked the characters out of the park.

The only reason I'll end up seeing this movie when it comes out online is for Nathan Fillion's character.

truth,


only thing I dislike about Cavil's superman and most other comic book adaptations, is the destruction,

you would think super people and whatever bad guy/person/alien could save some of the infrastructure,, vs destroying the planet and cities to save them,

★★

Watched 15 Jul 2025 on Discount Tuesday $5.00 night!

Dang, that's one busy movie. There's like two dozen things going at once, and everyone is talking a mile a minute. I guess that's what modern audiences want. I think I'm too old for this kind of storytelling. I'm a simple man. It doesn't help that I'm not a superhero comic fan, nor have I ever liked Superman, although I did grow up with the Christopher Reeve movies. I didn't care for David Corenswet as the titular character, and that CGI dog was overdone too.

$5?! I had to pay $12 for the first Tuesday showing--and that's after using a $5 coupon!

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Originally posted by Orguss:
$5?! I had to pay $12

Alameda Theater has $5.00 Tuesdays, which is when I see most movies. Where do you go?

To be fair, I did see the premium format on the largest screen. But I saw a movie near the end of its run on a small screen last Tuesday and still paid about $12 for my ticket.