Cinema and Movie Thread: coming 2 a theater near u

[Amentep]

 

[LadyCrimson]

Superman (2025)

---first 40 minutes = "yes, dog is still cute. The rest is meh." I did like not rehashing the origin tale again.
--the first giant monster somewhere in there was horrible CGI.
--Supes and Lois having a talk with a monster fight casually going in background was slightly amusing.
---Fillion as Guy Gardner was great.
---overall most of the actors were fine, including the Supes actor. The material they were given, not as much
---the usual modern day pacing issues that lead to boredom/not caring, for me.
---after that 40 minutes the FFWD button was used more and more rapidly
---it made me think even more that 70's Superman/Superman-II was a time-period fluke and generally speaking, Supes does not make a compelling/fun MOVIE universe (I've liked some of the S comics more than most of these films).

Conclusion: It's an action movie I guess, and I didn't hate what I saw, but to me, it's not Superman. I didn't even like the action. No rating. It is what it is, you'd either like it, not, or don't care.

Edited 8 hours ago by LadyCrimson

[Lexx]

For me it's more like... I probably liked it more when everything felt more "down to earth" - the more other super heroes they slap into a movie, the more weird and disconnected it feels to me. Jeez, they destroyed almost the whole town (again) in the movie. Then I look outside the window here and see that we have a road under construction for 10 years already. Technically the whole super hero world would probably have to be in ruins, because no way in hell is anyone rebuilding this fast. 

Guess this is why I liked the earlier Spider-Man a bit more. The scales weren't that huge yet. Not everything was a world shattering event. Hell, give me a movie about Superman rescuing a cat from a tree or something, I dunno. Just... not everything always has to be so big. 

It's the same with the Punisher... I really liked it when he was a lone guy, doing lone guy things. Now it's Punisher and Daredevil and Electra and what's all their names... it just doesn't feel the same anymore.

Edited 2 hours ago by Lexx