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pu7pl3:
Mission Impossible: the final reckoning - 8/10

If you're a fan of this franchise this was a really good way to say good-bye.

I wonder why this movie didn't gross more

samistry:
They go come for you ooooo

abduleez1:
SUPERMAN 2025

If you perceived this film differently, well, the majority of the population says otherwise. And yeah, we all can't like the same things.
So in essence, this movie is for the Comic Book fans and especially Superman fans. 'Cause I'm a Punk Rocker, Yes I am!

Palehair:
This right here. Fans literally wanted a man of steel but Gunn gave them the comic accurate superhero

I'm not even a CBM fan but most of the praise I'm seeing are from comic-book fans while most of the hate are from man of steel fans who thought Snyder's superman was comically accurate

pu7pl3:
Exactly
Throw in some marvel fans that still cling on to rivalry.

Palehair:
I don even forget say marvel fans join the hate

Palehair:
This right here. Fans literally wanted a man of steel but Gunn gave them the comic accurate superhero

I'm not even a CBM fan but most of the praise I'm seeing are from comic-book fans while most of the hate are from man of steel fans who thought Snyder's superman was comically accurate and general consensus shows that it's much more loved within the CBM space than man of steel

Baddestguyp:
Man of Steel is far better than Superman 2025.

With all the hype on that movie...I was expecting much more...

All I got was a weak Superman with so many political issues that I wasn't given a reason to actually care about.

And a Lex Luthor driven so much by envy that I struggled to actually take him as a serious Antagonist.

I feel like there is a lot they could have done with Lex...but his motivations were quite underwhelming...maybe that is what James Gunn was going for...idk

But the movie was very average.

And made for little kids...

It's really starting to piss me off when superhero movies can barely show any blood despite the scale of the battles and no one actually dies...

Somehow it doesn't matter what happens, Superman can save the day with 0 casualties.

Truly a movie made for kids

pu7pl3:
See Sozin up there laughing at Abduleez' review.

pu7pl3:
See Sozin up there laughing at Abduleez' review.

TemporaryHansel:
This latest superman movie was rated 9/10 in Rotten Tomatoes, and other sites I don't remember at the moment.

The fact that a movie or series was rated 9/10 on rotten tomatoes doesn't mean it's going to be a good movie.
Sometimes, I wonder what criteria the folks on those film rating sites use to rate films.

Some people see those 9/10 on rotten tomatoes, and co, and start bloating all over the place, hyping the films beyond what they truly are.

abduleez1:
SUPERMAN 2025

This is an honest and adequate depiction of how Superman truly is. It's got heart and embodies what Superman truly stands for. He might be naive, a do-gooder and overly caring even to the point of saving pets and animals — yes that's his character and the focal point of his existence. Things we'd call inconsequential— but that's his DNA and will never be erased.

Where the movie shines through for me is in James Gunn's quest to make Superman human-like as opposed to being a god as he was portrayed in the previous version. It's about making Superman accessible to the general audience again and making him vulnerable despite his nigh omnipotent qualities. I perfectly understood what Gunn was gunning for and it worked well for me.


It's CGI was pretty cool. Great action sequences. A visual masterpiece.

Things I wasn't a fan of were in some scenes where Metropolis's sun was a little exaggerated with overly bright background washing out the faces of some characters.

Also, I found it weaker in parts where Lex controls Ultraman and could predict Superman's moves ahead. It's a fault in James's Gunn's portrayal. Lex, might be amongst the world's smartest man with him even being annoyed he's classed amongst real life greats like Einstein and Galileo (he implied he's way smarter), but even him can't be as fast as to always perfectly see Superman's moves in a fight. Much less when he's fighting a direct clone of himself.
A superspeed, super strength battle would be highly incomprehensible even for a human. But we can forgive that a bit since Lex is no ordinary human. Though, it lessens the practicality of that scenario. But we don't watch CBMs for the real life practicality of it. Do we?

It was very fast paced with so many characters but it was essentially a Superman story either way.
it would have been a bit problematic while watching it in a theatre with no option of a rewind but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor shines through this film with his poignant acting chops and delivers a truly memorable performance and arguably the greatest iteration of the character in live action. Perfectly embodies Lex's pure disdain for Superman and drive to crush the Man of Steel. I didn't doubt he could deliver after watching some of his films. A true villain. True to the game. No redeemable features. Just plain old Lex narcissism. And that's why I love his portrayal.

David Corenswet perfectly encapsulates Superman and his chemistry with Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane is a joy to watch. Easily the best Lois and Clark version I've ever watched and way better than the joyless broodiness and passionless tone one had to endure watching Henry Cavill's and Amy Adams on screen.

Edi Gathegi as Mr Terrific ? Now that's a proper introduction. What a terrific debut and I can't wait to get more action from him going forward. What a way to introduce one of DC's smartest humans.

The movie did a good job of setting up The Terrifics as a Superhero team and teasing what's to come from SUPERGIRL. It did well in establishing the DCU and bringing back excitement to the DC brand in general. It greatly balances out the need for grittiness, comedy and themes to fit the story and deliver a story central to Superman's values.

James Gunn taking a shot at SnyderBros with the Monkey-buts in that scene was quite funny.

Overall, It's about enjoying a movie and it's in-universe elements.
Not everything needs a The Batman/Dark Knight gritty, gloomy treatment.

If you perceived this film differently, well, the majority of the population says otherwise. And yeah, we all can't like the same things.
So in essence, this movie is for the Comic Book fans and especially Superman fans. 'Cause I'm a Punk Rocker, Yes I am!

This gets an 8/10 rating from me.

oyaskii:
13 years of A24! 💐💐.

The original connoisseur of indie gems..They have fed me so good, over the years. From Good time (2017) to The Farewell (2018), to Midsommar (2019), to Lady Bird (2017) to The Iron Claw (2023).... constantly dropping gems like a carless jeweller 💎.

Neon about to snatch their chain, but na them still sabi this indie thing pass! 🥳

pu7pl3:
Mission Impossible: the final reckoning - 8/10

If you're a fan of this franchise this was a really good way to say good-bye.

I wonder why this movie didn't gross more

Baddestguyp:
You are 100% entitled to your opinion and I respect it. However since you brought up some areas, I want to comment on them...

First of all, what version of Superman is "canon" to the comics?
When you claim this Superman is for comic book fans, it's hard to get what you mean because as far as I am aware, Synder's version is also for comic fans since there are so many variations of the character...

Also, I recall saying from my preview of the trailers that it seemed to be a movie that "humanized" Superman...and made him more vulnerable...
I thought that was a good idea and I still think it could have been...

But after watching the movie, I think it was a good idea that was taken way too far that it became bad.

I cringed hard at the whole Superman's speech to Lex that he was just as human as the rest of us... because he wasn't. The entire speech seemed like it was written by someone on Wattpad...that was how bad it was... especially coming from Superman...

I think somewhere in the middle of Synder and James Gunn's versions would have worked better...instead Gunn made a character that was almost opposite of what Synder did...

Just like how Synder took his version of Superman too far, James Gunn did the same in the opposite direction...

To make matters worse, Superman in this movie became a street level superhero getting beaten by every tom, dick and Harry...
Maybe that is also comic accurate?

Also, I really have nothing to go on with Lois Lane since the movie starts with her character arc already completed...
I don't know how her relationship and chemistry with Superman was great to you. There was really nothing to go by for me. Their entire relationship arc had been completed off-screen before the movie began, but we are supposed to somehow care about it?

While we all knew this movie was not going to be an origin story, the effects of the lack of an origin story affected immersion in the movie. It made it hard to care for or fully understand the motives of characters whose arc were completed before the movie began.

It was hard to care about his relationship with Lois Lane since it was not built, same as the motives of Lex Luthor. His envy was built upon the premise that Superman "took his shine".

But we never saw Superman do that, we don't see Superman's rise as a symbol, we are simply told he did. That makes it hard to care about Lex Luthor and "understand" the character or where he is coming from...even if we ultimately disagree with him...

In other words, Lex Luthor became nothing more than a shallow figurehead character who simply exists that way because there has to be a Lex Luthor...
This is the character that is our main antagonist.

To make matters worse, Gunn's idea of a smart Lex is him calling out random alphabets and digits to his goons while predicting Superman's moves...
It felt like a 9 years old kid's idea of a smart character...

At the end of the day, my investment would have been much better if the movie didn't start with completed arcs...
It made it hard to get invested in several characters and even pivotal parts of the story that were mostly dependent on the "completed arcs"

Knowing beforehand that the movie was not an origin story doesn't make it better. Especially because the entire "verse" before it was rebooted and this is the new canon.

abduleez1:
Strange Darling (2023)..... 8/10


Nice horror film. A really good one with the twists and turns to boot. It was a nice watch but quickly descends to something annoying towards the end.

The back and forth with the non-linear story format and time jumps was a little of a nuisance but I see the vision where the narrative style pulls you into the story and wanting to know what went wrong. It's like a style for an ad — teasing you but giving you the full picture until the very end.

That stupid female cop just got her colleague killed for her stupidity with the "sexism" card. Wishing she had a taste of her stupid medicine — an insufferable character. Just tells me one thing, women are ONLY loyal to their feelings. Trust them and you're done for.

phr0nesis:
The duration probably kept people away. I personally enjoyed the movie...a lot, but I had to pause several times.

oyaskii:
Commented on this and antyspmy ban me fgs 😩😩.

Good good film.

The non linear style had me supporting the broad, till i saw the whole thing omoor...one of my best films last year.

Nickshrapnel:
I kinda liked Dead Reckoning better.

Palehair:
This right here. Fans literally wanted a man of steel but Gunn gave them the comic accurate superhero

I'm not even a CBM fan but most of the praise I'm seeing are from comic-book fans while most of the hate are from man of steel fans who thought Snyder's superman was comically accurate and general consensus shows that it's much more loved within the CBM space than man of steel

nani667:
X-23