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‘Superman’ Review: Man of Steel, Feet of Clay
WSJ ^ | 9 July 2025 | Kyle Smith

Posted on 07/09/2025 10:30:34 AM PDT by Rummyfan

In the opening chapter of DC’s relaunched superhero franchise, director James Gunn mocks the mythology of his main character, played by the likeable yet limited David Corenswet.

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Back home, Lois Lane (a cute Rachel Brosnahan) knows Superman’s true identity and the pair have been dating long enough to get on each other’s nerves. For once, he gives Lois an interview, which devolves into a spat. Also, Superman has a super-dog, Krypto, who is annoyingly hyperactive but also keeps saving him.

Despite being fake-looking and digital, the mutt is the star of the movie, because this “Superman” has the soul of a sitcom. It features wacky neighbors: the subsidiary metahumans Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion, in a “Dumb and Dumber” haircut); Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi), who floats around pushing buttons on a console; and the attacking Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced), all of whom pop in to assist Superman. Its villain, Lex Luthor (a staggeringly miscast Nicholas Hoult) is the persnickety Dwight Schrute of the piece, forever huffing about how Superman is breaking the rules, particularly at his Fortress of Solitude, which apparently is not up to code. Lex, whose girlfriend, Eve Teschmacher (Sara Sampaio), is a ditzy online influencer—Mr. Gunn takes a lot of feeble swipes at social media—is accompanied by a henchwoman, the Engineer (María Gabriela de Faría), who can make her hands into circular saws or tentacles that double as data cables for hacking into computers.

Luthor, an arms dealer trying to profit from the invasion of a sort of Middle Eastern analogue for Ukraine, threatens Superman by uncovering secret information, unknown even to the hero himself, about his background, which leads to a semi-comical stint in prison with a lump of Kryptonite and a strange being named Metamorpho (Anthony Carrigan)....

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To: Rummyfan

***Superman’s true identity ***

Lemme guess.. We will find his father actually speaks....similar to the last sentence in the BOOK, STORM SHIP TROOPERS.


21 posted on 07/09/2025 12:43:41 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( )
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I’ll just watch Chris Reeve and Gene Hackman again. Never get tired of that sweet movie.


22 posted on 07/09/2025 1:11:36 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: Rummyfan

I remain baffled that there are adults who go to see movies based on comic books.


23 posted on 07/09/2025 1:52:03 PM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: Rummyfan
We are going to see it, but I won’t hold my hopes too high.

METAMORPHO, eh? It will be interesting to see what they do with that character, I’ve been waiting to see if DC would ever bring that character to screen.

I had Metamorpho, the Element Man #1 when I was little. That comic might be worth a lot of money today. I wish I still had it….

24 posted on 07/09/2025 2:01:35 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: escapefromboston

I’ll withhold judgment until I see it.


25 posted on 07/09/2025 2:03:38 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Rummyfan

Kill the movie and the studio.


26 posted on 07/09/2025 2:04:28 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I made an error! it should be the book Starship Troopers not storm ship troopers.


27 posted on 07/09/2025 4:29:18 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( )
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To: butlerweave

They stop making movies they started message making that no one wants


Going all the way back to Superman IV: The Quest For Peace.


28 posted on 07/09/2025 4:35:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: bobbo666

Watching Superman: The Movie now. Will NEVER be toped.


29 posted on 07/09/2025 6:57:41 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO ODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: freepertoo

Top 10 Movie of all Time.


30 posted on 07/09/2025 6:58:41 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO ODS BEFORE HIM!)
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