Can’t wait for the Critical Drinker’s take on this one.
The legendary Drinker has already ripped it a well-deserved new one based on the trailer. And done so, as always, with thoughtful insight, sound reasoning, and flair!
Things have gotten so bad I wish guys like Drinker, Nedrotic and G&G would just stop even paying to go see this crap. I know they can’t since they need the content to make $$, but Hollywood isn’t getting any better. There were 2 movies that I have seen from 2025 that were even worth the $$ spent to get them. One of those I only say that because I have family in the field the movie was based on. I gave that movie more leeway than I would have.
Drinker did a vid on the trailer itself a couple days ago. It was a good indictment of the current movie industry in general.
"Supergirl - More Superhero Slop"
Where he wasn't so harsh on the movie for it's own sake but for how James Gunn keeps making movies with the same outlook and style points without respect for the source material. And he's right.
I enjoyed the 2025 Superman movie but "Man of Steel", while simpler and less busy, was better by showing that Kal-El's journey and tribulations were ultimately more difficult because he had those powers.
His cousin Kara Zor-El's backstory is compelling on it's own with no need to portray her as some opposite version of the known character. It's like she's being disrespectfully sacrificed on an altar to Gunn's own ego.