Started okay, I liked that they skip the origin story. Story got progressively worse as the runtime dragged on and it became tedious in act three. Too many themes and not enough setup for them to have any real impact when “resolved”. Public opinion changing instantly at any bit of mainstream news was unintentionally hilarious. Few of the jokes worked for me, which was disappointing as I’ve enjoyed Gunn’s writing style in the past. Some of the effects looked shockingly bad. It always takes me out of a movie when characters don’t react to CGI craziness happening close to them, and in this film it happens both on purpose (in an “I’m too badass to even flinch” kind of way) and by accident due to extras not being directed properly. Gunn really loves 360-degree camera spins and fight scenes where characters use autonomous gadgets that read their mind. Lois is barely a character at all, which was disappointing. Overuse of the John William’s theme paired with too many “triumphant moment” shots, I started rolling my eyes every time it popped up. I was hoping for a some critique of American imperialism / anti-immigration, but I was expecting too much from a product that ultimately has to play it safe. Also…too much Krypto somehow??

I really wanted to like this. I needed to. But James Gunn’s *Superman* isn’t a bold reimagining. It’s a messy, clumsily written slap in the face to everything that makes the character meaningful. Let’s start with the obvious: the plot. It opens *in medias res* with a lazy text dump summarizing Superman’s origin, as if we were skipping the boring part. Fine. We’ve seen Krypton explode more times than we’ve had decent DC scripts. But then we get a pseudo-political conflict between two generic Middle Eastern countries, Boravia and Jarhanpur. We’re **told**, not shown, that Superman ends this war unilaterally. There’s no real moral debate, no nuance, no stakes. Just “Superman stopped a war,” and suddenly the world panics. Lex Luthor, once the cold-blooded genius of the DC universe, is now a cartoonish man-child obsessed with land and oil. He somehow needs fossil fuels in a world where people are literally creating **pocket dimensions**. His grand plan is to discredit Superman by turning the public against him. Not through brilliant strategy or science, but by riding a wave of bad press. It’s not clever. It’s not menacing. It’s just embarrassing. This becomes the movie’s main conflict. Not an ideological clash. Not a battle of wits. Just a whiny campaign to get Superman **cancelled**. And when things finally explode with the escape of a kaiju from a pocket dimension, it feels less like a twist and more like a desperate attempt to raise the stakes out of nowhere. The *Justice Gang*, if we can stomach that name, adds nothing. Hawkgirl spends every scene shrieking like a decapitated chicken. Mr. Terrific and Guy Gardner are the only ones who land, and even they are stuck in a script that treats them like comic relief. The rest might as well be background noise. David Corenswet looks the part but delivers a Superman without presence. He’s just a punching bag. Emotionally flat, tactically useless, and late to the party with his powers. He doesn’t even use his heat vision until more than an hour into the film. That’s not suspense. That’s bad writing. His moral compass is practically missing. There’s no strength, no conviction, no sense that this is someone who stands for something. Lois Lane barely registers. Her confrontation with Clark about the war falls completely flat. There’s no tension or weight to it because, again, we never saw the damn war. It’s all second-hand exposition. This isn’t storytelling. It’s just reading a Wikipedia summary with dramatic music. Jonathan Kent’s moment of emotional release is so awkward it borders on parody. The scene begs for gravitas, but all we get is a tearful stammer and a script that refuses to commit to anything meaningful. And just when I thought it couldn’t get more ridiculous, here comes the **message from Jor-El and Lara**. A last-minute voiceover where Superman’s dead Kryptonian parents casually suggest that Earth might be a good place to spread his seed. Yes, you read that right. A harem. As if what Superman really needed was to become the foundation of a Kryptonian breeding program. I did a facepalm so hard I nearly concussed myself. This isn’t edgy. This isn’t daring. This is Gunn mistaking shock for substance. The whole film is soaked in his now-exhausted formula. Forced jokes. Jarring oldies pulled from his vinyl collection. Quips where there should be heart. Krypto the dog is there, barking, biting, doing slow-motion gags for no reason. Supergirl shows up drunk in the final act. Not charming. Just unnecessary. This movie doesn’t understand Superman. It doesn’t even care to try. It strips him of everything that makes him iconic. No sense of wonder. No philosophical weight. No idealism. Just more noise, more clutter, more half-baked cameos. I’ve read Superman for decades. I know what he represents. This film isn’t about truth or justice. It’s about making him palatable, marketable, and forgettable. **This wasn’t Superman. This was content.**

James Gunn turns Superman into a sad joke. The film kills any sense of epic right from the start, drowning in overly clean visuals, heavy-handed jokes, and a flat tone. Superman feels like a whiny child, and the villains look like goofy action figures. There’s zero emotion, no real stakes, nothing that resonates. It’s all forced fun with no heart. Gunn’s style is loud, but it misses the soul of the character. Rating: 4/10. Flashy, empty, and instantly forgettable.

I cannot believe they green lighted this. It is the worst movie I think I have ever watched. Story is everywhere and makes little to no sense. I cannot believe a real Superman fan would even find this watchable. Even tv series Lois and Clark is better!

A piece of junk. To be honest DC lost its originality and tried to copy MCU's success. Because of James Gunn the movie is ruined. Side characters were better than Superman himself. The suit was terrible. Nerfed his power. Overall a flashy looking movie which kids will like not hardcore fans.