After three films that took GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY/’14;’17;’23 from ‘found delight’ to unwatchable overkill; James Gunn has managed to make SUPERMAN unwatchable in his first attempt. Progress!
SCREWY THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Of course, the purpose of this exercise was less to make a movie than to reboot DC Comics as a legit rival to MARVEL. (Themselves currently in the doldrums.) But if nothing beats SUPERMAN for audience awareness, the fan base is more wide than deep. And, perhaps by design, low in Cool Factor. (A bit like PETER PAN that way.) He's Superman: the super hero too perfect to cast a shadow. Add one, and he’s not Superman. He’s an IP conundrum studios can neither count on nor count out. Usual point of positive reference SUPERMAN/’76, thought to have solved these problems. It didn’t, even the F/X thought poky at the time. (Lots of problems, especially with the color grading whenever Supe went in the air.) Three great things: John Williams’ score (constantly alluded to here); Glenn Ford's accidental Dad, waking as an actor after a decades nap; Geoffrey Unsworth’s wondrous countryside cinematography. And that missing shadow? Christopher Reeve’s aquiline nose.
WATCH THIS, NOT THAT/LINK: Best to stick with the famous series of Fleisher Bros. Cartoons from the early 1940s. https://maksquibs.blogspot.com/2008/07/superman-1941-43.html
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