The reviews are now in for the hotly anticipated Superman movie by DC Studios and James Gunn, but does it live up to the hype or fall flat on its face?
It’s looking like a mixed bag so far, with it teetering around the 70s on Metacritic, with critics divided between both hating it and liking it. But what are outlets saying about the film, and is it worth going to see?
The first in DC’s new cinematic universe starring David Corenswet is “glib and flimsy”. Comic fans will love it, but this curio feels like “an eccentric sci-fi B-movie”.
BBC was one of the first ones I saw, with BBC saying that Gunn didn’t really give the story more time to breathe, and it is mixed with its 3-star rating.
For as expensive and action-packed as it is, this Superman is also stuffed with whimsical concepts and ridiculous side characters.
The Atlantic, though, has heaps of praise for the movie, devoting an entire section about what they feel is brilliant about the movie, and highlighting Hoult’s take as Luthor as one of the stand-outs of the film.
From the very beginning, this new Superman is encumbered by a pointless and cluttered new backstory which has to be explained in many wearisome intertitles flashed up on screen before anything happens at all. Only the repeated and laborious quotation of the great John Williams theme from the 1978 original reminds you of happier times.
But on the other end of the spectrum, The Guardian was scathing in their review, saying that the thrill of this movie and superhero movies in general has lost its thrill.
As both a story on its own and a prequel to a whole bunch of others, this movie must introduce us to a variety of characters we’ll meet later, and it does it without feeling too much like fan service or exposition.
The New York Times praises the film, showing another take on what has already been a mixed bag of reviews from across the globe.
Superman is a wonderfully entertaining, heartfelt cinematic reset for the Man of Steel, and a great new start for the DC universe on the big screen.
And lastly, from IGN, the site calls it a wonderfully entertaining, heartfelt cinematic, and the reset that DC needed to tell its own stories.
But critics aside, what did you think of the movie if you’ve seen it, and do you agree with any of the reviewers? Let us know in the comments below.
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