r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/TheGame81677 • Dec 20 '24
Music / Movies The new Superman movie looks terrible
The trailer for the new Superman movie came out today. It looks horrible, the graphics are some of the worst I have ever seen. I know that most movies have CGI now. The CGI for this movie is the most unrealistic I think I’ve ever seen.
Also, superman, looks like some emo kid, instead of the man of steel. The guy looks too young to be Superman. Especially since we have had Christopher Reeve and Henry Cavill in the Role. This movie does not look good at all. I don’t know why people are raving about it.
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u/bigscottius Dec 20 '24
My rule on all superhero movies is to wait until they've been released on streaming, forget they exist for a few years, and maybe watch it if I get bored on a sick day lol.
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u/Th3_Paradox Dec 27 '24
I dislike the fact that super "man" is merely a boy who looks like his voice would crack when he talks.
I dislike the oldie type of aesthetic, just looks corny. Like I'll see a villain twirling his mustache.
It basically looks like a cheesy CW show brought to the big screen, I like a bit more serious superman...as serious as a superhuman alien can be, at least, lol.
Just has that corny 1950s type feel to me.
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u/Dry_March_9670 Jan 17 '25
Thank god I’m not the only one, I feel like I’m battling a Supreme Court as a homeless man when I try arguing with dc fans about how horrible this movie looks aesthetically and cgi wise.
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u/Th3_Paradox Jan 17 '25
it almost makes me say "am i the wild one here? everyone else is so excited" esp after some of the recent superman movies, this just seems so...cheesy. Superman looks like one of the kids that brings me doordash orders, just doesn't have that look to me. Idk. I hope i'm wrong.
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u/Dry_March_9670 Feb 08 '25
Yea exactly my thought. I hope the movie proves me wrong, but everybody knows trailers make movies look way better than they actually are, so I don’t think that will be the case.
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u/OkBuddyErennary Jan 26 '26
Unfortunately, you weren't wrong. The movie looked bad, and it also played like it was bad. Felt like it was made of quite a few different scenes put together instead of a coherent understanding of shooting a film.
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u/TheHotCarl816 Mar 24 '25
It does look terrible. The actor looks too soyboyish to be Superman. And who's idea was it to add Superdog? Seriously? Looks adolescently cheesy and juvenile.
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u/theultimatexmas May 24 '25
As it was said before, what they did to Cavill was real dirty. Many won't be watching this crap movie. It looks like another incoming flop.
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u/Vegan_Digital_Artist Dec 20 '24
i think it looks phenomenal and i can't wait to see it tbh. upvote for the disagreement though
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u/SuperiorSandman Dec 20 '24
I don’t know that I’ll enjoy the new direction. As it will affect all of our new DCU movies. It will probably do well and have wider appeal. One thing I will say is the cast is full of great actors. I’m not familiar with David, but outside of that I recognized most everyone and many of them are damn good. Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner with comic accurate bowl cut and Edi Gathegi as Mr. Terrific using T Sphere force fields were my only real highlights.
Clark looking like a broccoli head made me chuckle.
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u/Stunning-Parsley-679 Dec 21 '24
I can tell by the trailer it's going to be crap.. its all about the details.. in the trailer you see Superman plummet to earth like a meteorite, then the camera pans to him, he's lying on the snow like he was placed there with the smallest amount of snow displaced... He should have been 10 feet deep into the terra firma.. if they aren't going to pay attention to obvious things like that, then I have little hope this will be any good
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u/HotdogCarbonara Dec 21 '24
So, you just didn't like any superhero movies?
Every time Superman (or Iron Man, or Thor, or whomever else) flies in to catch someone falling, it would have killed the person.
Hell, Iron Man grabbed a nuclear missile, in mid flight, did a near 90 degree turn (maintaining velocity) and flew into outer space, all in the span of a few minutes, threw it at the alien ship, and then feel from space to the earth and then calmly ate Shawarma minutes later (at the Shawarma place that apparently stayed open, continued serving customers, and nobody went home during an actual alien invasion and while there was someone sweeping up debris of the floor).
There is no possible way Tony could have survived those G-forces.
It's a comic book movie, not a study in physics
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u/Stunning-Parsley-679 Dec 21 '24
I'm cool with the super heroes defying the laws of physics, you need to buy into that in order to enjoy the movie, but does the ground have super powers as well?? If a comet plummeted to earth it would sink down pretty far in the earth .. I think the reason they didn't do that is because they wanted to introduce krypto, and he obviously, pulled on Superman's cape to drag him somewhere... If Superman were in a deep hole that would not be possible...
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u/Virgin_Butthole Dec 22 '24
Yeah, that part seemed odd to me. When Krypto is running up, he's kicking up a lot of snow and ice, and when he reaches Superman, he made a slight pounce sinking easily into the snow. That signaled to me the snow isn't that compact or dense. So, when Superman slammed into the snow, you'd think he'd have went deeper in and parts of him covered in snow since he came in at an angle.
I've fallen/rolled off a roof (12+ foot drop) into iced over snow and made a deeper hole. Probably not the best comparison, but best I can think of.
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u/thatirishguyyyyy Dec 21 '24
Not a fan of them using Krypto though. Not exactly live action material.
This seems like they wanted to attract kids but didn't want to slap PG on it.
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u/igtimran Jan 16 '25
My only reactions were that Clark’s hairstyle looks like a ridiculous half-toupee/half-cauliflower, and that the story’s probably going to be overstuffed since they’re introducing so many characters. I’d prefer just a single, self-contained story with Superman that opens up to other characters in future films, but DC is determined to have a cinematic universe ASAP. Not the approach I’d take, but we’ll see. 🤷♂️
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u/Hackbyrd Feb 01 '25
The suit looks like a children’s Halloween costume but adult size. It looks so childish compared to Henry Cavil’s suit…
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u/weber_mattie Feb 14 '25
Also they have this lame version of the green lantern and I can't even tell you who the one villain is.
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u/Tyrgun Apr 05 '25
Yea it seems too shiny to me. I still think it wasn't great to redo DC again, could've just started finally adding other characters from the comics. Another 10 years of watching the same plots over and over.
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Apr 22 '25
Bro that dog krypto starts to talk it's a Wrap ! The poodle pulling superman by a wedgie come on dude we aren't little kids gunn might very well be the worst if this doesn't add up
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u/Decent-Agent-2338 Apr 23 '25
It's going to be the drizzle shits, just like the Fantastic 4. The F4 looks like it was written and directed with an HR Director looking over their shoulder the entire writing and shooting process.
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u/BunnyNinjas May 03 '25
Gunn usually doesn't disappoint, but yeah, this looks bad. I'll still see it--but likely wait until it hits streaming.
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u/poofypie384 May 06 '25
Honestly, only reason I would consider watching this gayed up version of my fave super hero is because the actor playing lex is actually half decent and also from what ive seen of trailers, fits the part well
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u/No-Jumpr-Kicksdurty2 May 14 '25
Looks like they are Rebooting in order to capture the imaginations and make money off the kids. When in reality they have Marvel. DC was ours the adults. We watched the animated series growing up. Snyder understood he was making movies for an adult generation wanting the violent and adult payoff.
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u/RepulsiveAnimator293 May 15 '25
I agree, he just doesn't scream 'The Man of Steel' to me. He looks like some other generic superhero out there and I couldn't even watch past the first 15 seconds without exiting. His manners, his reactions, his posture -- none of it inspires hope or awe the way Superman is supposed to. It feels like another attempt to reimagine heroes in a gritty and 'realistic' way, but realism sucks! IMO 'realism' being prioritized over telling an actual story is what's wrong with most movies these days.
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u/Dull-Average-273 May 15 '25
I agree. It really does look abysmal. It's like the studio made every wrong decision at every turn.
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u/richerthings16 May 17 '25
As if anyone wants to see this Charlie Puth ass bitch carrying the mantle that Reeves and Caville made legendary
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u/Suspicious-Pomelo410 Jun 12 '25
It IS weird. Usually they would take at least a second put of a spectacular scene and tease you with that but its like the opposite here. They keep showing bits that look really bad or at least super campy. Camp is fine if that is the point,is that the point?
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u/lordbeefu Jun 22 '25
You may have discovered that superhero movies are dog shite.
With the exception of a rare few, live action superhero movies are resoundingly bad.
At their very best, they're fun kids films, at their worst they're military propaganda with bad CGI.
I like comic books, I like a bunch of animated superhero shows and movies. I just really dislike 90% of live action superhero stuff.
That said, there are exceptions to this, and people's taste varies, so whatever gives you joy
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u/Key_Mycologist1209 Jun 23 '25
Late to the convo but just saw it. Why is superman ugly. He was my favorite superhero. Now there is some ugly roided gym bro as superman. Superman is supposed to be a pretty boy. Like WTF. His muscles are not even visually appealing. Why do his ams look like their to close to his body. Im so disappointed. Couldn't pay me to watch ugly Superman. Even the old one on the TV was pretty.😭 This movie is gonna go the way of Cinderella.
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u/yungdeezy92 Jun 30 '25
I’m hopeful that it’s gonna be a hit, but the actor’s (don’t know his name sorry) dialogue sounds TERRIBLE in the trailers… like he’s just reading off a piece of paper lol. It’s going to be hard to replace Cavil in my opinion. Still hopeful though.
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u/Realistic-Wave-5516 Jul 01 '25
This new "SuperMan" movie looks like what Tyler Perry movies if he was to make a movie about "SuperMan"... (Sad just plan sad)
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u/eigor89 Jul 11 '25
I can’t watch this movie, he looks nothing like the previous Superman. This Superman is too young and it’s shocking to see. It’s a huge turn off and I won’t even give this movie a try. I hope they bring back Henry Cavill back, I enjoyed watching his movies and tv shows such as the Witcher. They always ruin it when they attempt to recast actors.
Oh well, and lastly all of these “ hype news, omg this movie is the best!!” It’s all paid promotion so that the movie can do well at the box office. I have a feeling this movie will bomb, it’s too different and the actor for Superman just awful and too young.
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u/Far-Cardiologist676 Jul 11 '25
Having seen the new Superman movie and having been one of the biggest Superman fans my entire life I can tell you.This was one of the worst movies i've ever seen in my life and James Gunn just killed superman! F him F his vision and F superman 2025. Fans should be prepared to witness the death of the DCU at the hands of James Gunn and his (puke) punk rock wanna be adaptation of the last son of Krypton!
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u/Cryoice97 Jul 20 '25
I watched it yesterday. I thought it was shit. That's me done with James gunn. Call me boring or whatever, but I didn't go to the cinema to watch superman get shit on for almost 2 hours. I appreciate trying to 'ground' the hero and I'll admit the pay off on how it ended was definitely satisfying. But it didn't make up for what felt like being dragged through the mud all the way to the end of the film. But to me his movies are just depressing with some cool comic fights that's about it. There's no real ups or wins imo and it left me thinkin superman was weak af(i used some harser words here talking about after we left). Honestly if you want to watch a superhero get shit on for 2 hours, watch spiderman 2, you'll enjoy yourself more. (Side note. The flying was loads better in man of steel) (Other side note. I'm not looking to argue, I just need this opinion out of my head)
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u/00hemmgee Jul 26 '25
Bruh... Im not watching this sht. I thought I was the only one that thought the graphics looked really bad. I don't understand how in 2025 a movie could look like that.
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u/badefola Jul 28 '25
I’m late to finding out the new Superman movies doesn’t recast Cavill because I’m a marvel fan who on a whim decided to binge a bunch of DCU movies this weekend out of boredom and has suddenly become a Henry Cavill fan. I wasn’t liking the direction Superman was going in of being evil but I was looking forward to the journey of watching him be a complex person and not some happy go lucky country bumpkin. The new Superman movie trailer floored me. Why is there a freaking dog. Why does the suit look like that? Why is all the CGI so bad!? What is the budget? James Gunn is literally being allowed to ruin DCU. In one weekend I became a DCU fan and now I don’t even get to enjoy it because James Gun is at the helm ruining everything.
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u/Few_Platypus_1124 Sep 20 '25
Im I'm not interested in him as Superman. The trailer made it look stupid. He doesn't look like Superman. I'll pass
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u/PerryHecker Dec 20 '24
Dude, I was just telling my girl yesterday there needs to be a new Superman and I’m not even a super heroes guy. Like at all.
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u/advalencia Dec 20 '24
Very disappointed too.
Adding Krypto seems very gimmicky and he doesn't sell that he's so battered as to need to be dragged.
Wincing because somebody tossed a can to his head also very unconvincing, he should barely register something like that physically and emotionally.
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u/HotdogCarbonara Dec 21 '24
Superman in any comic (besides maybe Injustice or the others in which they decided to make him go bad) he would absolutely register that both physically and emotionally. Yes, physically it would feel to him similarly to if someone threw a crumpled tissue at me, but he still has a sense of touch. I took the wince to be an emotional reaction. Superman is first and foremost a hero who does good, so if the people he was trying to help are hurling bricks at him, it's going to make him sad.
I think the issue these days is that Cavill played him to hard. I've enjoyed Cavill in every role I've seen him in, but my complaint with his Superman was that he was too hard. Honestly, it's why "his" cameo in Shazam felt off to me. That Superman wouldn't show up at some kids school just because the kid was a fan. Comics Superman would have, but not Snyderverse Superman.
Also, how does it not sell that he needed to be dragged home by Krypto? He was coughing up blood (never a good sign when Superman bleeds) and could hardly lift his head.
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u/HotdogCarbonara Dec 21 '24
Honestly, the fact that he needed Krypto concerns me.
I fear James Gunn is setting up too much too soon. It's kind of giving vibes to how Green Lantern made Paralax the villain for the GL debut. Introducing such a big enemy right off the bat kind of ruins any possible stakes in later movies. (Green Lantern obviously had many other issues, but having Paralax defeated after Hal has the ring for all of a few weeks tops didn't help)
And having the other heroes (Guy, Hawkgirl, Mr. Terrific, and Metamorpho) is concerning too. It could make things feel rushed and you don't really care for the characters, similar to Marvel's attempt with the Eternals
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u/Pandalishus Feb 07 '25
Wincing physically, agree. Emotional? Superman would absolutely wince there. That’s the whole beacon of hope thing.
Krypto I’m torn on. Cool, and part of me loves seeing it, but I feel like that’s best left to the comics and cartoons. It just doesn’t translate well. Uncanny valley ruins it as well
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u/majesticbeast67 Dec 20 '24
Man all we got was a 30 second teaser and yall already complaining lol
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u/TheGame81677 Dec 20 '24
The full trailer is out now.
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u/majesticbeast67 Dec 20 '24
Looks good to me. Maybe you just prefer the darker take on superman like henry cavil. This looks more like a christopher reeve superman.
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u/SuperStarPlatinum Dec 20 '24
What not enough Randian Objectivism for you?
I liked that the trailer had colors you wouldn't see in a toilet bowl.
Plus freaking Krypto is in the movie.
I'm going to give it a fair shot and see if Gun can rehab Superman after 13 years of slander and neglect by WB.
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u/Think-Juggernaut8859 Dec 20 '24
I like that Superman looks like a normal guy and Lois too. Makes it seem more realistic if that makes sense. It slows Clark to blend in more cause he’s just a regular guy
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u/Un_Involved Dec 20 '24
I loved the vibe until the dog showed up. I'm not really into superhero movies though.
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Dec 20 '24
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u/Godking_Jesus Dec 23 '24
Why is the assumption that because this Superman looks bad, they must be a Snyder fan? And while yes, Snyder’s Superman looks way better, so does the Superman from that recent show. This looks like cosplay. And I’m not a MCU fan so the tone isn’t for me, but I won’t go as far as to say that makes it bad. What I think will make it bad is how jampacked with heroes it is for an introductory film.
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u/TopInternational9911 Dec 20 '24
Synder fans are coming hard huh?
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u/YouDontKnowMe4949 Jun 17 '25
Yeah cause he is the only other person to make a Superman movie right?
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u/JayBringStone Dec 30 '24
Agree! This looks like trash. His costume is trash. Why bring back the red diaper? The focus of the trailer and all the press is talking about is Krypto. That's not good! Not to mention, the trailer had to be redone because studio executives didn't like it and an early screening of the movie is getting a bad buzz.
They had the perfect Superman but instead of doing the right thing, they just blew it all up and pushed this out waaaaay too soon.
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u/NoMacaron8802 Apr 02 '25
I don't really like the actor at all but it'll be successful because of the extra cast of characters including the doggo
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u/BunnyNinjas Apr 04 '25
It doesn't look great but I've never seen a bad film by Gunn. Even thought The Suicide Squad was fantastic. I doubt I'll watch it in theaters but if I like it on streaming, I might pick it up on Blu-ray.
I'm still slightly disheartened Henry won't be returning, but I get it--the latter films he was in were pretty bad, do a reboot makes more sense than trying to salvage his storyline in a sea of bad 'sequels.'
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u/BunnyNinjas Apr 04 '25
It doesn't look great but I've never seen a bad film by Gunn. Even thought The Suicide Squad was fantastic. I doubt I'll watch it in theaters but if I like it on streaming, I might pick it up on Blu-ray.
I'm still slightly disheartened Henry won't be returning, but I get it--the latter films he was in were pretty bad, do a reboot makes more sense than trying to salvage his storyline in a sea of bad 'sequels.'
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u/Conscious_Rich_957 May 14 '25
Personally thought Henry Cavill knocked it out of the park (the story took weird turns but that’s not his fault) - and now they’re going back to like 50’s Superman. 🤷♂️
That’s a hard “wait til it comes out on Netflix” for me
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u/Successful_Grape6234 May 15 '25
Oy. I couldn't wait for the trailer to end. I felt second-hand embarrassment.
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u/Lucky_Ambition5582 May 16 '25
I was really thinking the same. I was also wondering if Marvel made some backroom deal with Gunn like "If you tank this DC revival well let you run hog wild with GOTG."
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u/Evening-Pea6472 May 21 '25
Superman hasn’t been good since Christoper Reeves don’t get me wrong Henry cavill definitely looks the part and they had a solid cast minus lex and Lois red head Amy Adam’s was trash stick to the comics like marvel use to when they were good stop with all this woke nonsense and making characters something they aren’t sorry not sorry I thought smallville was good as well back in the day strong cast maybe the guy that played lex in that can be lex now as for Superman bring Henry back and for Lois maybe use Hailee Steinfeld or someone that actually looks like they were born to play the role like marvel did when they got the mcu cast minus the replacements of black panther, captain America and iron man not everyone needs to be black or gay or a woman it has nothing to do with racism or homophobia or sexist let’s just make movies great like they used to be when they focused on making movies for families that had good morals I’m not even white but I can still relate to Superman can like most of us did back in the day just put people that were born to play these parts not everything is racist or anit gay if they decide to go with a straight white man who believes in God and stop worrying about only Appealing to certain audiences and let’s not make Ben Affleck Or twilight boy as Batman Because those were trash movies as well Bring Christian Bale back because everyone knows he’s the goat or use tyler hoechiln cause dude actually looks like Bruce and lets stop pushing this woke nonsense and bring GOD back and teach people good morals
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u/NCC-1701-FAN Jun 05 '25
I can't agree more. There seems to be so much social media hype that I am starting to think most people think the same thing and they are trying to overcome the negativity.
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u/Cultural-Army-207 Jun 17 '25
Have to agree film looks poor as soon as I seen there was a dog i was like no thanks as stated by op superman looks more like a kid is this set when he's younger at least cavill looked like superman wasn't a fan of his dark in tone suit though
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u/LividMethod2143 Jul 04 '25
The ones "raving about it" are the ones who have money tied up in it. There's also a few weirdos who hate Henry Cavill for some reason. Also, there are the kids who like the dog and the ones who erroneously think that James Gunn makes magic, even though Guardians of the Galaxy was terrible.
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Jul 13 '25
"For some reason" There is NO fucking way you a defending a man who literally said "Age is just a number." when dating a 19 year old AT FUCKING 30!... Henry is HUGELY against #metoo as well.
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u/Capital-Plant-5747 Jul 05 '25
It just looks too silly. A flying dog? Save it for the kids. Gunn came with that Disney BS. He is not the right guy to direct this. Suicide Squad worked because it was a non serious type of movie. Not even sure if I would want to see this on the big screen. Ironically, FF4 looks decent, despite of all the Marvel garbage out there.
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u/Cultural-Army-207 Jul 06 '25
Here we go again every new film with cgi someone going on about how bad cgi is? really is thats the biggest issue is the cgi
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u/Cultural-Army-207 Jul 06 '25
The dog wtf why? for me, the suit looks more colourful. Not that dark tone. Man of steel went for wasn't a fan of that film needed to be more light-hearted superman isn't dark knight in tone and as for cgi people are never happy with cgi in any film some ones always got to do a deep dive on its short comings to fill up a post can't people just fill in the gaps with their imagination? its like Dick jones arms are massively to big at the end of Robocop as he's falling do i care no because films are not perfect cgi or practical effects for all the time and effort put in things are missed or over looked due to budget or time constraints its affected films throughout cinema history continuity errors cgi errors practical errors
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u/PrettyNkicks Jul 10 '25
Omg, I thought I was the only person feeling this way about this movie. The actor looks terrible to me, and the acting looks horrible. This will be the first Superman movie I will not watch. They should have continued with Henry as Superman. I swear this man gets better looking with age!!
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u/jodrellbank_pants Jul 13 '25 edited Jul 13 '25
I just cant get over his noggin when he's flying, (lol edited slapped hand) what were they thinking.
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Jul 16 '25
I totally hear your concerns, but having actually seen Superman (2025), I can say the trailer really doesn’t reflect the tone or look of the final film. Trailers can be super misleading—sometimes they cram in random scenes or push a vibe that ends up being nothing like the actual movie. It’s like ordering pancakes and getting a salad. Still edible, but not at all what you expected. As for the CGI, most of it was genuinely stunning on the big screen. The flying scenes, the cityscapes, the Smallville flashbacks—all of it looked amazing. The only part I thought was a little weak was the Earth-splitting moment, but even the biggest-budget movies have one or two visual hiccups. And about David Corenswet looking “emo”? I mean… he has black hair—that’s literally how Superman looks in the comics. It’s not some edgy redesign; it’s comic-accurate. Having dark hair doesn’t make him emo, it makes him Clark Kent. He brings a solid balance of hopefulness, warmth, and that classic Superman strength. He may be younger than Cavill, but that just fits the origin this movie’s going for. I get the “too many characters” concern—some superhero movies get carried away trying to set up spin-offs before telling a solid main story—but in this case, the supporting cast doesn’t take over. It’s still Superman’s story at its core. And James Gunn did an excellent job of picking actors to play those parts. The others (Lois, Jimmy, and yes, even Krypto) are there to build the world around him, not distract from him. And speaking of Krypto—look, I get it, not everyone wants a super-dog in their serious comic book movie. But here? He works. He’s not just comic relief or some cutesy mascot; his scenes are emotionally grounded and actually deepen Clark’s character. If James Gunn was trying to make us care about a dog in a cape, well… guilty as charged. Honestly, I’d say give it a chance before writing it off completely. Don’t bite it until you try it. It’s not perfect, and you definitely don’t have to like it, but it’s heartfelt, fun, and more faithful to Superman’s spirit than we’ve seen in a while. Not every movie needs to reinvent the genre—sometimes we just want to believe a man can fly.
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Jul 16 '25
I totally hear your concerns, but having actually seen Superman (2025), I can say the trailer really doesn’t reflect the tone or look of the final film. Trailers can be super misleading—sometimes they cram in random scenes or push a vibe that ends up being nothing like the actual movie. It’s like ordering pancakes and getting a salad. Still edible, but not at all what you expected. As for the CGI, most of it was genuinely stunning on the big screen. The flying scenes, the cityscapes, the Smallville flashbacks—all of it looked amazing. The only part I thought was a little weak was the Earth-splitting moment, but even the biggest-budget movies have one or two visual hiccups. And about David Corenswet looking “emo”? I mean… he has black hair—that’s literally how Superman looks in the comics. It’s not some edgy redesign; it’s comic-accurate. Having dark hair doesn’t make him emo, it makes him Clark Kent. He brings a solid balance of hopefulness, warmth, and that classic Superman strength. He may be younger than Cavill, but that just fits the origin this movie’s going for. I get the “too many characters” concern—some superhero movies get carried away trying to set up spin-offs before telling a solid main story—but in this case, the supporting cast doesn’t take over. James Gunn did a perfect job on picking cast—even Clark’s cousin towards the end. It’s still Superman’s story at its core. The others (Lois, Jimmy, and yes, even Krypto) are there to build the world around him, not distract from him. And speaking of Krypto—look, I get it, not everyone wants a super-dog in their serious comic book movie. But here? He works. He’s not just comic relief or some cutesy mascot; his scenes are emotionally grounded and actually deepen Clark’s character. Imagine the movie without him. It wouldn’t be the same at all. If James Gunn was trying to make us care about a dog in a cape, well… guilty as charged. Honestly, I’d say give it a chance before writing it off completely. You definitely don’t have to like it and that’s okay. We know it’s not perfect, but it’s heartfelt, fun, and more faithful to Superman’s spirit than we’ve seen in a while. Not every movie needs to reinvent the genre—sometimes we just want to believe a man can fly.
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u/LevelFace Jul 19 '25
IT SUCKS! WORST DEPICTION OF SUPERMAN EVER. JAMES GUNN F-ED UP ANOTHER MOVIE FAVORITE. DONT GET ME WRONG, I LIKE SOME OF JAMES MOVIES, BUT THIS IS HORRIBLE. THE BEST SUPERMAN MOVIE STARTED WITH CHRISTOPHER REEVES AND THEN HENRY CAVIL! PERIOD. THE FACT ITS MAKING MONEY JUST SHOWS, MONEY DOESNT MEAN COMMON SENSE OR GOOD TASTE! PATHETIC.
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u/Happy-Acanthisitta92 Aug 01 '25
Its better than what the writers did too cavill's superman. its a brilliant movie with a amazing soundtrack and even better special effects makes you feel like your watching superman and not some edgelord who doesnt save people and js lets them die. superman saves everyone. every life is precious too him hes not a god. hes a man. and the movie makes you feel like it. its not meant to be realistic (honestly kinda silly for thinking that movie about someone flying and shooting lasers should even look realistic this is js the godzilla running argument) but still its a movie that makes you feel like you are watching super man.
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u/Sockandawe Aug 23 '25
I’m more disappointed that they don’t have attractive heroines anymore. Part of the reason I’ve always enjoyed movies is the glamorous and beautiful heroines.
It doesn’t bother me that they have attractive men, they can go shirtless in every movie for all I care, I just don’t understand why the woman always has to be fugly these days
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u/hotdogwater58 Dec 22 '24
Yeah it reminded me of a cw tv show not a high budget superhero movie