Characters that never seem to get an "origin" scene or sequence per se - Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White - Where did they go to school? How did they get hired? Why did they decide to go into journalism? Where is the flashback to the traumatic event that forged them? Who are their parents?
The vast majority of supporting characters in any film get - maybe - a bit of a backstory and exposition, but ultimately, they are just there from the start as part of the world of the film. I think "Superheroes" could be the same way.
Gunn did this fine in Guardians, we get a glimpse to know Rocket was experimented on, Drax explains his history in a few lines of dialog, etc. Only Quill got the full "origin".
@fac right, and if the focus of the story is their beginning, fine tell that. But plenty of movies even jump into a story and let you figure out who they are and where they came from over the course of the story, depending on what kind of story it is.
Like with biopics, I kinda appreciate when they make a movie about a real person and DON'T tell their entire life. If the whole thing is a great story, fine, but sometimes you just need to focus on the interesting part, or the part that conveys your theme. Of course Superman's entire life IS interesting, but perry white isn't someone I need all the backstory on because the most interesting part of his life is probably when he hired an alien hiding amongst humanity.
@yojoebro82, I reject that Youngblood be the standard for adequate storytelling. 😀
I actually don't even hate the idea of a movie starting with, say, the JLA already formed. It's kind of on brand for early JLoA adventures to start with the characters meeting then splitting up to deal with the threat.*
The whole of my objections to this movie (just based on the trailer) is that it seems overcrowded for a Superman movie, and Superman's own story appears to be farther along his history than I want to start with.
* I wonder if something like that could've helped the DCEU stand separate from just seeming like they're chasing the MCU. Like, the first movie is the JLA fighting Steppenwolf, then a bunch of solo movies while they search for Motherboxes or deal with Intergang or whatever, then a bookend JLA 2 movie vs Darkseid. Just some hindsight, I suppose.
I can't imagine needing to see coach Gardner yelling at schoolchildren to run faster while a green ring flies through the gymnasium window in order to enjoy seeing him be a mouthy dumb asshole saving people's lives.
The film doesn't really make me want to see it, there are too many remakes for me.
Just saw the sneak peek extended CLIP (not trailer) and it looks awesome, his suit is superb. cant wait
This new trailer brings out a child-like excitement I didn't know I still had.
Seen it yesterday. For the past month or so I was a bit scared that the movie will be too silly and too Silver Age-y (in a bad way). Well, it was freaking incredible. Clark and Lois were the most perfect iterations of those characters I've ever seen on the silver screen, easily rivaling the CW versions.
Such a good movie.
Yeah, that was really good in pretty much every way. They even did all the Silver Age hokery I hate in a way that I don't hate it. I saw a reddit post about how Supergirl is a drunk and abandoned her dog because she's acting out from PTSD watching her planet die; which is the first time I've thought Supergirl could be interesting as a Superman-derivative.
This movie finally captured the feel/vibe of the post-COIE DCU that made me fall in love with the DCU I've been wanting ever since that first Burton Batman; and I'm finally *eager* for the next DC movie instead of leerily-hopeful I'll find some factor I'll dig. I hope Gunn holds true to saying Blue Beetle is being folded in with his stuff and that we get him along with all these new versions soon. He could synergize and play off a lot of the characters and situations in this Superman flick, imho.
Superman (8 out of 10)
Overall it was good but there are many things that bothered me. why did they project Kypto as "cute and dumb" i didnt like that, he should have been more baddass and serious. the flow of the movie was all over the place, it felt like Gunn made 10 scenes and just mashed them up without any order. Lois wasnt that pretty, she looked like a gothic girl, always wore black pants. they should have made her more feminine and have flowy dresses to hide her "hipless" body, smh.
Cornswet did a good job but the stand out was Guy gardner, he was just badass, ill watch a movie of him. Lex felt flat to me, never liked him as a villain anyway. ok here is the kicker, i HATE when superheroes movie or tv series do the "Clone" villian and do a copy of the good guy. And only superhero movies do that ****, i hate it. just cuase of that alone i took off 2 points of my score. Hey hollywood, stop doing "clone" villians, its not creative and lazy writing. the movie should have had more easter eggs or cameos, they just showed supergilr which i am NOT intrested in. I did see a traffic sign that said "Gotham city" they didnt mention Batman at all, they should have.
I'm just gonna say that I'm very glad I disagree with every single word you said.
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