The best Superman film

"When people are scared, they tend to hop on a bandwagon before they see who's driving." Truer words, Mr. Kent.

Superman isn't outdated. He's timeless .

“Orbit. He went into orbit at Mach 7.” remains one of the coldest Superman lines of all time. A brutal reminder of the kind of person he could become without the values he works so hard to uphold

people don't realise that superman IS total break of expectations. Creating characters like omni-man and homelander or even "evil superman", doesn't add anything to any conversation because it only shows what we expect would happen. Instead, the very idea someone could be an absolute force of good is the twist.

The older I get the more I start to appreciate Superman. He is truly the golden standard for all superheros.

I think Linkara put it beautifully when he reviewed the original story: "That's why it's a never ending battle. Not because it's a battle that cannot be won, but because Superman will never stop fighting."

This movie did "Evil Superman" the best that I've ever seen, without Superman even being actually evil. His act was way more believably written than Injustice's maniacal temper tantrums.

What's really disturbing is that the reactions of the public in this movie are so realistic and accurate to how the public would react in our world

I say this might be perhaps George Newborns best performance as Superman. I know he's done Justice League and Injustice but I really like him in this one

The “Superman gone bad” storyline has been played to death. Showing Superman not only struggle with the morality of those around him willing to go that extra step but also being able to triumph and overcome is one of the things missing from modern Superman tales. This and Kingdom Come could be some of the best storylines to be done for a film.

"Naw, just the loud, angry, and stupid." Pa Kent is one of the Wisest, kindest Humans ever to exist in fiction. I love how he's a simple guy, but without dipping into any of the shitty archetypes for a farmer or country person. The writers don't use him to go 'uneducated people are bad' or 'educated people are bad' or any of that. He's just an old man with a lot of heart, who used to be a young man with a lot of heart that helped to make sure that our big blue boy scout got a heaping helping of heart for himself, too. Unrelated: The thing that always bothers me about the perpetually dumb question "Why don't superheroes kill?" is... They shouldn't have to ever even make that decision in the first place... If just killing the villain is an option as opposed to incarceration, that should be done by the penal system just like it is with all other crime. It's not "Batman should kill the Joker", because Batman just brings him in and they let him because they can't do it themselves. It's " Why does Gotham keep making an Insanity exemption for a person who has caused so much damage and shown repeatedly that he cannot be rehabilitated?" the idea that the onus of punishment is somehow on the superhero just because they took responsibility to capture and had over the villain is bizarre. Just my two cents on that because none of the people who make that argument ever seem to even take the penal system itself into account at all.

Superman doesn't have to be dark and gritty. He needs to be fucking Superman. That's it.

“The world needs people in charge who are willing to put the animals down” is the coldest fkn line I’ve ever heard Superman say. This is George Newbern’s best performance as Superman. It’s as if Sephiroth took over for a few minutes. That display of power shows he is the last character you want cutting loose.

Fun fact: Superman's voice actor in this movie also voices sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7. Which is funny because sephiroth's latest English voice actor plays Superman in Superman and lois.

I cried the first time I watched this film. I was young and sort of an edgelord, only enamored by things at face value. This superman film helped me mature as a filmgoer and person. I understood the depth and purity behind superman, respecting something that the world made a laughingstock for most of my life.

I have never been the biggest fan of the blue boy scout. You straight up hit the target. I'm a Wolverine fan, I relate to the trauma and pain, the rage and violence (sadly), but I was probably 30 when I realized Superman doesn't represent the past, he represents hope for a better future, a better people. Logan would hassle him while openly, while helping him. People in pain want people of hope to succeed, they are always the first ones to offer us a home.

This story is like a deconstruction of The Boys 5 years before The Boys came out. Also, with Gunn seemingly rebooting the DC movies, I really want him to bring in some DC animation writers. Get Paul Dini and Greg Weisman in there.

I mean this movie showed how scary Superman actually can be and also showing why he's indeed one of the greatest Superhero everyone should aspire to during the last part of the movie.

As a kid, I just thought this movie was okay. As an adult, the deeper meanings really struck me hard. "Good isn't perfect." "Dreams save us..." The message here really hits home now that I've grown up. The idea of Superman is never too old fashioned for me.

So... essentially Superman is the father figure that society needs, but won't tolerate until he's actually needed? And he leads by example, not by show of power...