DC Universe: tra ritardi e rilanci, il piano di James Gunn entra nella fase decisiva

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I watched the new Superman movie finally. It was... okay.  I loved the casting-- David Corenswet makes a good idealistic boy scout, Rachel Brosnahan (hello Mrs Maisel???) makes a great overly analytical, cynical journalist, the Justice Gang were super fun (Mr Terrific was such a great surprise), and Nicholas Holt as Lex was one of the all-time best villains I've seen in a superhero movie. I also really loved watching Hawk Girl drop Netanyahu out of the sky.

That said, I see what people mean about it being messy. There was a lot of really awkward, heavy-handed exposition for things that didn't really need it. They under-explained things in Clark's backstory, but then also got really heavy-handed with things like what Kryptonite is, or repeatedly hammering home just how much he needed a yellow sun. Ultraman being a clone but it's just Superman with black hair was really silly in an un-fun way. It took the wind entirely out of the sails of him being a threat when it's just Superman vs emo-yet-somehow-even-doofier evil Spiderman.

I also really really didn't like that Lara and Jor-El were evil colonizer sex pests. Established comic book canon aside, I really think it undercut the messaging of the movie. The movie isn't subtle about Superman being an illegal alien, and how he's a human (read: citizen) even if he is one. I feel like it really undoes the message that xenophobia is unjustified when, in this case, the movie really justifies Earth's/Lex's xenophobia. In my mind, the movie perpetuates the idea that other cultures are backwards, and the reason why Superman is good is because he assimilated to the American Way™. I dunno, that plot point and especially that they used the word "harem" to describe him forcefully taking a bunch of wives really put me off. It felt, to me, like it was justifying bigotry and ethnocentrism.

Overall I really liked it, but it probably could've used another draft and a few tweaks here or there.  It would've been nice to have the implications of some things more thought out, and maybe reduce some of the tonal yo-yoing even if that's a James Gunn staple.

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