The Bluff Council Podcast

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a movie with the weight of the future of the entire DCU and Warner Bros. filmography on its back! No small task... It's "Superman!" Directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult. Perhaps no film this year HAS to be as great as this one needs to be. Can it possibly live up to the challenge? No. No it can't. We're sorry to say. But let's at least talk about it. Spoilers begin at roughly the 7:00 mark, and some small spoilers may be contained in the text below. 00:00 - Intro / We're very important people AKA Amazon Prime subscribers 01:42 - What Keith thought 03:46 - What Ev thought 05:23 - This film fails to meet the massive expectations it kinda needed to meet 07:12 - "This movie is like a sequel to a movie that was never released" AKA you need to have at least something of a pre-existing relationship with this IP going in 09:08 - This film is too crowded with too many characters and too many conflicts 13:42 - The character development that is here is good, but there's not enough of it, particularly for Lois Lane 16:40 - Is this movie solely for diehard Superman fans? And if so... why? 19:53 - The kitschy tone of everything 24:10 - The Snyderverse wasn't exactly great but at least there were stakes 26:38 - Thank God that CGI dog was around to save the day every single time AKA will our hero ever win on his own? 31:17 - The film is very well cast with solid performances - Keith loves Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, Ev loves David Corenswet as Clark Kent 34:37 - Edi Gathegi as Mr. Terrific is the best part 36:40 - Why do women love Jimmy Olsen so much and why is that so key to the plot of this film? 42:03 - Lois Lane flying the spaceship is stupid 44:56 - James Gunn knows better and has made better films before... Why do all the emotional moments here fall flat? 51:05 - Flashbacks to "Wonder Woman 1984" OH MY GOD NO 55:36 - Is this film going to make people excited for what's to come? For more film reviews, movie reviews, Superman reviews, Superman reactions, Superman 2025 review, film discussions, film analysis, and more, please consider subscribing to our channel! Thank you so much for watching. #Superman #DCU #Superman2025

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