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Superman (2025)

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Took the family to see this & it was my oldest second viewing after he saw it with his buddy and his family.  It is the most anticipated movie to come out this year.  Directed by James Gunn and a film responsible for re-launching the DC universe, so no pressure for DC at all.  Distributed by Warner Brothers " Superman " is a breath of fresh air in an superhero movies. Why you ask?  What makes this film so different then other Superman that have proceeded it?  New cast, new storyline, and it includes other heros who they call meta-humans.  No origin story here.  We all know Superman's origin, so it's not needed.  What Gunn has done is create the ultimate immigrant story in Superman.  Born on another planet but raised in Kansas by his ma & pa.  It takes the familiar feeling of the outsider really being an insider, and not much different then us.   I have to say that I was really upset seeing our hero being beaten up and ...

Man of Steel (2013)

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So for Father's day we all went to see "The Man of Steel".  I have always been a BIG Superman fan, and remember seeing the old episodes of Superman on the TV while I was growing up.  So I was anxious to see this new one.  I have to say that I wasn't disappointed at seeing it.  Now I do remember when Superman came out while I was a teenager.  The two Superman movies were something special for me, and Christopher Reeve was a very special Superman.  But I always wondered what happened to Superman during his teenage years.  Sure I read the Superboy comic books as a child, but in those he just seemed like a Superman who was just younger.  In "The Man of Steel" Superman is seen more human.  He is conflicted about who he is and what he is.  The flashbacks of him and his Earth dad Pa Kent is touching and revealing.  After all could not have Superman been bad.  Could he have used his powers for evil instead of good, and this movie ex...