What is up, bros? I'm Caleb. And I'm Jonathan.
And we are a couple of bros on a mission to give
you guys the most detailed movie reviews out
there with as little bias as possible. Welcome
to the All Bros. I'm having some lag issues,
if you can't tell. I hope you can't, because
editing magic. But, just in case. Yeah, anyway.
This week on the podcast, we are very excited.
I am finally out of the construction bubble.
So we can get back to our regularly scheduled
episodes and everything else that we do. But
yeah, so this week, I lost my train of thought
so bad right there. Anyway, this week we are
going to be breaking down the latest. This is
technically the first theatrical installment
to the new DCU. So we're going to be talking
about James Gunn's Superman. And it is so good.
It's so good. Oh, my goodness. Yeah. Spoiler
alert. But it is really freaking good. And we're
super pumped to talk about it. So with. Yeah.
we don't have anything in weekly watch to talk
about. Cause we have been lame. Like I said,
I just finished my like office construction tasks.
So I haven't had a chance to watch much. So I'm
hoping to change that. And I'm working on finishing
a series. So I don't want to talk about it yet.
So yeah, we both suck. Yeah. Caleb has a better
reasoning though. Yeah, arguable anyway. So because
we don't have anything in weekly watch, let's
say we get into our new segment that we're just
going to call what it's called. It's connect
the stars. I like it. Yeah. Brought to you by
Eric by and Amanda hum by. And so if you guys
want to play this game along with us. uh it is
connect the stars all connect all spelled like
how it should no spaces uh it's connect the stars
dot xyz super fun website um i like doing that
in my free time every once in a while um but
yeah so connect the stars so for this we just
the only like rules that we have is that both
of us need to agree that we can achieve like
that we know the actors well enough to be able
to achieve the connection yep uh because there
are some actors that we are not as familiar with
their like their filmography so it's like that'll
be the case with like older actors um it did
happen with what what's his face dev patel oh
yeah yeah so in cases like that where we we can
veto One or the other. So the first star that
we will connect will be Joseph Gordon -Levitt.
All right. And we'll connect him with Joe Pesci.
Okay. The only movies from Joe Pesci that are
coming to mind right now are Home Alone. Then
was he in Goodfellas? Goodfellas? Yeah, he was
in Goodfellas. He was in The Irishman. Okay.
I did not see that. I didn't either, but I do
know some actors that were. So I think we could
use this one. Okay. Unless you want to veto Joe
Pesci. I'm going to let you decide. Like, if
you think we can do it, I think we can do it.
Okay. I think we could. Okay. All right. Let's
try it. All right. So obviously with Joe Pesci,
we got the Home Alone. We got is Goodfellas one
word? I think it's goodfellas. Yeah. Yeah. Goodfellas.
I would also put Home Alone 2 in there as well.
Home Alone 2. Yeah. OK, so Irishman and Goodfellas
both give us Robert De Niro. OK, as you worked
with Joseph Gordon. Yeah. So let's. Let's figure
out who's worked with Joseph Gordon -Levitt.
Okay. The Night Before. The Night Before. What
else? Don John. That's a good one. Okay. Gosh,
what's the... There's one that he was in. I recently
watched, not like super recently, but with freaking
Michael Shannon. Oh, is it Premium Rush? Yes!
The biker one? Yeah. Yeah, that's a good movie.
Premium Rush. Okay, so that gives us Michael
Shannon. We got... Scarlett Johansson. Susan
Sarandon? Yes, I'm pretty sure that she was in
that. Okay, so we got her and ScarJo. And then...
This one, we got Seth Rogen and Anthony Mackie.
Alright. I feel like... joseph and and robert
de niro have done a movie together i can't think
of what though oh i got a good one oh balls um
what is the movie that he that robert de niro
was in with morgan freeman where like where they're
old guys in vegas oh um last vegas i think last
vegas yeah i think that's what it's called yes
okay so that that gives us oh shit um i might
be thinking of someone else so what what's the
name of i'm so bad at this uh because he was
in the dark knight right so joseph gordon levitt
was in that what is the name of alfred like who
plays alfred oh uh michael kane yeah michael
Kane. Are you thinking of going in style? Yes.
Okay. Going in style. Oh, is that not? Well,
that's Morgan Freeman. So, I mean, we can connect
Morgan Freeman. Okay. There we go. All right.
So, we got Joseph Gordon. So, succeed. So, we
got Joseph Gordon -Levitt, who is in The Dark
Knight Rises. Oh. Yeah, that starred Morgan Freeman.
Morgan Freeman was in Las Vegas with Robert De
Niro. And then Robert De Niro was in Goodfellas
with Joe Pesci. Hell yeah. Cake. All right. Round
two. Let's do it. Oh, Adam Sandler. Oh, OK. And
Rachel Wise. I know she was in The Mummy. That's
probably all I know her from then. Wasn't she
in Black Widow? Oh, yeah. She played their adopted
mom. Yeah. That's all I know her from. Same.
We could probably string something together with
that. I'm sure. I mean, it feels like Adam Sandler
has worked with everybody. So, yeah, I think
we can do something. Okay. So, let's start off
with The Mummy, which gives us Brendan Fraser.
I feel like Brendan Fraser and Adam Sandler is
a little bit easier to connect. True. Yeah. So
is it? Oh, thank goodness. I spelled that right.
All right. So we got Brendan Fraser and Adam
Sandler. Goodness. There's so many to choose
from. At least in terms like with when it comes
to Adam Sandler. They start with grownups. Grownups.
OK, let's see if it. lets you do like doom patrol
nope it does not that's a show so it's movies
only okay uh has adam sandler and peter dinklage
done anything yeah uh pixels oh yes okay so brendan
frazier was in brothers and then yeah and then
pixels and then that gives us peter Peter Kinklage?
Peter Dinklage. Boom! Damn. Hell yeah. All right.
So for this one, we got Adam Sandler, who was
in Pixels with Peter Dinklage, who is in Brothers
with Brendan Fraser, who was in The Mummy with
Rachel Wise. Perfect. Nailed it. All right. One
more? Let's do it. All right. Let's see who we
get this time. Kate Beckinsale and Robert De
Niro. Dude, I don't know if I can name one movie
that I know Kate Beckinsale from. The only one
I can think of is that one with Simon Pegg, where
he has the magic hand power thing. I don't even
know that one. Okay, so we'll take her out, and
then we'll roll again. Will Ferrell. Okay, I
think we can make that work. yeah yeah no yeah
i think we can make that work okay okay one actor
that i'm trying to connect them ben stiller ben
stiller like ben stiller yeah oh has ben stiller
worked with will ferrell oh i want to say yes
but i don't know in what uh freaking uh zoolander
2 oh both zoolanders actually yeah oh okay hell
yeah Yeah, so Zoolander, Ben Stiller, me, the
Fockers. Bam. Nailed it. Oh, yeah. Dude, good
catch with freaking Zoolander. Thank you. I think
that's one of our fastest ones. Easily one of
our fastest ones. Honestly, I thought that was
going to be our last round. I'd say we do one
more because that one was so quick. I'm down.
All right, let's see. Natalie Portman. Okay.
Okay. And Julia Roberts. What else is Julia Roberts
in besides Six in the City? That's not her. That's
not her. So you're thinking of. Oh, God. Oh,
my gosh. What's her name? Sarah Jessica Parker.
Oh, yeah. Okay. I'm trying to think. Okay. So
Julia Roberts, we could get. I mean, we could
get. I think we could scrounge up enough with
her. Okay. So just going with who we can pull.
So I know she was in hook. Oh yeah. She played.
Yep. Um, she was in pretty woman, which that
gives us Richard gear. I think. I'm not trying
to connect them. I'm just trying to see if that's
his name. Yes! Nailed it. But, I mean, Hook gives
us... Robin Williams. Yeah, Robin Williams, which
I think he's a little easier to connect. Yeah,
that one was just for funsies. All right, Natalie
Portman. Who can we connect to Natalie Portman?
I mean, basically anyone in Star Wars. Yeah,
that's true. Same with Thor. basically anyone
within the MCU. So who is Robin Williams worked
with that's in the MCU? It's not MCU, but all
I can think of is Sally Fields with how she was
in Mrs. Doubtfire with him and then she's in
the Amazing Spider -Man movies. Okay, we could
make that connection. So Mrs. Doubtfire gives
us Sally Fields. who was in The Amazing Spider
-Man. Really? You're going to freaking make me
hyphenate it? Asshole. So that gives us Andrew
Garfield or Emma Stone. Do either of those connect
to... One of them has to, right? So let's start...
I'll start doing Star Wars Empire Strikes Back.
Really? Well, isn't... the empire strikes back
uh the the fifth episode is it i think so wait
yeah i'm pretty sure because yeah it goes phantom
menace attack of the clones revenge of the sith
uh a new hope uh oh my god what one did we just
say revenge of the sith that's the one i'm thinking
of oh okay if i could freaking type that'd be
great uh and thor she in ragnarok i don't think
she was in ragnarok no she was not she's in the
11th thunder which despite that movie being dog
gives us christian bale and also russell crowe
okay did russell crowe has russell crowe done
anything with sally fields or he's had to have
right You would think. Russell Crowe. Okay, so
Russell. Let's just. Okay, so he was in Gladiator
gives us Joaquin Phoenix, but I can't tie Julia
Roberts to any of that. Oh, man, this one's hard.
Yeah. All right. Let's just keep pulling that
like RV. Oh, wait. I don't know if this works.
Okay, so wait. Okay. I just had a thought. all
right get it back god damn it rose no okay so
robin williams was in robots ewan mcgregor was
also in robots oh i like it we can connect him
with natalie portman star wars ah nailed it there
we go that was a long road yeah all right so
starting with natalie portman We got her in Star
Wars Episode one with Ewan McGregor, who did
a voice in robots with Robin Williams, who starred
in Hook with Julia Roberts playing Tinkerbell.
Perfect. Gosh, that was one of our show. Dude,
that was like exactly the same length as some
of our others. Yeah. But the routes that we went
down. Hey, we made it to the end. It's all nice.
We made it. Oh, that was great. All right. All
right. Well, let's say with that we get into
our breakdown this week. Let's do it. Hell yeah.
Hey, this is Mikey T. And Grant. And William.
And we are the Failing Hollywood Podcast. But
you are listening right now to the All Bros Podcast
with our good friends Caleb. And Johnny Rose.
Yeah. Jonathan. Johnners. John Town. The best
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Yeah. They got some good hot takes. Good reviews.
Check them out. They're fine. All righty. Getting
into this week's breakdown. If you are new to
our breakdown system, we have split movies into
eight different categories that we individually
scored to get a final All Bros letter grade.
The eight categories that we will be scoring
are story. Writing, acting, character development,
effects, music, costumes, and then we give it
our own personal score at the very end. All of
those numbers get magically added up and spit
through our algorithm. God, I spent too much
time freaking like pronunciating. Now, where
is that? spit through our algorithm and give
us a letter grade that compares this movie to
others of a similar grade. So, if you have not
seen James Gunn's Superman or Superman 2025,
whatever you want to call it, we are about to
spoil the entire freaking movie for you in our
favorite segment that we like to call Reading
with Rose. Alright. Clark Kent slash Superman
stops the nation of Baravia from invading the
neighboring country of Jharnpur. That's how you
say it, right? Sure. And warns President Vasil
Gherkos to leave Jharnpur alone. In Metropolis,
Superman is defeated for the first time by a
metahuman called the Hammer of Baravia and flees
to his fortress of solitude in Antarctica with
the help of the superpowered dog Crypto. Oh,
shoot. God damn it. Excuse me. They're filed
by... Jeez. They are followed by Angela Spica,
the engineer and ally of billionaire Lex Luthor.
Superman's robots use concentrated solar radiation
to heal him and comfort Superman with a message
from his birth parents, Jor -El and Lara Lorvan,
who sent him to Earth to save him from the destruction
of their planet Krypton. The message was damaged
during the journey, so only the first half can
be played. Superman returns from Metropolis and
is again beaten by the Hammer, who is secretly
Luthor's metahuman Ultraman. Superman agrees
to be interviewed by Lois Lane, his girlfriend
and reporter colleague at the Daily Planet, leading
to an argument when Lois presses him on the legal
and ethical implications of his actions in Bravia.
Luther unleashes a kaiju on Metropolis as a distraction
while he infiltrates the fortress with Ultraman
and the Engineer. They overpower the robots,
capture Crypto, and discover the Kryptonian message.
The Engineer restores the damaged portion. Wow.
I don't know periods. The Engineer restores the
damaged portion. Superman rescues civilians while
fighting the Kaiju with the Justice Gang, a team
composed of heroes Green Lantern, Mr. Terrific,
and Hawk Girl. Despite Superman wanting to take
the creature alive, Mr. Terrific kills it. Luthor
broadcasts the Kryptonian message, and Superman
is shocked to hear the second half, in which
his parents urge him to conquer Earth and take
many wives to restore the Kryptonian race. Public
opinions turn against Superman, especially when
he angrily confronts Luthor looking for crypto.
Lois reassures Superman that she believes he
is good, and he confesses his love for her before
surrendering himself to the U .S. government.
They hand him over to Luthor for detainment and
questioning inside an artificial pocket universe
where Luthor secretly holds his enemies, including
crypto. Superman is imprisoned with the metahuman
Metamorpho. Periods, Jonathan, geez. Luther uses
Metamorpho's infant son Joey as leverage to force
him to transmute his body into kryptonite, rendering
Superman powerless. While questioning Superman,
Luther murders his supporter Malik Ali, which
horrifies Metamorpho. The latter helps Superman
escape, and they free Joey and Crypto. Lois convinces
Mr. Terrific to help find Superman, and they
enter the Pocket Universe, rescuing the others.
Lois takes Superman to recuperate with his adopted
human parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent. Jonathan
tells the demoralized Superman that his actions
determine who he is, not the message from his
birth parents. Luther's girlfriend, Eve Teschmacher.
who is infatuated with Daily Planet photographer
Jimmy Olsen, provides evidence to the Daily Planet
that Luther is aiding Barabia in return for half
of Jar and Poor's territory. Luther imprisons
her and lures Superman back to Metropolis by
opening an unstable portal to the Pocket Universe,
which creates a growing rift in reality. Superman
sends Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, and Metamorpho
to stop Baravia from invading Jarnpor again.
Hawkgirl kills Gurkos, and Green Lantern invites
Metamorpho to join the Justice Gang. In Metropolis,
Superman and Mr. Terrific fight the Engineer
and Ultraman. Superman defeats the Engineer and
learns that Ultraman is a clone of himself. Luthor
is so intent on defeating Superman that he refuses
to close the rift, which splits the city in half.
Superman and Crypto defeat Ultraman, who is pulled
into a black hole beneath the rift, and then...
And then they detain Luther at his headquarters.
Mr. Terrific closes the rift while Superman challenges
Luther's ideology and expresses hope that Luther
will one day accept the humanity in both of them.
Lois and Jimmy expose Luther's schemes to the
public, clearing Superman's name. Luther and
his associates are arrested, and those trapped
in his pocket universe, including Eve, are freed.
Lois confesses that she loves Clark, too. As
Superman recovers at the fortress, his cousin...
cara zorrell drunkenly drunkenly arrives to pick
up crypto the robots comfort superman with footage
of his childhood on earth with his human parents
hell yeah yeah oh man dude this that synopsis
did not do this movie just as what's a lot you
know what i so I did not grow up with Superman.
He was not my go -to superhero. I knew enough
about him to get the gist, but it really wasn't
until Man of Steel that I started getting interested
in learning more about Superman. I feel like
I know a decent amount, a good amount. I just
love how James Gunn starts this movie. Just fricking
just words saying like three decades ago, three,
uh, 300 years ago, 30 years ago, three minutes
ago, three, like just going bullet point by bullet
point, all leading up to that. You are literally
just thrown into the story of how, Oh, Hey, three,
three minutes ago, Superman lost his first battle.
And then bam, here we are fricking Superman.
Just fricking. slamming down into the snow and
god like i know they showed it in the trailers
but god damn was that hard to watch yeah well
dude like he james gunn has literally kicked
this movie off with something that we've never
seen from superman before like we've never seen
him get his ass just completely handed to him
within the first like couple seconds of the movie
yeah no like seriously yeah so i mean so it already
like started it off to like a pretty killer opening
and so you have like that like you have that
like working for you and then just all of the
little like tweaks to superman's story and the
justifications for other things that are included
in his story are just are all flawless They really
are. Like, anyone who bitches about this movie
has some, like, has freaking Zack Snyder shoved
up their asshole. Dude, freaking the Snyderverse
fans are some of the most toxic people I have
ever seen. Have you heard that they were trying
to get Netflix to buy the rights to the Snyderverse?
Oh, my God. How about no? Like, do you know how
long Warner Brothers has owned the rights to
DC characters? They would never just sell off
fricking one portion of that. And they couldn't.
Yeah. That's impossible. You guys are so fricking
stupid. It's over guys. Like, I'm sorry to tell
you that, but it's done. Yeah. Listen, do I feel
like Zack Snyder got a fair shot with the DC
universe? Absolutely not. Like I have seen stuff
that he's done before and since he was not given
a fair shot. at all and unfortunately like that
means the same for all of the people that are
included in that universe i don't like i think
the only people that were given a fair shot to
kind of show off their like what they what they
had was gal gadot and ezra miller and jason momoa
like those those three were given a fair shot
within the dcu I don't think Ben Affleck got
his fair shot as Batman. Absolutely not. And
I don't think Henry Cavill was ever given good
enough material to show off how he could be as
Superman. Yeah. And so just basically hitting
just a huge reset button on the universe as a
whole felt so refreshing. And the way that he
handled just the origin of Superman. was perfect
because we know his story yeah we've seen it
countless times in freaking animated form in
live action form and like in any form that you
can freaking imagine there's youtube videos up
the ass about it there's freaking like superman
documentaries like we know his story and so james
gone just throwing us into the deep end with
his universe being like all right here we go
boom like if it felt right like it's just like
we don't need everything else like we don't need
his like to see the ship land yeah we don't need
to see like all this other stuff like and this
is like something that like kevin feige even
went on and like like um praised about it he's
like it didn't like it didn't have to take all
this time to like it threw us into an established
world Like, oh, you don't know who Mr. Terrific
is? Better figure it out. Like, too freaking
bad. And, like, send us on our merry way, which
was the case for me. I was only a little bit
familiar with Mr. Terrific from the CW show,
but they did not showcase how smart and, like,
how awesome he was whatsoever in that show. Like,
they did Mr. Terrific. so well in this and it
was perfect perfect iteration of him same thing
with guy gardner so it's cool like they he's
i like that he's throwing in characters that
we may not be as familiar with like with guy
gardner or hot girl or and then like i said mr
terrific like he he's so good at showcasing like
the character like the the personality of characters
like that I feel James Gunn loves to pick the
underdogs, like the characters that nobody gives
a shit about, really. I mean, you know, besides
Superman. And then he makes everybody care about
them. Yeah, he fleshes them out so well. It's
like he has such an act for it. It's a skill.
And freaking I just applaud him so much for what
he's able to do. Yeah, dude, his his ability
to characterize these. people that we've seen
so much of and give us something that's like
that feels fresh is just a testament to his abilities
as a writer like i love his his method to it
because like so i saw an interview with him and
he was talking about it and he's like so what's
your what's your methodology behind like creating
like are building these characters and he's like
the first thing that i do anytime i write for
a new character is he puts together a playlist
for them i love that and so he's like and so
i don't know do you have spotify yeah i did see
that like all the like the main characters have
their own playlists on spotify yeah so did you
see the the whole like the gimmick of who like
spotify thinks you are i did yeah yeah who'd
you end up getting So I actually never took it.
I just saw the gimmick. I heard about it. Oh,
so for those of you that don't know that do have
Spotify, if you search, let me just check what
my searches were just so I make sure that you
can check. Oh, God damn it. Oh, that's just my
library. If you search Superman playlist there,
so you'll see all of the official playlists for
the characters. But whatever the image is for
the one that says Superman official playlist,
because there's Clark Kent official playlist,
Guy Gardner official, Jimmy Olsen official, Lois
Lane, all of those. So whatever the image is
in the Superman official playlist one. It will
show you which character it thinks is more in
line with your musical tastes. Not accurate,
I should say, because I got Lex Luthor. Oh, I
got Guy Gardner. You got Guy... Dude, Brielle
got Guy Gardner, too. Oh, that's amazing. Yeah,
I want to go and listen to all these playlists,
though. Yeah. But yeah, so... I want to check
out Eves. Eves is great. Yeah. So I thought that
like I thought it was like whichever one popped
up first because the one that popped up, it was
it showed the Clark Kent one. And then below
was the Superman official. So I didn't know that
that's the one I had to check. I just thought
it was whichever one was first. So I listened
to Clark Kent's and I was like, I can get behind
this. And then I and then it was like, oh, no,
that's our Braille told me. She's like, oh, no,
it's the one like the image of. of this one and
i was like oh so i listened to lex luther's and
i'm like this one's kind of not my vibe okay
yeah this yeah i can understand why i got guy
guy gardener does he does he have a lot of your
songs yeah he does god damn dude i didn't have
any like let me look through lex luther's did
i have any saved like before it gets to the actual
like really yeah before it actually gets to because
i downloaded the actual like soundtrack but before
it gets to that i count one all right maybe it's
not as many as i thought two damn how did i not
get guy gardner three okay three before it hits
the actual like just superman soundtrack so like
i i mean that's not too bad yeah i'm just looking
to see if Yeah, I had a couple saved from the
Guy Gardner. Nope. Nope. Dude, I should have
gotten Mr. Terrifics. Oh, yeah? I had, like,
two or three saved from Mr. Terrifics. And, like,
yeah, zero from frickin' Lex Luthors. Oh, he
even created one for Ultraman. Oh. That's crazy.
That's super cool. Oh, didn't mean to play that.
Yeah. I forgot where we were going with that.
Long story short, I'm just completely spacing
what I was saying. For those of you that have
Spotify, that's a fun thing that you can go do.
Check out their different playlists. That's how
he goes about writing for his characters. He
starts off with a playlist and then he listens
to that playlist to get in their head. And then
he like creates a story around them. That is
so awesome. Right. I love that. And so it's,
it's just a, like a super good way of giving
us a vibe for who these characters are. And like
you said, like you fall in love with them. Cause
they're like, they're so well -written. They,
yeah, they really are freaking. I love that.
Like with Clark and Losa story, how. like we
jump in three months to them already dating and
how lois is just like i told you i don't work
well with relationships it just never works out
for me and then you get that scene before superman
turns himself in he says you know i love you
lois i know i should have told you that a long
time ago and then freaking when she tells him
that she lo that she loves him too at the ending
and that smile that he gives i'm just like oh
my god you guys amazing clark and lois in this
movie like oh my this art this actually might
be my favorite clark and lois or superman and
lois whatever um just so freaking good yeah i
still have a soft spot in my heart for erica
durance who was the lois lane in smallville okay
that's that's fair i didn't watch smallville
so like i don't have any fair um yeah if you're
not familiar with her like she she was a gem
She was an absolute gem. Everyone freaking, at
least that I've seen that's watched Smallville,
they always wanted him to fall in with Lana.
Lana was annoying, dude. Oh, yeah. So freaking
annoying. She pissed me off. I don't know how
people would react if Clark doesn't go for Lois
Lane. I know. People would be like, what the
hell are you doing? Yeah, you can't do that.
But yeah, the story was so easy to follow. What
I really liked about it is it really took the
time to showcase Superman at his best. Seriously.
I've seen a lot of people complain about how,
oh, there's only one scene with Clark Kent. I
personally – I think I was personally – I was
just fine with that because – don't get me wrong.
I love his alter ego. I love Clark Kent. But
when you're introducing a brand -new Superman,
you want to make sure that you understand why
Superman is who he is, why this actor fits the
character so well. And I feel the way that James
Gunn – told this story how David Cornswet portrayed
Superman just I I've never empathized with an
actor so much when it comes to the character
of Superman like oh my god yeah like this is
how Superman should be like he he cares about
the little guy like he's saving the squirrels
yeah apparently people wanted in the people wanted
him to take that scene out of the movie. So dumb,
dude. Yeah. Are you freaking kidding me? That
just shows how great of a man Superman is. Yeah.
There were so many, like, yes, Clark Kent was
technically only in like a couple scenes. Yeah.
Just that one, the daily planet. And then at
Lois's apartment, but like, yeah, I was fine.
Yeah. But no, it's like, we may have only gotten
like that one or those, those two, like whatever.
There was a lot of Clark Kent in this. Like he,
it was showing that he is more Clark Kent than
he is Superman. Yeah. Which makes it like, like
straight up this, this, that shit, like that
kind of shit ties in so well to like that. My
adventures with Superman, the animated show on
HBO right now. Oh, One of my favorite animated
iterations of Superman. Like he is just the,
like, I wouldn't be surprised if James Gunn took
some inspiration from that. Cause he is so just,
he's flawless in that. Like, I love, like he
feels more like he has to like work himself into
being Superman. Like he's, he's more like kind
of a clumsy Clark Kent. even in his superman
mode like he's a bit more like oh shit like he
he makes mistakes like all that and so like that's
what i liked about this it made him feel like
like henry cavill's superman is kind of like
he's more of like what the legend of superman
is i think a way to put it like he's more like
the the makes no mistakes kind of superman like
he, I'm trying to think like when he went to
go kill Zod, that was all kind of like a personal
thing. Like you didn't really see him making
mistakes or really getting hurt or injured in
any way, shape or form. Like until he was like
fighting Batman, which different story completely,
but it's just like you, you never got to see
those mistakes. Like he was already fricking
God tier Superman. Yeah. Like you didn't get
to see like the buildup. And so this is what
is hap. Like what I like about this version is
you got to see him making mistakes. You got to
see him kind of showing off his his goody two
shoes like Boy Scout side. But it wasn't boring.
No, absolutely not. Like I love when when Superman
has personality because he should have personality.
He's a farm boy from from Kansas. like he should
have a little bit of personality yeah and i don't
know i thought it was just it was it was good
like like a good story overall just kind of to
exemplify who he is and then like the same deal
with freaking lois lane loved lois in this um
she fell like straight out of every comic that
i've read With how hard of a time she gives Superman
about his heroic antics. I love it. Gosh. One
of the things I really like, too, about this
is kind of the established Justice League or
Justice Gang. I thought that was super fun. that
friggin that ending where hot girl is just like
hey maybe you should be on the team what you
really want that uh that thing on our team no
offense we don't want that on the justice gang
metamorphosis justice gang no that's that's an
awesome name you're in i i love them dude even
though they were like very like side kind of
felt like side characters yeah like they they
made really good use of them they yeah they did
freaking hawk girl i'll get to her with writing
but she had some of my favorite ones in the movie
yeah like she was really good only thing i didn't
care about with her was the screaming because
that's not really that felt a little like not
like more black canary vibe okay because i don't
really know anything about hawk girl so i just
assume that she did that in the comics yeah i
don't think she has like a screech like that
okay i don't i don't think no like any iteration
of her that i've seen she doesn't okay um i like
the the screaming thing felt more like uh like
black canary because that's her her whole thing
she has like a sonic screech so i'm like okay
so if you eventually bring in black canary like
what's that gonna look like Yeah, fair enough.
Can we dial that back a little bit? But yeah,
she was definitely sidelined the most. Yeah,
definitely. Which was fine. I hope we see more
of her in the future. Same here. But then, yeah,
Nathan Fillion's Green Lantern was awesome. Dude,
he was amazing. Dude, his... the cocky attitude
that he has about bringing a lantern is sick.
And I love his little, like his projections when
he was like basically saving that, that country
from getting like, um, taken over. And he's just
like flip, like basically flipping his hands
and he's like flipping tanks over and they just
see his giant middle finger come out of the ground.
Like it would literally go like fist. middle
finger fist middle finger it was so good yeah
i loved it apparently he he said that he has
said the f word more times filming lantern because
he's going to be in that show that like the lantern
series he says that he said the f word more in
that show than he has in his entire career that's
amazing oh my god i can't wait um But yeah, super
hyped for that. But yeah. And then Mr. Terrific,
dude. Oh, good. How freaking cool was he? Like
the CW show, dude, didn't do him the least bit
of justice. This was my. Oh, sorry. Go ahead.
No, no. I was just going to say. So him in like
in the CW show, he has the spheres that he literally
just like throws at people. Like that's like,
he has like three of them and he just fricking
like chucks them at people. And then they can
like fly around and like knock people out. And
like, that's it. And I'm like, okay, cool. Like
that's all it does. But like, so sometimes he'll
use it as a camera. Like he'll let one like kind
of fly away, use it as a camera or whatever.
And I'm like, okay, whatever. But this sick.
No, seriously. And this was my first introduction
to Mr. Terrific. Mr. Terrific. I had never heard
of the character, so I'm glad this was my, this
was my introduction. Yeah, I think, yeah, he
was in the CW show. I think he was in like one
or two episodes of justice league unlimited.
Okay. But yeah, that's like a solid maybe. And
if he was in that, he was a side character. Like
you wouldn't believe. but yeah love mr terrific
easily he had easily one of the best scenes oh
yeah dude freaking like lois just like watching
him freaking just take out all those guys and
that i forget the song's name but that song is
just freaking blasting oh my god i but i i had
two reactions either my mouth was just open or
i was smiling like oh it's so good but yeah like
like you said just getting into like the the
meeting of the, of the story Lex being driven
by his hatred of Superman, like to the, and just,
again, it was like, it was a greed. So where
he's like making back alley deal. Like, I love
that there was kind of multiple layers to the
story. Like, yeah, he's using what influence
he has to basically like given the green light
to kill Superman. like by the government, but
he's also using it to like obtain power and like
status and wealth, like basically get his own
country, which is, is crazy. And so him just
doing anything that he can to stop Superman just
shows like the level of unhinged that he is.
Yeah. No, like seriously. Yeah. Wow. I don't
know what else to say on Lex Luthor. Cause I
think you fricking nailed it. Yeah, it's just
there's a there's a lot to this story, like a
lot, a lot. But I thought this was a really well
-written story. I'm not going to say that this
is like the best thing ever or anything, but
I think this deserves at least a 90. I would
agree if it wants to. Sorry, my page is being
slow at loading. Why doesn't it want to scroll
down for me? Shit. There it is. Sorry. Yeah,
no, I agree with you. Everything that you said,
you know, I think I'm going to be just one more
one point higher at you at 91. Fair. All right,
moving on over to writing. Spoiler, I'm going
to be a couple I'm going to be a few points higher.
I'm sitting at 93 with the writing. I thought
this the writing was damn near perfection. Dude,
that's fair. I think I'm just going to be one
point behind you at a 92. But yeah, no, I, oh
my God, the writing is just amazing in this movie.
Like I said, I don't know how James does it.
he just nails on all cylinders and writing is
one of the biggest ones that he always nails.
Like I, like I said earlier, Hawkgirl has some
of the best lines to me in this movie when the,
all of them are fighting the Kaiju and fricking
Guy Gardner is able to create some like oven
mitts and starts like. I don't know if he like
starts like punching him with him, the Kaiju
with him. He just like covers. I don't know what
he was doing. Like he was just covering his hands.
Oh yeah. That's yeah. That's what it was. Like,
I think he was trying to keep him from like grabbing
onto something. Yeah. And fricking. So Hawker
girl is like, um, by the Kaiju's eye. Um, and
fricking, uh, guy Gardner's just like, I made
up giant oven mitts and hot girls. Just like,
good for you. Asshole. I could use some help
over here. I'm trying not to get blinked to death,
man. I love the justice gang. It's the fact that
she was so prominent. She's just like, that's
not our name in Greenland. She was just like,
yeah, but you know, it might be. And she's like,
probably not. She was so adamant on it. Not being
at. Yeah, dude. What I really liked about how
this was written was how quickly they shifted
between like something that was kind of funny.
to something that was absolutely horrible like
like i'm thinking like how you got like that
scene where it's like ha ha ha like very funny
like fighting the kaiju and and all this and
then you see like the the freaking like the full
message with like with jor -el yeah and you're
just like oh damn like that's that's not good
and then you get something like a little bit
funnier where I mean, it was it was more like
tender and heartfelt, but where Lois and Superman
are talking and he. Like, while that big ass,
like interdimensional imp is in the background,
like I love like I love that that was kind of
like a mixture for like different people. It's
just like, all right, this like I think he knew
like this. This dialogue is going to be a little
bit dense. So here's something funny for you
to look at in the background. You just see like
a green hammer. Whack, whack. I saw in an interview,
he said that the scene that he worried the most
about in this movie was the scene towards the
beginning when Lois is interviewing Superman
Clark, because it's literally just them going
back and forth. It's just talking. And he was
really afraid that he was going to lose audiences
like that. There wasn't like something big going
on. But for me, that's one of my favorite scenes.
I love that scene so much. Not only does it flesh
out both characters, but it has some of the best
dialogue in the entire movie. You get some good
jokes in there, but you also get some really
good effective dialogue. One of the best jokes
is when... lois is saying what superman's called
on the internet and she goes super shit it's
like he's just like you know i don't like being
called that dude that when he was taken into
the pocket dimension and being like dragged through
and straight up like sees all the troll monkeys
and he's like yeah this is where we've been bashing
you online and he's like hashtag super shit like
i love that that's like the thing that he was
focusing on just like oh god damn it or freaking
um when he's just like he stands up he's just
like superman doesn't take selfies and she's
like oh so you're talking about yourself in the
third person now it's like what no no no no i
was just gonna lead into that that this is off
the record she's like no no no this is all on
the record superman Oh my God. I loved that scene
so much. I loved when he left and he's like,
obviously like do what you will with that recording.
You know, you can't use some of it. She's like,
I'm aware. Like it felt like a real couples fight.
Yeah. And I loved it. Like just how snarky and
like, it just, it just showed off the characterization
between the two. So well, where he's like, just
so trusting and like, wants to do good but she's
like just a hard ass that's just like questioning
his every decision and he's like to him it makes
sense he's like hey i stopped a war and then
she's like well allegedly and he's like well
no that's like that's what i did yeah and yeah
and then all the things that he did like taking
that president and like threatening him and she's
like oh so you like you kidnapped and tortured
him well, I didn't torture him. Like, like the
cat, like he, cause he pushed him up against
a cactus. And he's like, I mean, the needles
were like that long. Like. Like, I mean, this
just shows how good of a reporter Lois Lane is.
Um, freaking like what she's saying, like freaking
just starts to get to him. Finally. He just shouts,
people were going to die. Like just, Oh my God.
So, so good. Yeah. And. You know, I love you.
You talked me up. I'm going to match you. I'm
a 93 on writing. Yeah, I love the subtle little
things that they did, like just to show off how
goody two shoes he was, like with his not cussing.
Oh, how like when he came in, like walked in
and saw that the Fortress of Solitude was trashed.
And he's just like, crypto, what the hay? Oh,
dude, freaking I love it when. when he first
walks into the daily planet and lois is just
giving him uh uh shit for like how he wrote the
interview with superman um and she's just like
oh really you got that good of a you were able
to just get an interview with superman just like
that oh yeah yeah i was in the area he's really
nice guy who's very in depth with with uh the
questions that i asked And then I love how she's
like, you know, the glasses aren't always going
to fool everybody. And he's like, are you sure
about that? And then they even make the joke
about that, don't they? Like in the Hall of Justice.
Yeah. It's like, you know, he wears hypno glasses.
Yeah. like and she's just like yeah i know about
the glasses and he's like are you sure because
you know they mess with your brain the freaking
what lois says to guy as she's leaving what does
she say like that haircut should be against your
uh against your moral yeah your vows or morals
or whatever he's like what what did you say yeah
i i laughed every time i saw that clip like i
saw it like a few times on on instagram And she's
just like that haircut should be in survives.
What? My what should be what? Oh, man. But yeah,
like how it's like, I'm just talking like to
about that, like the shift. Well, like when he
was in the pocket dimension, like how it would
switch from funny to like not funny. When he's
going through and then you see like. crypto chasing
like super squirrels and then you see uh the
the troll monkeys that hashtag super shit and
freaking when mr terrific and lois first entered
the pocket universe and you know he's doing his
thing and all of a sudden he sees crypto he's
just like that's a flying dog yeah that was or
freaking before they enter and she's like oh
so you decided to help he's just like yeah just
because it will piss off green lantern yeah but
i i when he was in that cell with um with metamorpho
and he like and it like pushes in and he's just
like why are you doing that and it shifts over
to his son like the little baby dude i wanted
to cry i know poor jimmy i i was like no wasn't
his name joey oh yeah joey sorry but yeah like
that you got jimmy olsen on the brain apparently
yeah straight up dude like it was it broke my
heart to see that i was like oh my gosh and then
um when they're trying to escape and superman's
like holding him from like basically getting
like vaporized in this this crazy like portal
and everything and he's just like holding him
up while he's getting his ass beat yeah i'm like
god like just let the man save the baby dude
seriously oh it freaking messed me up but dude
metamorpho how cool dude seriously oh yeah dude
so so many characters to talk about when it comes
to the dialogue like one of the um like when
it comes to side characters jimmy freaking his
interactions with eve were fantastic and when
she's about to send you know all those incriminating
photos that she took of uh lex and she she's
just like if i send these we have to you have
to promise me that we're gonna hang out this
weekend he's like okay how long all weekend all
weekend jimmy's reaction to eve the best oh my
gosh i I loved his reaction. I like that he did
even like when she did send the pictures and
everything that he immediately was just like,
what the hell? Yeah, it was all just selfies.
But no, she was a freaking genius for what she
said. Yeah, no joke. But yeah, I'm sitting 93
with writings. It was so good. So yeah, 93 as
well. Moving on over to acting. First up, we
got. David Cornsweat, who plays Superman, a .k
.a. Clark Kent. Then we got Rachel Brosnahan,
who plays Lois Lane. Nicholas Holt, who plays
Lex Luthor. Eddie Gathegi, who plays Michael
Holt, a .k .a. Mr. Terrific. Nathan Fillion,
who plays Guy Gardner, a .k .a. Green Lantern.
Isabella Merced, who plays Kendra Saunders, a
.k .a. Hawk Girl. Then we got Skyler Gisando,
who plays Jimmy Olsen. Anthony Kerrigan, who
plays Rex Mason, a .k .a. Metamorpho. And then
we got Maria Gabriela de Faria, who plays Angelus
Spica, a .k .a. The Engineer. I think we can
both agree our number one is going to David.
Oh, hands down. Yeah. This man was born to play
Superman. I know everyone says that about...
the the newest actor that they picked to play
superman but my god this man was born to play
superman yeah uh superman with personality yeah
like oh oh my god freaking people give this movie
such a hard time for his like flying face and
i'm like like how do you not make flying look
goofy yeah even he said that like in an interview
he's like it's very it's harder than you guys
think yeah it's just like freaking give him some
cut him some slack freaking hell no like seriously
like his flying everything with his flying was
fine i i thought it was great yeah um who who's
your number two you know i just loved her so
much as lois lane i gotta give it to rachel brosnahan
Same boat, dude. Yeah, hell yeah. I feel like
our number three might be different. Okay. Maybe.
Actually, probably not. I'm assuming it's Nicholas
Holt. Ah, yep. Okay. I was kind of going to be
shocked if our three were going to be different.
Maybe in different order, but I was going to
be very shocked. Yeah, maybe four. But like I
said, I almost forgot about Nicholas Holt. I
was like, oh, shit. Yeah. Like he's obviously
number. Oh, actually, honestly, I might swap
two and three. Like I might give number two to
Nicholas Holt and the number three to Rachel
Abras in the hand. OK, that's fair. Yeah. So,
I mean, they they both did just incredible jobs.
But Nicholas Holt, dude, was next level. Oh,
yeah, dude. His Lex Luthor was amazing. you know
it's looking back to other actors that have played
lex luther and comparing them um freaking the
guy just knocked it out of the park um and the
fact that like he had auditioned for superman
but james gunn had a different person in mind
david corn sweat but he still wanted nicholas
holt to be in the movie and so he decided to
cast him as lex luther i'm so glad that he went
oh went with that decision because He was just
an amazing Lex Luthor. He was so intimidating.
Freaking the way that he said his lines was just
Shakespearean. It was just amazing. And freaking
that scene towards the end when after or before
Lex is about to go back through the pocket universe,
but freaking Superman slams him into the wall.
And he's just like, you piece of shit alien.
And freaking Superman is just like, that's where
you've always been wrong about me, Lex. I am
as human as anybody else in this room, as human
as everybody. I wake up the same as everybody.
I have good days. I have bad days. I strive to
just be the best that I can be, and I wish that
you would see that, and I just hope that you
can one day. I think I actually like teared up
a little bit at that part. Cause like that just
shows how not only David corn sweat just nailed
the human side of Superman, but how well James
Gunn understands the human side of Superman.
Just absolutely incredible. I was thinking about
like how other people would have handled this,
like handled that conversation. And it would,
it wouldn't have been like that. Like if, if
it had been like, like I'm thinking even Henry
Cavill's Superman, like he, if he would have
come in, he would have been very cool, like level
headed, like, like kind of like soft spoken,
like while he's getting yelled at and like berated
and everything. But what I like about David Gordon
sweats performance is that he puts in like energy
to it where he, you could feel like the, the
frustration. And he's just like, he's not like,
I think it showed really well when he came like
pounding into Lex Luthor's office, like looking
for crypto and he like is throwing the desk and
he's just like, kind of like not real understanding
the, like the, the visuals of what's happening.
Yeah. Or just like not totally vibing with like
how the visual, how it might look. where it's
this indestructible alien coming at this relatively
normal human. There's an intimidation factor
there. I like that he's someone that can lose
his temper a little bit and get worked up. He's
definitely someone that probably shouldn't because
it does come off as super intimidating, but I
don't know. I liked it. I liked it a lot. um
but yeah his his like that dialogue was was perfect
nicholas holt was killer dude like someone was
show was was saying that like you could the the
the envy felt genuine and like pointed out it's
because like like possibly because like Nicholas
Holt tried out for Superman didn't end up getting
it. So maybe he had like that, like he could
relate to that, that envy. Yeah. And I'm like,
so that like made his performance even that,
like that much better. I'm like, that's, that's
perfect, dude. But what I love about Nicholas
Holt and his performances, he can act so well
with his eyes, like the way that he's his intensity.
Like it's, like it's freaking masterclass dude
you want to talk about an underrated actor freaking
nicholas holt seriously did you um did you watch
that video i sent you on instagram yeah where
they're basically like flirting with each other
dude freaking their relationship off screen is
just amazing because there's also another interview
where um his nicholas holt's wife said like oh
you know like you've never been held by someone
uh someone bigger than you like i wish you would
know how how that felt you know david's bigger
than you maybe maybe nicholas actually like asked
david if he would hold him um just he said oh
it felt like so majestic it just felt so warm
and just i just i love their relationships dude
every interview i've seen with the two of them
is amazing and then when you throw rachel in
the mix like just how she's just how she's just
like yeah i've just been third wheeling all day
with these two i love them so much oh so great
dude and honestly like rachel brosnahan the number
one pick for lois lane absolutely like have you
ever watched uh the marvelous mrs mazel I have
not. Unfortunately, she so she's the star of
that. Like she plays Mrs. Maisel. Oh, OK. And
dude. Like she can like she. So she plays a comedian
that is like very like quick witted and fast
talking. And so I think that that helped prepare
her for this role like so much. Hell yeah. But
I freaking loved. everything with that i love
the little joke that they gave us at the end
with like the whole daily planet team and perry
white's like so how long has that been going
on and he's like we think about like three months
oh that was so good dude jimmy is like one of
my favorites i freaking love jimmy so much he
was fantastic all right what are you where are
you sitting with your acting score uh you know
acting just because i loved everybody in their
roles like everyone just freaking knocked it
out of the park um so i think acting i'm gonna
be at 95 i'm just a hair below you i'm at a 94
all right fair yeah there weren't too many issues
i had i think anyone i did have issues with it
was being like nitpicky okay um i'll say this
i don't know why Or if they should have included
those other two people that they took from the
daily planet. That's fair. Yeah. If they felt
like they felt very out of place, they did. What
blew my mind is like, it's very interesting that
they got character posters and fricking they
were. Yeah. They're barely in it. Yeah. They
had like what? A total of 30 seconds each. Probably
maybe a minute screen time. Yeah. Like that was,
that was throwing me for a loop. Yeah. Like I
understand obviously Superman, Lois Lane, Lex,
Jimmy metamorphosis, like all the, the, the justice
gang, like all of them should have had posters.
I'll even let you give Eve a poster, but yeah,
given us what, like, I don't even remember his
name. The, the sports guy. Yeah, I forget his
name. And then the girl with the glasses that
was talking to Lois about relationships. Yeah,
I think that was supposed to be Kat Grant. Oh,
yes. Yeah, I remember hearing her name, that
being her name. Yeah, odd choices. Yeah, wait,
who's the head of the Daily Planet? Oh, Perry
White. Perry White, okay. Yeah, so him getting
a character poster, that made sense too, I feel.
Borderline. Yeah? Okay. I don't know. I can only
jock it up to the fact that he's the head honcho
at the Daily Planet. That's the only thing that
I can jock it up to. Okay, that's why he got
a character poster. That makes sense. Yeah. I
don't think that they needed to be in Mr. Terrific's
ship. like with everyone else, I think that they
could have gotten away with just having Perry
white, Jimmy and Lois. Yeah, that's fair. But
if there's another guy on there, he like, like
maybe, geez, maybe it's not like that. They were
included. I don't think that they should have
been like actively invited because it was because
he was more like specifically asking. All right.
Like Jimmy Lois, let's go. Like, how many could
fit on here? Like, six? Okay, cool. Let's take
Kat and what was his name? Larry? I think so.
Yeah, let's take Kat and Larry. It's just like,
there were other people around. Did they? I think
they did. I don't even know if he got a name.
I just remember seeing one guy exit before Larry,
I think. Okay, I don't remember that. I don't
know. but yeah anyway yeah if anything like that's
i think that's what bringing me low is just those
little extras were that's fair somewhat out of
place but they didn't distract from everyone
else like just given it they're all yeah um all
right next up we got character development this
is one of the best i have seen in a superhero
movie easily dude like holy shit god that his
conversation with hit with Jonathan Kent oh my
god oh my I wanted to cry i did cry that yeah
yeah that might be because i'm i'm still a bit
fragile dude that's yeah no dude same so freaking
that scene and then freaking the ending when
uh they play his like childhood memories with
uh yeah i saw that i was like oh god i'm like
god damn it james gunn i love you and i hate
you oh shit yeah what's his mom's name again
martha Martha. Yeah. How did I forget that? They
were lovely. dude freaking the the first um scene
that we get with them when he first gets to the
daily planet and she's like we just wanted to
call to congratulate you on getting on the front
page it was just so great her freaking just yelling
into the phone on the table it did feel like
a very country farmer not familiar with technology
and i was i was there for it dude yeah or freaking
when um When Jonathan and Clark or Superman are
having that discussion outside and she comes
out, she's like, you big mush. And she's like,
Clark, you should see what's on the box. and
she's still the the fact that they actually have
a flat screen is just great i love that it's
not a you know like they're not still sitting
on a box yeah they're not sitting on a box tv
anymore but the fact that she still calls a flat
screen tv a box oh my gosh dude i oh good brielle
actually was one that she said like i am very
glad that they made them feel like people that
were actually farmers And not just like like
how Man of Steel like kind of made Jonathan and
Martha can't like just they didn't quite feel
like old timey like farm town people. Yeah. Like
because they use such big names with them. And
so she's like it like it felt like it felt nice
having these people that you don't recognize
from anything else. play these sweet mom, pa
character. It says now all you, when you think
of them, you're just like, Oh, that's mom, pa
can't. Yeah. It's so great. Loved it. Absolutely
loved it. The, but I, I love the, um, the transition
between like with Superman, how he was, how he
took comfort in like his, his Kryptonian parents
and like how that shift happened. Where he was,
he was wanting so hard to deny that, like that,
that was the other half of the message, but he's
just like, he, he just couldn't. And so like
that conversation with his, with, with Jonathan
Kent, like it was just so sweet. Yeah. It was
very sweet. And I think that helped him kind
of like find it within himself to just be who
he is. Instead of like trying to be who his Kryptonian
parents wanted him to be. Yeah. Which I thought
was perfect. Like I thought that was absolutely
perfect. Like, and it just, it just, it characterized
Superman that much more. It really did. So, I
mean, I think he went through a pretty decent
arc. Like I, this is definitely one of the, like,
I won't say it's like it's, it's weak. It's still
on the high point. I don't think it's quite cracked
90s for me, though. Oh, really? Okay. Yeah, I'm
sitting more like an 88. It's just shy. I think
I'm going to have to be a good couple points
ahead of you at a 92. Fair enough. All right,
next up we got effects. These were so... damn
good oh my god um so freaking uh so um i got
to um wow i'm butchering this so bad so i got
to see this in xd and i'm so happy i did because
freaking that first after you know like he's
healed from the sun and that first takeoff freaking
he's flying he's tumbling and then freaking like
you zoom in on that freaking like superman logo
and then you get the title logo bam superman
I don't care what anyone says about, Oh, his
face looked weird in that. I don't think it did.
Freaking. I was smiling so hardcore at that scene.
I'm like, God damn. I'm, I was like, okay, I
am in for such a good time with this movie. I,
I, yeah, I loved it. The, the effects were so
good in that opening scene. Yeah. It's like,
this was the opening like that. Oh, so good,
dude. We also, so we didn't get to see this.
I, honestly i'm kind of regretting it now because
so our freaking the only imax theater that we
have is the freaking like the world's largest
and it's literally 27 a ticket damn yeah and
like if i if i had gone by myself i probably
would have done it and then just kind of like
withheld on like popcorn and drink but braille
was coming with me and so i was like shit So
we've, we found one for the GTX theater. Okay.
Um, so that one had like pretty decent quality
overall. Hell yeah. Like it was, it was larger
screen. Like it was good. It was a good deal.
So then that is probably like the Cinemark equivalent
of XT. Cause like, you know, I love XT, but it
will never be IMAX. Yeah. IMAX is a thing of
its own. It might be a tad, I would personally
put it below XD. Okay. I think I liked XD a lot.
Oh, dude, that's why I think it's worth driving
the 20 minutes to go see it in XD. Yeah. Like,
in order, so we have... um we have one theater
that does like the the world's largest imax i
think that's the only imax theater that we have
actually that might not be true okay so oh yeah
the only imax theater we have is that one like
the world's largest like i said 27 a ticket which
is yeah and so like i said if it was if i was
by myself that's one thing I mean, yeah, I mean,
I would definitely pay that personally, but I
get I get where you're coming from because, yeah,
that would rack up very fast. Yeah. So IMAX so
hard to beat. I would say IMAX is top tier experience.
I would put Cinemarks XD as second. OK, then
I would probably go with the GTX as third. And
then there's another one, the Dolby Atmos. Oh,
yeah. Yeah, that one I'd put at fourth. Okay.
And then whatever I have is five. With my little
cheap -ass projector. Love it. And $80 surround
sound. But yeah, the effects in this were so
good. Dude, I've seen so many people bitch about
crypto. he looked great he looked so good oh
my god like yeah he obviously looked like a cgi
dog but what did you expect yeah i i love that
um james gunn replicated literally his dog he
he literally scanned his dog in and then just
turned him white yeah that's awesome yeah maybe
like didn't he make him like a little bit bigger
i i think so yeah But yeah, like, so like crypto
personality is like strictly how his real life
dog is like, he's that rambunctious. Yeah. Like,
and that was such a good, like a fun thing for
him to add. Cause he's just like, like, cause
he was questioning. He's just like that. Like,
I don't want to throw in like what comic book
crypto is like, cause he's just a very good dog
that listens and all this and that. And he's
like, like he's like i i wanted a dog that's
real like what is more terrifying than a untrained
super rambunctious super dog dude yeah when that
first introduction when he's jumping off superman
i remember like some people were like laughing
at that i'm just like how is this funny This
freaking, this poor man is getting his ass kicked
to him by his own dog. Yeah. By a super dog.
Yeah. Like, so, you know, like that, like that's
the equivalent of your dog jumping on you when
you got broken ribs. Oh man. I love that. I love
that so much, but dude, there were so many like
good special effects in this. My. my personal
favorite scene in like like my my favorite visual
effects shot is in the like with the scene with
that rift that's opening and that last building
is starting to fall and that one lady's like
trying to drive her car out of the way and like
isn't going to get like get out in time and so
you see superman catch the building and he's
kind of holding on to it with all fours and then
like kind of tells her to scoot like i thought
it was very funny looking like to see him like
that but my favorite scene is when she finally
is driving off and then you like you see her
drive past the camera and then you see superman
like rise from the smoke and then just kind of
make sure that she's good then he then you just
he like straight super i got chills okay where
he's like rising out of the smoke sees that she's
gone and then turns and boom like flies away
and then you see that like that cloud like poof
and i chills absolute chills so so good yeah
and then i love that like that was that was easily
one of my favorite scenes i'm like that felt
very superman to me like when i think of superman
like this is this is it like this may be like
in modern like not counting christopher reeve
like because he will always be like my superman
And some people are pointing out that they kind
of just did whatever the hell they wanted with
his superpowers. Because literally he flies to
like the Great Wall of China. And like there's
something that like broke off of them. And he
like has this special like blue beam that rebuilds
the wall. Oh, OK. Yeah. And then they show like
they just showed the random ass abilities that
Superman has. Like in those movies. And I'm like,
yeah, I kind of forgot about those. but yeah
modern like modern era like this he might be
my new favorite superman he's my favorite and
that's coming from a person that like i said
really didn't get to into superman as a kid um
like i never even saw superman returns in theaters
um so i didn't really start getting into the
character of superman until henry cavill And
at that point, like I didn't like diving into
the character more. You kind of discover, OK,
well, yeah, Zack Snyder definitely took a different
approach when it comes to Superman compared to
how Superman is in the comics. So and, you know,
perfectly fine. I was fine with that. But just
seeing how close to the comics David Coren's
what Superman is and just how flawless he pulls
off this character. like once i left the theater
i'm just like yeah like i don't care that he's
the newest superman he is my favorite superman
he is my superman 100 yeah like outside of christopher
reeve like my order of supermen just in general
like if i had to like make a list so number one
would be christopher reeves then second would
be david corn sweat then third would be like
the, my adventures with Superman and then probably
Henry Cavill after that. Actually hot take here.
I might actually put Brandon Routh as above,
above Henry Cavill. Dude, that's fair. Like I,
I've heard a lot of people have problems with
Superman returns, but it's never about Brandon
Routh. They always say that his Superman was
great. Yeah. You want to talk about someone that
looked the role like, him oh yeah absolutely
like i was so happy when they brought him back
as like to play uh like another version of superman
in the cw yeah i remember seeing that that was
yeah that was so awesome yeah that suit was freaking
killer that was um but yeah like i love like
um i'm trying to think of other like special
effects like green lanterns effects were all
good Frickin' Mr. Terrifics were amazing. Oh,
yeah, his was great. I know it was just wire
work, but I'm a sucker now having, you know,
know more about the character. I'm a sucker for
when Superman and Lois, like, have a kiss in
midair. I don't know. I'm just such a sucker
for that. And so seeing that here, them slowly
go up, and Lois finally confessing her love for
Superman. I loved that so much. So that, that
was, that's up there. That is probably my favorite
effect. I know it was literally just wire work,
but I don't care. I loved that. Yeah. I mean,
practical effects are still effects. That's true.
Very true. Yeah. Damn near almost zero complaints,
dude. Like, Oh, metamorpho. Oh, Oh my. So cool.
dude he looked awesome when he like when he shifted
his fist into like the block of kryptonite like
that was it looked so real yeah it did like i
wouldn't be surprised if they did like a mixture
of practical and cgi where they like maybe had
like his normal hand and then they had a shot
of his like um his kryptonian hand or kryptonite
hand and then just kind of like fuse the two
scenes together because when he moved with it
it it didn't feel like it felt like part of him
like yeah another thing that i really liked the
effects that kryptonite had on superman oh yeah
dude that was insane yeah when metamorpho got
freaking crazy and he's like held it up against
his face and it's like burning his after he's
already looks like he's been beat to shit yeah
like damn like after he puts it away he's just
like why do you still look gross i don't know
what happened before that was one of the funniest
things why do you still look gross oh dude minor
complaint with that scene though when he was
creating the mini son um homeboy with his That
was holding metamorphose kid or holding Joey
not doing his job. True that. I was like, I'm
like, dude, you are in direct eyesight with this,
with what's going on. Like, you're not going
to do your part. Yeah. Like that. Listen, I don't
want the kid to die, but it also feels like you're
getting paid to do something you're not doing.
True that. Yeah. And yeah, for real though. everyone
else like going and trying to snitch like turn
it into a snitch next to him oh i get it oh yeah
um that's another scene that looked really well
the pocket dimension oh yeah dude that looked
fantastic that was so cool and then the rift
opening was pretty crazy too yeah that was yeah
that was crazy oh man i'm i am probably sitting
at like a 93 92 with effects. I think I'm going
to be slightly above you at a 94. Yeah. All right.
Next up, we got music. James Gunn freaking kills
it. Oh, my God. I loved how many different iterations
of the Superman theme we got. Oh, yeah, dude.
That was just fantastic. Yeah. The electric guitar
one. My favorite. Yeah, that's fair. I think
I would agree. Yeah. The song that is playing
when Mr. Terrific is doing his thing. That was
fantastic. But I mean, I feel everyone's talking
about the punk rocker song and as they should,
because the way that James Gunn works that into
this movie, like I, the man is a master masterclass
when it comes to working in a song to the meaning
of a movie. It is amazing how he does it. Yeah,
for real, dude. I'm having a hard time not giving
this a 10. I will gladly give it a 10. I got
no problems giving it a 10. Yeah, I'll give it
a 10. It was just that freaking good. Yep. And
moving into our next category, costumes. 10.
also giving it a 10 you don't get better than
this um i i personally love that they didn't
just give superman like the freaking like ab
muscle suit that it was actually um what's the
word um it it actually felt like realistic like
i'm not saying that like those don't always feel
realistic but like henry cavill's like i get
he's a buff dude but like calm down guys like
goddamn And David Cornswet, he's, he's, he's
a, he's a, he's a bulky guy too. He's a beefy
guy. But just, you could still see that through
the, the, the costume. And so it just looks so
much better that way. Just, you know what I really
appreciate about this suit, even if they like,
obviously I I'm expecting. David and corn sweat
to keep up with a certain physique, like as like
the years progress and he continues to play Superman.
But what's nice about these suits is he doesn't
have to. That is true. Like he could be where,
like it was hard for Henry Cavill because Henry
Cavill was always fricking shirtless. And I appreciate
that they didn't do that here. Same. Like they
gave him like, they basically gave him like an
out for like not working out. Yeah. Where it's
just like, Hey, like later down the line, like
he, they could be like, Hey, we, we need you
to shoot a scene as Superman. He can just come
in. They pad the suit a little bit and he's good
to go. And I'm like, I'll fricking take it. Yeah.
Like, cause then you get like these, these, these
people that don't want to play. Like with Chris
Evans not wanting to be Captain America anymore
or like same thing with like Chris Hemsworth
as Thor or Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. It's just
the toll that it takes on your body to have that
physique. It's it's too much. It's like it's
a few months of work for like a couple weeks
of payoff. Yeah. And it's just like you could
kill your actors that way. Like. seriously though
but here it's it's nice like you could still
tell that he's he's nice and bulky like how you
want your superman to be but i i don't think
he's like in like that chiseled phase he's built
but not like like greek statue level yeah which
i think is way more freaking realistic like he
feels more farm boy than and i loved it like
yeah a lot of people were bitching about it i
i loved it like i love the seniors yeah no the
the everything about the suit looked great the
cape looked great yeah dude the guy that played
mr terrific i like people were talking about
like they wanted like info on his costume and
everything they're like what is it like to act
and he's like well i got this thing that like
the mask that they put on me like morphs to my
face. And he says, so I can like, it's weird
because it feels like I shouldn't be able to
express in my, like in this mask, but I can.
That's so interesting. Yeah. And then he was
talking about it and he's like, yeah. And then
like the rest of the suit was super comfortable.
Hell yeah. And he even talked about the jacket
and he's like, yeah, that jacket was super stealable
too. Everyone like, and everyone in the comments
like, He stole that jacket. I'm sure they have
a couple extra for when Mr. Terrific returns.
We're good. Yeah, but I love that. When's the
last time that you've ever heard someone talk
about their superhero outfit and say it was comfortable?
I can't think of one right now. Yeah, that's
what I'm thinking. I'm like, God damn. James
Gunn's just doing it all right. I think just
off the top of my head, I could be wrong, but
maybe they look comfortable. The fantastic four
suits in the new one, those kind of look comfortable.
Those look cozy as shit, dude. How has no one
asked the actors yet? Like how it felt to, to
wear those costumes. Cause yeah, I want to know.
Yeah. Cause like fricking comparing those to
the fricking ones that we got in the 2005 one.
Yeah. Those like night and day when it comes
to comfortable. Yeah, dude. A hundred percent.
If, if fantastic four sweaters come out for Christmas,
buying one, I'd be shocked if they don't have
them out already. Oh, We can find out. Dude,
you can probably find me a hot topic. I would
put money on that. Let's see. Fantastic for the
first steps. Sweaters. Hot topic. Bam. Why am
I not surprised? Damn, that looks cozy as hell.
How much? Oh, I didn't even see. 60 bucks. God
damn. Let's see. Then they got like a jacket.
Oh, they got like a full sweatsuit. So do they
just have like the one with the white collar?
Yeah. So they got this one that's like the collar
and sleeve. Yeah. But that's the jacket. Okay.
Then they got the Susan Storm one where it's
just the white collar. Because I do appreciate
that to differentiate Mr. Fantastic being the
leader, that his collar is blue and then the
other threes are white. So I appreciate that.
Let's see. They got like a bowling shirt. Are
you serious? Yeah, that's kind of cool. Let's
see. God damn. I want I want to get a fantastic
four shirt before the movie. Yeah, same. Yeah,
it doesn't look like they have any other like
sweaters, but that is crazy that they like you
hit it right on the head, dude. The hot topic
for the win. Seriously? Oh, that's fantastic.
Let's see. Oh, they got some on Etsy. Okay. That
aren't badly priced. Let's see. This one, it
looks like the things. Because his is like partial
sleeve, right? Yeah, I think so. Yeah. Is it
Johnny's that's full sleeve? Like the stripe
fully down the sleeve? I'm pretty sure. Yeah.
So they, they got this one that's based off of
the, off of the thing. Hell yeah. That's cool.
Yeah. Then. Oh, yep. There's the Mr. Fantastic
where it's all blue. Okay. Uh, invisible woman.
I'm not seeing Johnny's though, unless like we're
both mistaken and he isn't full sleeve. I don't
know. I don't want to search up anything referring
to the fantastic for right now. I don't want
any spoilers. Yeah, that's why I specified sweaters.
Smart man. I just didn't go Fantastic Four merch.
Smart man. But yeah, costumes were 10 out of
10, dude. Mr. Terrific was ripped straight from
the comics. Guy looked great. Yeah. I like how
they had a little bit of a different... He still
had the Green Lantern logo on his shoulders,
but he had the Justice League... Justice Gang
logo center. It was more like a vest for them
where they throw something over it because Hot
Girl, she had a jacket that she wore over. That's
true. It kind of seemed like that was the case
with... green lantern as well so i i kind of
dig that the justice gang justice league are
gonna have like their own like they're gonna
have things like something that makes them feel
like more of a team like if he continues to go
down that route yeah you know i find it funny
that it seemed like they tried to do that with
the avengers and avengers age of ultron because
on caps yeah they had that the a logo, but I
don't remember seeing on any other team members.
Nope. Like what the hell was up with that? Like
why you could have easily incorporated a small
a into all the other costumes. I think they tried
to, to do something that they shouldn't have.
I think that the Avengers are very much like
their own people and like just the justice league
or the justice gang. Like there's obviously those
those characters that aren't going to participate
like Superman is not Wonder Woman's not Batman's
not going to. But all like the side characters
like the Green Lanterns, the like I'm just thinking
anyone that's not like a main heavy hitter. Yeah.
Like having those characters in suits that kind
of like unify them. Not a horrible idea. No,
that's fair. I mean, they've shown that it works.
Because, I mean, Hawkgirl, she just had the jacket,
she had her wings, and then she had her helmet.
Helmet was sick. Oh, yeah, dude. That looked
awesome. Yeah, like I said, close to zero complaints
on outfits. Ultraman was sick, too. Oh, yeah,
dude. He looked awesome. Yeah, I like that he...
That they kind of differentiated him with like
having longer hair. Because if he had too short
hair, David Korn sweats would have gotten confusing.
I love it. Dude, freaking the engineers effects
with her freaking like saw blade. That's so freaking
cool. So good. Yeah, everyone else I think was
pretty classic. Like this is one that I would
probably be more at like a nine and a half. but
I'm leaning more towards a 10. Yeah. I think
I would agree with you. Yeah. All right. Last
up, we got personal score. Let's hear yours first.
Okay. All right. So, yeah, like I said, my first
introduction really to Superman was with Man
of Steel, Henry Cavill's version. You know. I
remember I really enjoyed that version. It got
me to actually researching who Superman is, all
the characters that are associated with him.
And so going into this movie, I felt like I had
a decent knowledge of Superman. And just seeing
how James Gunn told his story, how we literally
just jump right into the action. We get a little
bio at the beginning, and then just bam, we're
freaking thrown right into it. And I loved that.
It was a great way to just... fully just go balls
to the wall, uh, with, uh, his, uh, iteration
of Superman and just, he knocked it out of the
park. Um, I, I, yeah, I really had such a good
time with this movie. Uh, David Coren sweat is
a fantastic Superman. Um, he's, he's my Superman
now. Um, and the rest of the cast is great. Uh,
like I said, the story is great. Um, yeah, just
like very. Very few complaints about this movie.
I just, wow. Like absolutely amazing. And I really
hope to see more from this cast because I, not
only is, did this get me excited for what these
characters can do, but just fricking James guns,
DC universe in general. I cannot wait to see
what he does. And after this, clearly the DC
is in good hands. Oh, yeah. DC's time to shine
is now. 100%. Like, dude, Marvel, you better
not screw up Fantastic Four. I swear to everything.
If you mess up Fantastic Four a fourth time,
you're done. Dude, I will be so freaking pissed.
If I hate Fantastic Four, I don't think I'm going
to, but I will freaking hate that so much because
ever since I was a kid, the Fantastic Four has
always been my favorite superhero team. I love
the fantastic four and the fact that it's taken
this goddamn long to hopefully get a good iteration.
Like I enjoy the 2005 and 2007 movies. Like don't
get me wrong. Like I, I really do. I think that
the team that they picked, the actors that they
picked to play, especially lone gruff, it is
Mr. Fantastic, super solid. And then we got fan
for stick and we don't like to talk about that.
Cause Oh my God, was that God awful. And so I,
please. For the love of God, let First Steps
be a freaking kick in the right direction for
Marvel's first family, please. Yeah, you guys
are walking on thin freaking ice and DC is going
to walk all over you if you are not careful.
Dude, straight up. Like, seriously. Yeah. So
for a personal score, I'm going to give this
a 95. Damn, I am right below you. I'm sitting
at 94. Hell yeah. This was easily one of my favorite
Superman movies. Like, without a freaking doubt.
It was so good. I loved every moment of it. I
know a lot of people were like, this is a super
character -driven movie. Those are my favorite
types of movies. Same here. I want to see these
characters that I know and love. Someone shared
this or said this on one of the podcasts I was
listening to. They said this is the most Marvel
-feeling DC movie, but this is like primetime
Marvel. And I'm like, there's no better way to
explain that. No, that's just... Dude, freaking,
I swear, James Gunn has easily become my favorite
comic book director ever. Every single comic
book movie that he has directed, I've absolutely
loved. Yeah. Like, maybe I have some minor complaints
about it, but overall, I've had an amazing time
with all of them. All the Guardians movies, The
Suicide Squad, and now Superman. I have nothing
but trust in James Gunn when it comes to DC.
Yeah. I hope that he can keep this ball running.
Cause this is, this is what I was hoping for.
Right. Truly. Like I'm, I know I'm a bit more
of a Marvel fan boy. Like obviously you could,
anyone could see my fricking Hulk shelf right
here and all of the whole like Marvel memorabilia,
like pop figures that I have sitting in a box
in front of me that I haven't put up yet. But
it's just like, I'm just a super, I'm a comic
book fan at the end of the day. I lean a little
bit more towards Marvel, but I want to see good
DC stuff too. I want to see good superhero content.
And Marvel has been dropping the ball lately.
That's, yeah. I mean, we had Thunderbolts. True.
thunder like the yeah like i think we discussed
this like a time where like they have a hit then
they have a miss and i think thunderbolts was
a hit yeah um what blows my mind like for um
i i was very shocked leaving the theater when
i told myself i actually liked superman a little
more than thunderbolts I know. Which is evident
by my personal score and Caleb's personal score
because I remember I gave Thunderbolts a 94,
gave Superman a 95. I remember Caleb gave Thunderbolts
a 92, gave Superman a 94. Yeah. It was good.
It was really good. But I think, like I said,
I think it's DC's time to shine. And that just
makes me super happy because now I have... some
marvel like good marvel content to go back and
re -watch and then i got all the dc stuff to
hold me like to wait on and get excited about
so i'm i'm i'm hyped i'm so hyped so that's why
i'm giving it a 94. like this was one of my favorite
superman movies probably period so With that,
that wraps up this week's breakdown, going through
these categories real quick. Starting off with
story, we are sitting at a 90 .5. Writing is
sitting at a 93. Acting got a little bit of a
bump, sitting at a 94 .5. Character development
is, funny enough, our lowest category, sitting
at a 90. All right. The effects is sitting at
a 93. The music is sitting at a 10 out of 10.
The costumes are sitting at a 10 out of 10. And
then our personal score ended up averaging out
to a 94 .5. So with that, the final All Bros
letter grade for James Gunn's Superman has come
out to an A. Let's go. Freaking A. Hell yeah.
oh my gosh i was so worried this was going to
be in like the a minus dude oh so good was it
close to an a minus or is it pretty pretty solid
let's find out uh so our cutoff for an a is 94
so anything below a 94 is in the a minus range
this is sitting at a 94 .43 okay which is pretty
freaking good. Yeah. Hell yes. So, all right.
So out of all the a movies that we, so we have
11 a movies. So this, you want to hear what it
bumped out of our top 10. I'm kind of scared
to know it bumped Avengers end game out of our
top 10. Oh shit, dude. Damn. Yeah. I never thought
I'd see the day. i know wow that is crazy all
right so 94 .43 that puts this below the ballad
of buster scruggs okay this is below bohemian
rap city okay it's below spider -man across the
spider -verse it's below barbie okay and then
it is below deadpool and wolverine okay go in
the opposite direction it is sitting above teenage
mutant ninja turtles mutant mayhem fair it's
above avengers end game okay wicked part one
yeah that's fair it's above war of the planet
of the apes fair and then it's above avengers
infinity war okay wow but fair Yeah, I like this.
That is that is that makes me so happy, dude,
though. I'm trying to like I'm going down just
to see the only like DC related movie that's
even close to it is Joker. But that's like that's
sitting at an A minus. Damn. Yeah. And then the
next one would be the Batman. So this is it.
This is the top. rated dc movie that we've ever
done let's go and rightfully so dude oh yeah
100 that is crazy oh god i loved this movie so
so good yeah Alright, well, with that, that wraps
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