Hello everyone, this is not a normal day. We
post videos, but we're posting one. Anyway, why
why are we posting on a Tuesday? It's very simple
Jay, and I just got back from an early screening
today, July 8th of Superman So we went and saw
Superman today And we have thoughts and so we're
gonna do this in two parts this video right here
that you're watching This is our spoiler free
review no spoilers we are going to avoid all
the spoilers so you can hear our thoughts fully
on the movie from us and octokitty and uh we'll
tell you what we thought about superman by james
gunn uh the the kind of the hard launch of the
dcu um as it is now uh and then we will do another
video right after this so you can look at on
the channel uh to get our full spoiler review
so if you've already seen the movie or you don't
care about spoilers you can come see all our
spoilery thoughts too but we'll do that in a
separate video so again spoiler free review um
let's take it away jay what did you think of
this rebooted brand new superman film look i
you know I'm pretty sure I've made it very clear
that I've never been a Superman fan and this
is fucking why this is just complete garbage
bullshit Batman's better. No, I'm kidding. I
Okay, so to sum up my thoughts of this movie
very simply to me This is the best superhero
movie since endgame. Oh that's That's saying
something yeah, yeah, that's Okay, I don't know
if I'm gonna go that far We talked about this
a little bit just as we were walking out of the
theater tonight about a little bit about an hour
ago We got a theater. We came back to our our
lovely messy home studios so we can record this
for you guys tonight I've got it at a solid seven
and a half out of ten so don't Don't get me wrong,
audience, dear audience, I'm recommending this
movie. I think it is a solid, solid superhero
film. And we're going to get into the details
about the different stuff that we saw in the
movie here in a few minutes. Best one since Endgame?
I don't know if I go that far. Again, I thoroughly
enjoyed the movie. I thought it was well made.
I enjoyed it. But I don't know if I go quite
as high as Jay. Why? Why are you that high on
this movie? Because so I was thinking about this.
I'm on the drive home. Because we unfortunately
did not see this at AMC. Very sad. But so I was
thinking about this. I really liked the Batman.
I was a huge Batman fan, really liked the Batman,
right? The Batman to me is very dark and gritty.
When I left the Batman, I wasn't inspired to
be a better human being. I don't know. Like I,
I left like the Superman movie and I was like,
holy shit. Like for the first time in my life,
I want to be like Superman. which I've never
been like that. So I'm like, this movie was uplifting.
It was. I don't know, it was very refreshing.
I loved it. It was funny. There was romance.
It was witty, very action packed. You saw Superman
be very relatable to me for like really kind
of the first time, a very relatable Superman.
So, yeah, I'm going to say since in game, I mean.
Yeah. Just walked out feeling better about everything.
I was like, fuck, yeah, like, I'm going to make
mistakes tomorrow, and that's that's going to
be OK, because so does Superman. He does. He
absolutely does. Let's talk the cast, because
I think one of the absolute highlights of this
film was the cast. David Coren sweat as Superman.
I. I really think that he kind of knocked it
out of the park. He projects that earnestness
very, very well. And also in the moments where
he's Clark, he doesn't look like Superman. That's
very true. I appreciate that, like when he's
walking to the city, you kind of see the trailer
and he's kind of bumbly and he comes into the
Daily Planet and he's like, you know, he he does
they he plays both roles. Well, Clark is not
in this movie very much. though. This is very
Superman -centric. You can actually go back on
this channel and look from a long, long time
ago. When they announced Rachel Brosnahan as
Lois Lane, I was over the moon about that cast
and choice. I was a big fan of hers from The
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime, which
I thought she crushed that show. And if you haven't
watched it, I can't recommend it enough. She
was just solid as Lois. Yeah. Was there any other
ones that really stood out to you? I mean, all
of them to me were good. Oh, shit. Yeah, all
of them were good. Nathan Fillion, who's in this
movie more than I thought he was going to be.
Yeah. He's not you get the impression from the
trailer that he's only in it for a few minutes,
and that is not the case. No, yeah, I That is
something I was a little worried about going
into this movie to be completely honest I thought
from all the trailers I was like this looks like
there's way too much shit going on I think they're
trying to pack too much shit in one movie. I
think they actually pulled it off. I think it
was really great But casting I they were all
amazing. I mean Yeah, I I don't know like Corn
sweat. Amazing. The guy that played Lex Luthor.
Amazing. Yeah. He is he is a great villain. God,
yeah. He he I mean, he plays it to the nine.
He really chews up scenery when he's there. He's
like, ah, like he eats in this movie. Yeah. And
he can go. Frickin eat some and I'm just heat
and he stands. He does toe -to -toe Superman,
right? It's not fear That's the thing is this
Lex Luthor is not coming from a place of fear.
He's coming from a place of anger He's coming
from a place of I don't like this guy, but he's
not afraid of Superman Yeah, I've he's aware
of his limitations like I don't think he's stupid
where he'd like I could punch Superman, but he's
like I I can beat Superman. Yeah, the whole movie.
And you believe it like it doesn't come off cheesy.
It doesn't come off like he's an idiot. Like
he does it well. Yeah, I I've seen like all the
Superman movies. I am. I think he's like the
best Lex Luthor we have seen on the screen. to
be honest. Yeah. Yeah, I really do. Stand under
this one was for me was and I'm going to say
his name wrong, Edie Gethigi, who plays Mr. Terrific.
He has a substantial role in this movie, again,
much more than what you're getting from. From
the trailers. But not in a bad way. He was really
solid. Yeah, all the way to the end credit scene.
I really enjoyed his. His character. Yeah, another
amazing, amazing character, amazing cast choice,
I think. I mean, there's like I really like honestly,
I can't find. anything wrong with this movie?
Wendell Pierce is Perry White and I don't know
why, but I thought Wendell Pierce was dead. He's
a great Perry White. The kid they got to play,
Jimmy Olsen, who I wasn't super familiar with.
His name is Skyler Gazzando. Solid. Like, you
believe it. They tie in so much. You can get
this from a lot of the the interviews and stuff.
So I don't think that this is a spoiler But it
is You know James gonna said this is not an origin
story and it's not okay So if you're like, oh,
we're gonna see baby cow come to the thing, right?
That's not happening. Um This is a Superman who's
been Superman for a little bit This is very much
a world where heroes of villains. It's very obvious
are well entrenched on this planet. Right. Like,
there is a lot of metahumans and superheroes
and crazy stuff running around. And you get that
sense right from the jump. Solid holdout, MVP
crypto, the super dog. I love crypto. Oh, my
God. Cryptos, the MVP. Yeah. Can't can't do the
spoiler yet, but. oh my god that's crypto was
great crypto's in again a sizable chunk of the
movie um crypto is solid um okay so the biggest
negative i have and the reason this didn't quite
get me to that end game level when i watched
end game like from the minute the movie started
till the end of the film like it was edge of
my seat like the pacing was just go go go go
go I thought that the first 15 to 30 minutes
kind of dragged um again without getting into
spoilers there's a lot of it's not setting up
superman and it's not setting up the world but
what they do is they spend a lot of time in the
first 30 minutes and again it's not Wasted but
they're trying to set up the central conflict
of the movie And it takes him a little longer
to get there than I would have liked right As
to to how Lex's little thing is gonna happen
His plan to defeat Superman in this film and
so That was the only part where I was like, what
are we doing like Come on James, so that was
the only thing I didn't like was there anything
you saw that you were like no Or even like No,
not not really like everything So for me the
movie like the first 15 20 minutes of the movie
Was really interesting not to get into spoilers,
but I was able to kind of see a different side
of Superman that like other than like what I've
seen Previously or like what they typically like
they open the movie How I didn't expect them
to open it which is really weird because like
we all watch like the first five minutes of the
movie Yep So, yeah, I don't know. I I liked it.
I liked all of it. Like I like Dog Dad is going
to be so happy when he watches this because like
I legit I don't know if it's accurate to the
comics. To be completely honest, I only read
I think like one comic book issue when I was
a kid, like literally just a single issue. But.
Yeah, I loved it. I loved everything about it.
I was like, damn, like. This is a This is amazing
superhero movie like the DC is back Is like really
like what I thought this is and it's a it's a
good and here's what I will say in its absolute
defense It is a solid launch like hard launch
We had the soft launch of the dcu with pacemaker
peacemaker season two And creature commandos
those those are in world They're kind of setting
things up This is the hard launch for the dcu
And I thought they did a great job with it. And
I think it sets up their universe very, very
well. So there you go, folks. That's our overall
review. We both enjoyed it. Right. Jay saying
best since end game. I'm saying not quite there,
but still a solid watch. Definitely a good time.
You should check this one out in theaters or
Lex Luthor will come get you. He will come get
you. you will get you. And that's okay, because
we have Superman right here. Superman is right
there to protect you. All right, thanks folks.