SUPERMAN (2025)
Superman is very dear to me as a character because for a few years in the mid-1960s I was heavily into the comics (as well as Batman, Justice League and The Legion of Super Heroes) - I even used to read the Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen spin-off comics. I also treasure the first two Christopher Reeve films. And I am not a great fan of the James Gunn sensibility as manifested in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' - it seems quite glib and cheap, and I'm not convinced he can direct a dramatically powerful scene. So despite the generally positive reviews I went to see this latest iteration of the Man of Steel with some trepidation, but I'm pleased to say that, although my view of James Gunn wasn't much changed, some two-and-a-bit hours later I did walk out the cinema with a spring in my step. And that was despite the fact that a lot of the comedy beats fell flat for me, and that I wouldn't say the film includes any memorable dramatic or exciting moments. And the least said...