The
Death Of Superman 8/10
This
one movie did more to endure me to Superman as a character than Man Of Steel, Batman V Superman, and Justice League combined. The Death
Of Superman is not like the comic book version. This animated DC
Universe takes bits and pieces from different areas and timelines of
DC Comics and makes it its own thing which I appreciate. The biggest
thing that this got right was that it showed one thing that movies
have had a problem showing: Superman being loved. There is a big
difference between being loved and being appreciated. In the movies
Superman is appreciated because he saves people and leaves. He isn't
trying to be famous for what he does. I mean, in those two times we
saw him do it in the latest films. In these movies Superman is
welcomed. He has friends. He has a personal life. He is a well
rounded character, not just a guy that punches big things and
destroys the city. Yeah, the city gets fucked up in this but not as
much as I expected.
This
starts off with Intergang trying to kidnap the mayor and his wife. The
police show up and can not stop technology from Apokolips. Superman
shows up and takes them down. He then calls the Justice League for
cleanup. Flash shows up first and then Cyborg to analyze the metal
from one of the suits. In about a minute the dynamic between three
characters is shown. We know what Superman does, what Cyborg can do
and his relationship with his father, and Flash's sense of humor and
abilities. Its not that hard. Superman and Lois Lane end up heading
to S.T.A.R Labs and he shows her the ship that brought him to Earth.
She then heads to the Daily Planet and they chat it up before
smooching in a room. In this version she barely knows anything about
Clark Kent. No idea he is Superman. Almost nothing about his life.
Up in
space a team of astronauts is working on a satellite. One of them is
Han Henshaw. He is fucking insane. A meteor starts heading towards
the shuttle and he is like “It's fine. Superman will save us. He's
saved me twice!” The shuttle gets fucked and everyone sucked out.
Lex Luthor who is on house arrest is watching. His voice is one of my
complaints about this movie. I did not like the way he sounded at
all. His voice felt flat and did not match the situations. The meteor
crashes into the ocean where Luthor sends a team to investigate.
While they search Atlanteans show up an stop them before the check on
the meteorite. Next thing you now their heads are crushed and the
search team is slaughtered. Even a nearby shark is like “I am so
fine not dealing with this.” The creature makes land and kills a
bear and some campers.
From
this point shit hits the fan. They do not even show the initial fight
between the JL and the creature. It begins with a small city being
wrecked and cop cars being thrown and civilians dead. Hawkman gets
owned. Green Lantern gets fucked. Martian Manhunter gets knocked into
a gas station which is like making me shop only at Whole Foods.
Batman is just distracting the monster knowing it wants to head to
Metropolis. Batman is tossing bombs and swinging away. Flash starts
smacking the shit out of the creature until he is even stopped.
Cyborg cant help either. Wonder Woman comes out from some rubble and
she is super pissed. I love Wonder Woman in these movies. During some
interaction earlier in the film you know she and Superman had a fling
but it is done and there is no weirdness about it. Wonder Woman
leaves and gets into a hell of a battle with Doomsday until she is
taken out.
Meanwhile
Clark and Lois are on a date. After a bad night where she met his
family and he was acting all nervous she thinks they are done. During
the date he reveals he is Superman and her reaction to it is perfect.
He gets a call about the creature and rushes off letting Lois now he
loves her. He and the creature that Lois dubs Doomsday after she
arrives on the scene with Jimmy Olsen go the fuck at it. Wonder Woman
tells him not to hold back or it will kill everyone. There is no time
for quips and jokes. They beat the hell out of each other. The thing
I did not like was Doomsday having laser eyes. I do not think that
was a thing before and he did not need it. That's like giving
Wolverine the ability to heat his claws...
The
fight rages on with Luthor wanting the creature to win so he can
swoop in and save the day. Which he attempts. He shows up in the
robot suit talking mad shit at Doomsday and smacks the sit out of it
until it laser eyes him and starts ripping his suit apart. Luthor is
screaming about he is supposed to win. Nah. Superman saves his punk
ass and continues to get his ass kicked by Doomsday. Finally after
being taken down by Doomsday Lois tosses a rock at the beast. She is
ready to die to save Clark. He sees this shit and goes full Super
Saiyan and punches Doomsday's face so hard his neck breaks. Superman
then dies in Lois' arms as the world watches. The JL appear to mourn
their fallen member.
There
is a funeral that Clark's own parents can not attend. This movie
really showed how hard it would be to know his secret and not be able
to talk about it. At one point earlier in the movie Superman voices
concerns about revealing his identity to Lois and Flash is like “I'm
getting married next week and I told my lady years ago.” Luthor
gives a speech at the funeral and Wonder Woman gives him mad snake
eyes. He is buried and the world mourns the loss of him and it is sad
as fuck. Next thing you know that Krypton ship starts up and leaves
the lab and Superman's tomb is empty and they spot a figure flying
away in a cape. This movie was way better than I expected it to be
and thankfully DC is back to making good animated movies.
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