Superman 2025

Pop Idols come and go.  Celebrity crushes or maybe even real-life crushes.  Favorite foods... favorite restaurants.  Favorite color.  Favorite book of the bible. They change over time due to maturity... or different tastes... different walks and experiences.  No one will mock or ridicule you for that... that's just part of life.   But there are some constants... some things that just don't change... like your favorite super hero.  

I was actually surprised... but I'd blogged about this thrice.  In 2006 when Brandon Routh starred in Super Man Returns.   Then in 2013... when I blogged about Man of Steel.  I briefly mentioned Super Man in a post about Spider Man. If anything... I'm consistent. 

The latest Super Man from James Gunn... was fun.  We even took mom with us since it's such a simple storyline, it doesn't take much to translate.  A little comic-booky for me... but that's what Super Man is, right??  The plot was a little outlandish... again... it's a comic book.  And the way they elevate Lex (or Joker) drives me nuts.  I'm not a dog person... so Krypto wasn't much of a hit.  And in my memory... this is the first sarcastic Super Man I've seen hit the silver screen.  I guess I can get use to the humor.

The main plot line... other than the obvious... is the fact that Super Man is an alien and a god... but he's very much human.  Gunn exposes that fact to a point where it's a weakness and yet... that is his greatest strength.  The use or overuse of kryptonite was a tad annoying.  I know you need to find a heel for Achilles... but an alien that can morph to kryptonite (or the sun) it's a little lazy.  But how else would you make it interesting.... even if there was a clone... and Lex's supercomputer can out-maneuver and out-fight the Man of Steel himself.  If this was Chronicle Man... I'd rate it with a man sitting up watching.