The new opus of Jurassic World currently devours green tickets, The Fantastic 4 Arrives by relying on the Marvel experience and on the aura of Pedro Pascal. And in the middle, Superman is reborn from his ashes within a brand new universe that only awaits the Kryptonian to start his expansion in the hands of James Gunn and Peter Safran. Lots of responsibilities for a single man, even if he is great.
However, the moment has never seemed so opportune. With a MCU at the gates of despair, forced to bring back his old heads and to count on his Avengers to find presence at the box office, many-the majority of our editorial staff-thinks that an era can open for DC superheroes, after the failure of their previous test in the hands of Snyder. It is still necessary that the first stone with the building is well laid.
Active for a few years, Superman intends to accomplish its mission to help humanity by acting around the world. Except that this leads to repercussions in terms of international diplomacy which weakens its position as a savior. The billionaire genius Lex Luthor sees it as a flaw to exploit to get rid of the Kryptonian permanently. Superman will have to count on all the help available and especially on the love of Lane Lois to manage to remain faithful to what he is.
The film on ultimate superheroes?
It is not difficult to understand why the project quickly abandoned the “legacy” of its title. Although it flirts with Richard’s film Giving which will remain the Magnum opus of the Encapé -at least for a generation -, this Superman has only comparable a idealistic vision of his character.
For the rest, James Gunn shows how much he remains a great comic book lover by signing not a superhero film, but a film on superheroes. Here, we are not invited to welcome these fantastic beings in our world, with this touch of cynicism and humor, no, they are the ones who welcome us in their world. From the introduction, the scriptwriter and director takes us into a Superman adventure, as we would open a comics.
In two three sentences, the filmmaker reminds us of what everyone knows by heart around an Alien baby landing in Smallville and taken care of by the Kent before entering the heart of the story, the character and the DC world directly. Gunn does not take us by the hand to plant the context little by little and we understand the origin of his declarations around a shared universe different from what we are used to on the big screen. From the outset, it installs the bases: this universe is already formed, the metauhumans coexist with the population and the future DCU will simply offer us to follow its representatives.
This is the whole paradox of this Supermanbe the new front door of a franchise while assuming that it did not wait for us to be born. These protagonists existed well before us and we will only support them in situations which will aim to make us understand what they represent. A way to lighten the long-term feature film and cause much more natural interactions.
The film thus sweeps our fear of seeing a casting that is too widely shadowing the steel man. On the contrary, everyone works in symbiosis to give both the thickness to this universe – it is enough for a scene to understand the link uniting other justice members – and, above all, it reinforces what makes this superman a different superhero.
An S that symbolizes hope
If Snyder had decided to play with the divine figure of his superman, Gunn directed a film on heroism in his purest form. Kal-el is not a godhe is a man putting his abilities in the service of humanity. His powers aside, he has all the strengths and weaknesses of those he intends to protect, and what makes him really exceptional, is His naive vision of the world.
The feature film is not hidden from being political, marrying the migratory nature of its hero while ostensibly pointing to a certain conflict, here obviously reimagined, but-past-Trop-Quand. A representation perhaps easy and not very subtle, nevertheless which marries the gaze of his character.
It is because he makes mistakes, very human, that we get attached to him. It is because he first thinks of others that he does good. We are not in front of someone tortured who will find the right one in him to become a better person, he is already this best person. What makes Superman extraordinary? His powers? No, his incredible kindness.
Gunn will question his hero about the notions of power and duty, justice and morale, and there is nothing sweeter than seeing him try to save everyone. It is not a great film, it is a hero film, colorful, optimistic, which is not afraid to assume its too much kindness. David Corenswet embodies a light clark kent, Even in his most dramatic moments, which irreparably pushes us to want to believe in him. And it feels good.
A film by its author who is not afraid to be divisive
Everything is thought out there and in its right place, including in a cast without any false note that we really want to find quickly. Rachel Brosnahan is a Lane proactive and stubborn As we like, Nicholas Hoult a Lex Luthor Superbly MachiavellianNathan Fillion a Guy Gardner head to slaps … Everyone participates, in their own way, in the love we have in this superman.
James Gunn gives us a close-boss proposal that will undoubtedly divide the public. It is not the film that will convince the skeptics, but it is exactly what one could imagine in the hands of a filmmaker assuming each of his choices, script or graphic. Even humor is particularly well dosed Well placed. It is a sincere work, faithful to his hero and to the minds of comics, including in a staging and special effects that can confuse.
Because yes, it is easy to pest against action scenes sometimes lacking in inventiveness, a Krypto a bit overexposed (we suspected), and A globally light scenario. And this, in a competitive sector. Everything that may prevent him from being a film that will mark his time, as was the case with his elder in 1978. But that is really not what matters here, as we feel that Gunn’s interest was elsewhere, in that of give us stars in the eyes The vision of an S on an S on a chest appearing on the screen.
If you don’t like the sea, if you don’t like the mountain, if you don’t like the city, and especially if you don’t like the steel man, Gunn invites you to go … Within a breathless genre that collapses film after film, the boss of the DCU reminds us that it can be good to look up again.
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