It's enjoyable, lots of fun ideas, a loathsome Luthor, lots of cheerworthy moments. But you do have to be in the mood for a Superman movie with big George Of The Jungle vibes that feels like a VFX showreel pretty much the whole way through. I was genuinely wondering throughout whether the projector set-up was correct because pretty much every single shot is a medium or close-up. And then on top of that the camera is constantly whipping and flipping, it's like one of those long choreographed GotG fights except for entire sections of the movie throughout. Along with the 'not only are we going to skip the origin story, we're also going to drop you into this story in media res and have a bunch of other non-origin superheroes flying around too' approach, it did at times make me yearn for a bit of the old Donner pacing; this felt more like dropping into the middle of an anime show. But I liked it more than any of the Snyders or the Singer and at least half of the Donners, and it's probably what needed to be done to get this new DCEU going. I just hope any direct sequels are confident enough to take a breath every once in a while.
Rating: fun, but often hyperactive to a fault
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