Comment on ‘Superman’ screens to mixed reactions
proudblond@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I’m not sure how I feel about Gunn’s signature silliness for Superman. I guess if I really think about it, the Superman I have known and loved have been Reeve, Cain, and Cavill. The first was relatively straightforward with moments of humor (just the first one, not the sequels). The second was, if memory serves, leaning into the camp but also more about the soap-opera-style relationship building. The third was pretty serious of course. But I feel like in all of them, Superman was played pretty straight, and maybe the side characters were allowed to lean into the camp or the melodramatics. If Gunn’s is too silly a la GOTG, I can see it falling flat.