So far the little bits and pieces coming out about the Superman film coming in July are making me cautiously optimistic. for example:
Producer Peter Safran described the film's version of Superman as "the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way; he's kindness in a world that thinks of kindness as old fashioned" - if true this fixes the single biggest flaw in the Snyderverse Superman. Superman needs to be an aspirational do-gooder or the character does not work.
Including characters like the Superdog Krypto is a nice touch and the casting for some of the other heroes like Green Lantern is spot on.
Also, it sounds like the film is on a 150 million dollar budget and no actual reshoots are planned. So that would put the likely breakeven box-office number around 500 million which is FAR more reasonable than (for example) the over 800 million Captain America 4 needs.
I am aware there is an outpouring of social media invective against the film but on closer examination it is virtually all from "Snyder Bros" who are still angry the Snyderverse was abandoned (for losing money) and that Henry Cavill is not Superman here (he's actually too old for the story being used). For me it is simple, put Superman back in character instead of the dark, brooding somewhat morally gray character Snyder gave us and the movie is immediately a success.
Producer Peter Safran described the film's version of Superman as "the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way; he's kindness in a world that thinks of kindness as old fashioned" - if true this fixes the single biggest flaw in the Snyderverse Superman. Superman needs to be an aspirational do-gooder or the character does not work.
Including characters like the Superdog Krypto is a nice touch and the casting for some of the other heroes like Green Lantern is spot on.
Also, it sounds like the film is on a 150 million dollar budget and no actual reshoots are planned. So that would put the likely breakeven box-office number around 500 million which is FAR more reasonable than (for example) the over 800 million Captain America 4 needs.
I am aware there is an outpouring of social media invective against the film but on closer examination it is virtually all from "Snyder Bros" who are still angry the Snyderverse was abandoned (for losing money) and that Henry Cavill is not Superman here (he's actually too old for the story being used). For me it is simple, put Superman back in character instead of the dark, brooding somewhat morally gray character Snyder gave us and the movie is immediately a success.
