In Review: Superman (2025)
The newest Superman film is what punk rock should be. James Gunn did an amazing job of capturing the essence of Superman with his trademark style. The new film comes almost as a throw back to the Christopher Reeves films. It skips the origin story that we all know in favor of giving us a new adventure. The plot (no spoilers) is that Lex Luthor wants to kill Superman. He is not rounding up kryptonite. Instead, he is digging for dirt on the Man of Steel. Superman is invulnerable to bullets, but social media is a monster that can hurt even him. After stopping a war, Superman is catching heat for interfering in foreign politics. And Luthor makes it much worse when he is able to reveal something that even Superman did not know about his past. Now Lex has hit at Superman’s good name and Clark Kent’s ideals. But it is not brute force that wins the day. Superman has allies that want to help, and his willingness to save others leads to them being willing to stand with him. One of th...