Reviews

I started out without much hope for this, especially seeing as CW have gone down the path of the broketh. I was pleasantly surprised though, as it does a fairly good job of portraying Superman on his "off days" and the family drama stuff isn't too much for me to turn off.

However, there are pacing issues with the show, and I'd say that some of the arcs could have been stretched out over a few episodes rather than most of the villains being wrapped up by episode end. I guess the storyline between Superman and Edge is an overall series arc, but it felt like they were chewing through things a bit too fast to make an impact.

The acting is okay for the most part, Lois could do with a bit more toning down but Clarke does play a convincing Superman and brings a level of humanization to the character, the boys aren't too bad, neither are the girlfriend and most of the supporting cast.

Enjoyable, I had rated it one start higher but took one off due to the pacing and a few other nitpicks I had.

I quite liked the concept for this film, it had some interesting ideas but was undone by a third act that was a bit... silly.

What I couldn't believe was that after he comes back with the toxin that would end the war, the government just says, nope, there's nothing we can do now that the machine is broken. That is of course after they had sent thousands upon thousands of people to their death through forced drafting. I know the time machine thing was broken, but the toxin could've been prepared so that when the time came it would've made easy work of the coming war, I mean, it's not like they didn't know it was coming in 20-30 years time - and after wasting all those lives you'd think they would at least entertain the idea.

After they're back a new mission is launched (unofficially) by a few individuals to find the initial invasion point in the current time, a very underprepared mission might I add - one which could've lead to an earlier war than planned, and with not enough toxin prepared to even do anything meaningful about it. It goes to plan, somehow... but then the official that shut everything down when Pratt comes back takes credit for it all, so that's probably quite accurate with politicians, but still a bit annoying.

Overall, I did like the design of the aliens, they were done very well and didn't look like obvious CGI creatures. The sound design was decent, and the twist with Muri was also pretty cool. It was a fun couple hours while watching it and I didn't end up browsing the web halfway through, which I tend to do if a movie bores me so that's usually a win for me. The cast was also quite enjoyable, and think that the people who worked on the film did a good job - the writers dropped the ball a bit though, the ending should've been thought through a bit more.

As I said in the title, it was good chewing gum for the eyes, keeps you occupied but doesn't break any new grounds.

A true tasty piece for your eyes and mind! The final fight with Rengoku and the demon was excellent, perfection.