When DC announced they were basically remaking Superman: Doomsday into a two part more comic accurate film I was wondering why they would do that since Superman: Doomsday is still a great freaking movie and well after someone leaked not only this movie but also Lego Aquaman I can now bring you my thoughts on this movie so here is my review of The Death Of Superman.
It took me a good while to come to this conclusion but this movie really has no plot outside of what happens to Superman and I know i'm going to get some hate for this but the actual book where he died also had no plot so in this case I would have been open to them making changes just so this film could have a story to tell.
Returning for this film are Christopher Gorham as The Flash , Matt Lanter as Aquaman , Rosario Dawson as Wonder Woman , Jerry O'Connell as Superman and Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan among many others and I will say that out of the returning cast I really enjoyed Jerry O'Connell when the emotional moments come in this film that's when his performance really does shine through.
New cast members include Rebecca Romijn as Lois Lane , Rainn Wilson as Lex Luthor , Toks Olagundoye as Cat Grant , Paul Eiding and Jennifer Hale as Ma and Pa Kent and Erica Luttrell as Mercy Graves. Out of the new cast the only actor who I thought was really enjoying themselves was Rainn Wilson I honestly feel that he was born to play Lex Luthor and I had no idea that Rebecca Romijn was even in the movie.
The animation for the film was handled by Studio Mir who have handled the animation for the recent Voltron series as well as some of The Legend of Korra and the first season of Guardians Of The Galaxy and I have to say that the animation in this film for the most part was really good but every now and again there would be an odd drawing that made something feel off it's something that could have been fixed tho if they redrew that scene.
I'm going to come right out and say this but I will always prefer Superman: Doomsday to this film because like I said the film actually had a story which means it had a beginning , a middle and an end here there is a beginning but since this a two part film we have to wait until 2019 to see the end and so this film comes of as one big set up for the next one.
Even during the film I worked out a way in which you could do this story as one film and it's simple you open up with the big fight with doomsday that could take up say ten or twenty minuets and the rest of the film is how Superman came back and you can have dialog from characters to fill in all the blanks so that way the story is how did Superman come back which for me is a great story to tell.
In one of two cases where this film is actually better then Doomsday is the fact the emotional moments in this film both mean something and are actually emotional they mean something because we actually get to spend alot of time getting to know the characters even before Doomsday even shows up and that in turn makes it more emotional when *spoiler alert incase you didn't read the title* Superman dies.
In Doomsday we didn't get to spend that much time getting to know the characters the film starts then about ten minuets later he's fighting Doomsday that really isn't enough time and it's one of the few cases where i'd say splitting the film into two parts actually makes sense and helps make the film feel more epic.
I know you all want to know this and yes the fight in this movie is really well done and i'm honestly finding it hard to decide which film did this fight better because while this film holds of the fight which lets us get to know the characters Doomsday kept the creature mostly hidden until it was time thus we have no idea what he looks like and that makes him more awesome but I can say that the fight in this movie is epic as heck and feel every single punch and kick that is dealt.
If your a fan of the 1970's Superman movie there is a line referenced in this movie and the way it's done and how it's delivered is so awkward I give the makers credit for choosing to reference one of the most iconic scenes in that movie but they didn't have to it as awkwardly as they did and it's meant to be a joke as well so it just comes of as cringy.
Overall while I applaud them for retelling this story splitting it up into two parts is both a good and bad thing but if you want to see a film that actually takes it's time before getting into any action then this is the film for you but for me Superman: doomsday is the better film and this film gets a 7 out of 10 from me.