Reign of the Supermen Spoiler Free Review

Well then DC fans this is a review I wasn't expecting to be giving you this early (i'm writing this the day before the digital release) I was honestly expecting to do this review the day the film came out on Digital platforms since that's usually when i'd do it anyway but I don't know what the heck happened and the film popped up online a day early and well you know I never miss a chance to see a movie i've been dying to see early. So here is my review of the follow up to last years kind of hit movie The Death Of Superman with Reign Of The Supermen.

The plot of the movie is Six months after the events of the last movie the world is still mourning the death of it;s greatest hero when four new heroes all claiming to be Superman show up. As alot of you will know this film adapts the second half of The Death Of Superman storyline and while I personally havn't read that arc I can say that it's great that Warner Bros Animation decided to re-adapt the book this time splitting it into two movies.  How the film handles the storyline is pretty good the story is very easy to follow so you won't get lost at all.

Starring in the movie is Rebecca Romijn as Lois Lane , Rainn Wilson as Lex Luthor , Cameron Monaghan as Superboy , Black Lightning as John Henry Irons / Steel , Patrick Fabian as Hank Henshaw / Cyborg Superman , Jason O'Mara as Batman , Rosario Dawson as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman , Shemar Moore as Victor Stone / Cyborg , Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern , Christopher Gorham as Barry Allen / The Flash , Nyambi Nyambi as John Jones / Martian Manhunter and horror legend Tony Todd as Darkseid.

Now I know that I left out alot of actors but there's alot of people in this movie and I can't just name the ones crucial to the plot because alot of them are. That said tho the acting is actually really good Rainn Wilson makes for a terrifying Lex Luthor and Tony Todd is just great in anything he's in. There was one name that I left out on purpose tho and if you've read the comic book you'll know why but I will say that this actor has been alot of the recent Dc animated films.

Now I can't fond who did the animation for this film but common sense would dictate that it was the same company who did the animation for the previous film. If that is the case then I have to say that in my opinion the animation in this film is a huge step down from what was seen in the previous film. Don't get me wrong it's still great animation but by DC standards it's not that good which is a shame because this storyline really would require the best animation that you can get on a small budget.

I said this in my review of The Death Of Superman but I prefer Superman: Doomsday not only because it was the first DC animated movie I ever bought but because I think it's a great movie. I can see why they did split this story in half because there's no way in hell it could have been done as one movie. Even if your movie is a great movie there still would have been alot of stuff cut out so at here they won't have that issue and they could have included things that people thought was missing from Doomsday.

Speaking of doing this story as one movie that's kind of what DC are planning I say kind of because there re-releasing both films but now they'll be edited together and have new footage added to them. I have to wonder why there even doing that it makes no sense no sense at all and it now means that the people who already have both films on DVD or whatever now might have to go and spend even more money just to see what the extra footage is.

One of the other things that I didn't like about the film was the pacing for me this film felt alot longer then what it really was. This film really didn't need to be an hour and a half especially because it's a second half of a story so if anything it should have been around an hour and fifteen minuets long but that's just my personal opinion. Another kind of issue that I had with the film is that the emotional moments just don't work as well in this film as they did the in the first film and i'm not sure why that even is.

This film does have a lot of humour and rather fittingly alot of the jokes do go to Nathan Fillion's character. I say that because the guy has pitch perfect delivery and can make pretty much anything funny and it helps that the jokes he's got in this film are genuinely quite funny I mean there nothing special but there alot better then anything you'll find in the typical episode of Teen Titans Go and that is a huge plus.

This is a superhero film so that means we have to talk about the action scenes and I honestly think that the action scenes in this movie are kind of dull. There honestly not that bad to look at but when you think about how good that they could have been compared to what we've actually got it does make me feel disappointed and also because DC animated films usually have great fight scenes so to have action scenes here that aren't as good when they so clearly could have been much better is a huge let down in my personal opinion.

I know that this might not go down well with alot of people but I can't help but think that this would make a great live action film. I know they kind of did it in Dawn Of Justice and Justice League but imagine if dawn Of Justice didn't do that storyline at all and Justice League part 1 was basically The Death Of Superman except you don't do it in under two hours you make the film two and a half hours because don't forget you'd still have get the league together. You have part 1 end with the death of Superman and the death of doomsday and then for part 2 it's the return of Superman that to me just sounds awesome.

Like the first movie there kind of is a nod to the first Christopher Reeve Superman movie and unlike the previous film where it's used at a highly emotional moment here it's just done as a joke i'm not going to spoil what it is but if you've seen the 78 movie you'll know what I mean. There's also a rumour to another classic DC live action show and again i'm not going to spoil it but I will say it's not Batman'66 and it involves a WONDERful character and yes that is a huge clue.

Overall this film is not as good as the previous film it is still a good film but it could and should have been so much better and so with all of that in mind the film is getting a 7 out of 10 from me if you want to own the film it's out on DVD and Blu-ray on January 29th.

  

The Death Of Superman Review

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.