I realize I'm going against the general opinion here, because I just didn't connect with this movie. It seemed inevitable that “Superman” would eventually be incorporated (quite literally) into the multiverse. This installment uses the DC universe as a backdrop for the villainous “Lex Luthor” (Nicholas Hoult), who holds a significant grudge against the hero in red. That stems from when "Soop" (David Corensweet) intervened in a conflict to aid a small, farming nation facing invasion by its aggressive neighbor. With access to considerable resources, "Luthor" manages to breach the secret Antarctic base of their well-intentioned protector, uncovering not only his deepest secrets but also abducting his lively dog “Krypto” - thereby luring him into a sort of pocket universe where an ultimate super-max prison holds many people that the planet doesn’t know what to do with anymore, and a few former romantic interests. The question is, can he escape through a complicated series of portals (similar to “Stargate”)? That largely depends on his determined on-again/off-again girlfriend "Lois" (Rachel Brosnahan), who is fully aware of her partner’s dual identity, and a tech expert (Edi Gathegi) from another group of meta humans called the “Justice Gang,” led by the “Green Lantern,” who occasionally lend assistance when alien threats overwhelm Metropolis. Now we're set for a rather weak, repetitive, and entirely unoriginal sequence of fight scenes that had me looking at the ceiling more than I’d like to admit. Gene Hackman always had high standards as "Luthor," but why cast a British actor and then have him adopt an unnecessary American accent while giving him lines that make him sound like an excited bingo caller? What about the dog? It's cute, but really? This just highlights how remarkably ordinary “Superman” has become in a world completely saturated with technology and people possessing even greater abilities. Corensweet tries his best, is pleasant to look at, and possesses some charm, but no one else seems to have enough material to work with, and simply shaving Hoult’s head doesn't make him intimidating; he isn’t remotely so. There’s an abundance of cheesy sentimentality throughout this CGI-heavy film, which shares a superficial resemblance to Ezra Miller’s “The Flash” from 2023. It does move at a brisk pace, but when you start to undermine the very qualities that made a superhero special, you need to compensate with some serious attempts at character development – not just mushy dog-loving or girlfriend-saving moments. That kind of growth doesn’t happen here, and after the final resolution—there are several—I left the theater feeling this was a significant triumph for style over substance, and that this guy isn't so much super as flawed: both physically and emotionally. That wasn’t what I was hoping to see. It’s a family film unlikely to offend anyone and which looks impressive on a large screen, but I have to say, I was quite disappointed.

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