It looks like Superman gets much better scripts for animated movies than he does for the big screen, lately. After I found myself highly disappointed by the latest big screen installment, I regained comfort and joy by watching this amazing, entertaining gem.
If you know the Death Of... Funeral For... The Return of storyline, you know what to expect. Right? Wrong! The guys at Warner Bros were smart enough to change several details, which highly adds an edge-of-the-seat element to this movie.
First, it looks great. The soundtrack is great, the locations look great. Having the action taking place mostly at night really makes this movie really atmospheric.
Some scenes are very brutal and hard to swallow, even for an animated movie. Once again, they were smart enough not to unnecessarily prolong these. They still leave a mark though. After only a few minutes, you find yourself really caring for some characters while starting to really hate others. So does this movie succeed, overall? Hell, yes. In fact, it's the best Superman movie since Superman II and a great comic book adaptation.
Some people are complaining about not having all the fake Supermen running around through Metropolis in this one, "just like in the comics". I for one loved the fact that they did NOT include them, I always thought that the "Reign Of The Supermen" story was just a commercial attempt to increase sales by prolonging Superman's disappearance and keep the readers interested in the book for as many months as possible. That particular story didn't add anything of essence to the DC Universe, which includes too many weird, filler superhero characters anyway.
Besides, applying the exact storyline would have resulted in a boring movie. You would have known what happens and would see Superman on the screen only for the first and last 10 minutes. Are you sure you would have preffered that?
Don't rent it, buy it ! It's really worth it.
If you know the Death Of... Funeral For... The Return of storyline, you know what to expect. Right? Wrong! The guys at Warner Bros were smart enough to change several details, which highly adds an edge-of-the-seat element to this movie.
First, it looks great. The soundtrack is great, the locations look great. Having the action taking place mostly at night really makes this movie really atmospheric.
Some scenes are very brutal and hard to swallow, even for an animated movie. Once again, they were smart enough not to unnecessarily prolong these. They still leave a mark though. After only a few minutes, you find yourself really caring for some characters while starting to really hate others. So does this movie succeed, overall? Hell, yes. In fact, it's the best Superman movie since Superman II and a great comic book adaptation.
Some people are complaining about not having all the fake Supermen running around through Metropolis in this one, "just like in the comics". I for one loved the fact that they did NOT include them, I always thought that the "Reign Of The Supermen" story was just a commercial attempt to increase sales by prolonging Superman's disappearance and keep the readers interested in the book for as many months as possible. That particular story didn't add anything of essence to the DC Universe, which includes too many weird, filler superhero characters anyway.
Besides, applying the exact storyline would have resulted in a boring movie. You would have known what happens and would see Superman on the screen only for the first and last 10 minutes. Are you sure you would have preffered that?
Don't rent it, buy it ! It's really worth it.