Superman (what to expect)
Scorecard, Temp These Takes, Watchlist Worthy, ICYMI
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Concession Stand Scorecard: Superman
Watchlist Worthy: Keanu Reeves is an Angel in real life and now on the big screen.
Temp These Takes: Best comic book movie adaptations
ICYMI: 28 Years Later w/ Spoilers, Best of 2025 so far, & Best 21st Century Movies.
This week’s movie - Superman
Letterboxd Description:
Look up.
Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.
Best Watched With
Guardians of the Galaxy fans, doggo foster parents, your parents.
End credit thoughts
It’s difficult not to immediately get swallowed up and marvel at the worlds built by director James Gunn. His gift of showcasing the artistry behind the scenes makes audiences sit in awe of the landscapes, action sequences, technology, and powers used by the characters—all the physical and tangible elements that come together to create a movie. Using smoke and mirrors, he successfully makes these heroic figures relatable, inviting viewers to participate in the pain, the grief, the joy, the hurt—all the intangible elements that make us human.
Gunn delivers us a new era of DC movies by providing a fresh and creative restart for Superman movies, while visually and audibly showing us he knows he’s standing on the shoulders of those who’ve touched the source material before him. The colors and costumes nod to the ‘70s and ‘80s Superman. The sound design will shake the floor under your seats, and the familiar original John Williams Superman score will warm your soul as you’re rattling in your chair.
Thanks to some outstanding casting decisions, we got great performances out of everyone. David Corenswet has some big spandex boots to fill, but does so in stride and with humility. Rachel Brosnahan gives us a great Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult continues quite the run of stellar performances as Superman’s arch nemesis, Lex Luthor. The on-screen chemistry between the entire cast gave this movie a secret sauce that has been missing from comic book movies for a while.
The visuals are mesmerizing, the fight sequences dazzle, and the amount of heart put into this movie is heavy. Outside of Christopher Nolan’s Batman, the DCU has struggled over the past decades. Gunn and company show that they are determined to turn this sinking ship around.
This is a fun summer blockbuster if we’ve ever seen one - go watch it on the big screen.
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Best movie adaptations of a comic book
Eric
The two best comic book movies of all time have to be Spiderman II and The Dark Knight.
Sam Raimi cooked beyond Dave Ramsey’s skills with SII. Oops wrong Ramsey (spelling?) but you get the vibes. Truly a stand alone spider man movie.
And get the hell out of here if you don’t include TDK on this list. The best of the best. The most incredible movie experience (the 4 times I saw it in theaters in a row) of my life. Unsubscribe if you aren’t a fan.
Josh
I know Eric is going to mention The Dark Knight so I won’t, even though I just did.
My first watch of Sin City (2005) I thought DAMN this is a movie! The narration, the different stories interwoven together, shot in black and white with a splash of color that made characters and elements POP. And the cast is INSANE. I felt like I truly was watching a comic book in motion.
New Mexico Drew
Hellboy (2004) was my introduction to Guillermo del Torro. I remember being simultaneously creeped out and fascinated with the world he made in this movie. Ron Perlman was the perfect lead who balanced realistic ass kicking and humor. Not many movie adaptations capture the grittiness of their comic book source material, but Hellboy is one of the rare few that does.
Good Fortune by Aziz Ansari
I mostly know Keanu Reeves for his action movies like The Matrix and John Wick, or dramas like Hardball and The Replacements. Or action-dramas like Point Break and Speed. But after his cameo in Always Be My Maybe, I’m convinced he has some comedic roles in him that have been itching to come out since Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. And this year, we’re getting one of those roles.
Aziz Ansari is making his directorial debut with Good Fortune, staring Reeves as an Angel named Gabriel. I only know Ansari as a comedian and playing roles like Tom Haverford in Parks and Recreation and as Saddamn in Observe and Report where he is accused of plotting to blow up Chick-Fil-A by Seth Rogen’s character to which he replies, “Why would I blow up the Chick-Fil-A, it’s fucking delicious.” I can’t not think of this line when driving by Chick-Fil-A to this day.
And now Ansari is directing and staring in this movie and reuniting with Seth Rogen for this action-comedy. It’s also starring Sandra Oh and Keke Palmer so I know it’s going to be a good time; even if it doesn’t rock the Rotten Tomatoes score.
-JP :)
Letterboxd Description:
Need a miracle?
A well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy capitalist.
ICYMI: 28 Years Later, Best of 2025 & The Century So Far: Spoilers #57
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Josh, Eric, and New Mexico Drew deep dive into the movie '28 Years Later' with spoilers, favorite movies of 2025 so far, and their top ten list for best movies of the 21st Century.
10:31 28 Years Later Discussion: Spoilers
33:52 Favorite Movies of the Year So Far
45:09 Top Movies of the 21st Century
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