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Superman (2025) dir. James Gunn

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Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane — Superman (2025) dir. James Gunn

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Dirty Laundry Who Hooked Up with Someone They Met on the Plane?

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My favourite thing about the new Superman movie is how incredibly human Clark is. Even as Superman. Watching him get frustrated at Lois’s questions, unable to use reason to explain his actions even when he knows she’s on his side, him losing it over Krypto (very John Wick) of all things… this is someone who was brought up entirely on planet earth. He’s human. He gets affected by every major and minor aspect of his life. You can see his desperate carefulness with everything he does and you can see the Kansas parents in him very evidently. I found his personality to be a very very verrrrry good choice for this iteration of his character.

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"Maybe I'll kill that reporter who does all your interviews. Maybe I'll kill Clark Kent."

This is the most important line in the movie. I'm 100% serious. It tells you everything you need to know about Lex Luthor's character. It shows the audience that, despite being almost omnicognizant from the get-go, Luthor clearly has no fucking idea who Superman is, only what he does.

I've never seen anyone go from All-Knowing Evil to Absolute Fucking Loser so fast. In fifteen words he went from unstoppable criminal powerhouse to flailing manchild moron. He gave his Evil Dictator demonstration and then turned around, dropped his pants and showed his entire ass. He proclaimed his manifesto of unrelenting ego, turned around, slipped on a banana peel and landed on a whoopie cushion.

And he was so mired in his own sense of superiority that he never even knew it.

Lex Luthor, folks. Ten out of ten, no notes.

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clark and lois bickering at work only for it to be revealed that they’ve been dating for 3 months and were just messing around to keep their relationship a secret from their coworkers was soooo sexy. literally need that

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Lois: "You think everyone you meet is beautiful."

Clark: "Maybe that’s the real punk rock."

Being optimistic, compassionate and loving in a world trying to make you cynical and apathetic really is the most badass thing of all...There's this quote by Iain Thomas that said something similar to the Superman (2025) message:

“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”

I love how this movie made my heart warm and joyful again ❤️

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This is nice.

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At the end of the day, I think that Snyder was always trying to say that humanity doesn't deserve Superman, and that Superman sometimes thinks that himself.

While James Gunn is saying that we do. And that Superman WANTS to help. He loves humanity because humanity is all the best parts of him.

Snyder came in with his idea of what he wanted Superman to be. Gunn KNOWS who Superman really IS. And that's an important distinction.

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#I don't know how many more "He gets it" I have left in me

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You know why superman is punk rock? Because being punk rock is about refusing to do something just because it’s trendy. It’s about standing up for what you believe in and the people in your community even if it makes you look weird. And this superman movie was unapologetically punk rock. In a time where it is seen as more “realistic” and therefore somehow better to be dark and gritty and pessimistic, superman refuses to give in. The world might seem to be on fire, but the superman movie says screw you to the whole world and chooses to present a colorful and hopeful perspective that says that choosing kindness and integrity is always the best decision. It’s punk rock because in a world that feels to be falling further and further into darkness, superman refuses to give into the trend and instead emerges in all of its colorful optimistic glory.

In a world where empathy is no longer commonplace, kindness is the new punk rock. Thank you to everyone involved in this movie for reminding us that we don’t have to give into the darkness around us.

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When Clark said “he’s not even a very good dog but he’s all alone and he’s probably scared so i have to go get him” I was so happy because someone in that writers room truly understands superman better than we’ve seen in a long time. This is the essence of superman - that every living being deserves kindness and empathy and love simply because they are alive. Clark is the kind of guy who’d cry when he got stung by a bee not because it hurt but because the bee died when it stung him and someone in the writers room knew that and made sure it came through.

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(Superman Spoilers)

Lois Lane ragebaits Superman during an interview, pours half a container of sugar into about 4 ounces of coffee and dictates an article taking down lex luthor while driving a hovercraft. They nailed her. We are so back.

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James Gunn’s thesis statement for his Superman is simple and effective: "Be good. Do good. Be human despite the bad things. That is the most punk rock thing in a world so stoic and cynical."

And that’s how it should be. That’s beautiful, the new Superman movie is beautiful.

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"Maybe I'll kill that reporter who does all your interviews. Maybe I'll kill Clark Kent."

This is the most important line in the movie. I'm 100% serious. It tells you everything you need to know about Lex Luthor's character. It shows the audience that, despite being almost omnicognizant from the get-go, Luthor clearly has no fucking idea who Superman is, only what he does.

I've never seen anyone go from All-Knowing Evil to Absolute Fucking Loser so fast. In fifteen words he went from unstoppable criminal powerhouse to flailing manchild moron. He gave his Evil Dictator demonstration and then turned around, dropped his pants and showed his entire ass. He proclaimed his manifesto of unrelenting ego, turned around, slipped on a banana peel and landed on a whoopie cushion.

And he was so mired in his own sense of superiority that he never even knew it.

Lex Luthor, folks. Ten out of ten, no notes.

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god this movie was so amazing

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I can't wait for the Behind the Scenes on this Game Changer. I want to know the lengths they went to to make sure that he couldn't possibly lose. You know the staff had to be sitting there like "okay we've essentially given him infinite freebies, but what if he still messes up several times before he figures that out?" Was one of the other contestants sitting there with a hidden cheat sheet ready to intercept if he fucked up too early? Tell me your secrets, Sam.