Superman

Score somewhat elevated by my own very sentimental attachment to Clark/Superman, but Gunn’s roots in the MCU are showing here, effectively discarding most of Supes’ own usual support team in favour of a rushed introduction of a mini-Justice League, who come well prepared with quips and “quirks” worthy of a GOTG episode, but only remind how so much of this is fairly derivative of the MCU in terms of its plotting and even characterisations of many of the characters, while some of the most distinctive changes (especially the motivations from back on Krypton) play as heavy-handed and even disconcerting. Despite this, the action sequences are professionally executed, Hoult makes for a fine Luthor, and Corenswet and Brosnahan find a distinctive (and in its way quite moving) dynamic for their iterations of Clark & Lois.