Before we get into the successes and failures of the new Superman film, here are some things that I should say upfront. First of all, this is easily the best Superman movie since the two films that Richard Donner made with Christopher Reeve in the 1970s.

Secondly, anyone who has been a fan of the Superman comics will recognise this version of Superman who at least wears the right costume unlike the Henry Cavill movies, where Superman looked like he had escaped from a zombie convention in the British Midlands where everyone attending had to adopt an American accent to seem cool.

Three, it helps that David Corenswet is the best Superman since Christopher Reeve. Of the movie Supermen, Brandon Routh brought a certain enthusiasm to the role but he always seemed like a college kid auditioning for the role in an amateur university production of Superman.

Henry Cavill, who has turned ruining famous fictional heroes into his specialty (he has been a disastrous Sherlock Holmes and a terrible Napoleon Solo in other movies and was, apparently in the running to play James Bond, though fortunately, he did not get the role) was so wooden that his Superman was less Man of Steel and more Man of Wood. Corenswet does not make the mistake of trying to imitate Reeve (as Routh did) but brings his own interpretation of the character to the movie.

And fourthly despite the rave reviews the film is good, not great, so lower your expectations before you go to see it.

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