JackRJosie

This movie was painful to watch. How in the world are people loving this? It was grossly pretentious and cheesy without any true semblance of story... I thought Stephen King was supposed to be a masterful storyteller? This story is weak and seemingly aimless at times. It tries to hard to be meaningful that it just falls flat on its face. The first thirty minutes were engaging and mysterious, then the film turned into a tumblr girls dream film.

The only true sin of this film is that it was made. Disneys inability to make an original film that musters enough true creativity to make a buck in the box office and avoid the one way ticket to streaming is embarrassing. This film didn't need to be made. We all know that. And it's embarrassing that it was made.

This being said... There is actually nothing wrong with the true substance of the film. Maybe it's slightly cheesy. I really wanted to dislike this film... but I just don't. It was a lot of fun. Sincerely charming. Great message. Good laughs. Surprisingly fantastic performances. It was an all around good time. It probably even deserves higher then a 7, but I won't be caught giving these Disney rehashes anything higher.

When James Gunn first made Guardians of the galaxy it was a HIT. I think it made cultural ripples throughout humor and film. After Guardians of the Galaxy the tone of the marvel superhero films changed dramatically. More geared towards his very lighthearted, colorful, comedic style. James Gunn changed superhero films forever with guardians of the galaxy.

They brought back the orator of the modern day superhero tone to kick off a new DC universe, and to showcase their bold take on Superman. The film is coated thickly with James Gunns style. So it feels VERY similar to every other superhero film we've seen over the last decade. If you are looking for something different directionally dont expect to find it here.

This being said the first two thirds of this film succeeds greatly as a superhero film. It has great writing, good character development, a great plot set up in my opinion. Felt smart. Definitely stands in the pool of superhero films in the last decade as being on of the 'better ones'. BUT it's still a 'superhero film'... so... ya know. If you are sick of superhero films this won't change your mind. The last third of the film gets lost in the sauce that other superhero films get lost in. Very long overly prolonged fight scenes. Cliched retribution. Plot lines being lost in the over reliance on fighting.

For a superhero film it was good- it is very lighthearted and comedic and gives you a good taste of James Gunns take on Superman. It's different. It'll be interesting to see where they go from here.