I respectfully disagree on Lex. It’s very accurate to the source material in that he’s defined by being a gaping emotional wound of mindlessly petty spite and envy. His whole thing is that he has everything most people would ever want, and wastes it all on pointless vendettas because he can’t handle not being the most important thing in the room for five seconds.
First of all, I resent the implication that I'm not already a superhero.
(Also, it's very satisfying that I can now tell someone -- the federal government -- the very supervilainy "You should have killed me when you had the chance!")
Anyway, I think maybe I relate to Spider-Man. He's the one character who constantly makes mistakes, constantly has the deck stacked against him. He used to be the one superhero with a story, growing up from lonely kid to accomplished, uncertain married adult in defiance of Marvel's non-shifting timeline.
I'd probably be DC's Jose Delgado, aka GANGBUSTER, who nonetheless had to survive by making increasingly-shady acquaintances and partners in Metropolis.
Great review! Had not thought of the Superman III connections, but I do think it was intentional. Although no one in this film - as good as it is - delivers a line like Richard Pryor’s “Superman’s bad!”
Great list. Approximately 63% of my headspace has been dedicated to thinking about this film at work all week. Excited to see it again tonight.
I already did my second time, and it was a real pleasure, in a way that a mainstream movies hasn't been in a very long time.
Brosnahan is an excellent actress. Watch Mrs. Maisel.
Brosnashould. Brosnawill.
I respectfully disagree on Lex. It’s very accurate to the source material in that he’s defined by being a gaping emotional wound of mindlessly petty spite and envy. His whole thing is that he has everything most people would ever want, and wastes it all on pointless vendettas because he can’t handle not being the most important thing in the room for five seconds.
I see what you're saying, but I do wish I saw more of that in the movie. Maybe a Lex intro scene that tells us more of this.
Dec, which superhero/s do you most connect to and if different who would you play/be?
First of all, I resent the implication that I'm not already a superhero.
(Also, it's very satisfying that I can now tell someone -- the federal government -- the very supervilainy "You should have killed me when you had the chance!")
Anyway, I think maybe I relate to Spider-Man. He's the one character who constantly makes mistakes, constantly has the deck stacked against him. He used to be the one superhero with a story, growing up from lonely kid to accomplished, uncertain married adult in defiance of Marvel's non-shifting timeline.
I'd probably be DC's Jose Delgado, aka GANGBUSTER, who nonetheless had to survive by making increasingly-shady acquaintances and partners in Metropolis.
Great review! Had not thought of the Superman III connections, but I do think it was intentional. Although no one in this film - as good as it is - delivers a line like Richard Pryor’s “Superman’s bad!”
That is very true.