This was good but not great.
The elements which dragged it down were:
1. Some areas where it was slow and talky, particularly towards the start;
2. Paradoxically, far too much fighting;
3. Much shorter than it needed to be;
4. Animation could have been lusher.
Lifting it up:
1. Excellent voice work, and particularly gratifying to have Conroy, Daly, Brown and Pounder reprising their characters from earlier iterations;
2. Picking up McGuiness' art style for character design;
3. Putting the composite Superman on screen, even if in the form of a giant robot. Hooray!
Oh, and movies featuring Superman really shouldn't be pitched at an age-restricted audience - this is Superman, people, so lay off excessive violence and boob jokes.
The elements which dragged it down were:
1. Some areas where it was slow and talky, particularly towards the start;
2. Paradoxically, far too much fighting;
3. Much shorter than it needed to be;
4. Animation could have been lusher.
Lifting it up:
1. Excellent voice work, and particularly gratifying to have Conroy, Daly, Brown and Pounder reprising their characters from earlier iterations;
2. Picking up McGuiness' art style for character design;
3. Putting the composite Superman on screen, even if in the form of a giant robot. Hooray!
Oh, and movies featuring Superman really shouldn't be pitched at an age-restricted audience - this is Superman, people, so lay off excessive violence and boob jokes.