a5c7b9f00b Superman battles against an insurmountable foe named Doomsday. Arguably the most famous Superman story, "The Death of Superman" introduced Doomsday, the monster who did the impossible - killed Superman. The comic's still memorable 25 years later.<br/><br/>The animated film should be an accurate portrayal of the classic comic, but isn't. While it nails Doomsday better than the awful "Batman v Superman" version, the New 52 version has a lot of padding. Even Lex Luthor tries to help out.<br/><br/>There are some faithful elements, like Doomsday tearing through the Justice League en route to Metropolis and the iconic image of Superman's tattered cape on a pole, flying in the wind.<br/><br/>The best part of the movie is the climactic battle between Superman and Doomsday through Metropolis. It's worth sitting through the rest of the story just for this, as it's an epic battle which matches the famous comic battle.<br/><br/>There's a decent voice cast: Jerry O'Connell (Superman), Rebecca Romijn (Lois Lane), Rainn Wilson (Lex Luthor), Rosario Dawson (Wonder Woman) and Nathan Fillion (Green Lantern).<br/><br/>While fans of the original comic may be put off by all the changes, it's worth watching for the epic Doomsday battle. In 2007 we got an animated film covering the full Doomsday/return of superman saga. For some reason, I guess DC wanted to do it again. <br/><br/>The good- the film looks very good; the animation is great, the drawings are detailed, and the characters have their authentic look from the comics. The fight scenes are also quite good, and make the battles epic without going into Man of Steel level carnage. The presentation of Doomsday is also top-notch, he's never felt more dangerous or unstoppable. The "graphic" violence adds a degree of danger, but I wouldn't oversell it- anyone over the age of 11 has probably seen worse on network television. Also, lots of nice little touches to the world, like people trying to take selfies with Superman, give this film a little more character.<br/><br/>The middle- the voice acting left me cold. Nothing is too bad (although Rain Wilson is kind of hammy as Lex Luthor, which I didn't like). Superman and the rest certainly have conviction, but the dialogue doesn't really stand out. The script is also a bit simplistic- generally kind of blah and predictable. <br/><br/>The bad- the pacing is inconsistent. The film takes *forever* to get to "the good stuff," and the time before that is not exactly captivating. They're trying to build suspense and world-build and everything, but we already know what Doomsday is and what he's going to do! The subplot about Clark and Lois also didn't do much for me- the overall point of it was fine, but the pacing just dragged it out too much. In this regard, the 2007 film wins out. That film was much more "cartoony," but it had quick pacing and covered twice as much material in less time. <br/><br/>So basically, we have a more "adult" version of the Doomsday story (but not the entire story). What the film adds in production values and fighting choreography, it lacks in pacing and originality. Although the 2007 film was less popular, I'd much rather watch the 2007 one again, as it was more entertaining, had better pacing, and tells the entire story in less time than this film.
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