All Star Superman: DC Movie

I looked around a bit and didn't see any discussion of this.

I know I'm a bit late on this, but I just got around to seeing "All Star Superman", and I have to say...I didn't care for it. Maybe I needed to read the comics first (this is probably the first Bruce Timm movie where I didn't already know the story), but the whole thing seemed rather disjointed. My fiance doesn't read comics at all, but she's enjoyed all the other movies. This one, though, is just...strange.

(Spoilers!)

I guess it just has a "bunch of stuff happens" vibe that I didn't care for. There really wasn't a cohesive story, so much as an event. Superman is dying, so he does a bunch of stuff. Also, Lois was a jerk in this movie. I guess it's assumed that Superman likes her, so there is no need for the movie to show why. I certainly couldn't figure out why that Superman liked that Lois.

There were also many parts that could have had a lot of drama that were simply rushed over, particularly Superman's reveal to Lois. He just sort of...shows her really quick, then whisks her away to the Fortress of Solitude, where some surreal stuff happens.

In the end, though, Superman winds up fixing the sun. I'm not sure what that means, but thanks to Luther, they could always clone him. Which is a terrible idea.

I really didn't care for this movie. Has anyone else seen it? Upon browsing, I saw a few threads about the new "Green Lantern: Emerald Knights" cartoon, which is shown on the "All Star Superman" DVD, but no mention of the movie itself.

The comic version of the story was actually good, but it was Morrison so he had to put a bunch of weird crap in it. It's a 12 issue series that basically has a self-contained story each issue. Combine this with the fact that they're making the DC animated films relatively short (like 70 mins max), and you can understand why the final product could easily be a mess.

I couldn't get into the comic. Perhaps as some wacky British Superman knock-off, but it felt to me like he missed the character by a mile.

Maybe I need to watch it again, but I don't think Lois was a jerk, but they did explain her madness she was experiencing.

I thought it was okay.

the only part that really through me off was the beginning with how he saved the ship from the sun.

Just didn't seem like Superman to me.

Some of his tech seemed OMG WTF REALLY to me too. Like the future communicator

The comic was awesome, but you couldn't pay me to watch an animated DC movie.

I liked the comic as an homage to the Silver Age Superman. It was nice to see another glimpse of that hero, even if for a little a while. Unfortunately, I think that all the stuff that made it work as a comic does not work as an animated movie.

Still, the art direction was as good as it was in the comic, so it's okay to watch with the sound on "mute".

The re-creation of comic still pictures translated into animation was painful to watch.

Might as well have just shown stills of the comics and voiced over them.

Not too mention the writing...

"She exists in a state of quantum probability... half alive and half dead." Then a little while later, "I was half alive and half dead."

Yeah, we know. We heard the mumbo jumbo the first time. BTW, Lois, how did the half dead part of you feel like being dead when you were dead, because, when you're dead, it's unlikely one thinks, "huh, this is what it's like to be dead!".

Strongly disliked the comic. The movie was more palatable because it was much shorter. I strongly dislike Superman messiah stories and All Star Superman is one of the worst offenders.

The comic was awesome as individual issues that were part of a whole; it just didn't translate well into a continuous story like a a movie. Also, several of the key scenes that worked great in the comic were changed up a bit and it didn't make it work. Like the scene where the Ultra-Sphinx asks Superman "What happens when the immovable object meets an unstoppable force?" In the comic he just smiles and answers "they surrender" and later we get a closeup of the advertisement for a car that has that question on it. In the movie, he seems distressed and we see the process of him recalling the advertisement. That was just one example that comes to mind. Also, I think that the comic, and movie, take for granted a familiarity with the Superman/Lois Lane relationship prior to Crisis of Infinite Earths and DC's total revamp in the 80's. It works for comics fans, but people that just watch this movie and don't appreciate the twist on it; something is just lost. I watched most of this with my son and was kind of seeing it through his eyes. I'm sure it's cool for him to watch Superman doing super stuff, but it's probably not as enjoyable for him as it was for me to read the comic series. I was really excited about this and am a bit disappointed.