After watching this, you will be wondering why Batman vs Superman didn't turn out like this. The fight between Superman and Doomsday was beyond expectation. Plus this sets up the next animated movie (Reign of Supermen) a la the MCU.
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Super action packed climax movie.
abhisheksingh-2668524 July 2018
Animated movies are better than the real ones and this movie also proves that. In batman v superman doomsday look weird, he was just looking a fire like monster. But in this, doomsday is way more powerful. Waiting for the next one. Movie is little slow at the start but climax is action packed. I think in the next part, there will be BLACK SUPERMAN in it.
A servicable presentation of the Doomsday story, with very little extra.
DarthPaul8511 August 2018
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
OK, not great
neil-47630 October 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Unstoppable alien murder monster Doomsday comes to Earth on an asteroid, beats seven shades out of the JLA, only Superman can save the day. Spoiler alert - he kills Doomsday but Doomsday kills him. Roll on Reign Of The Supermen, the follow-up movie.
The original 1992 comic event from which this movie is drawn was shocking and significant but, notwithstanding its drama and the fact that it took several months to tell, it wasn't actually much of a story, as the synopsis above shows. So this film pads out its 75-minute running time with quite a lot of extra stuff, the main bit of which is Lois finding out that Clark is Superman (in the comic, she already knew).
Some iconic imagery - by which I mean shredded cape flapping in the breeze - is reproduced, but much is different. The Justice league members are different, but that is not unexpected. What did disconcert me, however, is that this is very much the New 52 Superman - young, high-collared onesie, with a history of having dated Wonder Woman. OK, fair enough, it's not a deal breaker.
But the film didn't really engage me. I didn't much care for the characterisations, and I certainly didn't like the animation much. The final battle should have been epic, but it was simply OK.
I shan't rewatch it in a hurry.
The original 1992 comic event from which this movie is drawn was shocking and significant but, notwithstanding its drama and the fact that it took several months to tell, it wasn't actually much of a story, as the synopsis above shows. So this film pads out its 75-minute running time with quite a lot of extra stuff, the main bit of which is Lois finding out that Clark is Superman (in the comic, she already knew).
Some iconic imagery - by which I mean shredded cape flapping in the breeze - is reproduced, but much is different. The Justice league members are different, but that is not unexpected. What did disconcert me, however, is that this is very much the New 52 Superman - young, high-collared onesie, with a history of having dated Wonder Woman. OK, fair enough, it's not a deal breaker.
But the film didn't really engage me. I didn't much care for the characterisations, and I certainly didn't like the animation much. The final battle should have been epic, but it was simply OK.
I shan't rewatch it in a hurry.
Deserves a higher rating.
schwartzariel102 August 2018
The Death of Superman is a story-line that Warner bros. And DC have over used in the last decade and a little bit, back in 2007 DC released "Superman:Doomsday" which is based off the same story and that was definitely a great movie. 9 years later in 2016 they adapted that story-line in live action for the first time in 2016 with the ending to Batman Vs Superman:Dawn of Justice where Doomsday shows up and spoiler alert kills Superman and that definitely was not done well. Now in 2018, DC's newest animated venture adapts that same story-line in the Death of Superman, but the fact that it's been done before doesn't hinder the movie at all,in fact it is probably the best version of the story adapted to movies. Don't get me wrong Superman:Doomsday is really good and I still think it's great but The Death of Superman has actually surpassed that movie as the best version of this movie.
One of the things this movie does so well that say ... Batman Vs Superman doesn't, is it makes you actually care about the actual death of Superman. we all know that he's gonna come back in a year but the reason it's still really emotional is because characters like lois and bibbo and his parents don't know that, and think he is dead and is never coming back. which also wouldn't matter if those relationships were not developed throughout the movie and they definitely were extremely well which makes you actually feel something when Superman dies and I gotta say It actually was a very emotional death scene when he died and I think a big reason for that is they showed how superman actually was a beacon of hope to metropolis and how metropolis loved him and on top of that Superman is a really 3-dimensional compelling character and an excellent version of the character. so much so when he died it was emotional which is insane because you know he's gonna come back,which is basically the exact thing that happens in Infinity War although to a much smaller and less emotional way but still it's very similar. But yeah I give huge props to this movie for developing everything so that when the title actually happens and Superman dies you actually feel something more so than in Superman:Doomsday and way more so than in Bvs.
This movie had a lot of set up for the sequel but not to the point where it was obnoxious,in fact it was the exact opposite whenever one of the other 4 supermen showed up like Hank Henshaw,Superboy,the eradicator and steel it was a pretty awesome how they subtly set up the sequel in the background,that's something I really liked about this movie.
Considering a big part about this story is the fight between Doomsday and Superman as well as the justice league,the action has to be great and the death of superman does not disappoint the action in this movie is bad-ass,it's amazingly animated and choreographed if that's how animated fight scenes work,i don't know. but the action and the fight scenes specifically Doomsday Vs Superman was awesome and doomsday fighting the justice league was pretty awesome as well.
So I've been praising the hell out of this movie, but there is one thing that I don't like and that is Lex Luthor. Mainly because his voice acting was straight up terrible,that voice actor just didn't fit the role at all and because of that whenever he showed up he kinda took away from the movie.
9.5/10
One of the things this movie does so well that say ... Batman Vs Superman doesn't, is it makes you actually care about the actual death of Superman. we all know that he's gonna come back in a year but the reason it's still really emotional is because characters like lois and bibbo and his parents don't know that, and think he is dead and is never coming back. which also wouldn't matter if those relationships were not developed throughout the movie and they definitely were extremely well which makes you actually feel something when Superman dies and I gotta say It actually was a very emotional death scene when he died and I think a big reason for that is they showed how superman actually was a beacon of hope to metropolis and how metropolis loved him and on top of that Superman is a really 3-dimensional compelling character and an excellent version of the character. so much so when he died it was emotional which is insane because you know he's gonna come back,which is basically the exact thing that happens in Infinity War although to a much smaller and less emotional way but still it's very similar. But yeah I give huge props to this movie for developing everything so that when the title actually happens and Superman dies you actually feel something more so than in Superman:Doomsday and way more so than in Bvs.
This movie had a lot of set up for the sequel but not to the point where it was obnoxious,in fact it was the exact opposite whenever one of the other 4 supermen showed up like Hank Henshaw,Superboy,the eradicator and steel it was a pretty awesome how they subtly set up the sequel in the background,that's something I really liked about this movie.
Considering a big part about this story is the fight between Doomsday and Superman as well as the justice league,the action has to be great and the death of superman does not disappoint the action in this movie is bad-ass,it's amazingly animated and choreographed if that's how animated fight scenes work,i don't know. but the action and the fight scenes specifically Doomsday Vs Superman was awesome and doomsday fighting the justice league was pretty awesome as well.
So I've been praising the hell out of this movie, but there is one thing that I don't like and that is Lex Luthor. Mainly because his voice acting was straight up terrible,that voice actor just didn't fit the role at all and because of that whenever he showed up he kinda took away from the movie.
9.5/10
He's dead, Jim.
javimod-7538526 August 2018
I never liked Superman. He's too good, too flawless, too super. Thanks to that his greatest enemy, his greatest foe is... a green rock. Yeah, introduced by a radio show, kryptonite, is about the only thing that can take Superman down. Now "Death of Superman" is an amazing story in my eyes. It faces a moral, good, ordered Superman against chaotic, evil, uncaring killing machine known as Doomsday. It's one of my favourite superhero stories to date. Death of Superman, Funeral for a friend, Reign of Supermen are about as close as we'll ever get to an amazing story about Superman. Of course, the story was criticised as a publicity stunt. In a way it was, but it also gave us an amazing story.
The movie differs a lot from the original. It has some good changes and some bad changes. and people will bring it up anyway, so I might as well join in. Let's start with the changes for the better.
Back when the original story was written the heroes were much different, much more powerful than they appear to be now. Thanks to that DC decided that most powerful heroes won't show up for this event. There was no Batman, Wonder Woman or Martian Manhunter there. On one side it created more tension because the heroes used were considerably more squishy, on the other hand, I always wondered how more A-list heroes would fare against Doomsday and this movie gives us all that. We see the Flash, Batman, Green Lantern and the rest defeated. In my mind it's a powerful message, seeing them go down, on the other hand... Booster Gold and Blue Beetle in the original story were so good. What movie gets right, however, is streamlining the story around Lex Luthor and Bibbo, a much-needed change without going way too far into Superman's lore from decades ago. The fights look amazing and to a certain extent, you can feel each punch. Great animation.
What the movie lacks is emotion. Especially between Lois and Clark. You see, in the comics by the time Doomsday appears they're together. In the movie, however... they're not. It was a dumb idea to make most of your movies in a connected universe mostly based on a failed New 52. Thanks to that the story has to work double time to establish a breakup of Wonder Woman and Superman, establish a relationship between Clark and Lois, introduce the Kents and the rest of the supportive characters while still maintaining a coherent plot that beckons to previous movies. The funeral, that was an amazing thing in the comics filled with heroes and characters from a rich universe, seemed modest and lacking - I mean this is an animation, you can do however many people you want and all we get is this pitiful bunch? The costumes, especially Wonder Woman and Superman's, are terrible. The animated Wonder Woman requires a complete redesign at this point, while Superman needs BRIGHTER colours - he's a symbol of hope, not the dark knight.
The movie setups Reign of Supermen by skimming over every superman to superman at the time of Reign of Supermen... except Eradicator, unless the cristal super-nanny AI thingy at the start of the movie is supposed to be the Eradicator.
Overall, it's not a bad movie. It's not a great one either. Totally serviceable. The sad part comes when you realise that the animated, "kids" version is more adult than the dark, live-action movies they make these days. Actually, it's not sad, it's great. An animation is closer to comics anyway, they should keep this up.
The movie differs a lot from the original. It has some good changes and some bad changes. and people will bring it up anyway, so I might as well join in. Let's start with the changes for the better.
Back when the original story was written the heroes were much different, much more powerful than they appear to be now. Thanks to that DC decided that most powerful heroes won't show up for this event. There was no Batman, Wonder Woman or Martian Manhunter there. On one side it created more tension because the heroes used were considerably more squishy, on the other hand, I always wondered how more A-list heroes would fare against Doomsday and this movie gives us all that. We see the Flash, Batman, Green Lantern and the rest defeated. In my mind it's a powerful message, seeing them go down, on the other hand... Booster Gold and Blue Beetle in the original story were so good. What movie gets right, however, is streamlining the story around Lex Luthor and Bibbo, a much-needed change without going way too far into Superman's lore from decades ago. The fights look amazing and to a certain extent, you can feel each punch. Great animation.
What the movie lacks is emotion. Especially between Lois and Clark. You see, in the comics by the time Doomsday appears they're together. In the movie, however... they're not. It was a dumb idea to make most of your movies in a connected universe mostly based on a failed New 52. Thanks to that the story has to work double time to establish a breakup of Wonder Woman and Superman, establish a relationship between Clark and Lois, introduce the Kents and the rest of the supportive characters while still maintaining a coherent plot that beckons to previous movies. The funeral, that was an amazing thing in the comics filled with heroes and characters from a rich universe, seemed modest and lacking - I mean this is an animation, you can do however many people you want and all we get is this pitiful bunch? The costumes, especially Wonder Woman and Superman's, are terrible. The animated Wonder Woman requires a complete redesign at this point, while Superman needs BRIGHTER colours - he's a symbol of hope, not the dark knight.
The movie setups Reign of Supermen by skimming over every superman to superman at the time of Reign of Supermen... except Eradicator, unless the cristal super-nanny AI thingy at the start of the movie is supposed to be the Eradicator.
Overall, it's not a bad movie. It's not a great one either. Totally serviceable. The sad part comes when you realise that the animated, "kids" version is more adult than the dark, live-action movies they make these days. Actually, it's not sad, it's great. An animation is closer to comics anyway, they should keep this up.
One of the best DC Animated movies you will ever see
freeskill-6734024 July 2018
Story has been done many times but this one exceeds all expectations. Story telling, choreography of fights, using rest of DC characters are pure perfection. I'm guessing next one is 'Reign of Supermen' because they did wonderful job setting it up for sequel. The creative team behind this movie should be given control over rest of the DC movies... but that is just a dream for now. I will watch this again and again, I finally got perfect Superman movie.
Great movie until the last shot
joseph-boik9 January 2019
The movie overall was well done, but the end of the movie just felt rushed and resolved too quickly. It could have been left more open for a bigger telling of this era of Superman history involving several other characters they featured here. If somehow they do try to expand on this one, I'm curious how it will happen.
It actually made me emotional
koltonbrett25 December 2021
This movie does a really good job at building up the love for Superman, making the impact of his death hit just right. It's emotional. There were actual tears in my eyes. The battle between Superman and Doomsday is brutal. The relationship between Lois and Clark gets us invested in his life. The subtle way that Batman and Wonder Woman react to Superman's death display their unique connection with Superman and breaks our hearts even more. There is humor, romance, action and sadness all piled into this one grand movie. To get the full effect, be sure to watch the previous movies leading up to this one. The Death of Superman is movie 12 of 16 in the DC Animated Universe based off of the New 52 series.
Misguided emotions
sabyasachits8 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The death of superman was a good movie. It gave us the emotional ride required for us to feel the emotional end. But there are flaws, big flaws. Doomsday shows out of nowhere and eventhough we know he came via a boom tube so darkseid is involved nothing is said about it. Like what's the origin of Doomsday where does it come from what's it purpose. Nothing just a random killing machine.
Lois and Clark's whole relationship seemed like it was started just for this movie seeing how unpopular Clark X Diana turned out to be. Like nothing was shown as how the previous couple broke up, how the new one got together, or how much Clark and Lois love each other. Nothing, just slapped us with this new development and hoped we'd like this.
I understand that this was a superman centric movie and hence we got more superman but the justice league were downright pathetic. I mean in their individual plotliines they turn out to be awesome so why not now. Like we didn't get one single bright idea from Bruce. Why didn't he use the Kryptonite he keeps around himself? Was losing anyway, why not give it their all?
And why the heck did they bring back Superman in the same movie!!! Like even BvS waited for another movie to bring him back, in the end we see a hovering figure over Supes memorial and ofc we all know that its superman, precisely the all gone crazy one but supes nonetheless.
It was however a better experience than the previous renditions of superman deaths but still felt stale sometimes.
My verdict ::6/10.
Lois and Clark's whole relationship seemed like it was started just for this movie seeing how unpopular Clark X Diana turned out to be. Like nothing was shown as how the previous couple broke up, how the new one got together, or how much Clark and Lois love each other. Nothing, just slapped us with this new development and hoped we'd like this.
I understand that this was a superman centric movie and hence we got more superman but the justice league were downright pathetic. I mean in their individual plotliines they turn out to be awesome so why not now. Like we didn't get one single bright idea from Bruce. Why didn't he use the Kryptonite he keeps around himself? Was losing anyway, why not give it their all?
And why the heck did they bring back Superman in the same movie!!! Like even BvS waited for another movie to bring him back, in the end we see a hovering figure over Supes memorial and ofc we all know that its superman, precisely the all gone crazy one but supes nonetheless.
It was however a better experience than the previous renditions of superman deaths but still felt stale sometimes.
My verdict ::6/10.
Surprisingly amazing remake
masonsaul24 January 2019
Apart from the obvious predictability (it's literally in the title), The Death of Superman is a surprisingly amazing remake/adaptation with really good animation, genuine emotion and great pacing. The action in particular is incredible, well made and visceral. The voice acting is really good, especially from Jerry O' Connell, Rebecca Romijn and Rainn Wilson.
It remains the general similarity in the animation quality of mainstream DC animated films.
ierenz21 September 2019
Superman's Death never quite confirms why a third filmed retelling of the same comic tale was needed, nor does it give any strategy to the significantly fresh content. Doomsday is (yet) a villain's one-note cipher, and the film hardly provides any of its rushed-through relationship plot components the space they really need to resonate when Krypton's Last Son lastly bites
The Death of Superman: A marginal improvement
Platypuschow26 July 2018
I'm a big ol'nerd, I grew up on comic books and one of my favorite storylines of all time was 1992's Death Of Superman followed by A World Without Superman and ending into The Return Of Superman.
In 2007 when Superman: Doomsday was released I was excited, this was an adaptation of one of my favorite stories! How could it possibly fail?
Sadly fail it did, very impressively so as well. Therefore when I heard about this 2018 effort in production I assumed the worst and with good reason. Besides what an absolute mess 2018 has been I've resigned myself to the fact that the story is simply too big for a standard feature movie.
How can you tell a story of this scale in 80 minutes? Well simply, you can't. It needs to be condensed and that is what they've done here.
Essentially this is Death Of Superman light version, emitting a vast percentage of the actual story and adding bits and characters that simply shouldn't be there. For example Batman was never part of the story so why in the blue hell is he here? In fact neither was Wonder Woman I believe.
Anyway this is better I can't argue that, though it isn't even remotely loyal to the source material it's at least a tad closer to being and is fairly entertaining in places.
The voice cast is as usual top notch, the animation is fantastic though I was left scratching my head as to why they've kept the comic book aquaman considering how dramatically they've changed him in the live action universe.
The Death of Superman is best suited for someone who never read the comic and therefore has lower expectations. It's not bad, it's just not the epic I wanted to see.
The Good:
Well animated
Solid voice performances
The Bad:
Awful cover art
Doomsday doesn't look quite right
Eyebeams again? Really?
Far too many differences from the comic
Dumb final moment
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
During fights for your life and possibly the lives of millions of people it's customary to hug random children
In 2007 when Superman: Doomsday was released I was excited, this was an adaptation of one of my favorite stories! How could it possibly fail?
Sadly fail it did, very impressively so as well. Therefore when I heard about this 2018 effort in production I assumed the worst and with good reason. Besides what an absolute mess 2018 has been I've resigned myself to the fact that the story is simply too big for a standard feature movie.
How can you tell a story of this scale in 80 minutes? Well simply, you can't. It needs to be condensed and that is what they've done here.
Essentially this is Death Of Superman light version, emitting a vast percentage of the actual story and adding bits and characters that simply shouldn't be there. For example Batman was never part of the story so why in the blue hell is he here? In fact neither was Wonder Woman I believe.
Anyway this is better I can't argue that, though it isn't even remotely loyal to the source material it's at least a tad closer to being and is fairly entertaining in places.
The voice cast is as usual top notch, the animation is fantastic though I was left scratching my head as to why they've kept the comic book aquaman considering how dramatically they've changed him in the live action universe.
The Death of Superman is best suited for someone who never read the comic and therefore has lower expectations. It's not bad, it's just not the epic I wanted to see.
The Good:
Well animated
Solid voice performances
The Bad:
Awful cover art
Doomsday doesn't look quite right
Eyebeams again? Really?
Far too many differences from the comic
Dumb final moment
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
During fights for your life and possibly the lives of millions of people it's customary to hug random children
The Vidiot Reviews...
capone66613 August 2018
The Death of Superman
The hardest part of burying Superman's body is figuring out how to bury Clark Kent's in the afternoon.
Furthermore, the superhero community in this animated adventure are too distraught to grave dig.
When an alien crash-lands on earth with the intent of wiping out the human population, the Justice League (Rosario Dawson, Nathan Fillion) is dispatched.
But when the being defeats them with ease, it is up to Superman (Jerry O'Connell) to step in. Evenly matched, the titans tear Metropolis asunder as Lex Luthor (Rainn Wilson) plots his own attack on the depleted Man of Steel.
With confident animation, apt voice-work and dynamic action, this 32nd installment in the DC Universe Animated Movies franchise is a more comic-book accurate adaptation of the Doomsday storyline than the company's previous version released a decade prior.
And now that Superman is dead the battle over his magical space bones can begin. Green Light
The hardest part of burying Superman's body is figuring out how to bury Clark Kent's in the afternoon.
Furthermore, the superhero community in this animated adventure are too distraught to grave dig.
When an alien crash-lands on earth with the intent of wiping out the human population, the Justice League (Rosario Dawson, Nathan Fillion) is dispatched.
But when the being defeats them with ease, it is up to Superman (Jerry O'Connell) to step in. Evenly matched, the titans tear Metropolis asunder as Lex Luthor (Rainn Wilson) plots his own attack on the depleted Man of Steel.
With confident animation, apt voice-work and dynamic action, this 32nd installment in the DC Universe Animated Movies franchise is a more comic-book accurate adaptation of the Doomsday storyline than the company's previous version released a decade prior.
And now that Superman is dead the battle over his magical space bones can begin. Green Light
2018 is a great year for DC animations!
carlos37andre24 July 2018
First a surprisingly great "Gotham by Gaslight", then an overall ok Suicide Squad animation, then, we have this one.
Let me say upfront that (1) I've never seen the other Death of Superman movie, so I wont compare this one with that one, and (2) really I hadn't dug into this story itself before, therefore, this is kind of my first real experience with this arc.
But man, I just love this movie! I went and saw it without expectations, but wow! This time around even the bad animation's style that all these "DC Animated Universe" movies have didn't bother me.
I know it's a Superman film, but I loved the way they approach the Justice League here. Their relationship, it's so cool to see our heroes interacting, telling jokes, or just being friends really. The chemistry was there, and it was amazing.
And another amazing thing is that even though the movie has a couple of comical moments, there are also some dark scenes, they've talked about some pretty intense topics, they approach (as Zack Snyder also did on the recent DCU movies) this whole "messianic" image the population have on Superman which always cool.
The set up to Superman's death is also really well done. Through the whole movie he is almost unbeatable, he kicks everyone's ass without much effort, until... boom! Doomsday! And you feel the impact. Also, another great set up is how the population feels about Superman, he is a god, he is hope, we will always be there for them, until... boom, he isn't. And, once again, you feel it. There is one specific scene, where he saves a little boy, and the boy hugs him, it's such an emblematic moment, it's one frame that really just defines who Superman is. Wonderful.
I guees, my only issue is kind of a spoiler. I don't how much you are able to not know this story, but well, I wont say it. But genericaly speaking, it's the end, like the last 2 minutes or so. It would just be more powerful if they had the "corage" (or something like that) to finish the movie without this 2 last minutes and what happens there. I don't know, for me the movie would just be perfect, and its message potentialized. But it wasn't.
Summing up, The Death of Superman is a great piece of animation, and, in fact, the first one of the "DC Animated Universe" which really get me excited to see what is comming next. Don't get me wrong, there were some pretty good other ones, but for me this is the first GREAT one. Just love it.
Let me say upfront that (1) I've never seen the other Death of Superman movie, so I wont compare this one with that one, and (2) really I hadn't dug into this story itself before, therefore, this is kind of my first real experience with this arc.
But man, I just love this movie! I went and saw it without expectations, but wow! This time around even the bad animation's style that all these "DC Animated Universe" movies have didn't bother me.
I know it's a Superman film, but I loved the way they approach the Justice League here. Their relationship, it's so cool to see our heroes interacting, telling jokes, or just being friends really. The chemistry was there, and it was amazing.
And another amazing thing is that even though the movie has a couple of comical moments, there are also some dark scenes, they've talked about some pretty intense topics, they approach (as Zack Snyder also did on the recent DCU movies) this whole "messianic" image the population have on Superman which always cool.
The set up to Superman's death is also really well done. Through the whole movie he is almost unbeatable, he kicks everyone's ass without much effort, until... boom! Doomsday! And you feel the impact. Also, another great set up is how the population feels about Superman, he is a god, he is hope, we will always be there for them, until... boom, he isn't. And, once again, you feel it. There is one specific scene, where he saves a little boy, and the boy hugs him, it's such an emblematic moment, it's one frame that really just defines who Superman is. Wonderful.
I guees, my only issue is kind of a spoiler. I don't how much you are able to not know this story, but well, I wont say it. But genericaly speaking, it's the end, like the last 2 minutes or so. It would just be more powerful if they had the "corage" (or something like that) to finish the movie without this 2 last minutes and what happens there. I don't know, for me the movie would just be perfect, and its message potentialized. But it wasn't.
Summing up, The Death of Superman is a great piece of animation, and, in fact, the first one of the "DC Animated Universe" which really get me excited to see what is comming next. Don't get me wrong, there were some pretty good other ones, but for me this is the first GREAT one. Just love it.
Solid adaptation of the comics, but the voice casting and direction is off
asannuti-amazon24 September 2018
This is a solid adaptation of the comic books, though there were multiple scenes that were unnecessary, or just out of place.*
And the voices, especially of Lex Luthor, but also at times, Diana and Lois, were horrible. Rainn Wilson was a poor choice for Lex Luthor. He sounds too whiny.
*3 minutes on the reaction of the restaurant owner? Why should we care about him in particular? And the whole scene of the kid on the bridge, and later, his reaction, later felt forced and out of place.
And the voices, especially of Lex Luthor, but also at times, Diana and Lois, were horrible. Rainn Wilson was a poor choice for Lex Luthor. He sounds too whiny.
*3 minutes on the reaction of the restaurant owner? Why should we care about him in particular? And the whole scene of the kid on the bridge, and later, his reaction, later felt forced and out of place.
Supermans death done justice
evlambioub24 July 2018
WB animation in general has always done well in my view with the characters and story and this film is near the top in terms of action and character building.
I enjoyed the relationship they showed with superman and justice league, and the personal battle about his identity with lois helped make you understand who he was and feel for the the character.
The action was great and the fight scenes really made you feel the epic battle.
To keep this short and sweet simply the story followed the comic and brought in the new 52 element very well and it is finally refreshing to see the story being told well on the big screen will be really looking forward to part 2.
I enjoyed the relationship they showed with superman and justice league, and the personal battle about his identity with lois helped make you understand who he was and feel for the the character.
The action was great and the fight scenes really made you feel the epic battle.
To keep this short and sweet simply the story followed the comic and brought in the new 52 element very well and it is finally refreshing to see the story being told well on the big screen will be really looking forward to part 2.
Best Death of Superman ever!!!
omarabdelalim25 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
No point talking about the plot when it's in the title huh?
great voice acting by the big five in the justice league as usual, but they should get a more threatening Lex Luthor. of course half the plot of Superman: Doomsday, and yet this movie is much more, DC has been building Superman's character for a while and in this movie they gave an insight about his life as a human.
but there's more and pretty much the best part about the movie, this wasn't a job for the justice league, Doomsday was too strong, this was a job for the man of steel and the man of steel alone, seeing superman fight to his very limit punch by punch and blow by blow for about 30 minutes. and watching him slowly dying, this planet's ultimate protector, has made feel for the first time ever that this movie earned the right to kill superman in the best to date story where he dies, that I have ever seen.
great voice acting by the big five in the justice league as usual, but they should get a more threatening Lex Luthor. of course half the plot of Superman: Doomsday, and yet this movie is much more, DC has been building Superman's character for a while and in this movie they gave an insight about his life as a human.
but there's more and pretty much the best part about the movie, this wasn't a job for the justice league, Doomsday was too strong, this was a job for the man of steel and the man of steel alone, seeing superman fight to his very limit punch by punch and blow by blow for about 30 minutes. and watching him slowly dying, this planet's ultimate protector, has made feel for the first time ever that this movie earned the right to kill superman in the best to date story where he dies, that I have ever seen.
SUPERMAN
cesarsc-571006 August 2018
Mediocre writing but...
crazelord24 February 2022
As much as Superman:Doomsday suffered from a condensed story I still prefer many aspects of it to this version when it comes to writing, basically contains all the issues I have had with all the DCAU new 52 movies, yet does the actually Doomsday fight a lot of justice.
Almost every character is the same person (kind of like the Joss Whedon critiques, that most lines can be said by anyone in his stories and fit but missing his charm). Either no one seems deeper than a pubble in personality or they are so constrained to certain characteristics that they lose all humanity (Batman is a loner and brooding, I get it, but crack a joke once in awhile, yeesh).
There's a scene in the watchtower that besides for Bats and Super (who aren't great but at least have come off somewhat specific to everyone else) all the spoken dialogue literally could have been uttered by anyone there and it would make sense. They're all generic snarky superhumans.
In general these new 52 films feel so bland to me. I just don't care what is happening to any superhero. It says a lot where I found Lois and Clark's interactions more interesting than any of the superhero interactions bc that at least forces the characters to act somewhat uniquely. And I honestly enjoyed that aspect of the story even if I was bored with everything else.
But... When Doomsday finally starts fighting the JL, it does gets really good. Like the production team was allowed to actually be creative as opposed to the mandated crappy facsimile of the MCU style of homogenized movies.
Doomsday is terrifying, he is an unstoppable force that anyone but Superman is unable to even face from more than a few minutes without getting pulverized. The animators do a fantastic job showing his brutality and the direction and fight choreography portray it as well and everything else comes together to make the fights so intense.
This is what would arguably what make this film great if it wasn't so mediocre and boring for half the runtime. Takes close to an hour to get here and the build up is meh but once it hits it's a doozy.
Almost every character is the same person (kind of like the Joss Whedon critiques, that most lines can be said by anyone in his stories and fit but missing his charm). Either no one seems deeper than a pubble in personality or they are so constrained to certain characteristics that they lose all humanity (Batman is a loner and brooding, I get it, but crack a joke once in awhile, yeesh).
There's a scene in the watchtower that besides for Bats and Super (who aren't great but at least have come off somewhat specific to everyone else) all the spoken dialogue literally could have been uttered by anyone there and it would make sense. They're all generic snarky superhumans.
In general these new 52 films feel so bland to me. I just don't care what is happening to any superhero. It says a lot where I found Lois and Clark's interactions more interesting than any of the superhero interactions bc that at least forces the characters to act somewhat uniquely. And I honestly enjoyed that aspect of the story even if I was bored with everything else.
But... When Doomsday finally starts fighting the JL, it does gets really good. Like the production team was allowed to actually be creative as opposed to the mandated crappy facsimile of the MCU style of homogenized movies.
Doomsday is terrifying, he is an unstoppable force that anyone but Superman is unable to even face from more than a few minutes without getting pulverized. The animators do a fantastic job showing his brutality and the direction and fight choreography portray it as well and everything else comes together to make the fights so intense.
This is what would arguably what make this film great if it wasn't so mediocre and boring for half the runtime. Takes close to an hour to get here and the build up is meh but once it hits it's a doozy.
A Super-Delight
phlpgpsn25 July 2018
One line
strike-19956 August 2018
What a horrible adaptation of the Death of Superman--don't watch it
TalkingCoffee7 April 2019
Warning: Spoilers
It's hard to pick a place where to start. I'll start with the dialog. For being more of an adult movie, I say that due to the language, the dialog is more for children. Right out of the gate you get the whole let's be bad guys with high tech equipment, and do low tech crime that makes no sense while pontificating about their crime that makes no sense. I wish it would have stopped there. It didn't though. The shuttle scene was even worse. Anytime Lex spoke, be ready for an underwhelming bit of voice acting that didn't feel like Lex at all.
Then there was Superman himself, who was completely unsure of himself and stumbling through everything. He was almost a borderline coward. My Superman (from the 90's) wasn't one to be such a coward. Even when he was around his parents he behaved more like a teenager than an actual adult. I need to leave it right there.
I was hoping they would at least do Doomsday some justice. Joke's on me. Learned how to fly, and adapted heat vision, things that happened with the fight in the original comics. The original Doomsday was far more menacing. This one had more the feeling of a poorly thought out idea. Even his introduction seemed haphazard.
Once those hopes were dashed, I was thinking maybe the fight between the two would be worth it. And dashed, yet again. A fight on a bridge that we all knew the beats by heart. It wasn't surprising, intense, or realistic. Then the bridge started falling apart, but then stopped somehow? And how in the hell is Superman going to tie up Doomsday with bridge cabling, knowing that it wouldn't hold himself down? The decisions made to hold the creature back never even made sense.
Last part of the fight, Lois standing within 5 feet of Doomsday, Superman throws such a hard punch that it snaps the creature's neck, causing a huge shockwave, that wouldn't have killed Lois at all.....
Do yourself a favor and skip the movie.
Another amazing movie by DC
JWick233 January 2021
The sound and visuals were well done especially the fight scenes which were amazing. It had a bit of everything from the comedy to the action to the drama especially the ending which was pretty sad. Also an overall amazing voice cast. It was slow in the beginning but definitely picked up pace as time went on.
Overall a good movie and I can probably watch this again once I forget about how good it was lmao
Memorable: No Rewatchable: Maybe.
Overall a good movie and I can probably watch this again once I forget about how good it was lmao
Memorable: No Rewatchable: Maybe.
Superman: Doomsday: The Remake
amerikasend14 August 2018
This animated film was okay. For the second Superman dies animated film in 10 years or so, this one is better than Superman: Doomsday. The movie took it a bit long to get going and it doesn't really seem to follow the comics that much other than superman dies. They could've cut the whole part about Lois and Clark's relationship woes as that isn't that relevant to the storyline and seemed like pure filler. In the comics Batman, Cyborg, Flash, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman didn't take part in the initial fight against Doomsday, but since they're more well-known than Blue Beetle, Booster Gold and Maxima, I can see why they were used instead. I kinda wished that in the Justice League's initial battle that one of Doomsday's arms was tied behind his back to indicate how powerful he is compared to everyone else like in the Comics. The film just seemed kind of bland to me.
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