The DECU is dead, long live the DCU.
David Corenswet is a great Clark Kent and Superman. He is bright, optimistic, and hopeful. He carries the movie on all of this. There is a lot of "All-Star Superman" here, at least in tone and optimism, not so much in plot.
Rachel Brosnahan is a great Lois Lane. She is smart, observant, and tough. This is a Lois who will get into trouble.
The standout has to be Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor. He is evil, and brilliant, and you want to hate him but he is just so good really.
I loved the "Justice Gang" of Hawkgirl, Mister Terrific, and Green Lantern Guy Gardner, played by Isabella Merced, Edi Gathegi, and Nathan Fillion, respectively. They played their comic roles fantastically. There are good reasons why we have Guy and not Hal, John, or even Kyle. Merced is channeling the DCAU Hawkgirl more than just a little bit.
But the winner is really Krypto.
I also loved Milly Alcock as Supergirl for the brief time we get to see her. Now I want to see Melissa Benoist as Power Girl.
My theatre was packed and all the showtimes around it were sold out. People seemed to really love it. I can't wait to talk about it more.
It was great. Go see it.
Cameos
John Cena makes a brief appearance as Peacemaker. Not a shock, given it's a James Gunn show. It was also a DCEU show (1st season), and he was in the second Suicide Squad movie. So that counts as a previous series. Related is Frank Grillo as A.R.G.U.S. director Rick Flag Sr. from the animated DCU series Creature Commandos.
Michael Rosenbaum, Lex from Smallville and Flash from the DC Animated series voices one of Lex's Raptar guards.
Will Reeve, the son of Christopher Reeve, appears as a Metropolis TV News reporter. Looking every bit like his dad.
The big ones, though, are the opening and closing credits. They look just like the Salkind movies, and the John Williams' score is back.
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