The Reel Rejects - SUPERMAN (2025) DELIVERS ON THE HYPE!! MOVIE REVIEW!!!

Episode Date: August 16, 2025

SUPERMAN IS PUNK ROCK!! Superman Full Movie Reaction Watch Along:   / thereelrejects   Start your online business with a $1 per-month trial when you visit https://www.shopify.com/rejects! Superman Reaction, Recap, Commentary, Analysis, Spoiler Review!! Andrew Gordon (Cinepals) & Tara Erickson react to Superman (2025), the first chapter in James Gunn’s DCU reboot and the opening of the Superman Saga, now available on digital! After saying goodbye to Zack Snyder's Justice League (Henry Cavill in Man Of Steel & Batman V Superman) it's now times for David Corenswet (Pearl, The Politician) dons the cape as Clark Kent/Superman in a heartfelt and action-packed reimagining of the Man of Steel, alongside Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, House of Cards) as Lois Lane. The film blends classic Superman optimism with modern storytelling, introducing a balanced life between heroics and Clark’s daily world in Metropolis. Co-starring Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, Renfield) as a brilliant and manipulative Lex Luthor, Skyler Gisondo (The Righteous Gemstones, Booksmart) as Jimmy Olsen, and Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Rosaline) as Hawkgirl, with Edi Gathegi (X-Men: First Class) as Mister Terrific, Nathan Fillion (The Rookie, Firefly) as Guy Gardner’s Green Lantern, and Anthony Carrigan (Barry, Gotham) as Metamorpho. Featuring breathtaking action sequences, heartfelt Daily Planet banter, and the promise of a bigger connected DC Universe, Superman sets the stage for the Superman Saga’s next chapter. In this reaction we break down the standout moments, hidden DCU easter eggs, and the film’s balance of hope, humor, and heroism. Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Agor711 Follow Tara Erickson: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TaraErickson Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/taraerickson/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/thetaraerickson Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And also, if you were listening on Apple or Spotify, if you don't mind dropping in a five-star ring, we would really appreciate it. We got some questions to get to. going to get right into it right now all right let's see all right from lob star thank you so much for being a royal reject and for the question we appreciate it we've got what do you two like about david corn sweats Superman compared to cabals and ralph and ralph tariff you want to go first you want me to i actually really liked it i mean i here's the thing we didn't really really get to see him do a lot of Clark Kent, like be the nerdy kind of guy. So that would have been

the only like request that I would have been like, let's see more of that. But then remember we talked about Andrew when Cavils, he kind of didn't do as much nerdy, right? So, but I thought, I thought he was a great Superman. David did a great job. Yeah, no, he brought this, this grounded charisma to him and this human vulnerability like he really again he's he's he's super powered so like hard to resonate with that portion of him but like everything else like the human the human emotion and all the problems that he deals with on a day to day basis that made it feel so real so i i think like you know from that perspective it kind of did you know differ from cavils and routes and i really appreciated that i still love those versions a great deal i do agree with you it

definitely like the one thing we did get of him as Clark Kent, I thought it was great, and that was such a great line here, which explained, like, why nobody recognizes him when he wears the glasses as Clark Kent, besides the fact that how unassuming you would think he is because of how nerdy and mild-mannered he is. Like, you know, when you watch the way he behaves in acts, you're like, no way this dude is is Superman, you would never think about Clark Kent in being in that capacity. But the fact, like, you know, it creates this looking with his face that, you know, just appears differently. I'm like, that's, that's a fascinating angle. I actually. like that. That's a good explanation. That makes a lot more sense, too. But besides the other, you know, the other qualities that we talk about that Clark Kent makes, unassuming in the fact that you would never think he's super bad. But I did like that explanation as well. But again, I really thought, like, you know, David Cornswet just did a fantastic job, just making this role really his own. And again, I really appreciated that even though this character is, you know, Kryptonian and has superpowers, I still really resonated and could relate to him in all the problems that he was dealing

with on a day-to-day basis because he's just at the end of the day he's just trying to save people he's trying to give hope to uh you know all of mankind and trying to do the right thing and even sometimes like you know people were still blaming them or or uh president or whatever even though he's working for like so you know i i really appreciate it and love this version and like terra i would love to see more in the next film more bumbling clarkent mild manner i think that's you know i'm definitely looking forward to that's kind of like just last thing i promise we'll move on the next question for me at least i it's kind of like you know with uh in the the the batman film we just got love uh robert patins and he was awesome in that movie especially

as batman and even as bruce way where he's you know brooding and dark and all that but i definitely want to see that playboy bruce way in the next uh batman film at least i would like that so because i feel like we didn't really get to see that in this previous movie so i definitely want to see you know as terer mentioned i'd love to see bumbling mild mannered a lot more of that with Clark can't. So, yeah. Thank you so much for the question. Appreciate it. All right. From on, again, apologies if I mispronounce

anyone's name. It's not intentional. It's just what I do, unfortunately. From Anna Karen, thank you so much for the question for being a royal reject. What do you think about the dynamic and the chemistry that is Clark and that this Clark and Lois up? I think it's fantastic. I mean,

it's really one of the true heartbeats of the film. I mean, there's a lot of different themes of the film. I mean, love is definitely one of but I think too I love how the film really especially that opening scene we were just mentioning the the bumbling and mild mannered Clark Kent and I really love like how again if you haven't seen any of the footage or watched any of the trailers which I only watched really one I'm glad I didn't watch more than that but you know if you don't know that they're in a relationship I love how she just sizes him up and speaks to him like they're not even in a relationship so it's kind of unassuming in that way you would never think but the relationship again it feels so real like you know she doesn't coddle to him but also at the same point she like she does like when he is like when he does need her she is there for him in that moment and also too i really thought rachel i apologize if i mispronounce her name brosnahan i think her last name is i thought she did a fantastic job as low slain she really played this role with uh intelligence and

wit and i just love how active she was she wasn't the damsel in distress if you will and i just love how like even like when all the world was literally against uh superman was about said clark but was against superman she was she wasn't against her man like she still stood behind her man and believed in him and i appreciated that like again but the relationship still felt so real in that sense and i love that interaction terror between them when they were having the interview and he was still wearing you know his uh his suit from uh the office and still and and he became superman that moment without actually wearing the superman's there that was such a fun and just a real interaction you know what i mean it felt so grounded but uh what about you would you think of the

relationship and the dynamic in the chemistry um i really like their chemistry i mean as i said i love the marvelous mrs mazel and she's she's so great in that but i think the casting was was a great choice because she's a she's a fast talker especially in marvelous mrs mazle but i think it also brings to light his match at the Daily Planet, that she is, which is what Lois Lane is supposed to be, but Rachel comes on screen and she does have that a sense of like power and slight intimidation when it, that comes off as like her being such a professional smart journalist that when she matches up like toe to toe with him in the sort of fake interview when they're at their house

and he loses it you can really sense the dynamics of their relationship that there are, she doesn't hold back and we love that about Lois Lane and that's like what makes Lois Lois Lois is that she's like I don't care if you're my boyfriend

and you're also Superman these are the questions that I would ask and I like that specifically like that dynamic between them is great and I also thought every time they got close and they kissed, I believed it. Like, I felt it.

I was like, hell yeah, you know? Great points. I loved everything you just said. Also, too, I think one of my favorite scenes for her was like a visual narration. And she didn't even say a word. She was in Clark Kent's room in Smallville at Pondmont, Kent's house. And she was looking at all the aesthetics in her room and just learning a lot about Clark through the posters and everything such. And she's like, wow, we have a lot of similarities too.

Like, I just thought her facial emoting and her expressions, like, just said a great deal, like about how much he loves and cares for Clark. I thought that was great. Yeah. She's a great actress. Really loved her as a lot of his line. Thank you for the question. Appreciate it.

All right. From Thomas Doherty, thank you so much for the question, being a royal reject. What did you think about the Nicholas Holtz or about Nicholas Holtz performance of Lex Luthor? Did you like the decision of having Lex cry out of anger and frustration? I've heard mixed reviews on that choice because some people believe it made him weak or was the movie's poor attempt to try to have the audience feel sympathy towards him? I personally believe it added more for the character. Thank you for all you guys do.

Thank you, Thomas. Appreciate you. Well, first of all, I think that I loved Nicholas's performance of how they made him a tech mogul and again, just how obsessed he is, his envy towards Superman. I love how relentless he was in the film, his gravitized, and I really felt this was, you know, definitely a different angle than other versions of Lex Luthor that we've seen, especially on film. And, you know, I really appreciated it. Again, his, his intensity. And Nicholas is a, he's a phenomenal actor. I don't think I've really ever seen

a film of his that, or rather a performance of his, that I have not enjoyed a great deal. And I also really appreciated just how polar opposite, again, that him and Superman are, like, he does not value i mean in his mind he really believes he's saving the world and doing the right thing and that's how twisted his mind is so you know and but you understand and his motivation he believes what he's doing is right and but at the same point too he doesn't like he feels people are so beneath him and uh but also too like that scene you're talking about i i thought it like really it really described a lot of lex luther too just like how he uses envy as as a sort of of like pushing himself to the limit and uh why he does what he does so it personally didn't bother

me and i thought again it just showed like the intensity of uh you know why he wants to beat superman so bad and like uh why he feels it's really his job to defend uh the earth or defend the world excuse me so i didn't have a problem with it what about you terran what did you think of the performance um no i thought he did a great job and if when you look at this film this film is really here to highlight humanity. And they do that not even just with Lex, but even the guy that can morph

into things where he morphed into kryptonite, I forget his name. But at first, we like don't like him because he's killing Superman, but then we find out his baby Joey, right? And then that humanity comes in with the kid. And then with Lex, it's like this movie is just trying to show

us that instead of Lex Luther, we've always sort of seen him as like, comic book a little bit sometimes being like a little larger than life bombastic um comedic and this was more grounded and more like human like which makes it even scarier like he's he's out there building clones but also like he is maybe what we would see in a real life villain and that's what they gave us and so i actually like that because you know as a human he's gonna have emotions even if he's you know a sociopath he'll still probably cry a tear or two when it comes or a narcissist or whatever about losing this this huge thing that he had planned right that's such a

huge loss for him and i think in in showing him cry out of his anger and the frustration just shows us the humanity of that situation and they they did a good job of highlighting that throughout this movie that's what i feel like this that this movie highlighted that you know in a really nice light yeah absolutely it's going to be again really interesting to see like you know as we get through more versions or rather to the sequels how they utilize lex luther because again i really enjoyed nicholas holt a great deal so thank you yeah and yeah sorry go ahead and i also don't think that it was like a poor attempt to have the audience feel sympathy towards him yeah because it's fine If you, if, like, if for a moment in time, you could maybe be like, oh, that sucks for that, like, villain, he lost a lot.

But, like, at the same time, the audience is still going to be like, yeah, man, like, you kind of got what you deserved. Like, I don't think that there's, that they were serving it up so harshly that the audience isn't like, we feel bad for him now. Yeah. I don't, I don't think that. Yeah, no, I agree with you. I just personally felt it was more about, like, understanding him and his motivation and what drives him. It's just how I was interpreting this thing. All right.

Maurice Gray Jr., thank you so much for the question, for being a royal reject. What did you think of Crypto's depiction here? He wasn't old school comic, accurate in that he seemed less intelligent and more dumb dog dangerous. I believe he could have killed someone, Luther most likely, if not reigned in. The hilarious Supergirl scene made it make more sense, though. She doesn't discipline or train the dog, and this is what happens. Yeah, it's a good point, Maurice, that you bring up. You know, a lot of times, you know, how we train our dogs or our animals is, you know, a reflection on, like, how they behave.

So that's a fair point. And I think that I did like how they highlighted that at the end with Supergirl. And also, this definitely got me ramped up for, for, I know we only literally got like a minute of Supergirl, but still. And I can't remember that actress is a meal, milly, something. Either way, I got me excited for the future with her. but yeah and i i know what you mean because this dog has literal superpowers like you know it could cause destruction but i i do feel like superman still kept you know crypto on a on a short leash no pun intended or maybe i did uh unintentionally do that but either way i think like

if crypto was ever to get out of line or do something like that like superman would make sure that i mean it's superman's DNA embedded in him is making sure nobody gets hurt right so i don't think he would let crypto like like do something like I mean he's even stopped crypto from from hurting luther and i mean superman's got all kinds of senses to know where crypto is at and i know he couldn't find crypto right away i just mean when crypto is is free and out uh you know in in the world and uh and all that and not being imprisoned in a pocket dimension or something i'm i'm sure superman like knew at all times where he is and that he's not going to hurt anyone uh and granted i know that super you know to go back to your question that supergirl is the one who trained him

Superman did was keeping an eye like the whole point was Superman was keeping an eye on on the dog for his cousin he wasn't going to let anything he wasn't going to let the dog or rather crypto hurt anyone so I get what you're saying but I don't think there was anything to worry about what about you Tara yeah no I think like also we have to remember that like it's kind of like back and forth in regards to like dumb dog or smart dog because like the at the point when Superman is is fighting his his his his his his his his and he whistles for for krypton he knocks him out it's so great so there's like so many moments where the dog and he's like get toy and he destroys all the toys right where he he definitely comes to his aid and does what he's supposed to do so thankfully he's not highlighted throughout as like oh this like dumb playful dog who just like wants to eat snacks um he he does still seem like super band's dog but then when they cut to supergirl coming in i was like oh that's pretty funny and he's the the best part is that he is literally pounding her into the ground by jumping on her which i just think is adorable like it's it's more it's realistic right it's like it's a freaking

dog a lot of the times they're not going to be a hundred percent perfect with their commands so i think it was highlighted as being more realistic which I really liked especially like when he jumps up on her on Lois's lap when she's flying the T the T space whatever

I mean that's so realistic right it's like highlighting the real things real life in this film but but also surrounding the superhero like world they did a good job of that yeah I wonder if we were

going to get a question like who would win? I agree with everything you said. I wonder if we'd get a question like who'd win in a race. And I forgot what Mr. Terrific named his ship. It was like the T something. My thing is I was wondering if the question would be who would win in a race like the Batwing versus the T-Wing or the T-Mobile, whatever it was called. But that'd be an interesting race, don't you think? Oh, yeah. I'd love to see that race. We need to see that happen, James again. That would be great. Yeah. Thank you so much for your question. Appreciate it. All right, from Pierre, the

Reject. Yes. Thanks for reacting. Thank you so much for the question for being a real reject. Thanks for reacting to my favorite summer movie of the year. You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed this one. Who was your favorite performance in the film? There were so many great performances I love.

Honestly, I really can't think of any performances I didn't like. I really did like Jimmy Olson. I can't remember the actors. name who played him in the film but he did a great job this was definitely again i i like how different a lot of these versions are from what i'm used to seeing on film and and that's something i like when they make it their own and they don't like kind of rinse and repeat or copy it doesn't feel tedious so and i was i was definitely not expecting a smooth jimmy olson where you know he has like

a bunch of gorgeous women in his pocket or literally on on his phone messaging him wanting to wanting his attention so that was that was definitely different but also on the flip side too like usually in past versions yeah we know he's got this rapport with lois and with clark and and they're very you know they're friends and they've had spent many years together working at the daily planet but also this jimmy olson again like lois is extremely active he's intuitive he's intelligent and he finds a way to get the answer granted he's got a source you know with eve test mokker because she yearns for his uh because she's so attracted to him and wants him uh because he's a such a smooth guy so i i thought that was a a cool way to you know tackle the character this time

around and i really enjoyed the performance a great deal but what about you yeah i i guess i would say you know i mean i love rachel brosan like i already said that she's just great but isabella merced has my heart from the last of us and she plays hot girl and i was like what i didn't even realize it until like kind of midway through the movie and i was like Oh, my God. It's her. Like, I can't get the last of us out of my brain. It's seared in there. But I loved her line. I think she does a really good job of waning between dramatic and sort of like sassy and dry comedy. And I really like when she was holding the guy up in the sky and she's like, I'm not like Superman and just drops him. I thought, I thought she did a great job of that. yeah for sure she was great i also really i really liked mom pa ken a great deal too yeah i thought like again you really felt i said it during the reaction you really felt that family dynamic their history with each other and you really felt the upbringing that they gave

him like and where he just gets all these incredible qualities like yeah uh you know he you know again you say that of uh let your actions define who you are but like they brought him up like to be such an upstanding human being and you could tell just from the way they interact with him that they're such incredible parents and they love him so dearly. Like he saw 22 missed calls you know from like all the news

that had broken that he was missing in the pocket dimension so like they really dearly care for their son and he's not even blood and I like and that just shows like you know it's like family is not always like it's not always about biological blood like you could still be family

and I love that so much They just, I appreciate their affection for how much they, they adore their, because he is their son. They raised him. Oh, yeah, absolutely. And, like, also, I mean, obviously, in with that, like, with the family, it's, like, outside of his sort of, like, superhero family that comes in, Nathan Philean is always, like, to me, he's always, like, perfect. And Mr. Terrific, I loved him, too. He was great. Yeah, he was great.

And the dad's name is Pruitt Taylor Vince for, you. Yeah. And he, he's a great actor. He plays a lot of, like, co-star roles. But this was the first time where I've seen him, like, not the first time where I've seen him get emotional, but this one was, I thought he did a really good job at getting emotional and feeling very grounded

and loving towards Clark. 100% when Clark was really dealing with that inner conflict of, like, you know, with his parents and all that. And I love when he came to his side and just saying, hey look you you know we're just giving you the tools to to either be fools or whatever and put you on the universe but like your actions like define who you are and we couldn't be more proud of you like you know that gave him the strength and confidence that he needed uh totally and he needed to hear that so i was such a great that was one of my favorite honestly was one of my favorite scenes

i love that interaction so much but yeah it was great and also too i believe the actor who played mr terrific i apologize i forgot his name but him and nicholas holt that was cool that they were even i don't think they had any scenes but you know he and nicholas holt were both an ex-men first class so cool that they got to be in another movie again together so thank you so much that's cool yeah thank you so much for the question which we reacted to go check out that reaction if you haven't all right from brian reed thank you brian for the question from being a royal reject how does superman redefine the character of in today's modern world um you want to take this one first i've taken the last Pupor, so I'll let you go on this one.

Let's see. Huh. Of, in today's modern world. How does Superman redefine the character of? Of what? He just means how does Superman redefine his own character

in today's modern world? The question is a little confusing because I don't know what he means of what. But I would just say that I mean I guess his only

redefining is really just dealing with getting together with like Hot Girl and like Green Lantern and all that when he when they're fighting the the weird

octopus neon blob outside of his window like that seems more like redefined to me but I think his character overall for Superman doesn't seem any different now that we're in the modern world than what I'm used to seeing, which is great.

Like I wouldn't have wanted them to be like, take a really hard twist where it's like, wait, what? He still seemed very much like Clark Kent grounded, you know, parents in Smallville in Kansas. That has his heart. He loves, you know, Lois and he loves hard. and his main thing is to bring hope and save people. Like that is, you can feel and see the pain in his eyes when he watches that video. And he's like, my parents sent me here to kill people. And he says that like once I think to Lois and then once do his mom and his paw.

and I really felt that for him and you feel like oh he's being ripped apart and I think that's what we want to feel this movie wanted us to feel that because again like I said I really think it's about highlighting the humanity in this like the grounded part of just being a human shit sucks sometimes dude

and it just it just does in life And I think that, you know, with what he was given, we saw Clark go through it and be like, wait, was I really sent here to kill people? But, you know, with his dad saying, it's what you do that makes you who you are, right? And it was like he didn't, that's not really redefining anything for me. That's like, that's always who Superman was. he's always full of hope and his mom is paul will always be in the back of his mind giving him those those little lines those little like uh lines of love and and courage to like get him through to know exactly where he stands in the world very well said yeah i also think too it was it was

really uh just emotional and sad to see when we had to watch david corns but rather Superman when he had to watch that that guy be executed right in front of him when he was in the pocket dimension and Lex was kind of playing like Russian roulette in kind of interrogating Superman to try and get answers out of him. So, you know, that was

a really intense scene as well. But yeah, I think you make some really fascinating points I'd say too like again in this world like watching unchecked power and like how people react to Superman like when he's involving himself in a conflict and like the bureaucracy there and seeing like how

some people are like totally cool with it and then other people are not like it there's a lot of gray area there it's not as black and white as just oh there's a major conflict like go ahead it just I just want to save people I just want to keep it as simple as possible so you know from that perspective like I was understanding totally where Superman came from I think a lot of that came from that interaction but you definitely bring up a really interesting point this I was not expecting that the whole Jarrell and uh dude that part confuses me like i'm like wait does that they didn't even go back and show us that that girl mess with it if it was really if she really messed with the footage even though she did because i mean she's got the tools to do it and even make it seem like it was real even if it was truly real which i am again you guys let us know in the comments if it if it was because i was a little confused about that too but if it if it truly was i do like again to terris point i love the interaction that we spoke about that terror just mentioned and the one i spoke about earlier i love what pa can't just mentioned to him like again it's not about like you know it doesn't matter like uh you know

what it doesn't matter what they say it's it's about your actions that's who what defines who you are so you know and again that that inner conflict that he was dealing with like uh i think like i get why that caused such a crisis for him and for him to like really betray like everything that he really believed to be true so yeah again that i think that dealt with a lot of the drama in the film so that was definitely a different thing i was not expecting but again an interesting area to tackle with superman because i've never seen personally i've never seen an iteration of uh girel and laura l they've always like their whole goal was to send from my uh recollection and knowledge is to send for hope yeah not only it's to save their son from a dying planet of krypton and to send like to

for hope to earth and you know to he'll be the the you know the the source of strength and greatness uh you know for earth um and um i remember that whole speech of course that marlin brando said i don't have the the lines right now with me but yeah again like you said for hope is the is the biggest recollection of what i'm remembering but yeah this is the thing that i think makes it real andrew is that at the end now that i'm i'm you know really thinking on it is like well we never cut back to be like yeah let's prove it and then when they go show us a video of your parents and it's pop mom pa and then i went like because at first you'll hear it in my reaction i went oh and then i went oh meaning that's what i thought too now being like

holy crap it's real what they said yeah because they and they did point it out a couple times in the film saying it's real footage even though again i thought in my mind it's so weird though it's like it's the weirdest thing it's like why would they be like you know go here and we send you hope or send you to earth and now it's like yeah and then it it just seems so weird yeah well anyway so i i don't know but i do think it's real if it's if it's not real i don't i think the obvious thing is in in the sequel and superman two uh it's going to be they'll develop and delve into it a lot more so we'll have to We'll just have to wait and see, but for right now, I guess, there's a possibility it could be.

But, yeah, thank you so much for the question. Appreciate it. All right, from Clayton Crook. Thank you so much for the question. Being a royal reject, we appreciate it. What was your favorite action scene? Mine is either the Mr. Terrific one shot or the scene where Superman gets the shit kicked out of him with Lex screaming repeatedly different commands to Alderman. Is that like A1, A1?

I think it was. Yeah, A1, A1. Yeah, likes that move. It's like when you're playing a video game, you're like, same move, same move. I hope you all enjoyed the journey here. And I hope you're excited for the future of the DCU. Thank you, Clay, and appreciate it. I'm definitely excited for the future, for sure.

I can't wait to see what we get with the rest of the DCU entails, especially after this. This was a great start, in my opinion. Favorite action scene, that Mr. Terrific scene was really good. Do you have a favorite action scene, Tara, I'm thinking of one? I mean, he already highlighted like the two that are like the big ones that are in here that would make most people go to it. But I did really, really like when he flies up and he looks like atch a sketch man and then he flies down and he pommels them into the ground. Hell yeah. I was stoked on that.

That's not really an action scene. But that was a lot of fun. And yes, of course, when Lex is teaching his like the dark. Superman to beat him up. It's pretty cool. I do really love though during that scene when when Krypton comes in and he just bashes right through him and he and then Superman's figuring it out like oh if if he doesn't have a way to communicate with this guy, we can get him. And how smart was it that Superman sees that bus thing coming or whatever it is and he just turns him over and it into the black hole. That was rad. You know guys I can't tell what I like more crypt uh, magnetic

or krypton or krypton what it which is crypto terra yeah i know i always say i always say the i'm the i'm the king of mispronouncing so i i can't talk i just wanted to make a little it's crypto right yeah it's crypto you're good it's okay yeah it's okay um i would say you know what the mr terrific i think is the obvious scene for me but i would say like my two favorite besides that is when he's like saving joey in the pocket dimension that was a cool because it was just visually like just so stimulating and like different than what i'm used to seeing because it's like it's in a different dimension and all the the color palette was really cool and i would say my other scene is just anytime he's saving people like to me that that's the essence of superman i will not

allow anything to happen to anyone and i also love too when he was seeing the justice gang like yeah they weren't letting anybody uh you know get harmed or get hurt but like seeing buildings and collateral damage happened they didn't care about that and you could see like how dismayed and how upset Superman was by that and again that's that's Superman to me like this is not okay for him he will not in his mind it's not okay for a human being like zero casualties it's not allowed to happen it's just embedded in his DNA for some for like protecting the innocent and like to me that is like that is Superman at its core so I would say like it's it was emotionally encapsulating whenever I saw Superman saving someone I would say those are my favorite

sequences personally yeah love it all right from uh apologies again if i mispronounce this abienstein arts thank you so much for the question being a royal reject everyone's favorite duo laugh out loud oh thank you appreciate you Andrew still fond of you and Tara keep shining bright followed you on instagram and you're amazing thank you so much now to my question this movie was made more of a vibrant look to reflect the comic book feel. Does it go well to make the movie great and well made at the same time like a nostalgia film? Or do you think Superman's powers were suppressed in this movie, in this film? Seeing as the man got beat up too easy, in my opinion, I can totally tell where you're coming from seeing. I think it just, you know, besides the fact

that he's got a lot of human complexities in this film and like it just, I think like for us personally we can relate to him because he's actually got human problems in this film i think seeing him get beat up like i've heard a lot of people over over my lifetime of just being a diehard comic book fan and just being a diehard or fan of superman as well that superman's such a boring character because he's got these opi powers and i think like seeing him get beat up so much like it again something i can resonate with now granted i got physically beat up as much as superman in this film but emotionally I have been beat up in well I mean more so in the last couple weeks especially but just in general in life I have been beat up a lot and I kind of felt like that's what was happening as well to Superman so from that perspective like the balance of emotional and physical uh turmoil that Superman was going through I really did like it but I can totally understand where you are coming from and that you felt I was thinking that in the back of my mind like Superman is really getting the crap being out of him a lot and I'm not liking that it's happening. per se because I love the character

and I love this version of the character but at the same point I'm like it makes him more vulnerable makes him more like feel human in an essence that he can get hurt he's like he is one of us so it didn't it didn't bother me what about you Tara I actually liked it the thing

about it is that Superman is so powerful guys like let's think about it he's got laser eyes he can blow like like the the cooling agent out of his mouth. He also can fly and he has the strength of like a million men.

So he's just super, super effing strong that if we don't see a vulnerable side to him, there's not much of a story where he's just like saving the world. No problems here. So I, but I do get what you mean. Like in the beginning, I was like, wait, what? Like he just seeing him so dilapidated in the beginning in the beginning and this snow i was like i hated it i did not like it at all um and i i always hate it like when he is getting beat up especially but i know what's waiting around the corner is like their time's coming and

karma is a bish so like i that gets me excited vengeance is like let's freaking go i love it and they did a good job of that because i mean even when we think about lex luther i mean he's standing they're crying because it's like well that's it's karma karma karma okay and then also with his you know his dark clone Superman right he gets he gets dunked into the black hole after beating him up profusely yes but there's always a payoff which in this movie they did a good job of so I appreciated that definitely and I love that line that he said like was it brains always beats bronze I think that was great like I love seeing how quick on brains over brains yeah Yeah, I love how quick on his feet and how intuitive he was, too.

Like, again, I love how vulnerable he was and how it just made him so grounded. You know, he really, again, David had this grounded of charisma to him and just, I really appreciated his performance. It's a great, in my opinion, great Superman performance. And just can't wait to see more Clark Kent next time. All right. Thank you so much for the question. rejectionation when we first launched our merch shop i had no clue what i was doing we were just passionate about our brand and wanted to create something that fans could connect with but suddenly i had to learn

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but i love both them equally well first of all i as i mentioned earlier i really did love nicholas a great deal And it's very difficult to compare them Because one of them I won't mention how many seasons Because in case Tara ever watches the show Which I've been getting on her too Because she has so much time in the world To watch a 10-season show

Michael Rosenbaum is the defining Lex Lewis for me By the way, I got to find out what role he played I know he was in this movie I don't know exactly who he played or what he played But Michael Rosenbaum Like his chemistry with Tom Welling is just off the charts First of all I love And I'm going to try to avoid spoilers because Tara has not seen him.

Maybe one day she will because, again, of how fond I am and how much I talk it up towards her. But Michael Rosebaum and Tom Welling, their chemistry, their relationship is so damn compelling. And I love just how envious he is of, again, I just got to be so careful with my words. I don't want to spoil anything for Tara. But I just love how envious again. I know that's like the biggest word for Lex Luthor to describe envy. and, you know, narcissistic, but I think, like, Michael Rosenbaum, he just really does a great job. Oh, so cute.

I hope. Does C-fly, too, Tara? Yeah, but it's so cute. And they're not bad luck, by the way, people. Black cats are the best. And, yeah, I would say, like, Michael Rosenbaum again, I think the biggest thing besides, like, how, you know, hurt he is by how. It's so hard to say this without spoiling, Tara. I'm just, I'm trying to be so careful with my words.

How mistrustful Clark is towards him. I think, like, you can really tell how much, like, that is so hurtful in their relationship. And, again, that's one of the most compelling and fascinating things about the show and about his portrayal. So I would say, like, that's the difference is their relationship versus the relationship between this Lex and Nicholas holds Lex and Dave and Cornswets. So, but again, it's hard to make the comparison. One is a 10-season show of Lex Luthor. And then, you know, another one is a two hour and five minute. whatever movie but I love the differences and I love both portrayals that are excellent but

Michael Rosenbaum you know will always be my favorite Lex Luthor and Nicholas Holt was pretty damn good and I still love Gene Hackman's as well so thank you so much I know you can't answer that question because you haven't seen it I cannot yes but thank you so much for the question appreciate it all right from game night j14 Superman thank you so much for the question being a royal reject how do you guys think this movie sets up the dc u especially with metahumans having been around for 300 years well like i said we need a race between the batwing and mr terrific's uh fly the t whatever it's called i know he's got the t spheres but i know that's not what that ship's called how does it set it no i think he just called it the t ship or something

yeah um i mean again i i think it's you know how having conflicts in the world like that like that definitely uh grounds it but in in terms of like i mean there's so much rich history with uh the with dc characters that you can just build off now that you know what they've been there for 300 years i don't know there's just so many different angles and things you can play around with and i'm sure james gunn and his team of writers and and uh you know creatives and over there they're gonna just have their hands full and doing so many fascinating things i mean obviously i know We've heard like Batman and other and the bat family and stuff like that.

I want to see that. I think the thing like I was thinking about besides obviously we saw Supergirl here at the end. Honestly, I know again, I mentioned it earlier and I'm trying not to be too tedious here and repetitive. But that really did get me excited. I know that film comes out to her in the next year. So I really am looking. What film? Supergirl.

Oh, yeah. So I think they're done. They're almost done filming if they're not already. So I'm looking really forward to that. I again the ideology and how kind and sweet and how much hope this

Superman really buys and like human life is so you know is so precious to him I can't wait like in terms of like how it's setting up the DCU I can't wait to see the building of unity

and the difference of ideology between him and Batman I'm really looking forward to that like I'm so excited to see when we build to that one day and to the Justice League eventually too but again I'm still looking for it because I really love David Corn Sweat so much

and to see that that dark brooding Batman again someone who does care for human life too he just goes about it in a much different way than Superman it's going to be very interesting to see that clash of ideology and to see how Superman meaning because like Batman will kill people well there's versions of him where he does And there's versions, like, there's versions where he doesn't.

Like the Christian Bail one, for the most part, does not. The Michael Keaton does. Right. Valcomer, I guess you can make a case at the end he does for one person. But again, and a lot of times, like, the code is for him really not to because he's trying to separate him from the villains, you know, that he fights against. Like, that's personally the Batman. I personally, you know, gravitate towards more. But I'm hoping they go more in that direction.

But, you know, we'll see. But what about you? How do you think this sets up the DCU? I mean, I like it. I mean, I think that they're aiming, obviously, towards like, oh, let's make an Avengers type-esque thing, but with DCU characters. And so having them around for 300 years sets up the family dynamic of, like,

you know, Hot Girl and Green Lantern coming in to be Superman's sidekicks to help them out, which is awesome. So I think them setting that up. gives many more opportunity for it would be dope to see Wonder Man and Batman in here. Like, how cool would that be? Yeah, with Wonder Woman, right? Yes. Is that what you said?

You said Wonder Man. Do you mean Wonder Woman? Oh, I said Wonder Man? Yeah. Forgive me. It's the COVID. You're all good. It's the COVID.

Wonder Woman. And Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman coming together. I mean, I would love to see it. Obviously, Flash, and then we've got the Green Lantern Hot Girl, right? Like all of it, all of it coming together because they've all been around. For sure. Now it's like, if they're popping up, you're like, yeah, let's freaking go because they've been around for a minute. This isn't anything new.

The world is used to this. Definitely. Totally agree with you. Thank you so much for the question. Appreciate it. All right, from Daffmer. Daffmer. Thank you so much for being a royal reject for the question.

Hello, Tara and Andrew. I was wondering that now you've seen Justice League, the Justice League and the Snyder Cut, with this new iteration of the DC universe, which characters from that universe would you like to see pop up in this one? Personally, I'd love to see the flash on screen and how they would have him exist in this kind of a world. That's an interesting question.

Is there anyone from the Justice League film that you'd love to see in this one, in this D.C.E. Hugh, transition over. I mean, we're talking about what I mean, based on what I just said, right? Like, Batman, I called him out. Like, or are we talking? So if you said Batman, that means it would be based on what I think I'm interpreting from this question, that would be the Ben Affleck, like Batman, because it's from the Justice League. So you like that? Correct. Which I'm. fine with um you know what i mean like i'm i but also i mean it would be cool to see

harley quinn up in here good choice but i mean because they're that's a great choice i do like i love her as harley quinn and i think we uh i made a suggestion in another one of our videos that i don't think has been posted yet who i would love to see as harley quinn i'll let you I see that when that comes up. But in regards to Justice, like I love Ben Affleck. I think he's a great Batman, honestly. And I know I just said earlier,

it's so funny. I'm kind of against Batman killing, honestly, but my two favorite Patmans are Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton. But my favorite Bruce Wayne is Christian Bill. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Christian. In regards to which Justice League member, if it's going to be the flag.

It would have to be the flash from Zach Snyder's cut because he was great in that. I loved him in that. You could really feel. Yeah, you could really feel how broken he was from like with his dad, with Henry in prison and all that. But you know, I would pick, honestly, I would pick Cyborg. Like he was the heart of the Snyder cut, Justice. Oh, yeah. Like the way he was able to manipulate things and the way we could see into his mind.

Like, I would love to see that version come over into this DCU personally. And I thought Ray Fisher did a great job. You really feel, again, when I was talking just now how broke, kind of broken a little bit, Barry Allen was. I know they're all broken. Like, that's why they're superheroes. But I would say, like, his characters was really broken up to the loss of his mother. And then, of course, what happened to his father with Silas Stone, I believe it was.

I think that would be an awesome character. If we were going to pick from that one, in regards to this universe, I'll kind of change up the question just really quickly. I would love to see I think they were talking Oh way I think they're actually filming it right now Like a maybe a lethal weapon Type of buddy cop

Green Lanterns TV show I think they are filming that right now If I'm not mistaken I haven't been following movie news Like I used to anymore Back in the day rather So if they are doing that show That one I'm really looking forward to

Because lethal weapons One of my favorite series So if it's really like gonna be Buddy cop between John Stewart and How Jordan I think that's gonna be like those two going ahead to you know back and forth in their interaction is going to be a lot of fun if that's if that's the two characters which i think it is so um but were you about to say something i'm sorry it would be really fun also i mean obviously if i if i have to pull you know from justice league i think i'd go batman first but uh wonder woman would be my my second pick i mean yeah if i could choose my batman i'd probably go christian bail but that's just because the dark night takes my heart but um like as an entire film but um wonder woman is so badass and her story is so cool that it would be fun it's all it's always fun to see her on screen yeah for sure all right from kebby terra and

andrew trivia christopher reeves youngest son will shows up in the film as a reporter i think i did point that out when we were reacting uh nathan phillian refused to lose it because it It's comic accurate, and he kept one of the Green Lanter rings from the set. Good job. I like that, Nathan. He joked in interviews that the haircut is as much a superpower as the ring itself. Actual question I have for you guys, would you risk letting the world see you as a villain just to prove you're accountable? And when it comes to being a real leader, what's more important, protecting how people see you or sticking to your principles even if no one believes you? I think sticking to your principles even if no one believes you.

I mean, like, again, your actions define who you are and like, it doesn't matter if people are actually seeing you. It's like what you do when no one is, when you think no one is watching you, says a lot about who you are. And I think that's what says a lot about Superman. And again, I know we're in a 2025 universe where everything is being like broadcast. But like even if everything was not being broadcast on our phones, like Superman is good, especially this version and all the versions I've, I've, pretty much known, Superman's going to do the right thing and he's going to not betray his principles no matter what. And that's what I love about the character and where I relate to the character the most. And that's how I try to live personally is like, you know, I try to do

the right thing even when I know nobody's really watching. And that's the mentality I have. But what about you? Yeah. I mean, I think most people, we got to go with sticking to your principles, even if no one believes you. That's going to be, it's, but the believing you, is the tough part here Kevby is like oh man yeah that would be tough if you have a bunch of principles and no one believes you like with with where you stand that's tough because then you're kind of a lone wolf so um realistically i feel like it would maybe be a little bit of both of protecting how people see me just so that i can get like behave with the with my own moral code and the principles that I see fit

with no one believing me but if I can like package it in a different way to get closer to people believing me that would be a plus if that makes sense because the thing that messed me up is like even if no one believes you I'm like dang dude savage

straight up savage and like you ask like would you risk letting the world to you as a villain just to prove your account I don't, I don't think so. I think that there's different ways to prove your accountability rather than letting the world see you as like a villain, right? Because even let's say you're put on this whatever and in this earth, in this world with the daily planet and all the superheroes to be like a villain, there, I still think there's probably a way to turn

that around. That's what I think. And so I feel like I wouldn't have to risk letting the world see it because I feel like still what's inside would be like, no, let's find a way to change this. True. Good point. Thank you so much for the question. All right. Two more to go, guys. Chase Lee, thank you so much for being a Royal Reject. When I saw this in theaters, I really enjoyed the tone. Very James gun definitely a lot of comic book zaniness and some cool cool song cool needle drops right but after i thought

about the other characters namely batman he is the most serious and james gunn is the literal opposite of serious what do you think a james gun batman would look like who should play him well i mean james gun again is one of the i mean he's in charge of the dc u or excuse me the dc u sorry but i i don't think he's going to direct a batman

film i i mean i still think he would find a way like i think the thing with james gunn is yeah he's he's definitely more he understands characters and emotions so i think from that perspective i wouldn't like i still think he would do a good job and he's very adaptable so it would definitely maybe be a little bit out of his wheelhouse but i still think he would find a way to you know do a good batman film but at the end of the day i don't think he's going to do Batman. I think right now, if I'm not mistaken, Batman Braving the Boldest, unless things have changed. And again, I don't follow movie news like I used to. I think it's the director of the Flash was supposed to do that. If it's changed, let me know, guys. Who should play Batman? Oh, that is such a toughie.

I know people were talking about it. Is it Alan Richson or is that his name? I could see him doing. He's definitely got the build and the chin. Oh, I love him. That's such a good choice. I love that show. Yeah, Reacher, right? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. And he also, he was in Teenage Mean Ninja Turtles. He also played Aquaman in a certain favorite show of mine, Tara. Oh. Yeah, I probably shouldn't have spoiled that for you. Oh, ha, ha, ha. Tara would have been like, oh, my God, the body. Yeah. He's great. Yeah, no, I could see him. He's got the build. He's got the chin. And he's got the, he's got the, uh, the charisma um so i i guess i'll just make the easy pick and say him what about what about you what do you think a james gun batman would look like who do you think should play him well the thing is is that um

you know what what you said here chase lee is that he is the most serious right you're talking about batman but the the the undertones in this film are actually pretty serious right i mean it kind of gets to your heart in a lot of ways in different throughout. It's kind of like a little wave here. Like especially when we start out with the baby Joey and the dog and like and Superman comes in like John Wick in it when he goes for Lex Luther and he's like,

where's the dog, which I loved. There's still some very, and that's not even like comedic. It's like, where's my freaking dog? and you're like, yeah, I'm with him, you know. And especially, you know, in the conversation with his paw, you know, and he's sitting outside, it's very emotional and serious. And I'm not saying that that would be the same tone of what Batman would be. But I don't think that James Gunn is totally lacking in that serious tone.

So I feel like if he was to direct a Batman movie, I think it would go down great. as long as he had the actors that he wants. I think like with James, I think with most any directors, right, you're going to want the actors that go along with the tone of the films that you make and how you make the films. That's why certain actors work with certain directors

because they're like, oh, we get it, right? So in regards to who should play him, I feel like, let me just look up, like, If you want to keep that choice I made, you can always do that if you can't think of someone. I know. Well, let me, let me just, give me, let me just think in my brain real quick. Okay. I mean, it would maybe be kind of cool to see Leonardo DiCaprio.

Wow. I mean, I'm not opposed to that. It would be weird. It would be totally weird. but I feel like he, listen, the, what is the Gilbert grape? Like, he, I love that movie. That's a great movie. He has the range.

He's got range that I feel like he could just, he could do it. And it might be cool to see. It's a weird, it's a weird pick. I just would. But also, I have COVID and I'm real tired. So I might be losing my mind. No, no, no. Anytime you pick Leonardo to Cabri, it was a great pick.

I also, I think my biggest issue would be, he's maybe a tiny bit too old. I think he's in his fifties now, if I'm not mistaken, or he just had 50s? I think that would be a little bit of an issue. But fun little fact here, I believe he was supposed to originally before, I think the original idea, at least,

was him to play The Riddler in the third Batman film of Christopher Nolan's. I think that was the original idea originally. Oh, really? That would have been so fascinating. That would have been very cool. Oh, God, yeah. Anyways, thank you so much for the question, Chase.

We appreciate it. All right. Last one. And then we're going to wrap it up here. It's a little bit late. Oh, my God. Ansel Elgort. I found it. I found it. That's my name. Let's move on to the next question because I'm real tired. Okay. Last one here, guys. All right. From Resonance Z. Tara and Andrew, quick question since it's undoubtedly late for you. You are so right. Do you feel like the scales are starting to shift towards DC films versus Marvel films as being more enjoyable? I've always been a bigger fan of Marvel movies, but Superman has me excited for the next DC movie, something I haven't really felt with a Marvel movie in a long time.

I can understand why you feel that way. I mean, I think like with, especially with Marvel's phases one through three for the most part, I mean, I feel like they were hitting home runs and grand slams, like pretty much every film, and you can make an argument now in phases four and five. There's still some really good films, and then there's some films that are a little more divisive

in films that you, you are not on the same level of phases one through three. I don't want to personally make the comparison game because I just don't like doing that. It just drives me crazy. And this is a me thing. But I will say this. I kind of hope that D.C. and Warner Brothers has learned

as much as I still enjoyed the films that Tara and I just reacted to for D.C. And I really did. I think the biggest thing is just try not to rush it. I'd like them to take their time, build up a universe. kind of, and again, I hope it doesn't feel like people are thinking like they're just copying Marvel. I think imitation is the finest form of flattery personally. So I think that, you know, as long as they take their time, they really, you know, let their universe breathe.

And they kind of just build up solo films into a universe that people are like so heavily invested in these characters. And then once the Justice League or whatever big group up film that we do, you know, it's going to like have some serious weight and meaning to it. So I would say like, you know, but I am super excited, of course, for the next DCU film. But I would just, that would be my only, you know, thing I would say to James Gunn and D.C., which I'm sure they're already doing, is just, just take your time. You know, you got an amazing group of characters to work off of. What about you, Tara? Yeah.

I actually, you know, I'm a big, like, Dark Knight fan, right? So that's like, that's me in the, in the D.C. but I see what you mean in like getting DC versus like Marvel when we think about it. The closest that they've gotten to that type of esk feeling is through Justice League, which was a lot of fun bringing Batman and Wonder Woman. I think that you got very excited like you said with this movie in a really, that was the first time you've been really excited in a while since with a DC movie. and I felt that way with Wonder Woman

and I know we haven't gone on to the second one yet but that was really, really exciting and I thought a really great film but I also really enjoyed obviously the Justice League films as well and I again like with Andrews saying we said it in our reviews like there's some that I was like yeah I feel like they just saw

Marvel's doing this with the Avengers and that okay hurry up make this film And they were just like, no, we don't have time. I don't care. Get rid of that director. Add in somebody new. Finish it. And that doesn't make a great film.

So obviously, when you're able to take your time and plan it out, plan out the blueprint of exactly where we're headed with all these characters, that it will grow into something as large as a Disney-esque, you know, with Marvel. And I think they're starting with, obviously, with this one, with Superman. and the way that they're starting off is very promising because like I said they brought a lot of humanity to his character and I think that everyone else surrounding him there was still comedic points and tones in there

that totally worked in between the serious grounded stuff that we're seeing of like just Superman is down on his freaking luck and he thinks his parents sent him here to kill people and now he I mean he's depressed and we've got lowest and there's so much going on that it's like we do see the weight of the world on his shoulders they show us that and then they give us you know the highlight of who Superman really is and I think as long as they do that with each and every character that we see right that we can sort of see like the weight on their shoulders what they carry which is why I really like what they did with Wonder Woman we started at the beginning, right? We got to see the whole thing. I really like the foundation that they set in that film specifically. And they did a great job with that here.

I mean, the Superman story isn't anything that we're like, wait, what? He came, he's an alien, like everybody already knows. But this is a refreshing point of view. And the way they told the story, I think they did it successfully. Absolutely. And like Wonder Woman, this film had a great rapport and great chemistry, great relationship between our two main characters. So I would agree with you there as well.

And I think one last thing, and then I'll be done here, and I've got to read one thing to you and we'll be finished. I think this film, to your point, did such a great job with what you were just saying, balancing a lot of the, with balancing tones from the comedic to the dramatic stuff, with the more serious and the more comedic stuff, I think, was really balanced really well. And a lot of times, too, it's all about balance. If you are doing too much of one thing, it can seem very, it can just be like all over the place kind of with your tone. So I'm glad that it was not all over the place for me. And I actually really enjoyed it. Yeah. All right.

Last thing here, Tara, we're out of question. So thank you guys for all your questions. Seriously, awesome questions. Well, one last thing here, Tara. What do you think rotten tomatoes and we're all done? Oh, critics score. go 70 critics are weird

okay I'm going to go 77 for critics and audience I'm going to go 83 critics was 83 cool and audience was 91 wow good job audience awesome that's awesome because it was a great it was a great film

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