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If you've seen any James Gunn film, you don't need to see this movie. If you've seen any Superman film, you don't need to see this movie. If you've seen any marvel film in the past 5 years, you don't need to see this movie. A lot happens, so many reviews reflect positivity because they were overloaded. This is a bad film. I really wanted it to be good. This is embarrassing for both DC and the franchise. Superman SAYS he's the most powerful. But tech beats him. He responds literally like his dog to the same attack. James guns Superman is a dog. I guess two dogs. Superman main ability is healing! Everyone knows that! One comic healed him like that! Duh! It's not what charges his strength. He just has instant magnifying glass heals! What a bad fucking joke.

I'll start by saying that I'm a huge fan of The Squid and the Whale. This film is inane at several points. Deeply delving into setups or foreshadowing that could me done in simpler ways. It pushes Wes Abderson esq. dialogue to fill the void of not much happening. And in these seemingly negative attributes it breathes life into a space. Makes a town out of a family and one professors social group. The over-emphasized character of the older children make a portrait of family life that feels real without having to explain that reality. There is no hard line for everyone to follow, but a cacophony of persona filmed excellently. The dialogue is aged for the period but often comes off as the artistic phrasing of what people often think. In this there is more direction but it can separate the audience from the experience(s) the characters are going through. And I bloody love it. Maybe killing is a kind of rebirth... And I think Noah Baumbach killed it.