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The individual events of the movie were fairly well designed, but the overall storyline was disjointed and lacked cohesion. I'm not a fan of superman, though there have been moments in his history that truly spoke to me, largely because of his nigh invulnerability. More specifically it is the result of that nigh invulnerability that makes his story lines frequently boring to me in that he can only be harmed by a handful of things and without those things I never really believe that he's in jeopardy. Had this movie been done well it could have been one of the best ever created. With this potential in mind I found the experience disappointing.

Okay, this is a good film, but it's kind of disjointed. Superman is poisoned with solar radiation when saving the world from another of Lex Luthor's schemes. He realizes he only has a limited time to live, so he is going to take care of all business before he goes, including telling Lois Lane how he really feels (again!) Some of the stories don't really seem to fit well, but I guess this was based on a limited series. It has an interesting take on why Luthor hates Superman with such intensity. We see a whole variety of characters, including Parasite, a couple of Kryptonians, and so on. So it's kind of a what-if outside continuity narrative, which is why they didn't use Tim Daly, I guess. Still, vastly better than Superman Returns.

Watching animation doesn't have to be all about storyline, time line or which "universe" this exists in. This was a fun story and they told it well enough to keep me entertained. In the end this may be just a one off type movie. No sequel, no prequel and a lot of mini stories wrapped into 1 movie. That is fine with me. It was enjoyable to see all the different mini-verse story lines..where it could go, where it came from. I sat back and just had fun with it. If you go into this expecting some revealing craziness that you don't know about Superman you will be disappointed. If you just go into it looking for a good movie to watch with your kids and maybe remember when you were a kid, this is a good one.

All-Star Superman is a real standout movie within the animated DC films, with an outstanding voice cast this one really surprised me but not entirely in a good way. It tells the story of our hero becoming poisoned with excessive quantities of radiation from the sun and slowly dying. He sets about getting his affairs in order before he breathes his last breath. With a host of other DC villians including Lex Luthor (Duh!) we see several mini-stories to keep Kal busy until his final moments. The story is well done, heartfelt and enjoyable but at the same time badly flawed in places and left me scratching my head. It just felt like the creators went into business for themselves, throwing much of the lore out and just writing whatever they wanted like a bad piece of fan fiction. Make no mistake I found the oddly titled All-Star Superman to be watchable but I think it spread itself too thin considering how much it tackles and the magnitude of the story they are trying to tell. The cast do however do a fantastic job including the criminally underrated Anthony LaPaglia as Luthor. The Good: Hell of a voice cast Nice story The Bad: Too big a story for its run time Pretencious finale Things I Learnt From This Movie: Storing things that can kill you makes perfect sense, destroying them would be silly Kryptonian formalwear is the same as casual just with a hood I want super powers for my birthday as well!

I have to say this is the best Superman portrayal I've ever seen and a very emotional one too. Really. I was left speechless at the end. This is how Superman is and should be. Towards the end, I was getting emotional. Just for that alone, I'm giving it a 5 out of 5. Now, some may complain that there were too many characters, but THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE! Were there beings like this in the world, that's probably how things would go. Also a really great portrayal of Superman as Clark Kent, and fun to see how he switches between the two in some scenes. The animation is well, done, though at times, I felt like the detail was a bit off, and if we were really to hit it home, the animation might've had more of an impact, but that's not taking away anything from the movie for me. Voices were also really well done, especially Superman's, because it makes him seem a lot more like a hero with the gentle, calm voice, and Luthor a vain intelligent evil man (as well as other characters who the read should find out for himself). The dialogue is EXCELLENTLY done! Very smart dialogue. Very characteristic of the character saying the dialogue. Absolutely great. The interaction between Superman and Lex Luthor when they did happen were also really well done and intriguing. Part of the emotional impact this movie had was the real feeling of heroism you felt from Superman - like I said, how Superman should be. And of course, the ending, which had so many things to it that were emotional, from pretty much every single character in the movie (like seriously! even one of the robots!) So yeah, definite 5/5 from me and the best Superman movie I've ever seen so far.

From the very beginning of the movie I could tell that this was a very different incarnation of any Superman I had ever seen. This Superman is extremely robotic. It seems like he has Asperger's Syndrome. His voice is very monotone and he totally lacks charisma. In addition he angers too quickly over very trivial matters. He even gets snippy with Lois and he also gets jealous when Lois ftalks to other other superheroes. This lack of confidence is so uncharacteristic of Superman. This Superman is a brawny nerd and a jerk. He is also drawn very poorly. His body is too top heavy and his cape is way too short. The 's' on his chest is also drawn incorrectly. He does not look or act the way Superman should. I hope that the powers that be at DC Comics never bring back this version of Superman again. It seems like All-Star Superman was written by a warped individual who wanted audiences to see his distorted version of the man of steel. We all got enough of the 'bad Superman' in the movie Superman III. The last thing that Superman fans want to see is an odd-mannered, creepy, arrogant, pedantic Superman.

This is not like any other DC animated movie you will ever see... I say this because it packs an emotional punch equal to that of The Japanese master, Miyazaki. It's jam Packed with great action sequences and other mind blowing story arcs, but it's also got a soul. Rare in a comic book movie. Lex is awesome, as is Lois... But as with any story that involves SUPERMAN, we the viewer must "feel" emotionally attached to The Man of Steel for it to work. Your either going to "feel" or your not. If your lucky like I was, you will get it. You will empathize with Superman right away. No other superhero has the ability to make grown men cry. I expect to shed a few tears in the Dark Knight Rises, but not the kind of tears SMALLVILLE conjured. Superman is special, and you either get it or you don't. If your a fan... You will love this animated feature. Real men love Superman.

I watch all of the independent animated flicks DC puts out. This is by far the most entertaining release in recent memory. It lacks some of the gravity of some recent DC movies, but this is not a draw back. The animators and story tellers decided to string together a plot with seemingly unrelated fun little action sequences--they relish in the opportunity to not worry about plot consistency or depth. THIS MOVIE IS BADASS from the opening scene in which a genetically engineered zombie-nuke tries to sabotage the first manned mission to the Sun (most plausible part of the movie), to time travelers vying for Lois Lane's affections while fighting dinosaur-men from the center of the Earth, to the ever-popular male/female Kryptonian duo hellbent on reshaping Earth in their image. Leave your pretension at the door, maybe get baked, and enjoy.