Superman Doomsday Review
The cast is a big departure from the crews previous cast of their other shows. Adam Baldwin is Superman this time and he is a much deeper tougher sounding Superman than we are used to hearing Tim Sale and/or George Newburn through the years, but it works well in this version of the world that they've created. Anne Hetch is Lois Lane and she is the strong cynical character that I'm sure everyone will like, I had some trouble hearing her the first time I saw the movie but as the movie went on and after repeated viewings it was obvious that she was a very good Lois. James Marsters is our Lex Luthor this time and just like Anne Hetch it was weird at first but over the course of the movie and over repeated viewings it became obvious he was the right choice. He's a more oily, despicable Luthor than the smooth, debonaire Clancy Brown.
The story is about the ultimate challenge that Superman has to face in fighting the great physical terror of the alien being named Doomsday, a creature of pure rage and destruction. Superman is pushed to his very limits and beyond, Doomsday will not stop ergo Superman cannot stop. Until eventually the victory costs the man of steel his very life.
The movie adapts over a years worth of comics into a seventy minute movie but it works because it keeps the focus of the story itself, what does the the death of Superman mean? The movie shines because its their icon and their inspiration taken away, and what happens when peoples icons get taken away? they feel depressed or become bastards. I am a little torn weather or not the characters would act like this but its good enough characterization.
The movie also shines as an example to all the stupid people that say "ow Superman sucks because he's so strong and he's never in any real danger". Those people can suck it! because here he is in danger, he is in pain and still he keeps fighting, to the very end.
The music by Robert Kral, is just a real solid score. Its big and bombastic, which is essential for a superhero movie score but also sounds like Superman.
Superman Doomsday is a three act movie, but its also a very three act movie. Each act is distinguishable from the other and it even has a different director for each of the acts. Brandon Vietti handles the first and he's the perfect one to handle all the grim and gritty fighting with Doomsday. Lauren Montgomery takes on the heavy emotions of the second and she deserves great praise because I've praised her for directing great action scenes but she does great drama too. Then finally Bruce Timm, the man himself, handles the triumphant return of the third act.
Being that this is the first of the DC movies and they were liberated from the PG rating and were allowed to go PG13 they make the use of that freedom with letting characters actually die. However they cant have an R rated movie and looking at the movie they have some clever tricks to convey the deaths without making them too mature or gruesome, they do it by having Doomsday holding a soilders head, panning away and then hearing a crack, its very effective. Its also almost liberating to hear the characters speak some more mature words, like "ass" and "ow hell".
There is a hilarious joke within the movie where after Superman takes out a giant robotic spider controlled by Toy-Man a man in a observing crowd says "like we needed his to take out a giant spider, lame". This is a reference to the Superman movie Kevin Smith wrote in the late nineties named Superman Lives, it would have been weird. And guess what, Kevin Smith voices this character.
Superman Doomsday isn't the best of the DC Animated Movies but it was a really solid start to a really solid line of movies. It is also a dark Superman movie but with an acception to it, this still understands Superman and makes the right moves in making the story dark, while not defiling the character. Superman Doomsday is the darkest Superman story that can be allowed.
Rating: 3 1/2 stars out of 4
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