Superman Trailer Review: David Corenswet & Rachel Brosnahan Shine In James Gunn’s Bold Reimagining
The story sets Superman as an unconscious symbol of American power, playing the inadvertent diplomatically, and open to praise and criticism.
DC Studios finally released the much-awaited trailer of James Gunn's Superman, and it is assuring us of a fresh and new approach to the legendary superhero. With David Corenswet originally playing the red cape role, the trailer introduces us to a mix of idealism, action, and actual political tension in the actual world, taking the DC Universe in a new direction and tone.
Storyline
The trailer begins in close-up but tense form — Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) interviewing Superman. She is asking him why he has been getting so much criticism. Superman responds, "I stopped a war!" We know then that we are going to get a politicized film. Superman appears in the war zone of a foreign nation without its permission to avert a war. His bold action, intended to be life-saving, ignites worldwide firestorm. The story sets Superman as an unconscious symbol of American power, playing the inadvertent diplomatically, and open to praise and criticism. Nicholas Hoult is a cold-blooded, calculating Lex Luthor, firmly grounded as the ideological and strategic opposite of the story.
