Superman: Doomsday

As the first animated film based on the DC comics line that I am reviewing for this block, there was a lot riding on this movie to be good. Thankfully, this movie turned out to be a pretty interesting watch.

The story is about Superman, voiced by Adam Baldwin, who has to protect the city of Metropolis from a psychotic alien supersoldier called Doomsday, uncovered accidentally in an illegal mining operation run by Lex Luthor, voiced by James Marsters. Unfortunately, although Superman succeeds in destroying Doomsday, he ends up dying from his wounds, to the sadness of the public, especially Lois Lane, voiced by Anne Heche. I really liked how they showed how the world completely falls apart without Superman, but things go off the rails when Superman seemingly returns out of nowhere.

The animation style was pretty great, feeling like something out of the animated superhero TV shows from the 90s, which makes sense since Bruce Timm, someone who worked on those shows, was one of the directors. The voice work was pretty good, especially from Adam Baldwin and James Marsters. Any of the live action Lex Luthors pale to even just this animated version, who really shows how corrupt and manipulative he can be, with him doing a lot of pretty crazy stuff under the radar.

Overall, this was definitely a film that jumped off the beaten path but that's what made it so great. I loved how it managed to tell a good standalone story while still feeling like a good superhero movie all the same.

Next time, we jump into yet another DC animated film. This one I don't know much about, but apparently it tells a story of the Justice League that takes place in the 1950s. Keep an eye out for Justice League: The New Frontier.

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