Superman fans are still upset over David Corenswet’s flying in a new snap from the upcoming movie about the beloved DC action hero.
On seeing the picture, in which Superman looks like he’s in an inspiring Amazon delivery ad, fans couldn’t help but notice that David looked ‘weird’ in the wide-angle lens.
‘The zoomed in fisheye lens look is so weird to me. I know everybody and their grandmother is obsessed with James Gunn and thinks he’s some perfect filmmaker, but so much of the promotional material for this movie makes me want to not see it,’ said @syaokuro on X.
‘The close up shots look so weird,’ said @Its_Me_Cole, while @ZibahTheCreator added: ‘Why does it look AI generated than an actual studio work?’
‘Probably gonna skip this one until it’s free,’ commented @Lbnumber34, while @adijain31 simply said: ‘Looks funny af.’
‘POV im waiting for you to give me my lil kiss on the forehead,’ joked @Cuellar_Elissa about the hopeful facial expression on David’s face.
‘We need to retire this camera angle for good,’ said @Rasheto.
‘I know he REALLY wants this shot but man you gotta let this s**t go,’ said @Jdemfoo.
‘It looks terrible, unflattering and there’s basically no right way to light this scene. Cutting room floor.’
Some compared the moment to similar shots of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as Black Adam and Will Poulter as Adam Warlock in movies gone by.
When the teaser trailer dropped in January fans had the same issue.
‘I don’t know why you would shoot a shot like this in that way. It’s always gonna make a head appear bigger and give the shot a weird look – it also accentuates David Corenswet’s strabismus eyes,’ Reddit userDoctorBeatMaker reflected.
‘I think there’s something wrong with the cape too. It looks way too fake somehow,’ equal-ad-2710 wrote.
‘If I had to guess they’ve used this lens because it gives off a greater sense of speed and to be fair I definitely do get that feeling from it, even if it makes his face look a little weird because of the angle,’ TheJosider defended.
‘This shot looks so bad every time. why do filmmakers insist on it?’ ProtectMeAtAllCosts complained.
Over on X, many were comparing the flying sequence to Henry Cavill’s version when he played Superman from 2013 to 2017 in Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League.
‘Biggest downgrade in history of DC on screen,’ chriwankenobi posted.
‘The real issue isn’t just the face it’s the way he’s flying the arms by his side just makes the flying look uncomfortable it makes David look ill at ease superman should look at ease when he’s flying the flying should be graceful,’ moviestvmad echoed.
‘Seriously, what is up with these weird face-on lens distortion flying shots focusing only on the character’s face lately? Black Adam, Adam Warlock, and now Superman.
‘There are so many cooler ways to visualize flying; just look at anything in Man of Steel. These just look goofy,’ @ColtonC_20 argued.
For those worried about the use of computer graphics, however, the CEO of DC Studios and filmmaker James Gunn shut down speculation on Threads.
‘Looks dope!! Great camera angle of Superman flying!! Except there’s something with his face that looks a little off. I know there’s plenty of time to refine the CG,’ @blutattu commented.
James replied: ‘There is absolutely zero CG in his face. People’s faces can look different when you put a wide angle lens up close. The background plate in Svalbard [a filming location in the Norwegian archipelago] is 100% real as is David.’
For the most part, there is plenty of excitement for this new take on the age-old superhero, which also stars Rachel Brosnahan as heroine Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult as villain Lex Luthor.
‘Lives will be changed. I can’t wait for this!’ @silverscreen_re wrote.
‘This movie is gonna be so f**king good…I actually can’t wait,’ @thecollectorn shared.
‘Keep getting more and more hyped for this,’ @theslyfox13 wrote.
In a recent interview with Gizmodo, James reflected that the new movie was about the ‘basic kindness of human beings’ and even offered a rebuttal to the more toxic side of the internet.
He continued: ‘When I watch the trailer and the movie, we do have a sort of battered vision of Superman at the beginning. I think that is our country.
‘I believe in the goodness of human beings. And I believe that most people in this country, despite their ideological beliefs [or] their politics, are doing their best to get by and trying to be good people, despite what it may seem like to the other side and what that other side might be.
‘I think this movie is about that. It’s about the basic kindness of human beings. And that it can be seen as uncool, and it can be seen as under siege when some of the darker voices are some of the louder voices.
‘That’s what happens when you let the internet seem like it’s the world—when it’s not the world. The world is us.’
Meanwhile, the 31-year-old actor has previously opened up about the side-effects of bulking for the role.
‘I wasn’t 238 (pounds) when we started shooting. I was 238 at my max,’ he told the Manly Things (Soft Of) podcast last year, as a result he ‘didn’t fit into any of [his] pants.’
Superman arrives in cinemas on July 11, 2025.
This article was originally published on January 27, 2025.
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