2013 · animation · action · adventure
Superman: Unbound
Directed by James Tucker1h 15m2013
Superman and Supergirl take on the cybernetic being known as Brainiac, who boasts that he possesses "the knowledge and strength of 10,000 worlds."
Our read: Superman: Unbound (2013) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive animation · action · adventure entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured animation / action, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, measured.
- kinetic
- redemptive
- epic-stakes
Watching Superman tonight? Spin for your lens.
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How Superman feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want punchy animated Superman versus Brainiac with Supergirl in the mix.”
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