So far, summer movie season has been something of a slow burn for me.  Thunderbolts* really was an enjoyable movie, was a perfect picture of an underdog story, really.  The tone and scope were right, the humor was well-balanced thanks to the honest weight of the various struggles present in the story.  And Florence Pugh was amazing.  But there’s a bit more of a break before Mission Impossible revs things up again.  Thankfully, DC and Warner Brothers dropped the final full trailer for this July’s Superman.  Check it out.

This trailer does a great job fleshing out the previous teaser without connecting too many (if any) dots.  Lois already knowing Clark’s secret is interesting.  The moments with the Kents are great (and way more “down to earth” than we’ve seen in previous versions of the story).  It does look like James Gunn is trying to pack in a lot (all those other heroes), but hopefully that speaks to a more fully realized world than it does to throwaway characters and potential spin-offs.  

This really is the movie I’m looking forward to most this summer.  The scope and sound look (and feel) appropriately amazing.  And it seems fresh enough that it can blaze its own trail without being beholden to previous tellings of the story.  “Hey, buddy.  Eyes up here” indeed.  Up, up, and away.