I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I think the movie was great in genereal (drama, gore, funny, action)...the story of a regular guy becoming a superhero its not bad...but the idea of his crusade was to rescue his wife and after all she left him anyway was sad because in the way libby actually cares about frank and had a tragic death.

'Super (2010)' is far more tragic than funny, only really a comedy in the blackest of senses, but actually works well as a dark, twisted and violent examination of vigilante justice without ever flinching away from its consequences. Yet, it somehow still manages to make its clearly psychologically damaged and very unhinged protagonist not only understandable but also fairly likeable. While it does falter in its final moments with a misjudged, almost 'altruistic' message clearly at odds with what we've just seen take place, there's a certain charm that comes from the flick's unwavering determination to be just as weird as it wants. It's this subversive streak that really carries the picture past its few faults. 7/10

Super is a mixed-bag that is surprisingly complex in how it's a mixed-bag. The film actually has a lot more going for it than I would've thought. There's definitely something here to make a great film, but that gets comprised as the film progresses further along (which we'll get to later). However, the film really does start out strong. Immediately we have a well- established, dark, yet undeniably humorous tone. This tone is one of Super's strengths, as it is (for the most part) consistent throughout the whole. It allows for a lot of good comedy and drama since the characters feel real pain but the audience can still laugh at the absurdity of the events playing out. The cinematography is surprisingly competent, especially since the entire movie is shot in hand-held to give off a more vulnerable and grounded feeling to the movie. Rainn Wilson gives a very good performance, and even though he isn't an amazing dramatic actor it's very apparent that he's giving it his all. Kevin Bacon is a very fun villain that is almost the straight-man which puts a nice comedic edge to him. Liv Tyler badly played a pretty lackluster love-interest that was mainly just a plot device. Nathan Fillion was a hilarious fictional comic-book hero that had some of the best lines and scenes in the film. And Ellen Page, while she did a decent performance, played the most annoying and awful character in the entire film. She's supposed to be the over- excited sidekick to the adult superhero but the constant screaming and ignorance that came from her was annoying and even disgusting at times (which I'll get to in a bit). Now for the main point of the film: the satire. Is this a good satire of comic book super heroes? Almost. The first two acts make for a very clever, black-comedy parody of those movies. Rainn Wilson isn't a comic-book fan at all (which is a refreshing twist to this type of story), he's just a mildly-depressed, religious schlub who likes to feel useful and heroic. He gets the idea to become a hero after his wife leaves him for Kevin Bacon and he gets a vision from The Holy Avenger (Nathan Fillion) that "Some of God's children are chosen". This is a great delve into Rainn's mind as it makes him out to seem like a fairly fragile and almost insane man, making a statement on superheroes as a whole that in reality they are just immature adults with mental issues. The very graphic violence highlights this since it adds unexpected consequences to Rainn's hasty actions (like when he bashes someone's head in with a wrench cuz he butted in line and everyone is horrified). This is all great until Ellen Page gets wrapped into the story. She nearly kills the movie. She becomes Rainn's sidekick against his desire just because she wanted to. I get her being the overly optimistic and excited kid sidekick, but it was way too much here and wasn't all that fleshed out. Ellen Page's involvement almost kills the movie because her character faces barely any repercussions for her actions; going against the entire first half's point. She does nothing to help Rainn's character; she only hurts, changes, slows down, and even rapes him. But she gets relatively off scott-free. Easily the worst part of the movie. And then the film ends on a sappy, inspirational "I give hope to people" montage that every superhero movie has but feels as though it's being genuine rather than satirical; which, AGAIN, goes against the entire point established in the first half of the movie.Overall, Super had the potential to be a great dark-satire (which does show in the majority of the film); but gets brought down by Ellen Page's character and a horrifically contradictory third act. I did enjoy the film, and technically do recommend it (mainly for the first half); but I'm not sure if I'll ever see it again.

James Gunn's Super has been eclipsed by the success of the similarly themed and very enjoyable Kick-Ass, but his film is also well worth a watch, taking a slightly different and possibly more daring approach to Kick Ass's underdog superhero schtick. In Gunn's film, the average Joe who dons a costume to fight crime isn't an affable misguided teen, but rather a depressed short-order cook, Frank (Rainn Wilson), who can only recall two perfect moments in his whole life, one of which is his marriage to Sarah (Liv Tyler), who has recently left him in favour of heroin dealer Jacques (Kevin Bacon). Clearly suffering from mental health issues as a result, Frank comes to believe that he has been chosen by God to fight injustice, and becomes masked avenger The Crimson Bolt, but finds that being a hero isn't like in the comic books.As with Kick Ass, Super is a blend of action, comedy and graphic violence, but the effect is more unsettling than its better known counterpart, Gunn's morally ambiguous character casually dishing out extreme violence for minor infractions at the drop of a hat (even whacking a guy on the head with a wrench for cutting in line at the movies!). And when Ellen Page joins in on the fun as his completely psychotic sidekick Boltie, things get even darker, the pair almost killing a young man for allegedly keying a car. Eventually, The Crimson Bolt and Boltie lead an assault on Jacques stronghold, Frank rescuing Sarah from her drugs hell, but at a heavy cost. The film ends on a bitter-sweet note, Frank alone once more, Boltie dead and Sarah having left him again, but with our hero now blessed with a whole room full of 'perfect moments'.