Look! In the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a Superman article. The new movie by James Gunn has reached roughly $600 million around the world. Personally, Superman was a great movie for me(I saw it around 3 times); that’s beside the point, though. As you may know, Superman is a superhero who just wants everyone to be safe without killing anything. Superman is an alien from Krypton. Everyone likes him because he’s saving the world and the people. Except for Lex Luthor and President Vasil Ghurkos of Boravia. They say that he doesn’t belong since he technically “isn’t human” which is easily a metaphor for racism. This leads into the topic, ‘Is Superman (2025) woke?’
Fox News had recently spoken about Superman on the news. They were basically calling it ‘woke’. Woke means that someone is informed and educated of social injustice and racial inequality. People may think that is a bad thing to be because they may not agree with what is currently happening with the topic and just think the person that is so-called ‘woke’ is a way of saying someone needs to not be so informed or agree with what is happening and how everyone needs to be just how they think. Superman has a kinda hidden topic on how Superman should be held captive and killed since he is not from Earth, even if he’s saving the world. Superman can be easily killed by Kryptonite. Lex Luthor catches him and leaves him in a locked room with Kryptonite, which causes him to be very weak. Vasil Ghurkos is overjoyed, having gotten an anomaly off of Earth and instead into a pocket universe. Ghurko often makes announcements to the people of Boravia to send his army over and find Superman. A message from Superman’s real parents leaks out from Lex Luthor, saying they basically just want Superman to rule the Earth. This leads to everyone basically hating Superman. This movie is leaning towards an anti-Israel topic, considering how Ghurkos has been sending out the military or any townspeople to kill anyone that is not of their kind and to never surrender. This movie is so-called ‘woke’ because of how it brings up recent events that are world-changing and people may have different opinions on.
James Gunn’s movie is focused on human kindness and how everyone should be kind, just like Superman on a human level. Before the movie came out, Fox News shared how Superman embraced ‘pro-immigrant themes.’ The movie isn’t ‘pro-immigrant’ really. Superman just so happens to be from another planet with powers that a human does not have. Superman could’ve chosen to be a kind person instead of destroying the whole world. After seeing the movie, Kellyanne Conway said, “We don’t go to the movie theatre to be lectured to and to have somebody throw their ideology on to us.” Superman isn’t ‘lecturing’ anyone. It’s mostly just about an inhuman guy being kind if you don’t look into it or don’t realize the political background. I think what James Gunn has added to the movie has made this movie better, and it was a great idea. This movie, I feel, is not woke. Superman is just a nice guy who some people hate for no reason. Fox News is wrong. This movie most likely could’ve opened people’s eyes on the subject of anti-Israel sentiment.
Overall, Fox News is wrong and- I think- has a very stupid opinion. DC did a great job with James Gunn as the new director and writer. I’m overjoyed with this choice and cannot wait to see the next movies that he has directed or written. I cannot believe what Fox News had to say about the movie. I encourage you to go watch Superman whenever you can.
