Following reports that test screenings for James Gunn’s Superman reboot have been worryingly negative, a new report has arrived to add some confusion to the situation.
According to an insider source via Comicbookmovie.com, not only have the reactions to the Man of Steel's latest big screen adventure been a lot more positive than first-thought, the DCU movie has even been compared to one of the best movies in the MCU. That film would be Guardians of the Galaxy.
via: CBM
According to Jeff Sneider, the most recent cut of Superman received great feedback and performed far better than those initial early screenings.
The whole reason those take place is to figure out what isn't working early on and, with Gunn clearly taking the negative feedback on board, it appears the first DCU movie has benefited greatly. That bodes well for what we'll see in theaters this summer.
The filmmaker and studio executive has already made tweaks to the movie, changing the title from Superman: Legacy to just Superman.
"I thought maybe the title had a looking back feeling about it," he explained last year. "And this isn’t about looking back. This is about looking forward. So although when you see the movie you’ll understand where 'Legacy' comes from."
"It is about Clark and his relationship to his Kryptonian parents and his relationship to his human parents and whose legacy is he really?" Gunn continued. "And so it’s about that. But I think as a title it felt too 'looking back.'"
Plenty of hit movies have had early negative buzz following test screenings. Remember, the reason those happen is to figure out the issues and fix them before we all sit down in theaters. In the end, some movies like that are hits (Barbie, for example) and others are more akin to Captain America: Brave New World.
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