With all the clout comic-book movies achieved over the last two decades, it's easy to forget how low they ranked on the cultural food chain a half-century ago. Taking that view from outer space, the twin arrival of "Superman" and "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" bookends an era in which superheroes soared to unprecedented heights and,

Far from being invulnerable, Superman is the most vulnerable of beings, because his childhood home was destroyed. He can never reintegrate himself by returning to that home—it is gone. It is gone and he is living among aliens to whom he cannot even reveal his rightful name.

“Superman,” which flies into theaters nationwide Thursday, is a bit of a change in tone for the writer and director who brought a mischievous playfulness and snark to the chaotic worlds of “Suicide Squad” and the “Guardians of the Galaxy.” But this wasn't some fringe misfit: It's Superman. And a certain amount of optimism was necessary.

A review of Superman movie with David Corenswet taking on the title role and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane as both face Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor.

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When the world is in need of hope and just a touch of light, few beacons are as powerful as Superman, and that’s formed a unique relationship between Superman and his adopted home of Earth in the mainline universe.

Unrelentingly goofy until it tries to get serious, and then it’s even goofier somehow.