I love animation and superhero movies, and thought that All-Star Superman would be a good combination. Sadly for me All-Star was a real disappointment. It is not completely irredeemable, the animation is great, full of detail and atmosphere and the music is a contender for being the best asset of the film being powerfully orchestrated and emotionally resonant. There are two good voice actors, Anthony LaPaglia who does a superb job as Luthor giving the character a certain menace and intelligence and Ed Asner whose Perry is every bit as effective. But the story is a huge let down. The telling of the story feels rushed and disjointed in trying to cram in lots of situations and characters and sadly not giving any depth to them. The Kryptonians just pop out of nowhere and their story is far too brief. Lois is also written in a very stereotypical high-school-girl sort of manner. The pacing on top of that feels lethargic due to lack of any real excitement, the action sequences just don't have any sort of momentum. The script completely lacks the sharp and incisive quality that make the best DC movies, instead coming across as bland. Likewise with the characters. Of the voice work only LaPaglia and Asner stand out, James Denton is too monotone and also too sly and stern for Superman, and Christina Hendricks can't or doesn't do anything with Lois. Overall, a huge disappointment, could and should have been much more. 4/10 Bethany Cox

Right, well I can't really claim to have had any expectations to the 2011 DC animated movie "All-Star Superman", because it is an animated superhero movie. And I don't have much of an interest in the superhero genre. But I still sat down to watch "All-Star Superman", despite being 8 years too late.

First of all, I must say that I am very tired of watching Clark Kent reveal to Louis Lane that he is Superman in almost every single animated Superman movie out there. It is wearing mighty thin and annoying, and it just ticks me off as there is no continuity to these DC animated movies. They are all just stand alone movies that individually change things from the movie before it. Annoying, irritating and downright ridiculous.

With that being said, I will say that the 2011 "All-Star Superman" animated movie was actually enjoyable to watch - once you get past the revealing of Superman's secret identity yet another time. The storyline in this DC animated movie was quite good. Well, aside from the two random superheroes that popped up to challenge Superman to contests and the two Kryptonians that also just randomly popped up.

The animation style and art style seen in "All-Star Superman" was actually good and had a very unique touch to it. I enjoyed that quite a lot. And the voice acting performed in this DC animated movie was also quite good.

All in all, the 2011 "All-Star Superman" animated movie is well worth sitting down to watch. And I am rating it six out of ten stars.

My favorite DC animated movie to date, based off of one of the better Superman comic book stories from the last decade. Dwayne McDuffie does a great job of translating Morrison's work to the screen. A few things are changed and some parts omitted for time. One of the complaints I've seen from other reviewers is that it feels too rushed. I can understand that criticism. Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns was four issues yet was given a two-part animated adaptation, clocking in at about two and a half hours combined. All-Star Superman was twelve issues yet this adaptation only clocks in at seventy-six minutes. It would have been nice had they given it more time, but I think they did good with the time they had. It moves at a brisk pace and, while there are a few small parts from the series I would have liked to see included, they did capture all of the big moments well. I watched it recently with a friend who has never read the comics. She enjoyed the movie a lot and had no complaints, so perhaps this is simply a problem among fans. Anyway, I would recommend you check out the comic series also, if you haven't already. Even if you're not a comic book reader you should enjoy it.