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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9537166" data-attributes="member: 177">I, honestly, am not sure Gunn was the man for this job.  Not that he doesn't know his way around an action movie - he's fine there.  What he hasn't established is the ability to handle sincere characters well.  The Guardians of the Galaxy and Suicide Squad are filled with characters who are emotionally broken, stunted, or tortured and the dialogue is all quips, sarcasm, and deflection from real emotion.  Rocket can't even handle a moment of unity without noting how they're, "..a bunch of idiots, standing in a circle".And don't get me wrong, that was funny. But that's not Superman, the big blue boy scout.  I fear we are in for either an attempt at sincerity that can't lift itself out of smarminess, or a frantic action movie with lots of canon references but no heart.  And we could use a Superman with heart these days.</blockquote>