I don't think I've ever seen a little movie with so much travelogue on it. The camera work was very professional and the choice of scene changes was splendid. Some of the sequences cut a little quick and I'm sure that was what they wanted. Still the overall look of this movie was quite good and it had a wide variety of shots and locations. Gotham City was dark and urban and then Smallville was richly layered and Metropolis had it's own palatial contrast. Can't believe all the scene and location changes and nature photography there was in this film. One could argue a certain sophistication in the shots that you rarely get from fan movies. At one point it went from aerial stars to fresh snow falling on the ground. This accomplished a unique knockout that travels from outer space to the Fortress of Solitude. All and all, a standard low budget works because of the edit and the cinematography. It was really balanced and beautiful looking at times. Most fan efforts are shot in someone's back yard or basement and they don't care about giving you scene changes at all. This movie constructed a poetic kaleidoscope that was probably more palpable than the narrative. I mean I guess the story was okay. I'd say the acting was actually good but the look and versatility is what really made the movie passable for me. It had a keen variety in the vision and just when you thought you had seen it all there was another change in land scope. Sort of reminded me of an actual comic book sometimes with all the quick cut flickering imagery. I don't think the cinematography in this kind of a movie had ever been a strong enough focus for my standards, but with this fan picture it was. I'm already over the golden age of comic book movies we're living through. You get a lot more from just watching nature then you do going to most green screen movies these days. In my opinion the natural elements are some of the most timeless elements you can put on film. I really believed the differences in one location to the next because they offered a genuine antithesis. I don't want to say it upstaged the rest of the effort cause it only served to augment the story as a visual construct. I just guess my sensibilities are more about the technical look and this is where it actually delivered. I'm just not as interested in another superhero versus villain boxing match so much as I am at seeing meticulous ambition without the big money and this film got some amazing footage.
There's a lot to see in this movie. I replayed some of the sequences twice to notice all the detail and I think the logistics of the scenic changes played a huge part in my appreciation of this. Like I say if you've seen most fan films they consist of one down played indoor set up to save time and money. This one went the distance to show you don't need a huge budget to find and attain natural beauty.