Definitely not worth to buy.
The book, however is
EDIT: So I wrote a **** review of the movie for the school paper. I don't know if it's gonna get published, but here it is:
[HIDE]Any one who knows me, knows I love animation with a deep passion; as animation is one of several mediums limited only by one's mind. To create a piece of quality animation, one just truly needs a little imagination.
Scottish comics writer, Grant Morrison is no stranger to imagination. Morrison has been creation some of the most original and critically acclaimed stories for Marvel and DC Comics including: Final Crisis, New X-Men, Batman R.I.P., Marvel Boy and All Star Superman.
The movie, like the comic, tells the story of the final days of Earth's greatest hero after saving the world's first man made mission to the sun after being sabotaged by Superman's most famous enemy, Lex Luthor. The rest of the film follows Superman revealing his true identity to Lois Lane, giving her powers like his for twenty-four hours, saving her from a creature known as the Ultra-Sphinx and battling other survivors from Krypton. The film's final act is highlighted with a large scale battle between Superman, a super powered Luthor and a living sun named Solaris.
The original comic was very episodic, with each issue telling a single story that would still contribute something to the main plot. This hurts the films pacing, as it tries to fully link different issues of the comics, trying to create one solid story instead of little ones that gradually build up. However, at certain points, we see the return of that episodic nature and it makes the film seem a little disjointed. With a length of just 75 minutes, a lot of what made the original comic great is gone. No longer is Jimmy Olsen turning into a stem cell created bio-engineered monster called Doomsday. Gone is Superman traveling to the past with his decedents to see his Pa one more time before both their untimely deaths while his decedents and past self fight a being from the 5th Dimension. All that remains is Superman visiting his father's grave and small conversation with his mother. It would have been more powerful to extend the scene and flashback to Clark at his father's funeral and delivering a touching eulogy rather than Superman wimping out on telling his mother the truth about his upcoming death. There was also another emotional scene where Superman talked a young girl from committing suicide. This is one of the most emotional scenes in comics. It actually helped a man get over trying to commit suicide himself. It seems all the emotion in the film has to come from Lois until the end of the film, where Clark's identity as Superman is revealed to every one at the Daily Planet.
Despite some so-so voice acting and my boiling nerd rage, All Star Superman is something I would recommend to every one. However, even for non comic book fans, I would say check out the original comics as well. The film is okay, but it is not the great and timeless classic that this great American icon deserves. [/HIDE]
