James Gunn’s reboot has some cool superpowers.

I remember seeing “Superman: The Movie” (1978) at what was once the Ziegfeld Theater in New York back in 2006, and I was amazed by it. The visual world, the art direction, the late Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel, and the late Gene Hackman as the evil Lex Luther-all the qualities that make it a classic in the superhero genre.

James Gunn’s new vision “Superman” likes to pay a certain homage to that film with the poster, the art direction, and the casting of Superman and Lex Luther. This time, Superman is played by David Corenswet, while Lex is played by Nicholas Hoult, who seems to be more in Kevin Spacey’s league than Gene Hackman’s. The filmmaker also likes to be in the goofy “Guardians of the Galaxy” sense by adding in jokes, CGI creatures, and a campy attitude. I never dreamed I would hear Superman say: “Superman doesn’t do selfies.”

If you asked me what I know about the world of Superman, I can suggest only a few things. He was born on the dying planet Krypton, his weakness is Kryptonite, he was raised on a farm in Smallville, Kansas, he works in Metropolis for the Daily Planet newspaper under the name Clark Kent, his crush is the reporter Lois Lane, and his dog is the super canine Krypto. So, that’s all I have on him. I’m no comic book fanatic, so I wouldn’t know all the other superheroes’ powers, the name metahumans, and a place inside our world that is known as a “Pocket Universe.” I wouldn’t be able to follow on those elements as expertly as others would.

I think we can agree that this “Superman” doesn’t top the 1978 classic because of the story that struggle stop hold everything together, but it does make up for a lot of things (Jesse Eisenberg being woefully miscast as Lex in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”), and it does have a lot of fun things to make this movie popcorn entertainment.

In this reboot, Superman gets criticized for attacking a foreign government who are planning an invasion on innocent people. This has to do with authorizations and so forth. Lex, who is in league with that country’s leader, plans to give the metahuman (I guess that’s what we should call him) a bad image. And at this point, Superman is lucky enough to have his girlfriend Lois (Rachel Brosnahan) back him up. And yes, she knows who he really is.

Instead of having the obligatory Batman or Wonder Woman assistance, we also have Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion), Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced, whose last superhero movie was unfortunately “Madame Web,” another make-up this reboot does for me), Metamorpho (Anthony Carrigan), and Mister Terrific (Ed Gathegi). One can use green energy to make giant middle fingers, one can screech like a hawk, one can change otherworldly objects on himself, and one knows technology like the back of his hand.

How many of these Superman movies are we going to get? My father asked me: How many did they make-14?.” Some websites would answer “7,” “8,” or “11,” and others would count “Director’s Cuts” or cameos. Do we really need another Superman movie right now? Not really, but we have one right now, we so have to see how it stands.

This “Superman” is all over the place, but there are moments worth seeing, and I can’t spoil anything for you fans out there. I like Corenswet trying his best to live up to Christopher Reeve’s standards, I think Brosnahan has some charms as Lois, and Hoult has the look and attitude of the villain with more ambition than Jesse Eisenberg. And I like the way the film uses Krypo in a weirdly cute way as I saw in “Clifford the Big Red Dog” a few years ago. I think Gunn knows what he’s doing with the Man of Steel, so I trust his judgement. A lot more than I trusted with the dinosaur’s menu in last week’s “Jurassic World: Rebirth.”