I just saw Superman Returns…
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006
… and all I can say is that it could have been better. Waaay better. The actions scenes were cool, but the movie definitely needed a lot more of them. Brandon Routh could have been a better Superman with a better script. The rest of the characters didn’t even act they should have. Both Lois Lane and Perry White, who were once energetic and lively, are now portrayed as weak and soft. Way out of character. It’s as if the writers and director never watched a Superman movie or read a Superman comic. Only Kevin Spacey’s Lex Luthor was anything near good. And the kid…. eesh.
So basically they dropped the ball with this one. The script was bad, the acting could have been better, and there wasn’t enough action scenes. I think you can call that a disappointing film. Although, I’ll admit, each time Superman would fly, I had a smile on my face. Too bad the rest of the movie wasn’t as good, and simple as that. Superman Returns gets a 5/10.
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Definitively the best superhero movie of 2006. Having said this I think that we all have some form of complaint with the movie no matter how much we liked the movie. My problems stem from parts of the movie that would be considered spoilers so I will just say I had a few problems with the movie. On the whole it was pretty good and it was good to see a movie that follows some established continuity unlike batman which so far is fine but the next movie will likely erase the 90’s version(Having seen Batman and Robin though, that might be a good thing.)
What an average movie. Overpadded, unoriginal, cliched, poorly cast, and filled with plot holes bigger than a Phantom Zone generator. It spent more time paying homage to the original and fulfilling a Christ theme than it did in telling an original story.
The only pan I can possibly give this movie is the nu-camera movement that action directors are choosing… In too tight, and as steady as a parkinson’s patient under duress.
But the feeling this movie gave me… I felt the same way about seeing the first film. And to say it took too much, or resembled the original films too much is like saying a Jaguar XKR looks too much like an Aston DB9… Or your girlfriend looks too much like Monica Belluci.
This movie was just a “heh” for me. Sure there were cool parts, but my overall opinion was that it was “heh”.
On a grading scale I would give it a B-. On a scale of 1 through 10, I would give it a 7.5.
IMO, they could have done better in casting (all characters), story and plot. Oh well.