Superman Returns.....again

SPOILER warning!!! Superman saves the day. Hope I didn't ruin anything for you.














This was a good film. I was a fan of the originals as a child, though I can't hardly remember them now. But I found while watching this one, is what I remember the most is the "grandeur" if you will, of the whole story. Superman is the most revered of the Super Heros. Both in real life, and in the world which he inhabits.

There is this profound feeling about the film, because of the history of the first films, even if you never picked up a Superman comic. Superman is an American icon, and maybe a world wide icon. I dont know, I dont live world wide.

Either way, this felt like an important film, even if it was just the music telling me to feel like it's all very Grand, and even though it has Kate Bosworth in it. Hell, even Ashton Kutcher managed one good movie.

The good:

-Brandon Rouths' portrayal of Superman is good, but his Clark Kent is better; He brings off the nerdy clumsy thing quite well. Very well done. He has few lines, but thats not what Superman is about.

-Kate Bosworth looks better as a brunette than a blond. Kudos.

-Kevin Spacey is deliciously evil as Lex Luthor. Take that "Smallville!!"

-The VFX are awesome of course, a plane in the middle of a baseball field?? Thank you for making baseball interesting again Mr. Singer.

-The script has very few, if any cheeseball moments/lines. Unlike Episodes I-III, and X3. oh and Spiderman, but those aren't really that bad.

-Just an all around good summer film.

The bad:

-The film seems to linger sometimes, as if in love with itself. The flying, and more flying, and he twists around and spins, etc... This film is very very visual, with Supermans' lines sometimes few and far between.

-The main conflict with Luthor, almost feels like a sub plot sometimes. The film is relationship heavy (hence the good reviews) but almost to the point where its chick flicky in a couple of places.

-Cheesy religious symbols. Flying with his arms straight out (crucifixion-like), all the Saviour, Son, Father talk. There were probably more. Actually it's funny; he gets his power from the Sun, which is more Pagan as opposed to any of the afore-mentioned Christian symbols. Anyway....

-James Marsden (Cyclops from X-men movies) can't act here, or in the Xmen series. Sorry dude, you're kind of flailing around up there.

-It's always the kryptonite thing. I know, Supreman, krypton....it's so predictable. But it is, what it is I guess.