Superman Returns

[AOII_LB93]

I LOVED the movie. It was insane how much Routh looked like Reeve. Even the credits were done in the old way. I will see it again in IMAX this time.

[wrigley]

Ebert said the actor who played Superman must have been really bad or the script really sucked which might be why he didn't get to say much. The art of editing. He grudgingly gave it a thumbs up. I warned my brother about this before we went to see the movie. It felt like Kevin Spacey,Lex Luthor, was carrying the entire film. Kate Bosworth did the best she could with the script she was given. They should have made the Jimmy Olsen character more of college intern as opposed to an adult. The material used for the Superman costume made it look cheap. Certain parts that could've have played up weren't used because they will most likely go into the future sequel.

The special effects saved the film from being a total clunker. I agree the tribute to Christopher and Dana Reeve was a nice touch.

[gpb1874]

I enjoyed it. I thought the script and plot could have been better, but it was fun. It did seem like they cut out a lot of good material that could have made the story better, but who knows since it wasn't there!

My and my friend's hubby thought it was a little on the chick flick side since they spent a lot of time on the relationship between lois and superman.

[AznSAE]

i havent seen superman yet. but, has anyone here catched the ABC family show Kyle XY? it reminds me of superman and smallville. pretty good so far.

[ASUADPi]

What I hate is when critics (or others) start blaming the actors. Like others have mentioned here, they are given the script to work with. Plus, if the director isn't "encouraging" them to "push further" then they won't.
That is just a pet peeve of my when it comes to all movies.

[moe.ron]

It was a very slow movie. The dude that became Superman was good. However, he had little to work with. Bryan Singer, why did you pass on X-Men for this?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

i thought that the movie was incredibly boring, and moved along very slowly. even the opening credits were boring. the dialogue was very simplistic.

Well, I'll admit it -- I'm a Superman geek and I'm old enough to remember going to the theater 20 miles away from the town where I lived to see the unknown Christopher Reeves in the first Superman movie. I loved that movie. I had a fair amount of anxiety going into Superman Returns.

When the credits started, I wanted to stand up and cheer -- like with the Star Wars episodes, they were using the credit styles (and the music) from the earlier Superman movies.

the dialogue was very simplistic.the guy who played superman is very handsome, but his acting was very one dimensional. it seemed to me that he had one facial expression for the entire movie.

It's Superman -- the dialogue's supposed to be simplistic and Superman is supposed to a grown-up super-powered Boy Scout without too many conflicted feelings. If one wants intense character development and layered dialogue, one goes to Marvel comics, not DC.

I had been particularly nervous about how Brandon Routh would do as Superman, but I thought he did very well. I had no complaints at all -- he was a very good successor to Christopher Reeve, who was the definitive Superman.

kevin spacey was not a menancing lex luthor-he was a joke. so were his henchmen. and poor parker posey(lex's girlfriend)-i just felt sorry for her.

Lex Luthor isn't supposed to be menacing -- never has been really. Evil, yes; menacing, not so much. I was actually surprised at the continuity between Spacey's Luthor and Gene Hackman's in Superman II. Both played up the humor in Luthor. And the henchman and doll were right in line with both the earlier films and the comics.

I enjoyed the movie very much and highly recommend it. The only thing that really bothered me was that Metropolis was basically New York City with a Daily Planet building. I mean, I know that in many ways Metropolis is NYC, although to me it has always been more akin to Chicago, and that’s how I picture it, while Gotham City is really more NYC. (I’ve heard the comparison that Metropolis is NYC by day, Gotham is NYC by night.) But really, even if Metropolis is NYC in disguise, I don’t want to the see the Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, the New York Life Insurance Building, etc., when Superman is flying by. Literally, the Metropolis skyline was identifiably the NYC skyline with the Daily Planet Building added. I found that somewhat distracting.

But otherwise, I'm ready to see it again.

[krystle]

I neeeeeeed to see this movie, not only because I love superman...but because I think my friend John ( wow its weird calling him that because I always call him by his last name ) kinda looks like he could be Superman.


dont mind us looking stupid. it was the end of a long night @ the phi sig sapphire ball.


brandon routh.

[ASUADPi]

Originally Posted by krystle

brandon routh.

I hope I'm not the only one here who thinks he is absolutely adorable!

[krystle]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

I hope I'm not the only one here who thinks he is absolutely adorable!

I've kind of got a thing for him, its casual.

[HBADPi]

Your friend John doesnt look anything like the actor...

...maybe its just a bad pic?

[krystle]

Originally Posted by HBADPi

Your friend John doesnt look anything like the actor...

...maybe its just a bad pic?

Oh I wasnt saying he looks like Brandon Routh, I was saying he's got these Superman/Clark Kent qualities about him. Haha. The dark hair, super smart, glasses, prominent chin, body...maybe I should post a pic of him with his shirt off. I'm sure there's one on the boys website somewhere.


hmmmmm...Sorry if I gave anyone the impression that I thought they looked like. Hahah.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AXiD670

ETA: I missed the tribute to Christopher Reeve...was that in the credits at the end?

Yes. It was a dedication to Christopher and Dana Reeve.

I always sit through the credits -- partly for the music; partly interest for location or music information (always at the end); partly because I figure that if I worked on a movie, I'd want somebody to see my name; and partly because you never know when they'll be an "extra something" during or after the credits, a la "Pirates of the Caribbean."