Superman Returns

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Anthony Thompson
on July 6, 2006
in General
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So, I just got back from see Superman Returns at my local theatre.  Regardless of the 30 minutes of commercials and crappy movie trailers, the movie was actually pretty good.  The acting on Brandon Routh’s and Kate Bosworth’s part was… ok.  With a little more practice and a little more emotion he will make a good Superman.  Hopefully they greenlight the sequel and he gets another crack at it.  Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor was pretty much the best decision the casting department could have made.  He was excellent.  A lot of people say that this movie was “boring” and “emotional.”  Well, I say, “Uh… what?”  How can you have a story about a superhero and not add a dimension of emotion.  A lot of people complain about one scene in particular, but I won’t tell you what it is because it’s kinda a big part of the latter half of the film.  I think this part really shows the weakness Superman has to kryptonite.  You need to show that a superhero has weaknesses and a good villain will exploit this weakness to a large scale.  Another complaint is Lex Luthor’s “Evil Plan” of which I will not tell you.  I’m not one of those stupid reviewers who tell you the whole movie… I hate that shit.  Lex Luthor is the self-proclaimed “Greatest Criminal Mind of our time.” (See Superman I)  That means he’s crazy, so yeah he’s gonna have some hair brained ideas.  He’s a fucking rich, evil, insane supervillain.  Come on people, this is Superman Returns not a documentary about real life.  The thing that I really liked about this movie was how they didn’t extremely overpower Superman more than Superman was already overpowered by his creators.  The couple of things that I think they should have done are Superman’s suit should have holes in it when he gets shot, his skin should depress when the bullets hit him (I don’t have any problem with him being bulletproof, just add a little realism), and Superman should actually have to look like he has to exert himself when he’s lifting very heavy things in awkward manners.  When you see the movie, you’ll know what I mean.  The graphics in this movie were very, very well done, the flying and other superpower effects were very excellent.  So, I’ll give graphical effects and audio a 4 of 5.  Plot a 3 of 5 and acting a 2.5 of 5.  Overall, without doing the math, I’m gonna give this movie a 3.5 of 5 just because.  Oh and if you guys wait through the credits to see a little EE at the end, don’t bother there isn’t one.

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