jerrythecow
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Yesterday, I saw Superman Returns. In it, after visiting the remains of his home planet Krypton for 5 years, Superman (Brandon Routh) returns to Earth in order to reclaim his lost love, Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth). However, once he arrives on Earth, not only does he discover that Lois has forgotten Superman and married a pilot, Richard White (James Marsden), but also that Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) has gotten out of jail and is planning an all new plan.
Though billed as an "action" film, Superman Returns does not have quite as much action as I would have hoped. There's really only 2 or 3 scenes where Superman fights, and those scenes are very brief. Superman is just too strong. It's boring watching him fight criminals that he can take down in instants. Shoot him? Nope. He's impervious to bullets. Outrun him? No, he can move faster then sound. Sneak past him? Sorry. As Superman himself remarks "I hear everything." Basically, the only way to kill him is with kryptonite, which is getting to be a bit old plot.
Another annoying thing about Superman Returns, is that they are forced to spend the first 20 minutes reminding us what happened in the movies that came out 30 years ago. I understand that this is necessary, but they could have cut it down a bit.
The romance was too much. If they took a quarter of the romance scenes they had and made them action scenes, it would have been perfect. But as I said, superhero movies should be chock-full of action, which this movie wasn't.
I did like some parts of this movie. The action (when it happened) was intense and well done, with great special effects. The acting was good, especially by James Marsden and Kevin Spacey. I really liked the scene with the miniature town that Luthor makes to test his plan.
All in all, a movie worth seeing, but there are definitely better ones.
Though billed as an "action" film, Superman Returns does not have quite as much action as I would have hoped. There's really only 2 or 3 scenes where Superman fights, and those scenes are very brief. Superman is just too strong. It's boring watching him fight criminals that he can take down in instants. Shoot him? Nope. He's impervious to bullets. Outrun him? No, he can move faster then sound. Sneak past him? Sorry. As Superman himself remarks "I hear everything." Basically, the only way to kill him is with kryptonite, which is getting to be a bit old plot.
Another annoying thing about Superman Returns, is that they are forced to spend the first 20 minutes reminding us what happened in the movies that came out 30 years ago. I understand that this is necessary, but they could have cut it down a bit.
The romance was too much. If they took a quarter of the romance scenes they had and made them action scenes, it would have been perfect. But as I said, superhero movies should be chock-full of action, which this movie wasn't.
I did like some parts of this movie. The action (when it happened) was intense and well done, with great special effects. The acting was good, especially by James Marsden and Kevin Spacey. I really liked the scene with the miniature town that Luthor makes to test his plan.
All in all, a movie worth seeing, but there are definitely better ones.