2006-Jul-7 - It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! Well, Kind Of
Summer's here and the time is right for dancing in the street, and checking out what the summer movie fare has to offer.
This has been one of the better blockbuster line-ups in recent years, I mean last year the only thing that stood out was 'Batman Begins' and the only good Star Wars prequel, 'Episode III.' At least this summer, there is KIND OF an inkling of a glimmer of a hope of excitement to actually go to the movie theatre.
One of the big reasons I was excited for summer was 'Superman Returns!' Let me preface this review by saying I am a geek, so I hold superheroes and comics near and dear to my heart.
For those who might not know, 'Superman Returns' takes place 5 years after the events of the 1980 movie 'Superman II.' Superman has been on Krypton, Clark Kent has been "traveling the world," Lois Lane is a pulitzer prize winner with an article entitled "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman," in a relationship with a new man, and has a 5 year old son. And Lex Luthor has been stewing prison for 5 years.
You might be asking yourself, WHAT THE FUCK?! Why wouldn't they start the franchise over like they BRILLIANTLY did
with 'Batman Begins' Why pick up in an already established movie
mythology? I said the same things myself when I heard about the plot for the first time. The answer is, who knows.
Barely known Brandon Routh had the task of taking on the very daunting role of Superman. A role at which he succeeded in portraying the idea and persona of who Superman is, but he always just looked like a male stripper with a Superman gimmick when he was in the costume to me. He sounded like Superman but didn't look like Superman. His Clark Kent was fantastic though.
Kate Bosworth was all wrong for Lois. Yes, she is hot. OK, she is a decent actress, but nothing about her was Lois. She always seemed too meek and timid, something Lois never was.
Kevin Spacey was one of the best parts of this movie. It's always more fun to play villians and you could tell he was having fun. Adopting what Gene Hackman created in the first Superman movies, but making him more cold, more calculating. He was more of a villian, less of a wacky annoyance.
********SPOILERS AHEAD! STOP NOW IF YOU WANT************
My main problem with this movie was Lois's kid, Jason. Lois is about to be severely beaten by one of Lex's cronies and Jason who, and we are beat over the freakin head with this, has a lot of health problems, shoves a piano across the room, crushing said henchmen. So we are led to believe that Jason is the son of Superman and Lois, the offspring of them bumping uglies at the Fortress of Solitude in 'Superman II.' The biggest problem with that is CLARK HAD NO POWERS when he slept with Lois. This kid, for me, was like introducing Scrappy Doo, and giving him superpowers. This was just a whole side story line that didn't need to be there. Having Lois in love with someone else would have been enough of a shock and a major adjustment for Clark.
Also, and it's somewhat of a small thing, get rid of the heart of gold girlfriend of Lex. It's stupid, it's bullshit, it doesn't further the story along and it lessens Lex's monkier of criminal.
This is a movie you should see on the big screen because it looks fantastic! With special effects nowadays, this is the closest representation of Superman actually being real! The entire airplane sequence made me feel like 5 years old again discovering Superman and seeing how cool is! All and all, this is not a bad movie, just little grips my inner geek had problems with, grips that can very easily be overlooked for others to believe that a man can fly again.
BEER RATING Sierra Nevada (5 out of 10)----The Chic Geek (formerly The New Guy)
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2006-Jul-10 - Holes |
| Posted by Anonymous |
| I heard there were very big holes in the plot and that going for the human interest stuff is trying to have it both ways; stick with the non-stop action, eh? |
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