I Liked It

I really liked Superman Returns. Good action scenes. The pace was excellent. Brandon Routh is an excellent homage to Christopher Reeves and is a dream boat when he's in that uniform. There's something about that fresh face, slick back hair, and that rogue curl that is so hypnotic. Also, I forgot and love how Superman gives helpful tips and tidbits of info after saving the day and that he's solar powered. All in all I was entertained greatly by this installment in the franchise and was pleased by the use of iconic Superman movie elements from the previous movies.

My only issues with the movie was that Bosworth (Lois Lane) is no Margot Kidder, her performance could have been easily substituted by a computer rendition of Kidder from 1978 and would have been better. Someone should have looked for her on MySpace to see if she was available to just do the part. Also, Parker Posey was not utilized correctly both by the writing and the direction.

I don't understand why many of the critiques I've read after seeing the movie insist that the original movie was some untouchable work of art and that Returns is some kind of cheap imitation. Returns is an entertaining comic book gone to the silver screen movie, just as the original was. I couldn't help but guffaw at reading criticisms that the original music was used in the new movie. John Williams' music has made many movies and Superman is no exception to that rule. "Can You Read My Mind" is a classic movie song and flying through the sky with Lois and the man of steel wouldn't be the same without it. Would you have the asteroid scene from The Empire Strikes Back redone with new music when that movie gets re-released on DVD for the umpteenth (spell check recognizes "umpteenth" as a word) time? Some of the reviewers that are writing couldn't have been more than eight years old when they saw the first movie and I think that perhaps they need to revisit the original with an adult eye and sans Superman underoos (underoos is not included in the spell check dictionary).