Suprman Returns... Not All Good
Added 2/8/2010
I generally liked the movie, but why can't the Liberal Hollywood agenda take a break? Why did they have to have Lois Lane pregnant out of marriage?
They went out of their way to advance their agenda, instead of making a movie all Superman fans and others could watch without any moral objections!
Dukes of Hazzard remake had to have pot at the end, etc.
I heard they are going back to the drawing board and remaking Superman again.
This time fellas, just make a great movie, and keep your liberal agenda out of it.
They had Lois get pregnant out of wedlock, but they decided to hide Superman's real-sized 'package'.
Seems inconsistent to me.
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Nearly 20 Years and we get this
Added 2/8/2010
Bryan Singer's take on the Man of Steel. Said to be a sequel to SUPERMAN & SUPERMAN II, it lacks the feel of the Donner film and not even the Donner/Lester amalgamation that is the 2nd film. I like Brandon Routh as Kent/Superman. He isn't Christopher Reeve but he does a pretty decent job. Kevin Spacey is a truly vile and vicious Lex Luthor, Parker Posey a trip as his girlfriend Kitty. Frank Langella is ok as Perry White (stepping in after Hugh Laurie had to bow out), Sam Huntington a good Jimmy Olson and Eva Marie Saint as Ma Kent. As the acting goes, the weak link is Kate Bosworth. She is such a lousy Lois Lane. What killed this project -- it was a $200 million production that made money but not enough (movies have to do double their cost to break EVEN) -- it is dark, it is violent and long and kinda boring. What Singer managed to infuse into the X-Men franchise he couldn't do for the Man of Steel. Will we see another Superman adventure on the big screen? I am confident. It might be years but you can't keep a good man down.
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Superman Returns DVD movie.
Added 1/20/2010
I am not A Super Man fan, but I thought the movie was good, except Kevin Spacey who I can't stand due to his political stance. So it was Appropriate for him to be the Villain in my opinion.Overall though the movie is enjoyable to watch. I give it 3-4 1/2 stars.
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Bryan Singer's Man of Steel is a Weak Link
Added 1/15/2010
Bryan Singer did a phenomenal job with the X-MEN movies but his SUPERMAN RETURNS shows an obvious love for the Christopher Reeve movies -- but a serious misunderstanding as far as what makes Superman appealing. This is a weird, unsatisfying film that's just not funny or even romantic in any regard.
The reason being is that Singer brings his own personal agenda into the franchise where it doesn't belong. Superman here is a deadbeat dad with a bastard son -- elements that NO prior Superman story ever had -- and that entire subplot of the movie doesn't work at all. Do you want to see Batman or Spider-Man as a single parent? Singer should have made his own personal story about this material, not tried to graft it onto a Superman film. The casting also fails to work -- Kate Bosworth is a disaster as Lois, and there's no chemistry between her and Brandon Routh, who does what he can with the limp dialogue but also fails to register. Kevin Spacey likewise doesn't come across well as Lex Luthor.
There's a lot of talk but not a lot of fun here. Tellingly, SUPERMAN RETURNS failed to deliver on its initial box-office grosses -- and as fans have stated ever since the movie came out, nobody wanted to see this film's story (with Superman's "super kid" offspring) carried forward. Thus, the franchise is dead again -- fans can stick with the later seasons of SMALLVILLE instead, which are far more satisfying despite taking their own liberties with the material.
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A Superman " What If Story "
Added 1/12/2010
Superman is the man. This movie is seeing the character on the big screen afetr a long time, but doesn;t reflect the complete character and his world. Bryan Singer and his team seemed to have seen the first movie of Superman and that is it. Watch the making of documentary and you will see one of his crew members reading "The Making Of Superman: The Movie" instead of a Superman comic book. This made me feel bad especially with my favorite superhero. Why is it that the animated features and shows go full out with the enemies and stories until we hit film and there is this tied down feeling with only one villian, Lex Luthor...as if Braniac, Metallo, Darkseid, Toyman, Parasite, Titano, Lobo, Gog, Bloodsport, Atlas, Doomsday, and others would never be seen in Superman film universe (makes us feel lucky they used Zod for 1.2 films). Also, switching the romance and add the child of _______ into the story makes no sense and illustrates no one did their homework. Imagine if Peter Jackson made Lord of The Rings with only seeing the animated TV special Return Of The King in the 80s without reading any of the books, the trilogy would be a one movie deal and a musical.
They did put a lot of hard work into the movie to make it look good, but I wish they tried more with the characters and the story. That's difference with Batman Begins and Superman Returns...Christopher Nolan being more of a fan of the superhero's mythology rather than liking a few films of done in the past.
The story is written from the outside looking into the character at a distance. The movie is enjoyable to see Superman on the big screen but fails to give Superman the credit he has in the comic books. It fails to take him to the next level of where he is now. Smallville is doing a better job at the mythology. Minus 2 stars for story and lack of work, but the movie is made well and may please anyone who doesn't know much about Superman but the basics to pass a Trivial Persuit game.
I got this movie to support the Man Of Steel and the middle part is fun especially the airplane save. Hang in there for the future for Superman and i highly recommend Superman: Doomsday and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies for those are way closer to the character and those great books. Maybe in time DC and Warner Bros. will treat us with a wholesome Superman Motion Picture like Marvel made up for Hulk with Incredible Hulk.
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Suprman Returns... Not All Good
Added 2/8/2010
I generally liked the movie, but why can't the Liberal Hollywood agenda take a break? Why did they have to have Lois Lane pregnant out of marriage?
They went out of their way to advance their agenda, instead of making a movie all Superman fans and others could watch without any moral objections!
Dukes of Hazzard remake had to have pot at the end, etc.
I heard they are going back to the drawing board and remaking Superman again.
This time fellas, just make a great movie, and keep your liberal agenda out of it.
They had Lois get pregnant out of wedlock, but they decided to hide Superman's real-sized 'package'.
Seems inconsistent to me.
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Nearly 20 Years and we get this
Added 2/8/2010
Bryan Singer's take on the Man of Steel. Said to be a sequel to SUPERMAN & SUPERMAN II, it lacks the feel of the Donner film and not even the Donner/Lester amalgamation that is the 2nd film. I like Brandon Routh as Kent/Superman. He isn't Christopher Reeve but he does a pretty decent job. Kevin Spacey is a truly vile and vicious Lex Luthor, Parker Posey a trip as his girlfriend Kitty. Frank Langella is ok as Perry White (stepping in after Hugh Laurie had to bow out), Sam Huntington a good Jimmy Olson and Eva Marie Saint as Ma Kent. As the acting goes, the weak link is Kate Bosworth. She is such a lousy Lois Lane. What killed this project -- it was a $200 million production that made money but not enough (movies have to do double their cost to break EVEN) -- it is dark, it is violent and long and kinda boring. What Singer managed to infuse into the X-Men franchise he couldn't do for the Man of Steel. Will we see another Superman adventure on the big screen? I am confident. It might be years but you can't keep a good man down.
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Superman Returns DVD movie.
Added 1/20/2010
I am not A Super Man fan, but I thought the movie was good, except Kevin Spacey who I can't stand due to his political stance. So it was Appropriate for him to be the Villain in my opinion.Overall though the movie is enjoyable to watch. I give it 3-4 1/2 stars.
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