Superman Returns : Love Story?
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I watched the new Superman movie last night. It was a good one. It’s not just because I’m a Superman fan but because it is a fine movie. I particularly liked the new custume used. It is made of new materials and cape is no longer like a piece of cloth draped on his back. It’s now more like a leather or spandex or something that makes its form steady. And thanks to the new technologies available to our movie makers today, the ’save-the-earth’ sequences are justified. They made it believable.
And yes, they had a great cast. Brandon Routh has done well in portraying Superman. Actually, he looks like Christoper Reeves. I didn’t expect that because about two or three years ago when it was announced that he’ll do the job, I can’t find the similarity between him and Reeves except for the clef chin. Kevin Spacey, on the otherhand is of course always at his best. Kate Bosworth is a bomb. She’s beautiful, sexy and all. She has done a very fine job in playing the role of Lois Lane. All the other supporting charaters did their part very well, too.
However, I feel that the movie lacks action sequences. Actually, it focused more on the love story of Lois and Superman. Though it has always been like that in the old Superman movies, I still didn’t expect that a good percentage of the movie is focused on their love story. I felt like I’m watching a ‘date movie’ or something. And with Lex Luthor, I thought he was an intelligent man. This time, he acts like a moron, a lunatic. Not exactly an intellectual person I got used to with Smallville. The prison sentence may have screwed his mind.
But there’s one interesting item that I liked in this movie. It’s something that you have to find out later when you watch it. Hmnnn… I didn’t know they did that!
Overall, it was a great movie though it wasn’t really what I expected. That’s a bad on my part since I always tell myself not to connect movies with its comic or TV series. That’s what I do when I watch XMEN movies and I really enjoyed them so much! I felt that this movie is a new beginning of a series. It’s more of a teaser for something big that will come later. So if you haven’t seen the movie yet, just go enter the movie house without expectations. At the end, I still recommend watching SUPERMAN RETURNS.