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Saturday 9 March 2013

Superman Returns (2006)

Kudos to Dir. Bryan Singer for not giving us another unnecessary franchise reboot. Unfortunately, his continuation of the Superman story isn't very good. Brandon Routh is the only one of the principal actors that I felt was well-cast. Kevin Spacey looks the part but he brings nothing unique to the role of Luthor. Kate Bosworth is too young, too empty and just plain shitty.
I liked that it was both respectful and referential to the older films, the comics, and even the Fleischer cartoons, but ultimately the film is much too long and much too boring to recommend.

2 comic covers recreated out of 5

1 comment:

cuckoo said...

Agreed on Routh being perfectly cast.

Kevin Spacey and Parker Posey were shamefully underused.

Ottman did a fine job with the music.

The rest was completely boring and uninspired.

Singer did great with X-men and The Usual Suspects...the rest? He just kinda mostly stinks. I didnt' want him to get the the new X-men film....at all.

2 coincidental "20 Years Later" out of 5