Many skeptics believed "Superman Returns" would potentially suffer due to a lack of quality and genuine originality, ripping off the other Superman-related TV Shows and movies. And although at times the movie did seem to have certain parallels to other superhero movies, the movie didn't get bruised in any way. It's almost like a crash; we see the sudden adrenaline rush in the most fascinating way. Superman is their hero and they are his family. Metropolis crumbles under the weight of hopelessness and vulnerability now that their savior has disappeared."Superman Returns" to planet Earth and once again reunites with Lois Lane to finally (?) put an end to Lex Luthor. This is a story of hope, survival and (as tacky as it seems) family and love.
Five years after Superman disappears (and, coincidentally, so does Clark Kent), he falls directly into his earth-parents' farm after being absorbed into a meteor. He quickly recovers and goes back to work at the Daily Planet where he finds out Lois Lane had been married and now has a child. Elsewhere, Lex Luthor is now out of prison and married to an old billionaire who signs away her possessions with the last breath she has. Lex takes the money, and finds large crystals buried in Superman's Fortress of Solitude that can give him power beyond belief.
"Superman Returns" is a powerful ode about the most powerful and popular superhero ever. With edge of your seat action sequences, and some plot twists, the movie is as powerful as The Man of Steel himself. What makes this movie more interesting is how we see weakness and vulnerability in Superman. He suffers from the now-healed society which no longer includes Superman, and in one awe-inspiring scene, he is dragged across water and dirt by a human and we see just how humanistic this one man can be.
Director Bryan Singer directed this movie almost flawlessly -- and it's no surprise, him being the director of the first two X-men movies. His display of special effects is uncanny, paying tribute to the Spider-man movies with both flying sequences and creating almost a whole city in CGI. Brandon Routh was a really good choice for Superman. His entire face seems almost metal and mannequin-like.
There are a few plot holes in Superman though. It does not really start off where the first three ended off. Now Lois doesn't know Clark Kent is Superman, and it doesn't really explain how and where Superman came from, and where he'd been for five years. However there is an obvious motivation for Superman's drive, and a definite character development. Not to mention a footage of Marlon Brando himself.
In all, "Superman Returns" is a fun, thrilling, nostalgic movie that keeps you wanting more and more. And while being compared to classics such as the Reeves franchise and even the Hatcher/Cain phenomena, the movie stands alone as the most powerful of them all.
Five years after Superman disappears (and, coincidentally, so does Clark Kent), he falls directly into his earth-parents' farm after being absorbed into a meteor. He quickly recovers and goes back to work at the Daily Planet where he finds out Lois Lane had been married and now has a child. Elsewhere, Lex Luthor is now out of prison and married to an old billionaire who signs away her possessions with the last breath she has. Lex takes the money, and finds large crystals buried in Superman's Fortress of Solitude that can give him power beyond belief.
"Superman Returns" is a powerful ode about the most powerful and popular superhero ever. With edge of your seat action sequences, and some plot twists, the movie is as powerful as The Man of Steel himself. What makes this movie more interesting is how we see weakness and vulnerability in Superman. He suffers from the now-healed society which no longer includes Superman, and in one awe-inspiring scene, he is dragged across water and dirt by a human and we see just how humanistic this one man can be.
Director Bryan Singer directed this movie almost flawlessly -- and it's no surprise, him being the director of the first two X-men movies. His display of special effects is uncanny, paying tribute to the Spider-man movies with both flying sequences and creating almost a whole city in CGI. Brandon Routh was a really good choice for Superman. His entire face seems almost metal and mannequin-like.
There are a few plot holes in Superman though. It does not really start off where the first three ended off. Now Lois doesn't know Clark Kent is Superman, and it doesn't really explain how and where Superman came from, and where he'd been for five years. However there is an obvious motivation for Superman's drive, and a definite character development. Not to mention a footage of Marlon Brando himself.
In all, "Superman Returns" is a fun, thrilling, nostalgic movie that keeps you wanting more and more. And while being compared to classics such as the Reeves franchise and even the Hatcher/Cain phenomena, the movie stands alone as the most powerful of them all.