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Here's Mine:

Wow! Superman Returns brought excitement and fun to a new level on the big screen. The film brought superior entertainment, even from the opening credits, with the John Williams score and fantastic imagery of Superman’s legendary flight from Krypton to Earth.

Superman Returns includes the best acting performance of not one, but ALL Superman characters involved. Brandon Routh brought a touch of realism and a relate-ability to Superman and Clark. Kate Bosworth was charming and emotionally touching in her role as Lois. Kevin Spacey was down-right brilliant in his role as Lex Luthor – making it appear that Lex could be a real person! (not one that I would want living in my city).

The spectacular quality of film and all the graphics involved made it easy on the eyes, which is not true for many “Superhero” movies.

After 20 years without Superman on the big screen, Bryan Singer pulled off a flawless hit that is sure to be a legendary film mentioned in the ranks of “Star Wars” and “The Lord of the Rings”.

I can’t wait to see it again!

I read on a few different reviews that Kevin Spacey was to fake and bubblegumish.
Thought it funny that you should say he was good, but im not critisizing you or anything, because i havn't seen the movie myself(yet).

I thought I had the urge to write a review, but I just erased the whole damn thing, lol. Straight up, this is for Supes fans only, and even they'll be dissappointed, I'm afraid. Ridiculous plot, uninspired performances, contrived "action" scenes, and a lousy final battle that ultimately becomes eclipsed by a heavy-handed romantic backstory, with elements that are all too obvious from the start.

A couple of homages, a couple of genuinely entertaining scenes, but overall, a pretty flat movie which wouldn't be missed had it not been made. I fell asleep a couple of times, grabbed a pop and candy hoping I'd get a sugar rush, and fell right back asleep. 150 minutes for a movie that could have EASILY been 90-100.

yea im sorry uwhusky i think you were too big of a fan of the movie and the action and cgi to reall think about the acting. Kate Bosworth was horrible. There was no real connection between her and routh, and she was just blah, and looked totaly out of place the entire time. I cant really say anything bad about Routh but nothing good either. He played the part well, but just wasnt given enough to really develop a good character. The story was interesting not exactly the way i thought the movie would go, really surprised they went with the

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superman has a kid thing

Overall I liked it, and it was good, but I just felt like there was something missing in it, one of those things you just cant put your finger on (besides the issues i already said).

It sucked the actor is aweful like Ufuk

Originally posted by forumcrew
yea im sorry uwhusky i think you were too big of a fan of the movie and the action and cgi to reall think about the acting. Kate Bosworth was horrible. There was no real connection between her and routh, and she was just blah, and looked totaly out of place the entire time. I cant really say anything bad about Routh but nothing good either. He played the part well, but just wasnt given enough to really develop a good character. The story was interesting not exactly the way i thought the movie would go, really surprised they went with the

Spoiler:
superman has a kid thing

Overall I liked it, and it was good, but I just felt like there was something missing in it, one of those things you just cant put your finger on (besides the issues i already said).

I cant wait to see it but I havent heard great reviews about it. I thinku r right, uwhusky seems to be too much of a fan, no offense intended. Maybe the sequel will be better, if theres one. Brian Synger didnt do too well on the first X-men but improve greatly on the 2nd one, hopefully the same thing will happen with this franchise.

It was a hell of lot better than than X-Men III, that's for sure.

*shudders*

Originally posted by Draco69
It was a hell of lot better than than X-Men III, that's for sure.

*shudders*

i haven't seen it yet, but hearing that it's better than X3 pisses me off to the max, because Bryan left Xmen to do superman 😠

I'm holding up to my review. I need to see it again to clarify some misunderstanding. But yes I did enjoyed the film. We should really stop comparing movies specially anything with the Marvel logo on it. Everyone knows Marvel films delivers quality films with awesome CGI and unecessary character indepth. With super incredible fighting scenes and quick one liners.

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i know it's just Xmen 3 was a good film but it was treated like crap

Originally posted by Emma718
i haven't seen it yet, but hearing that it's better than X3 pisses me off to the max, because Bryan left Xmen to do superman 😠

He already did two X-Men movies. Without Singer, we wouldn't HAVE X-Men movies....

It's not like he could have made it any better. He doesn't write the story. He DIRECTS the story. Ratner directed a horrendous plot to the best of his ability and failed admirably...

😘

yeah i guess the only ones we can blame for this is Fox

Originally posted by Emma718
i know it's just Xmen 3 was a good film but it was treated like crap

It WAS a crappy movie....

ok so it could of had improvements but it wasn't all bad

Originally posted by Emma718
ok so it could of had improvements but it wasn't all bad

Yeah it was...

The story was horrible. They mushed THREE X-Men mythos storylines together and dumped it into a proverbial blender. Why Phoenix? She had nothing to do with the Cure. All she did was STARE at people in the forest for no reason. She had a cool special effects...but that was it. She was just a bad character.

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She killed her friggin husband without a thought....but spared Wolverine?

Poor characterization. No character growth whatsoever. We just learned about their powers and that's it. Callisto? We knew nothing about her. Iceman? He's a horny cheater on the down low with Shadowcat. Rogue?

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She cured herself....because Kitty was stealing her boyfriend.

Too many characters. An X-Fan probably had multiple orgasms at this notion but for a normal audience member it was too damn confusing. Especially the annoying Porcupine Man. Angel? Had no other purpose but to fly around aimlessly. Psylocke was simply there as background. They should have had a core look at certain characters to make them more than cannonfodder.

No sense of direction. Nothing was explained. Why did Jean become Phoenix? Why did she

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kill her husband?

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join Magneto?

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kill Charles?

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kill Wolverine?

Poor dialogue. "I'm the Juggernaut, b*tch!!" 'Nuff said.

It was a one and half star movie at best. For a comics fan like myself, I give it two stars....depending on my mood....

Let's keep the discussion on Superman.

I thought it was a great movie. The ending just felt a little stretched out. That was my only real problem.

Alright, now that Dusty's weighed in, I can really rip. 😂

First of all, the premise is absolutely ridiculous. Lex Luthor plans to

Spoiler:
flood all of Metropolis, and then raise a rock continent.

Spoiler:
it's full of radioactive Kryptonite, the likes of which Luthor had to wear a ring to avoid exposure to

The casting looked great on the outside, superficially, but inside, there was no chemistry. There was no charisma. There was no talent. Routh was emotionless. Bosworth was empty, nowhere near as Catty and lovestruck as Margot Kidder, and Kevin Spacey's rendition of Luthor was that of a maniacal real estate agent, not snippy or funny like Hackman.

Supes and Luthor's imminent final battle was contrived, short, and devoid of excitement, instead, ending it with the sappy baby daddy drama, which again, was just silly. Big mistake casting a rookie actor in such a supposedly important role for a big summer blockbuster. I've seen more emotion on the face of a rotting fish, washed up on the beach.

150 minutes of disappointment and failed potential, IMO. Yes, it was missing something. Substance. Even if you leave your brain at the door, your intelligence wil be insulted by this film.

Originally posted by Draco69
It was a one and half star movie at best. For a comics fan like myself, I give it two stars....depending on my mood....

👆

Two stars is too high. I'd give it 1.5, and that's being generous. It was a crap movie.

Originally posted by C-Dic
Alright, now that Dusty's weighed in, I can really rip. 😂

First of all, the premise is absolutely ridiculous. Lex Luthor plans to

Spoiler:
flood all of Metropolis, and then raise a rock continent.

Why? Anyone? Someone? Nobody can live on it considering

Spoiler:
it's full of radioactive Kryptonite, the likes of which Luthor had to wear a ring to avoid exposure to

. It's uninhabitable, it provides no sustenance, and it's a ****ing rock. So, Superman comes back (the same time as Clark Kent of course, which nobody notices) and when he pops up on screen, it's to lift something heavy, and have a line or two of dialogue? Yes, "Superman Returns", but only when someone is in peril, or if someone's child's paternity is in question, which was a stupid, stupid backstory, the answer to which was obvious 15 minutes into the movie, from the first puff of the inhaler.

The casting looked great on the outside, superficially, but inside, there was no chemistry. There was no charisma. There was no talent. Routh was emotionless. Bosworth was empty, nowhere near as Catty and lovestruck as Margot Kidder, and Kevin Spacey's rendition of Luthor was that of a maniacal real estate agent, not snippy or funny like Hackman.

Supes and Luthor's imminent final battle was contrived, short, and devoid of excitement, instead, ending it with the sappy baby daddy drama, which again, was just silly. Big mistake casting a rookie actor in such a supposedly important role for a big summer blockbuster. I've seen more emotion on the face of a rotting fish, washed up on the beach.

150 minutes of disappointment and failed potential, IMO. Yes, it was missing something. Substance. Even if you leave your brain at the door, your intelligence wil be insulted by this film.

the kryptonite isnt dangerous to the rest of humans actually, multiple humans handle it with no protection in the movie. The new continent would take years upon years to be inhabitable though and it is one of the worst plots for a bad guy in some time. Wouldnt he want to develop alien weaponry or vehicles or something first? you know something usefull.

Originally posted by UWHusky
Here's Mine:

Wow! Superman Returns brought excitement and fun to a new level on the big screen. The film brought superior entertainment, even from the opening credits, with the John Williams score and fantastic imagery of Superman’s legendary flight from Krypton to Earth.

Superman Returns includes the best acting performance of not one, but ALL Superman characters involved. Brandon Routh brought a touch of realism and a relate-ability to Superman and Clark. Kate Bosworth was charming and emotionally touching in her role as Lois. Kevin Spacey was down-right brilliant in his role as Lex Luthor – making it appear that Lex could be a real person! (not one that I would want living in my city).

The spectacular quality of film and all the graphics involved made it easy on the eyes, which is not true for many “Superhero” movies.

After 20 years without Superman on the big screen, Bryan Singer pulled off a flawless hit that is sure to be a legendary film mentioned in the ranks of “Star Wars” and “The Lord of the Rings”.

I can’t wait to see it again!

Kind of funny that you just recently joined KMC...

Can you say WB studio plant boys and girls.. 🙄