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I'm a right royal cynic when it comes to superhero movies these days, not thinking much of x-men, spiderman was just about ok, hulk and all the other minor ones sucked ass and batman begins tried but failed in my book. But "superman returns"has a real charm to it that sucked me right in. The actor was great as the s man and clark kent and showed a lot of subtle Reevesness that paid off (except he has use of the spine). The pace was just right, spacey was perfect for lex (no-one can come close to hackman so why even try and compare them) and the lois lane angle was great. There was enough references to past s-man films to give me a warm fuzzy feeling but unlike a lot of films/sequels/remakes they weren't ironic or all-knowing obvious winks. So i give it 8/10 for a jolly good charming yarn with a few twist and turns and a real nice pace to it. 2 points missing for an over the top intro crrdits and for not showing us any of the missing s-man years (perhaps another film?) This could be the start of an nice little franchise. |
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I concur. I went to it more based off of how I enjoyed the first two x-men movies than by wanting to see superman. It was substantially more enjoyable than I was expecting. And it had heart. Plus I didn't feel like punching kevin spacey in that smug grin for this one. For once he actually seemed to fit the part. However, I also enjoyed xmen 1 & 2, spiderman and batman returns. |
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what parts of kevin spacey's haven't fit him? |
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Well, I guess they fit him, but I hated him in all of them. He seemed like he was playing the same person every time, and it always seemed like they were putting him in because he's a popular actor, reguardless of who the character was. |
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No one does smug quite as good as Spacey. |
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Good movie, though I was sort of unsatisfied... everything was sort of vague and things weren't really touched on. Superman/Clark's respective self imposed exiles and the weird reactions of people to their return, the entire random evil plot itself and the ramifications... it seems like an awkward swiss cheese story that will need some supplements via a novel or some comics or something. But I enjoyed it. It looked and sounded great, I was never bored, and I actually wanted more despite the long running time. Specifically, I wanted some more superheroism. Another 10 minutes or so of some actual Supermanning near the middle would have bulked up the movie and gave Superman something to do. He just sort of shows up, saves a plane, does shit all, then nearly dies. Very little balance. It was pretty underwhelming in that regard. No really viable threat... they tried way too hard with the island premise and it just wasn't engaging. But yeah, I liked it. I hope General Zod or Doomsday or somebody shows up in the sequel though. I want a tighter narrative and a more traditional conflict. I didn't care much for Routh/Bosworth's chemistry so I'm definitely in the ''needs more action'' camp. They're no Reeve/Kidder. |
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my mum fancies him (seriously) |
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It seems like the late eighties/early nineties was the golden age of action movies... I fucken love that bit in XMen2 where Magneto has the prison guard tricked into drinking metal filings then ripping him apart to get the metal out and using it to waste all the guards and escape. That scene has the perfect mix of violence and a clever idea. |
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