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Superman returns in some way shape of form every few years. Today we're going to talk about his first BIG return in Superman Returns! A movie that really wants to remind you about the original movie. Directed by Bryan Singer and starring Kevin Spacey and other people! What did you think of this movie? Are you excited for the next return of Superman?share
Superman is a fan favorite and very powerful alien. He is known and loved worldwide. The reasons imo why it didn't do well or other Superman returns are
1. They are too ashamed of his costume. So gone are the nice cheerful colorful blue, yellow and red. It's muted dull with silly bridal like cape and that too digital. Colors are darkened and the suit is moronic. Not iconic. They are ashamed of his red undies and S meaning Superman. There's also no S on the red cape. His hair is also weirded now with Cavill having a balding look instead of the iconic swirly lock on one side.
2. Casting is hit or miss. While Routh and Cavill are great actors, both seemed off tbh. They were better as Clark Kent but no different as Superman. Reeves had a clear difference between Kent and Superman.
3. Ashamed of saying iconic lines. "Truth, justice....and all that". Uh..what? It's "Truth, justice and the American way". Saying American way doesn't detract from anything except showing America still is a beacon of hope and leads the way. This turns people off, especially international viewers who grew up hearing this and international viewers do not want these iconic lines chopped to "please" them. They want the original Superman. People are smart and mature enough to separate politics and movies.
4. Bad villains. Batman v Superman. Batman? Really? He's a guy who works out but in a suit operating at night against low level thugs. Making him a match for Superman, a real superhero, is a joke. And obviously the kryptonite comes out as that is the only thing, except they have loads of it in solid, liquid and gas form somehow. And it is also inconsistent. Maybe use brainiac or mxzy...or whoever alien as a better threat. Justice League is fine but tbh Batman overall is a joke in that league and a danger to himself.
And ditto Lex Luthor. I mean cmon.
5. Retelling the origin story again and again in bad ways. Superman Returns avoided the origin but the story was not too good.
6. The flying. This was more epic and graceful in 1978 than 2018 (or whenever recent). You don't need cgi crazies with supersonic booms and obeying laws of physics type thing to small extent. No one cares. Make it fun. A real Superman won't be able to fly like that without causing tornados or booms or whatever. But no one is here for accurate physics.
7. The action. Shaky cam must go away for ever. Man Of Steel had the worst effects where I was somehow able to make out some action every 20s or so. Maybe it was too much I was seeing. How about they spin the camera nonstop wildly filming this. Maybe then I will be able to enjoy the movie eh?
8. Love interest Lois. The chemistry was missing tbh in the newer movies. Margot had a kick as a strong woman without going over the top (i.e. making men weak to make her look stronger) but more importantly she had chemistry with Superman and Clark. Totally missing in the recent few movies. Even TV shows don't have them. Smallville guy looked like Superman to a small extent in the show but much more like Superman when he matured. Should've cast him then. He had an aura. Superboy actor S1 was amazing.
9. Dialogs. Forced, cringey nowadays.
I think I'm done.
Frankly I can understand Brian Singer wanting to just make a sequel to the original movies but if you ask me he didn't have any good ideas for a sequel. He just rehashed the plot that was done in the first movie. He could've chosen to do Braniac or some other Superman villain that hasn't been done and he chose to just rehash Lex Luthor's plot from the first one. It's really lame. I don't hate Lex Luthor but for goodness sake, WB! Do some other villain besides him and Zod!
shareIt was boring as hell. The plane rescue was great but the rest sucked.
shareWhat was the point of doing a loose sequel to the original movies? it could've easily have been a reboot like Batman Begins a year before, since the Christopher Reeve movies ended we got newer takes with Lois & Clark and Smallville, there are things in the original movies that don't quite work with 2006 audiences very well, some of them feel like old school 70's Supes before 1986 and they feel awkward and clunky in a modern film like Returns.
Since they were rehashing the plot of 78 Supes they never explored the ramifications of Superman being away for years properly.
Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane is weakest link, she was miscast as a underwritten Lois, she was 22 years old at the time, she looks like a 15 year old school girl than a fearless reporter, she has none of the elements that other actresses brought to the character and is a bland boring actress.