June 30, 2006

• So, Superman Returns...

  SPOILERS PRESENT!  (thanks Ais )
  

  It was actually a pretty enjoyable movie (and it's way over two hours long! Impressive), though of course, I still have my complaints.  I hated the costume.  It just didn't seem like Superman to me.  It was just way too dark, and this coming from ME, a person who happens to like dark colors.  But eh, not for Superman. He's too much a hero to be gloomy like that.  We already have Batman and his dark history being reason enough for his brooding, mysterious presence and the X-Men with their black costumes, and even the Fantastic 4, but couldn't you just leave Superman in all his brightness?  Without that, all I have is Nacho Libre.  Oyy.  I love the color red, but not the deep, maroon kind that can almost look black. Closeups of his boots seem like I'm just looking at Batman's boots.  There's just nothing that screams Superman to me.  Something about the "S" symbol bothered me too, and I now realized that it's because it's too small.  It's not in your face screaming, "Yes, I AM Superman."  It's just like eh..."I'm some guy dressed up in my own version of a Superman costume."  I had no idea that the S symbol was too small until my friend DJ pointed it out to me, and I also looked at some comic Superman pics as well as the older ones. 

  
  

  Brandon Routh did a pretty decent job, I guess, but all along I just really missed the amazing actor that was Christopher Reeves.  He played both Superman and Clark Kent to the utmost perfection, I think.  He absolutely pulled off the two different personas without a hitch.  Routh, though, didn't quite hit that mark.  Not that I expected him too, because heck, you only get one Christopher, and he's no longer with us. (sigh) Routh even seemed like he tried to mimic Chris as much as possible, and certainly sounded like him for several scenes.  But eh...I dunno.  I never missed someone so much from Hollywood like I missed Chris for most of the movie.  This one just looked he tried too hard and it just didn't seem natural.  Oh I got over it eventually and still dared to enjoy the Superman moves and such.  Kate Bosworth's Lois Lane was eh. zLeast she's not as annoying as Lana in Smallville, which was appreciated.  Actually, what bugged me the most about her was her seemingly...uh...well, inability to really show the effects of getting hurt. 

  
  

  But I guess it's not her fault the way she was written, which seemingly was as a woman who can get thrown around a plane a few times (no bruises or broken ribs???), who can get thrashed in the head with quartz rock (where's the blood? No gash??), and who can swim to the depths of the sea to save Superman only to swim effortlessly back up to the top (when did Aquaman give her his powers?).  So eh, that got a little annoying after awhile.  Can't the damsel in distress show even one smidgen of result from her ordeals? SOMETHING? I know it's petty, but I can't stand when you're supposed to be all like "Ouch that had to hurt!" in response to a scene and the character, who isn't even Superman, comes through unscathed.  The only thing that stopped her dead in her tracks was the door slamming down in her head, but even THEN, not one droplet of blood or gash.  It was all just a little unbelievable.  Heh, and I still can't imagine how no one in this movie even wonders where Clark Kent is.

  
  

  But besides those complaints, it was still pretty fun.  The effects were rather fantastic, though I wish his laser eyes were more noticeable.  The flying was awesome, and makes me wonder yet again how they still can't manage to get Storm to fly as realistically as Superman.  *shakes head* I loved when he flew through the building to catch the falling planet and of course when he caught the airplane.  Heh, I was thinking during that whole scene, "Man, he's not doing too good a job of stopping this tragedy." I mean the wings were falling off and all that stuff.  I'm surprised he didn't ice breath the fire out. I guess he was just rusty? It was his first rescue of the movie, after all.  But still, a pretty cool scene.  All of his scenes were definitely cool, even though the costume bothered me for all of them lol.  Didn't anyone else thing it was just too dark and broody?  My friend DJ loved the costume, though I don't know why.  Even the poor man's neck seemed like it was being choked by that thing.  But oh well. *shrug* I guess I'll always have my trusty Reeve's version.

  
  

  Still, pretty awesome.  The romance was actually kinda gag-worthy, but that's probably because it worked.  And I'm sorry, but this line Lois said was LAME:  "I've forgotten how warm you are."  I'm like LOL. What?? It was a weird line.  Awkward. Oh don't get me wrong, now. I'm a woman who can appreciate the warmth of a man close to me just as well. Makes me giddy all over.  But eh, I dunno. 'Twas odd. I'm glad they took their time developing the movie and didn't rush it like that horrid X3 nonsense.  No movie should ever be BELOW two hours in my opinion.  To do so is just wrong.  Poor James, though. Why is it that he's always the second best man?  X-Men, The Notebook, and now Superman lol.  A man as fine as that? Heh.  Anyway, I hope Spiderman 3 will follow the code of being over 2 hours, because actually, I'm truly looking forward to that one.  None of the Spiderman movies have disappointed me yet, so I'm hoping for yet another victory. 

  
  

  Anywayz...that's all for now.  I currently await Pirates, Lady in the Water, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Miami Vice, Snakes on a Plane, and The Descent, among others that may be escaping me.

  
  

  Ta-ta.

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