Boy howdy I am not at all a Superman fan. I thought the first two were okay. Before you kill me just let me explain that I have been more of a Batman fan just for the fact that Batman is so down to earth and makes mistakes he's the flawed superhero as I call him. So when I watched Batman Begins last year I was hooked. It had it all, one of the best directors on the market, one of the best cast I have ever seen for a movie, and just did everything right that Joel Schumaker could not do in a million years. Plus it was heartfelt and engaging.
Now when I heard that indeed Superman was making a return I had no faith in the movie, i'll be honest there was really stupid ideas passed around by people like Brett Ratner to MCG to Nicholas Cage. Just stupid ideas. Then a hope of gleam came through, I found out that the Bryan Singer himself was indeed taking on the challenge of making a downright incredible Superman. If you know anything about Bryan Singer he has the talent to make an outright awesome movie. When I first heard that Bryan Singer was leaving X-men 3 to make Superman I was a little disappointed but I moved on and watched as all the right pieces fell into place. Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, A script by the guys who did X2 (which was a awesome movie), a good editor and score creator in John Ottman it had the makings of a good movie. Then came the acting possibilities Josh Hartnett to Nicholas cage to play the man of steel I mean it was bad. Then comes along this unknown Brandon Routh he just comes out of nowhere I mean come on I thought at first this is not a good choice, but hey I said to myself I have been proved wrong before (Boy did I eat my words later on).
Anyways the pieces fit and two and half years later what can I say it proved so effective that I even after seeing the first trailer was excited to see it I even bumped it to my top 5 for the year, and remember folks I am not a huge Superman fan. After watching Superman Returns I have become a superman fan. This movie has everything Astonishing acting, Insane Special Effects, Gut wrenching scenes and so on. It's just the perfect superhero movie. I mean not once was I lead to believe that Brandon Routh was trying to rob Christopher Reeves of the success of the early movies. I believe that Bradon was not only paying homage to it but elevating the character to such a level of emotion that to say the Brandon's acting is great is an understatement.
Once again I believe that Kevin Spacey might be the perfect villain for Bryan Singer. He's got everything in being a bad guy. He even has a lot of laugh's that are genuinely funny in this movie. He also has a really dark side to the movie that only compares to his sinister turn in the Usual Suspects. Also I give credit to Kate Bosworth some people believe that she is off base with her character, but me personally I believe she play's the character with real heart, and the kid he's well a kid and doesn't act anything but a kid in the movie. I thought the whole scene where he plays the piano with the bad guy is really cool, it shows how uncorrupted a kid really is, and he doesn't do anything that a normal kid wouldn't do.
I know I have gone on and on about how great this movie is but I will say one problem that I had with the movie is the whole thing at the end with what happens to Superman, It makes no sense and kind of bothered me. You'll understand when you see it. Sorry If I spoil this so don't read until I say it's good. But the Scene where Superman lifts the island with all his force and let's it go into outer space and then falls back to earth might be the most Jawdropping thing I have ever scene, I mean I liked the whole Space shuttle disaster but just the visual of Superman lifting the massive peace of land is oh my god just so unbelievably amazing.
Now it is safe to read. In closing if you have been on the fence about this movie don't be yeah it's long, yeah it'Superman and so on and so on, but if you want my opinion this is a Career achievement for Bryan Singer. To take a series that had been in development hell for so long, and to take a person like me who is not a big Superman fan and move me and just plain rock my socks, We'll I have to give it to them. Anyway's go see it.
Now when I heard that indeed Superman was making a return I had no faith in the movie, i'll be honest there was really stupid ideas passed around by people like Brett Ratner to MCG to Nicholas Cage. Just stupid ideas. Then a hope of gleam came through, I found out that the Bryan Singer himself was indeed taking on the challenge of making a downright incredible Superman. If you know anything about Bryan Singer he has the talent to make an outright awesome movie. When I first heard that Bryan Singer was leaving X-men 3 to make Superman I was a little disappointed but I moved on and watched as all the right pieces fell into place. Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, A script by the guys who did X2 (which was a awesome movie), a good editor and score creator in John Ottman it had the makings of a good movie. Then came the acting possibilities Josh Hartnett to Nicholas cage to play the man of steel I mean it was bad. Then comes along this unknown Brandon Routh he just comes out of nowhere I mean come on I thought at first this is not a good choice, but hey I said to myself I have been proved wrong before (Boy did I eat my words later on).
Anyways the pieces fit and two and half years later what can I say it proved so effective that I even after seeing the first trailer was excited to see it I even bumped it to my top 5 for the year, and remember folks I am not a huge Superman fan. After watching Superman Returns I have become a superman fan. This movie has everything Astonishing acting, Insane Special Effects, Gut wrenching scenes and so on. It's just the perfect superhero movie. I mean not once was I lead to believe that Brandon Routh was trying to rob Christopher Reeves of the success of the early movies. I believe that Bradon was not only paying homage to it but elevating the character to such a level of emotion that to say the Brandon's acting is great is an understatement.
Once again I believe that Kevin Spacey might be the perfect villain for Bryan Singer. He's got everything in being a bad guy. He even has a lot of laugh's that are genuinely funny in this movie. He also has a really dark side to the movie that only compares to his sinister turn in the Usual Suspects. Also I give credit to Kate Bosworth some people believe that she is off base with her character, but me personally I believe she play's the character with real heart, and the kid he's well a kid and doesn't act anything but a kid in the movie. I thought the whole scene where he plays the piano with the bad guy is really cool, it shows how uncorrupted a kid really is, and he doesn't do anything that a normal kid wouldn't do.
I know I have gone on and on about how great this movie is but I will say one problem that I had with the movie is the whole thing at the end with what happens to Superman, It makes no sense and kind of bothered me. You'll understand when you see it. Sorry If I spoil this so don't read until I say it's good. But the Scene where Superman lifts the island with all his force and let's it go into outer space and then falls back to earth might be the most Jawdropping thing I have ever scene, I mean I liked the whole Space shuttle disaster but just the visual of Superman lifting the massive peace of land is oh my god just so unbelievably amazing.
Now it is safe to read. In closing if you have been on the fence about this movie don't be yeah it's long, yeah it'Superman and so on and so on, but if you want my opinion this is a Career achievement for Bryan Singer. To take a series that had been in development hell for so long, and to take a person like me who is not a big Superman fan and move me and just plain rock my socks, We'll I have to give it to them. Anyway's go see it.