Superman Finally Returns
I just got back from a special 10:00 sneak preview of Superman Returns, and I do believe that someone's finally made a movie worthy of carrying the "Superman 3" mantle. Simply put, Superman Returns is absolutely stupendous.
Way back in 1978, the tagline for the original film told us that we would believe a man could fly. And with the special effects of Superman Returns, that promise has been fulfilled. The effects are an enormous improvement over what we saw in the previous Superman films, but I guess that can be chalked up to various technological advances over the last three decades.
Also wonderful is John Ottman's music, which boasts the grand, epic tone that the movie needed. Ottman puts the original music composed by John Williams to good use, with various musical cues from previous chapters in the Superman saga making appearances throughout the movie. Bryan Singer's direction is great too; he takes what he showed us with the first two X-Men movies and turns it up to eleven. Singer is careful to appease fans of the previous movies with subtle homages to the first two, as well as making the movie its own.
The acting is great, as well. Brandon Routh is a lot of fun, and while he may not be "the next Christopher Reeve," I'm sure he'll become "the first Brandon Routh" for a new generation of Superman fans. Kate Bosworth makes for a fine Lois Lane, James Marsden is great in a somewhat limited role, and Kevin Spacey is brilliant. Imagine Gene Hackman's interpretation of Lex Luthor but with a mean streak a mile wide, and you'd have Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor.
All in all, I'll give Superman Returns a hearty four stars and a recommendation to check it out. And while you're here, why not check out my reviews for the original movie, Superman 2, Superman 3, and Superman 4. Okay? Okay.
Way back in 1978, the tagline for the original film told us that we would believe a man could fly. And with the special effects of Superman Returns, that promise has been fulfilled. The effects are an enormous improvement over what we saw in the previous Superman films, but I guess that can be chalked up to various technological advances over the last three decades.
Also wonderful is John Ottman's music, which boasts the grand, epic tone that the movie needed. Ottman puts the original music composed by John Williams to good use, with various musical cues from previous chapters in the Superman saga making appearances throughout the movie. Bryan Singer's direction is great too; he takes what he showed us with the first two X-Men movies and turns it up to eleven. Singer is careful to appease fans of the previous movies with subtle homages to the first two, as well as making the movie its own.
The acting is great, as well. Brandon Routh is a lot of fun, and while he may not be "the next Christopher Reeve," I'm sure he'll become "the first Brandon Routh" for a new generation of Superman fans. Kate Bosworth makes for a fine Lois Lane, James Marsden is great in a somewhat limited role, and Kevin Spacey is brilliant. Imagine Gene Hackman's interpretation of Lex Luthor but with a mean streak a mile wide, and you'd have Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor.
All in all, I'll give Superman Returns a hearty four stars and a recommendation to check it out. And while you're here, why not check out my reviews for the original movie, Superman 2, Superman 3, and Superman 4. Okay? Okay.
posted by Matt Sutton at
1:21 AM
1 Comments:
It sounds great! I can't wait to see it.
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