Anyone seen it yet?
I just got back from a ten o'clock showing... and holy ****, it's amazing. Easily one of my favourite movies ever, while also being the best superhero movie yet (which, is saying quite a bit). I recommend you all go out and see it as soon as possible, because I can't imagine seeing it on a smaller screen. It's made for a theater and that's where you need to see it.
Oh, and some guy dressed up as Superman. I got a picture with him and the audience applauded when he entered and exited the theater. Which made the experience that much better.
Go see it.
Hmm ... I wasn't sure whether I want to see it, but looking at your response, I probably will go off now.
OOOH, i heard from my friends also who gotthe advanced screening that, this **** was absolutely amazing.
Going to see it in a week actually. Was not to excited for it because the preview I saw looked lame. But every report I see ends up like Vampiro's. I'm actually getting pumped for it.
Yeah, I wasn't expecting too much from the trailers. I even thought the CG looked alittle lame. But even that was really fantastic.
I'm going to go see it with a bunch of friends this weekend. I've heard from countless people that it's the best superhero movie to date.
I'm definitally going to see it now, But sadly I'll have to wait till next week or something.
With Vampiro's second sentence as a refrence, I'm gonna see it this friday along with Click.
I'm definetly going to see it somtime. Hopefully soon.
Hoping to see it tommorow afternoon. Glad to hear people like it.
I saw a sneak preview of it on Tuesday, and I have NO IDEA what all the hype is about.
Sure, the movie was okay. It was very well made, too. The actors were efficient in portraying the roles set before them, and the special effects were top notch.
But the freaking concept of Superman is so f*cking stupid that it just took me right out of the film. Think of it this way. If there is a conflict and Superman gets involved and takes a side, that side WILL win unless someone on the other side has some Kryptonite. And that stuff is hard to come by, you know. No matter what he is up against, he CAN NOT lose unless there is kryptonite involved. Even when he is working with time constraints (like the first problem he encounters in the film) he still can not lose because he can fly faster than anything on earth can fly/fall/run/drive. He is too powerful!
I mean, with Spiderman, if you shoot him in the face, he's dead. If you put a knife to his throat and slide it across his jugular vein, he's dead. If you break his neck, he's dead. Superman is just too powerful.
The movie itself was good, as a movie, I suppose, but the concept of Superman is so stupid that you can't possibly write a good script around it unless you modify the core ideas of his powers and weaknesses.
So, apart from the concept, I thought it was a good movie.
EDIT - Click was better, IMHO. See it instead.
Wow, the best superhero movie of all time?
Jesus Christ, that movie ****ing sucked.
It got to the point where I was staring at the girls I was with instead, the movie was so ridiculously boring. The most fun I had was when the piano is pushed and I said "the force is strong in this one." Should've stayed at home.
It is, however, worth noting that it was not nearly as corny as I had expected. They more than made up for it in other fields though.
Well, I am a comic book fan, but I, along with most people, preferred marvel to DC. DC has Batman, who is awesome, and Superman who is lackluster. Marvel has prettymuch everyone else worth mentioning, and the great Stan Lee.
Brian Singer should have done X-men 3 and let someone else do Superman.
Another huge problem with it was the falling action.
SPOILER ALERT. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE, DO NOT READ ANYMORE OF MY POST
The obvious climax of the film is when Superman is lifting that huge continent into the sky and throwing it into space, all the while the kryptonite is growing closer and closer to him, and if it touches him, he and the rest of world become screwed. He successfully throws it out and wins. Good triumphs over evil for now. Luther got away like he almost always does, but his plan has been foiled. The guys in the plane got away safely. That should be it. Superman should return home, exchange a few simple goodbyes, maybe learn about the kid, and then be on his way. But no, that's not how the movies goes. AFTER the huge climax, they put in more suspense where Superman is unconcious and he might not make it. Sorry, but that's not how good action movies work. I'm all about breaking the mold and doing something new. But not when you have a good formula that is used on a sh*tload of excellent movies and probably could improve your movie that you are making. They dragged on way too long after the climax, I think.
After the climax, the viewer has watched the good guys win in the face of extreme adversity. And now all they want is a bit of closure and a few words to keep them waiting for a sequel (sometimes), but they don't want more suspense or action scenes that are resolved. The big problem is over, so no more small problems should come unless it's the kind that is not resolved until the sequel... Yeah, that's it.
Spoiler alert
Of course I didn't think Superman would die. I know he won't because that's just how the movies work. Superman doesn't die.
The stuff between Lois, Superman and the kid could've been done without Superman being all out of it. It could've been done in a few minutes. They dragged it out way too long.
Eh, I'm going with feion here. Everybody in my row was continuously checking their phones to see what time it was for the last hour of the movie.
People tend to do that no matter what... especially when the movie is close to three hours. But, I guess I'm just too much of a fag for superman to really complain about how lengthy it was. Personally, I was so glad it was as long as it was.
NUH UH! I don't know, when it's constantly interesting, people don't tend to care how long it is. I neglected to mention that the cell phone checks were usually followed by groans.
Eh, every long movie I've been to has been the same. You constantly see light from peoples phones and watches. Though the groan thing... well, I've never experienced that before, especially during Superman. Then again, I did go on tuesday...
I liked it.
WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD! WARNING! MEGAMAN BOSS IS UP!
I came into the film with a few expectations. I expected the movie to be one of the better comic book films ever released, only because of Bryan Singer. The director of the best comic movie ever, X2: X-Men United, should work his magic again with Superman without a doubt. [color=lightgreen]Check. I also expected Brandon Routh to be a challenge for viewers to get used to as the new Superman. The image of Christopher Reeve as Superman is embedded in people's minds to the point where great comic book artists such as Alex Ross draw from his look when painting Superman. The man just looked like a Calvin Klein model and would have a hard time playing Sups. Wrong. I was surprised at how well Routh played his role as both Clark and Superman, and his voice fits rather well with the character.
But while I came out of the film hugely satisfied, there were a few things to note that the comic book elitist in me couldn't let go, and most of it starts and ends with Lex Luthor. This film is not meant to completely please comic book fans, but to please the audience that loved the old Superman flicks, regardless of their comic book experience.
If I remember correctly, I read in Wizard that Singer was a huge fan of those films, which is a big reason why Superman Returns takes relative place in that universe, but I don't think he ever read enough modern material (anything in the last 5 to 10 years, at least) to truly learn from Superman's world. Lex is the biggest example of this. Luthor is the same villain he was in the old Superman flicks: short-tempered but unusually hysterical, sort of like a human version of Mr. Mxyztplk, while still retaining his intelligence and vision... albeit a misguided one.
Luthor is a man you don't mess around with, and anyone that is near him and works for him knows better than to act stupidly or open their mouth without Luthor's approval. The stupidity of his henchmen and the stupid comments continually made by "Kitty," coupled with her dumping the crystals as Lex was flying away from a crumbling kryptonite-powered land would've guaranteed her quick demise. Yet she's still alive, just to give Luthor an unfitting comic role. It's very much like the Luthor from the old movies, and very unlike the Luthor from the comic book.
Sadly, it doesn't stop there. While there was a hint of Luthor's devotion to independent human growth without the aid of meta-humans, there wasn't any trace of the deep love that almost defines his character: His love for Metropolis. On the contrary, without giving it a second thought he was willing to destroy Metropolis, along with most of North America, to create his own Utopia. This complete lack of care for the city that he loves, the one that he would continue to "protect" no matter how much it spits on his face, is the biggest flaw in Luthor's character in Returns. Someone at DC should've passed "Lex Luthor: Man of Steel" to Bryan Singer.
Yet it's not Singer's fault. I'd say that to most fans of the comics, their image of Superman is defined by the stories told in that medium. By the same token, Singer's image of Superman seems to be defined by Reeve's Superman in the big screen, so it's natural that he'll draw inspiration and pay tribute to that instead. And while most people would identify with Singer, it's still a shame that the film is not meant to be the first of its kind. No matter how great it stands on its own, it's still tied by the older flicks behind the scenes, unlike the true revival of Bats in Batman Begins, where all the older movies have never taken place. That's how I would've wanted it. In the case of directing X-Men, Singer didn't grow up "liking the films" because there weren't any. He wasn't an X-Men fan either, as I understand it, and didn't read the books while growing up... so when he took on the job to make the first ever X-Men film, he had no choice but to draw inspiration and knowledge from the main source, resulting in a much faithful picture to the original characters, regardless of how much he changed from the comic book.
Oh, and the CG is some cases... ew.
It's still an amazing film though, just not the best. I guess your like for it will depend on how much you like and know about Superman. Either way people should come out of it relatively satisfied.[/color]
I honestly did not like the movie. I expected to be an action packed super hero movie, but no. It turned out to be three hours of floating and Superman catching falling objects.
I saw it last night and most of my opinions about it have already been said (Bryan Singer, new actor for Superman, the Superman chracter etc. etc.). I was quite dissapointed wioth the lack of *** kicking superman does. Other than that it was a very good movie, I liked X-Men 2 better but thats just because I prefer Marvel to DC.
I heard this movie was lame, long-winded, low on action, and a borderline chick-flick. "Not enough @ss kicking.", as one of my friends put it. If I see it, it danm sure won't be at the price of $10. But, I will still check it out.
That... movie... was... awesome! The casting was great- though I don't think Marlon Brandon did a good job. I think that the director tried too hard to portray Clark as Christoper Reeves did, and that was the mistake made. I also think that Clark and Lois having a son was too small of a factor in the movie- if you are going to have a plot twist like that, then you have to play it out good and cheesy. But, anyway, I have decided to forgive Brian Singer for not doing X-Men 3.
The ghost of Marlon Brando is not to be taken lightly as a driving force in the movie industry.
I'm not saying he is a bad actor. I think he is a really good actor- just not with this role. He tried too hard to re-create the Superman that we all fell in love with when Reeves played him.
Besides, he's cute. :)
WROOOOONNNGGG
WOW even though im not into the whole superhero in tights thing this movie was AWESOME i easily give it a perfect 10/10!! :D (superman was hott too lol ;) )
I recently saw this movie and hands down the best movie I've seen this summer and probally the best super hero movie I've seen ever.
I saw this movie with my friend and like Big Boss, I had little expectations, I was thinking the whole time that Brandon Routh would fail miserbaly as Superman. Fortunately I was wrong, he did an amazing job with this movie and I was well satisfied with his first major film debut.
[COLOR="Cyan"]Computer graphics can make the camera fly erratically like a bumble bee. Comic movies have action and long conversations between people. I like the camera view, instead of sitting still, to move erratically like the bumble bee to give audience that extra rollercoaster experience - even if the movie may not be all that great. [/COLOR]
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Is superman's suit effected by kryptonite aswel? or is it just him?
[COLOR="Cyan"]The movie has another Superman, a son not yet grown up. It was lucky the kid was still alive. Had it been a super-terrorist with the same powers as Superman, the poor kid would not survive to enjoy his next birthday party. Just be glad it was Lex, the devious land-loving villain whose body a fearless old lady can hit like a punching bag that doesn't hit back. [/COLOR]
... what?
A script is a picture of words and I believe anyone if mind-focused can imagine some amazing villains or giant monster enemies. If I added one script say a giant Tyrannosaur Transformer, it would definitely make Superman worth watching:cool: :eek: