I’ve never been a huge fan of Superman. But my first encounter with him was on “the small screen” on a good old TV show back in the 90’s. It was entertaining and I got me to discover the legend. However seeing Superman Returns is making a fresh start out of an old franchise. It’s on it’s second week and I know it’s grossing were not as high as expected, I know I went on a Sunday afternoon but the theater was empty. We were about 20 in the theater but I had a wonderful time. On the the review, come to think of it I should of opted for an IMAX theater to get the most experience out of this Brian Singer film. The director of the first two X-Men films did a great job bringing the character back to life. When you think of Superman he can easily look goofy in his outfit and his cape. From the start of the movie you get the feeling that Singer stayed true to the original with a great music score that kept an interesting balance between action, romance, suspense and simply funny moments.
This flick start-up with a beautiful opening screen of credits including the destruction of Krypton, we than glide through space until we reach Earth were Superman had left for five years. Upon his return he finds a shocked Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) and a world that has moved on. Only to figure out that his help is still very welcome when it comes to Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) and his evil deeds. Our villain has taken upon him to use alien technology to create new continents that he will sell to the first comers. In the process he plans to destroy MOST of the United States of America and pleasantly kill billions of people. You gotta love it when a bad guy wants more power, more money and control over the whole world. Now the actors were all genuine characters and Clark Kent (Brandon Routh) aka Superman was a “perfect fit for the character” aside the small issue about his digitally reduced package. Where the movie fails is a valuable opponent for Superman to fight. There is just no villain out there that could compete with Superman, he’d beat Godzilla with a punch. Hulk might be the only challenge but in the movie that is our main concern Superman has to race against the clock to save lives and must do a lot of multi-tasking in order to minimize the casualties. All things considered the movie has a great set of actors, good story, stunning visual effects and a touch of summer movie for the whole family. It’s not action packed but at least got intelligent dialogs and breathtaking scenes. It’s a definite “Go See it!”, that I give an other positive review of 8/10.