Superman Returns [Blu-ray]

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Superman Returns [Blu-ray]

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/28/2006 Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R

If Richard Donner's 1978 feature film Superman: The Movie made us believe a man could fly, Bryan Singer's 2006 follow-up, Superman Returns, lets us remember that a superhero movie can make our spirits soar. Superman (played by newcomer Brandon Routh) comes back to Earth after a futile five-year search for his destroyed home planet of Krypton. As alter ego Clark Kent, he's eager to return to his job at the Daily Planet and to see Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth). Lois, however, has moved on: she now has a fiancé (James Marsden), a son (Tristan Leabu), and a Pulitzer Prize for her article entitled "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman." On top of this emotional curveball, his old archrival Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) is plotting the biggest land grab in history.

Singer, who made a strong impression among comic-book fans for his work on the X-Men franchise and directed Spacey in The Usual Suspects, brings both a fresh eye and a sense of respect to the world's oldest superhero. He borrows John Williams's great theme music and Marlon Brando's voice as Jor-El, and the story (penned by Singer's X-Men collaborators Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris) is a sort-of-sequel to the first two films in the franchise (choosing to ignore that the third and fourth movies ever happened). The humorous and romantic elements give the movie a heart, Singer's art-deco Metropolis is often breathtaking, and the special effects are elegant and spectacular, particularly an early airplane-disaster set-piece. Of the cast, Routh is excellent as the dual Superman/Clark, Spacey is both droll and vicious as Luthor, and Parker Posey gets the best lines as Luthor's moll Kitty. But at 23, Bosworth seems too young for the five-years-past-grizzled Lois. It's nice to see Noel Neill, Jack Larson (both from the classic Adventures of Superman TV series), and Eva Marie-Saint on the screen as well. Superman Returns is one of those projects that was in development for seemingly forever, but it was worth the wait -- it's the most enjoyable superhero movie since Spider-Man 2 and The Incredibles. --David Horiuchi

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Superman Returns [Blu-ray] Reviews

Luthor: Krrrrryptonite. I didn't like Superman but he is the best (yes better than Batman). BUT, the seperating mechanism fails so the jet heads for space with the ship. It was originally that a space shuttle would ride on a jet back to Florida before its next launch so they decided to invent a way so you can carry the shuttle to a certain point then it would detach and head for space while the jet heads back to the ground. So I am probably gonna get this movie but I need to think first.

I saw this movie in IMAX back in 2006. Superman: (weekly) wha-what is that. The first thing he does in the movie as Superman is saving a jet from crashing. So Superman heads up to seperate the 2 and save the jet from crashing. The only 2 lines I remember are as follows. The whole plot of this movie is that Clark Kent hasn't been Superman in ages but now he's back baby.

THIS IS AN EXCELLENT MOVIE AND MY GRANDKIDS LOVE WATCHING IT.IT WAS A GOOD PURCHASE.NANCY

No wonder why Brandon has so few lines in the entire movie. He and Kate have the charm of a kitchen table. Stay away from this boring movie, especially if you're a comic book fan. There's no chemistry between Clark and Lois, there's no depth between these 2 leading characters.

Same freakin' difference. I hated this movie so much I went back to smoking. Gag. This movie is an embarrassment. Watch Superman I & II and like all other Supes sequels just pretend this abomination didn't happen. It also brings to mind one of the worst lines in movie history, "I forgotten how warm you are." Everyone in the theater laughed at that. If there were a way to give negative stars I will. As for the plot, eerily seems like Superman: The Movie's plot only instead of knocking California into the ocean They end up building land in the ocean.

Honestly, I am a man of steel fan. Thanks. What, is Lois Lane in a competition with Anakin Skywalker at who can be the sappiest. Don't watch it. However, this is a disgrace to the man of steel. I loved Superman I & II and even own the Richard Donner Cut of II. How dare they make Superman a dad, let along a dead-beat dad.

I have been a fan of the original Superman and was quite skeptic of this movie knowing that the great Christopher Reeve will not be Superman, but the movie did justice to the originals. This movie is definitely a great addition to the Superman legacy. It is visually stunning and has everything a Superman movie should have. Brandon Routh had an eerie resemblance to Reeve which mad him totally convincing as Superman almost immediately for me. Superman is by far my favorite superhero and best onscreen adaptation of all the comic book characters. Also Lex Luthor played by Kevin Spacey was genius.