Today, my wife and I decided to get out of the house and take in a movie. We saw the new Superman film, “Superman Returns.” (Ed. It now looks like the site is being redirected to http://supermanreturns.warnerbros.com/ and the new site now requires Flash 8 to view anything.)
I would recommend this movie to any movie-goers out there. It was thouroughly entertaining, had a really good story that fits into the Superman universe just right and even fits with the older films, and the cast really can act.
Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. Excellent. I can’t think of anyone else who could have filled Gene Hackman’s shoes better. I’ve liked everything I’ve seen Spacey do and he still continues to impress with his range and talent.
Brandon Routh plays Clark Kent/Superman. He looked a little young for the part in the ads I had seen. If anything, this was the one thing I was concerned with going into the theater. But, that concern faded after only a couple of scenes (he didn’t interact much in the first scene, so it was hard to gauge at that point). He did an excellent job as the Man of Steel and absolutely on the money as Clark Kent. His voice even has some of the qualities of the late, great Christopher Reeve’s which, in my mind, help sell the character and the actor.
Kate Bosworth plays Lois Lane. In this story, the character of Lois has evolved quite a bit in the five years that Superman was absent. During the film, I had this feeling like something was missing from this character. It wasn’t until after the movie that I realized as I thought back on it that her character was 100% accurate and that Bosworth had played it perfectly. Sometimes, it was like Margot Kidder coached her.
Great performances were turned in by Frank Langella as Perry White and James Marsden as Richard White.
I don’t want to give anything away, so I won’t. I’ll simply sum up with this:
Superman Returns gets a 9 out of 10 in my book (which will only have one film at 10, ever). It’s a must see and with some of the very impressive shots in the film, you will want to see it first on the silver screen.
