But now we have to deal with Superman's ugly love child and the holes that are left in the storyline
"I tried to circumsize him and the scissors broke!" - Obstetrician - Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Everland III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 8:42 AM Subject: Re: Finally saw ""Superman Returns"" > >First off... also saw the trailer for "Spiderman 3". That looks REALLY > >good >>(although the trailer kind of sucked). > > Come on, the symbiote crawling over him, that was awesome. > >>Took my son (7 years old) to see "Superman Returns". We were able to see >>it >>on the DLP projector. It was noticeably clearer and sharper than >>traditional film - it really made the film "pop". I would have LOVED to >>see >>it in IMAX 3D but since we've left Boston we take what we get. > > Only 25 minutes of the film was in 3D, so I don't think you would have > missed much since the film is so long. > >>Overall the movie was fitting the character. If anything it perhaps paid >>a >>bit too much respect to the original movie. > > I think this was part of their problem is that the movies they had to live > up to are so entrenched in people's mind that they needed this movie to > bridge the gap that Christopher Reeves does not equal Superman. > >>I wasn't thrilled about the "big suprise" (I just don't see how their >>going >>to keep such a thing going) and the "big event" at the end was a bit silly >>in my opinion but suitably over the top (at least he didn't turn back time >>by reversing the spin of the Earth). > > I thought the big surprise was done very well. They could have gone > horribly wrong with it, but they played it very cool. It will be > interesting if they do anything with it at all. > >>Unfortunately very few of the traditional characters (especially Ma and Pa >>Kent) were woefully under-utilized. Ma Kent had something like three >>lines. >>Jimmy Olsen and Perry White were well-acted but written as scenery for the >>most part - they just didn't have much meat to them. > > I think the only one that should have had more input was Ma Kent. Jimmy > and Perry had about as much input as they normally have in the comic > books. > >>Kevin Spacey did an excellent job as Luthor. I was a bit disappointed >>with >>his back-story however. I've always preferred the business mogul Luthor. > > They didn't go far with the back story with Luthor. They did come out with > a 4 part comic book that went further into everyone's back story, Ma, > Luthor, Jor El, and Lois. In the Luthor back story they show that girl > that is his girlfriend worked at the prison, fell in love with Lex and > hooked him up with the old woman he was with. That's how he was able to > get out of prison. Luthor had lost everything. In the comic book he talks > how Superman took 5 years of his life, 5 years he will never get back. It > did a good job of showing the transition from Lex as a comical villan in > the movies to a darker villan having lost 5 years of his life. He also > talked about how the land scheme idea was not up to his caliber and that > he was better than that. Which makes his new scheme of creating land much > more interesting. But without that comic book back story the whole thing > kind of feels rushed, as in who the heck is this woman and why is he > married to her. Also there are a bunch of hidden bits in the movie, for > example the woman who played Lex's wife was the same woman that played > Lois Lane in the Superman series starring George Reeves. > >>My son really liked it... even after nearly three hours in the theater he >>said it was, and I quote, "perfect". I don't quite agree but I'm really >>glad I saw it with him. > > I agree that it was perfect. The showed Superman how we all expected to > see him, had a love story that wasn't cheesey and left it open for more > movies. To me, that's perfect, able to take a classic story like Superman > and not be able to tarnish our memory of it. > > If you haven't noticed I'm a huge Superman fan, as well as a wealth of > useless comic book knowledge. > > Bob > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211194 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
