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Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Archie Martin Jr Her take on Lois Lane was terrible then again she is a very limited actress. SHe was also WAY TOO YOUNG AT THE TIME to play Lois Lane. She was 23. In this film she won a Pulitzer Prize and has a 5 year old! Her Co-Star Parker Posey SHould HAve Played Lois Lane. The talent less Kate could pf played the Parker Posey Role "Kitty Kowalski" Parker Posey e is a much better actress and would have been much easier to buy her as Lois. In fact she seemed born to play Lois. Everyone else in this film however is fine. Brandon ROuth made an excellent "Superman". However the screenplay let him down. There is not much going on in this film. It like a Merchant Ivory PRoductions made this film. If Kate is reading this I hope in these past few years you paid for an acting coach. IF you still want to act you need one. You are fast approaching the "DIstrict Attorney Roles" in movies. After that it "DRiving Miss Daisy"

UofSciFi I have always had a love hate relationship with the Superman Movies.first I loved Superman:The Movie(1978)..I consider that one to be a true American all time classic 2nd, I equally loved Superman II(1981) just and much as I loved the original Superman movie...both of those movies set the standards that I believe all comic book movies should be measured by. they are great.3rd, then came Superman III(1983)...okay, this one isn't quiet as good as the first 2 movies. but none-the-less, it does have its moments, and it isn't bad..it just wasn't that great.,,,a few plot holes, but it was still an enjoyable movie 4th, Superman IV:The Quest for Peace....what the hell happened? Its daylight in America and China at the same time, Supes steals all of the worlds nukes, Nuclear Man isn't really nuclear powered(nope he's solar powered)....Mariel Hemmingway can breathe in outer space... and the movie only got worst and worst. so bad that I found myself wondering if adults had really wrote the script, or was it written by a bunch of 3rd graders 5th, then came the Superboy TV series in the late 1980's(which depicted Superman/Clark Kent in college)..not all bad..but not really good either (it lasted one season and then got the ax) 6th, Hollywood just would leave Supes alone...then came Louis & Clark: The new Adventures of Superman. ...again, not bad, ...but not great either...And I never liked Dean Cain as the man of Steel, he was too boyish looking 7th, then came Smallville......Smallville destroys the entire background of Superman's past(Earth past) by placing him in the same high school with Lex Luther in the same town(and they are best friends...but Lex doesn't recognize him when he's superman ...this is pathetic I had given up on the Superman franchise after Smallville.But then came "Superman Returns" .........this was the first truly enjoyable Superman since 1983. Although it still falls short from the Glory of Superman I&II, it is better than Superman III and all of the skimpy Superman related TV shows that have been hasten onto the airwaves over the last 20 years.Brand Routh gives a solid performance as Clark Kent/Superman the special effects are wonderful(fantastic) ..the producers reused the old John Williams music score.....the story is good(although I admit that I did have some issues with Supes using his superpowers to stalk Lois Lane at her home) The writers went back to the basic for this one.this is a must see movie,it gets it right! and it makes up for the 20 years of bad Superman TV shows ! ! ! ! ! !

Alan Smithee Esq. An under appreciated and often over looked comic book super hero movie. Superman's track record when it comes to films is all over the place, and this flick seems to get forgotten in a time where Superman is now dead after killing countless people in epic battles with General Zod, facing off against Batman, then teaming together because their mother's are both named Martha and finally sacrificing himself to kill Doomsday. And before all that nonsense Christopher Reeve was best known as the man of steel who started off the franchise strong with it's first two films by Richard Donner and then got ridiculous with the second two. In hindsight this a breath of fresh air for the Christ-like alien from krypton. Sure this movie has it's problems but it's a very interesting take on Superman. It makes the odd decision of being a sequel to a couple movies made decades earlier and ignoring the last two Superman movies that were released. But it works and it works well. Although it may be lacking in the action department it has some great ideas like Supes being a pseudo-stalker of Lois Lane and fathering a child with her. But Singer's direction and a stand out performance by Kevin Stacey as Lex Luthor (revisiting this movie is a great way to forget about Jessie Eisenberg and his jar of urine) make this one of the better Superman films.

A_Different_Drummer Apologies for the late review but I wanted to rewatch this before jumping in.I have now seen the film 9 times, top to bottom.Conclusion: the film overall is an 8, that is, it has a hard time finding direction; it does some strange things with the traditional character arcs; and AS PER USUAL the entire Lex Luthor arc is a mess.(For the record, and I am fairly strong-minded on this, the only Superman story to ever come close to making Lex interesting and not a stick figure is Smallville, which, in its 10 year run, had great writing, Michael Rosenbaum, and, whenever the plot waned, Kristin Kruek).The biggest problem -- and this is problem I have never seen before -- is that the first big "set piece," the plane scene -- is not merely good, it is brilliant.Let me be clear -- the falling plane is not only one of the most perfect special effects I have ever seen anywhere, anytime, but it is also the first time anyone has explored the issue of what if even Superman has to deal with an object so big and clumsy that even he can't control it ...After the first 5 viewings or so, I reached the point where I would fast-forward through almost all the Lex Luthor stuff but the plane scene I could watch over and over and over. It is exhilarating.Pity that the rest of film did not keep pace. The "savior" theme as a foundation for a completely unresolved love story is ambitious; the secondary arc involving Lois's son is equally ambitious but as a unified whole the story never really gels.It is a good film. It could have been great.