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The interesting thing is the youtube review (I finally listened) is a response to all the critics and haters of the movie. I don't really see that as a review, but a defense. Simply starting the review with the title "What's So Bad about Superman Returns?" is a clear indication of this.
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THOR. Do you not see how pathetic that is? How many live-action TV shows has Thor had? How many animated series? How many big-budget motion pictures? How many movie serials? And yet you few want to use freaking THOR as a "measuring stick"? You lost the minute you thought this would "work". |
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Everyone proclaiming to be a "fan" of this film is insecure about how they feel. They are defensive, short-sighted, unwilling to admit the film is seriously flawed, and when faced with facts like to bring in OTHER FILMS as a way to "excuse" them! What does "Titanic", or "Firefly" or "Batman Begins" have to do with SR failing?? Nothing. Nothing at all. But count how many times another film is straw-manned into the conversation when faced with what's so bad about Superman Returns..... |
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![]() ![]() Who are you to decide what fans should and shouldn't like? Or how we should and shouldn't feel about something? It's called having an opinion, and you would do very well here to respect that.
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The joke in Ted made me so happy. I'd love to shake McFarlene's hand for that.
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What was the joke?
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To get this thread back on-topic though, here's something that's bad about SR:
The costume. Discuss. |
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I think the MOS costume is superior. But SR's was better than STM's, L&C's, etc.
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SR costume was okay.
It wasn't better than STM's though. The material and everything looked better, but whoever designed it destroyed it by make the monumentally stupid mistake of not even using the right colours. The biege/burgandy colour and the platform boots ruined it, though the rest of the design was very cool. |
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Trouble is, bright red boots are tricky for a grown man to get away with. ![]() Based on the photos, it looks like the MOS boots are similarly muted (but more of a “dusty rose” than burgundy - and certainly not like the bright red Reeve version). I think it works well. |
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It's Superman, not some man about town.
The colours and red and blue, that's it. |
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![]() The original bright primary colors, of course, made Supes stand out on the otherwise drab newsprint pages. But, fair to say, S&S never intended those colors to connote parody or kitsch. We were to interpret Superman as a dashing romantic hero in the same vein as Robin Hood, d’Artagnan or Zorro. Times, however, change; and nowadays overly bright colors tend to be construed as clownish or “cartoon-y.” This may still be fine for an actual cartoon. But a live-action iteration warrants appropriate translation. While the basic color palette is (usually) maintained, the levels are often toned down. And I’d argue that this is appropriate and necessary. |
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To this day I can not get over how dark the suit seemed on film, the tiny briefs and high neckline. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. One other thing I did not like and remember thinking it clearly during the movie: What is wrong with Lois's hair? It's like she had on the worse wig and her skin tone was too light for that dark color. I wonder why Singer cast Bosworth? Even then she did not seem like a good choice. |
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And this is all that matters. |
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I don't see the problem with it being cartoony (even if that was true), I mean half of Routh's scenes are computer animations of him anyway ![]() Someone else mentioned the high neck line, I must admit that did bother me a bit. I remember being really worried when that first press picture of Routh suited up came out, he looked like an underwear model and the suit looked wretched with overly padded shoulders, thankfully it looked a lot better on screen. |
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And just because you don't like the SR suit doesn't make your opinion fact. Get the hell over it. |
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Also a fact - during their respective theatrical runs, slightly more people went to see SR than Thor. |
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Not because he was wearing trunks, his face, he looks like one of these guys fashion labels get to model underwear.
Yeah dark films are all the rage, I said that, but its superman, his suit is red and blue and that's that. There were scenes in STM where it was almost green, but that was an unfortunate side effect of the technology not being as advanced and using the green screen. |
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Who said they didn't, Einstein?
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The suit sucked. Deal with it. |
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