Superman Returns Is this the best film of 2006??

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I remember when I first saw "The New World", I was amazed at how beautiful that film was, it was like a rush of beauty that was shoved upon me, and I could barely stand it, it was pure art. I said that I may never see such a beautiful piece of art ever again and I'm WRONG again. I would like to say that Bryan Singer is the greatest director for any type of film, he can do film-noir, action, romance, drama, and even comedy. I never knew how amazing he was, I never knew he could focus on so much detail, that you would obviously realize that he's read MORE than enough Superman comic books. That's one thing that has finally separated Bryan Singer from every other director, is his attention to the details. When Superman flies into Space, he can hear everything, he can hear all of us, he can hear us....even when we don't need him, but he's always there.

I always wonder if a real Superman ever existed, would 9/11 happen?? Of course it wouldn't, but in reality, it did. We die in real life, in our world, but in a Superman world, were just fine, it's like a physical God looking over us, it's just amazing. When he flies into the sky, towards the sun, he can regain his strength, now that's a detail that can always be forgotten, but not by Bryan Singer, he made sure we knew about all of Superman's ability's, and things that can help him. And for any hardcore Superman fan like me, this wasn't new to me, but for the average fan(or movie goer), it must be amazing to see something that you didn't really know in the first place. I'm also amazed at how Bryan paced this film, every single scene is paced in (maybe) a slow way, that engrosses you into the scene, into the characters, and of course the plot.

Which is a very simple plot, yet as complex as any drama, adding many, MANY layers into one character. Now the way Singer paces this film, reminded me of "King Kong", but without the boredom. This film is pure love, it's not pretentious, or long or whatever. It's Singer's love for one the greatest Superhero's of any generation, he directs this film, like any epic. Even the action scenes are paced in a way that made me feel like I was in danger. Singer puts you in the danger zone, he puts you in the Air Plane, he puts you in the boat when it's sinking. He wants you to feel like your really going to DIE, but your not going to die, not in Superman's world. I love the fact, that this film is long, and every scene means something, every scene feels like music. And when he flew in the sky, it felt like poetry, peaceful poetry. I loved every single scene between Superman and Lois Lane, it was so romantic and astonishing to see them together.

When they see each other at the top of the Daily Planet building, it's just astonishing. The amount of attention and love towards this scene, is a dream come true for me. And Singer actually takes his time with this scene, I swear to GOD, I thought I was watching a Terrence Malick film with this scene, because it's so PACED, but amazing, it was like looking at a beautiful flower unfolding for the first time sense I was a kid(lol). She takes off her shoes, steps onto his feet, and then he takes her into the sky, just like old times. She says, "I forgot how worm you are", and I heard so many women going nuts over this scene(obviously). I wanted them to be together, I wanted them to make out or something(lol), I wanted Superman to be with the woman that he loves more than life itself, I wanted them to be happy, but of course this can't happen(maybe).

Lois Lanes boyfriend(Richard), is a great person, a good guy, and Superman is a good guy, so he doesn't do sinful thinks like cheating, BUT I DON'T CARE(lol). I hope Singer is doing what he did with the "X-Men" films, he didn't have Wolverine and Jean Grey kiss in the first one, but their lips locked up in the sequel, and hopefully this is what's gonna happen in the "SR" sequel in 2009, hehe. And anybody who thinks that Superman is invincible, should go see this film, because I have NEVER seen Superman take an a beating like in this film...EVER. He gets ruffed up in the comics MANY times, but I've never seen him get hurt so badly in the films, until now. Kevin Spacey is a great villain, this is probably his greatest performance sense "Pay it Forward", and that's saying ALOT. And he portrays Lex Luthur in a more cynical way, with subtle humor, he's not over the top like Gene Hackmen, he's like Liam Neeson in "Batman Begins", we know that he's gonna hurt somebody, it's just a matter of when, where, and of course who??

And when he finally gets to Superman, he doesn't talk trash like most villains, he just lets him have it, he lets his gang beat down Superman like he tried to steale something(lol). It was brutal, and it ticked me off, because I don't like seeing my hero's getting hurt, it just doesn't feel right to me(lol). The last 30 or 40 minutes is probably the most amazing thing I've seen sense the last 2 hours of "The Return of the King", or the first hour of "Batman Begins." The CGI in this film is well........REAL!!! I haven't seen CGI like this sense either "Titanic" or ANY of "The Lord of the Rings" films. I couldn't believe I was looking at visual effects, because that Plane looks real, okay, it looked real, it moved like it was real, and it's just......awesome.

So it's great to see a man fly, but this film is a masterpiece because of it's director, Bryan Singer. Now the reason that "X3" was really bad , is because it felt like it was being directed by an ADD kid on speed, Brett Ratner. He didn't care about the material that he was working with, he didn't want to care and that's mostly Fox Studio's fault, for not giving him the time to care. And he just didn't love the X-Men, the way I do, or the way Bryan Singer did. So I don't care about the next X-Men film, it's all about Superman, Spider-Man and Batman from now on(for me).

This is also the greatest Summer Blockbuster I've seen, sense "Minority Report", I just love this film. Oh, and to top it all off, is when Superman's son throws a Piano at one of the bad guy's, to save his mother Lois Lane. It's never happened in the comics, but I think we got a great character in the future Superman issues, hehe. I love this kid, I think he's just such a natural at being a kid, he also has alot of mystery to him, which adds alot when your playing the son of Superman. And when Superman talks to him, when he's asleep in his bed, he tells him about being an outcast, that he will be his strength. That he will watch over him, that he's basically not a dead beat father, but it was also a sad scene, because he can't be a real father to him(maybe). But there's always that sequel in 2009, hehe. I'm also surprised at how great Brandon Routh is as Superman, Bryan Singer really knows how to pick his actors. He picked an actor who can show vulnerability, and that's great, because Superman is in a vulnerable place in his life, in this film. And this guy can really be intense when he has to be, but he can also show alot of sadness in his eye's, and in the end he's SUPERMAN. I love this film, and I give it a 10/10. :)



"The son becomes the father.....the father becomes the son"- Superman Returns
 
best movie so far imo... i dont know what else is coming out the rest of the year but it very well could be the best.

but i did not like malick's new world... so to each his own
 
Haha. Yes, Superman Returns was the best film of the year. Hell, Cars was better.
 
To me this was the best film of 2006...POTC stands the best chance to replace it but it's gonna have to be super awesome to beat SR
 
Whack Arnolds said:
Haha. Yes, Superman Returns was the best film of the year. Hell, Cars was better.

Ahahah what a troll
 
Ita-KalEl said:
Ahahah what a troll
If troll stand for truth... then yes, by all means I am a troll. :up:
Or can you say opinion? Fact is, it isn't even close to being the best film of the year. Maybe not even the best of the summer.
 
It's your sign that makes you a troll, not your opinion.
 
it was a good movie but it is not best movie of the year. i thought x3 was better. theres still half the year left with more movies to come out. it was very well done but it was too long.
 
chicagodave said:
it was a good movie but it is not best movie of the year. i thought x3 was better. theres still half the year left with more movies to come out. it was very well done but it was too long.


I guess I am the oposite. I liked Superman better than X3
 
LiLbOiYAmZ said:
best movie so far imo... i dont know what else is coming out the rest of the year but it very well could be the best.

but i did not like malick's new world... so to each his own

saw it last nite... was very mediocre, IMO. take away all the pretty special FX (which were great, BTW) and you have a snooze-fest movie.

i can understand if this was a batman or even spiderman flick, but superman is a happy bright character. but the movie was kinda gloomy. and i miss the sharp wit and strong characterization from the first superman movie.

routh was kinda stiff as superman/clark kent.

lex... well... all i kept thinking about was dr. evil.

the rest of the cast weren't bad... just not great. think there's just way too much hype with this movie at the moment.

and you'd think that after every encounter with lex --- superman would at least be aware that lex has some sorta plan? kryptonite?! hello?! but oh no. supes just waltzes right in there.

anyone else think that many of the plot points were just way too similar to the first superman movie?
 
Eh, it's good and certainly ranks up there, but UNITED 93 runs circles around it.

anyone else think that many of the plot points were just way too similar to the first superman movie?
Me. That's one of the problems with SUPERMAN RETURNS, I think - its so concerned with being a homage to the original films that it retreads ground instead of using the older films as a springboard to cover new territory.

Was it a good film? Yeah. It was probably even the best of the Superman flicks. But it wasn't any masterpiece, necessarily. It needed more thematic development, fleshing out of some points, and less silliness to be that. It ultimately just needed to be a little less... conventional and familiar, I suppose.

I mean, where this film really flounders is in its resolution. We have an awesome build up, and then Lex kicks Superman's ass, but then there's no really great ending set-piece, and no final battle with Luthor. Superman carrying the giant land mass into space was suitably epic - but he needed to take on Luthor one more time, instead of having Luthor stuck on some island.
 
Ita-KalEl said:
It's your sign that makes you a troll, not your opinion.
I can't voice my displeasure? I felt like I was the one blind sided and stabbed in the back with kryptonite. I went in expecting a good movie. And it sucked.
 
bluemonkey said:
saw it last nite... was very mediocre, IMO. take away all the pretty special FX (which were great, BTW) and you have a snooze-fest movie.

i can understand if this was a batman or even spiderman flick, but superman is a happy bright character. but the movie was kinda gloomy. and i miss the sharp wit and strong characterization from the first superman movie.

routh was kinda stiff as superman/clark kent.

lex... well... all i kept thinking about was dr. evil.

the rest of the cast weren't bad... just not great. think there's just way too much hype with this movie at the moment.

and you'd think that after every encounter with lex --- superman would at least be aware that lex has some sorta plan? kryptonite?! hello?! but oh no. supes just waltzes right in there.

anyone else think that many of the plot points were just way too similar to the first superman movie?


I agree. I liked the movie but it really lacked the magic of the originals (and yes you can compare them cuz it was a sequel dont kid yourself.) They just arbitrarily changed stuff and kept stuff, for example: Lex is way eviler in this one, him and his goons beat Superman within an inch of his life and then give him a shiv in the McRibs before throwing him off a cliff....... very evil, very emotional scene, Hackman would have never done that. BUT THEN you give him the campy as all hell "marooned on a desert island" ending that would have been fitting for Ottis and Mr. Luthor..... didnt sit well with me. I enjoyed it overall, but if its the best movie of the year so far i'm afraid its because it doesnt have a lot of competition.
 
Please stop trolling on my thread Whack Arnolds, and go somewhere. If you don't have a good excuse to why you actually didn't like this great film, then LEAVE. Bye. As for everyone else, I'm happy to hear your opinions, and it's good to see that alot of us are on the same page, even though we disagree. :)

Thanks!!
 
bluemonkey said:
saw it last nite... was very mediocre, IMO. take away all the pretty special FX (which were great, BTW) and you have a snooze-fest movie.

i can understand if this was a batman or even spiderman flick, but superman is a happy bright character. but the movie was kinda gloomy. and i miss the sharp wit and strong characterization from the first superman movie.

routh was kinda stiff as superman/clark kent.

lex... well... all i kept thinking about was dr. evil.

the rest of the cast weren't bad... just not great. think there's just way too much hype with this movie at the moment.

and you'd think that after every encounter with lex --- superman would at least be aware that lex has some sorta plan? kryptonite?! hello?! but oh no. supes just waltzes right in there.

anyone else think that many of the plot points were just way too similar to the first superman movie?

Well this is very similar to what a co-worker who saw it last night told me, first thing she said was bring a pillow hardly a comment from an average movie goer who is not a comic book fan that screams best picture of the year....
I will see it this afternoon myself and decide if I will view it multiple times like I do with movies I like.
The best comparison she could give was it was like th ehulk when superman is on screen its great but when hes not its very slow and she said boring just like the hulk....
 
I don't see any Oscar nominations here. Special effects won't warrant one, the score is too similar to the original to get an nom there, certainly not for the acting, and best picture is a no go.
M-TV movie award? Sure.
 

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