while the underlying themes of SR ( loneliness, acceptance, finding your place, discovering your not alone, etc. ) might have INTENDED to be touching and powerful, the actual EXECUTION of those themes fell way short, imo.
It's like you set out to write a school research paper, and you proclaim that it will touch upon such and such issues. However, once you deliver the final product, it never really expounds on those issues......just sort of mentions them without exploring them further. So, the "intent" of the project ends up being more ambitious than what is finally produced.
That's what SR felt to me. It never really explored any of the issues or themes it said it was going to deal with.......it never gave anything any sort of "emotional weight."
From Superman's journey to Krypton's remain ( the supposed CRUX of the story ), his sense of despair and desolation upon learning he is the last of his kind, his sense of feeling isolated from society upon his return and his attempts to reconnect and readjust to both society and to his loved ones like Lois, Martha, etc.( which WAS PART OF THE OFFICAL SYNOPSIS OF THE MOVIE ), his bitter rivalry with his ARCH-NEMESIS Lex Luthor ( and Luthor's HATRED AND ENVY of Superman ), to the joy of discovering that Superman does have a son ( he's no longer the "last" of his kind )..........none of those issues were given much weight.
Everything was just sort of "there" and the audience was sort of EXPECTED to connect with the characters or get into the story. It's like the movie made no real effort to CONNECT with the audience and make them FEEL for the characters on screen. It almost felt like it was the middle part of an ongoing story.....like the 2nd film of a trilogy or something........
Of course, for some ppl, the movie DID CONNECT with them. But, I think it's safe to say that on some level, the movie failed to connect with the GA. It wasn't terrible ( critically or financially ).....it wasn't outright bomb material ala Batman and Robin.....it just failed to WOW the audience.....like a movie that was enjoyable but ultimately forgettable with little impact.
Otherwise, we wouldn't be in the situation we are in now. I mean, it is over 1 and 1/s years since SR.......and we......still......having......NOTHING OFFICIAL!
Surely, if WB felt SR was that successfull, Singer and co. would have been signed, sealed, and delivered, the cast and crew would have been locked, and we now would be hearing about new villain details, storyline details, etc.
Instead we are left with mere rumours and speculation ( and contradicting ones, too ). Sure, a sequel could still happen. But, the longer WB waits to make an official decision and start generating real interest in the sequel.....the more it will kill whatever "buzz" that was generated by the first film.....
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