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sleeburg, you lucky bastard! hehe
how was the action? did it deliver as promised?
how was the action? did it deliver as promised?
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damn sleeburg, you're giving me a hard-on for this movie...
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did you get to see it in 3d?
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did you get to see it in 3d?
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dayum. you suck...i hate your guts, hehe.
it wasn't the funky blue and red 3d was it? i hate that...
it wasn't the funky blue and red 3d was it? i hate that...
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Here is another review
SUPERMAN”: A MAGISTERIAL RETURN
Posted by: Stephen Schaefer
June 9, 2006 on 10:41 am
Bryan Singer’s highly-anticipated “Superman Returns” was finally unveiled for the press Thursday night in L.A. (the print was finished at Technicolor at 2:30 that afternoon) and Warner Bros. must have given a sigh of relief when they heard the genuine applause at the finish. What Singer’s done is a dandy trick: He’s honored the tradition of Superman as a quintessentially 20th-century American myth and simultaneously given the Man of Steel a home (cinematically) in the 21st century.
This Superman returns from a five-year absence to find the love of his life, Kate Bosworth’s Lois Lane, settled into domesticity with a son Jason and a lover, Daily Planet editor Perry White’s nephew Jack (James Marsden), who also works at the paper. An unmarried heroine with a kid, a woman with two very different men in her life – and, oh yes, a Pulitzer Prize – what could be more contemporary?
Even better, Singer has transformed Superman, the alien from another planet with his extraordinary powers, into a majestic, awe-inspiring figure, not a kiddie comic book guy in tights. Like Apollo come to earth, like Atlas holding the world in the great Rockefeller Center sculpture, Bryan Routh’s Superman has a gravity that enobles this entire two-and-a-half hour picture. There is one dazzling sequence early on where Superman rescues a doomed airplane whose passenger list includes Lois Lane, his estranged true love. Singer of course couldn’t know that the sequence would echo the final moments of the horrifying 9/11 “United 93” but that it does – and that it has Superman for a happy ending – gives it perhaps a greater gravitas. Here is a fantasy that like Disney’s plaintive Oscar-winning wartime song, “When You Wish Upon a Star,” speaks directly to a need for healing from the brutal realities we face daily.
Singer has cast two of the surviving cast members from the Fifties “Superman” TV series. Noel Neill, Lois Lane, plays a dying widow under Lex Luthor’s thrall and Jack Larson, Jimmy Olson, appears as a bartender serving Jimmy (Sam Huntington) and Clark Kent drink. He even wittily manages to get in the famous phrase, “It’s a bird! It’s a plane!” and “Faster than a speeding bullet.”
More importantly, Singer straddles Superman’s time zones and eras. The venerable Daily Planet, with its golden globe atop the Metropolis City landmark building, is a Thirties building with 21st century hardware, flat-screen monitors, computers and faxes. Parker Posey’s wry comic relief as Kitty, Lex Luthor’s moll, is, right down to her name, an evocation of Hollywood’s spunky, wise-cracking Forties heroine Paulette Goddard (with a bit of Jennifer Jones). There is luminous Eva Marie Saint as Ma Kent once again in a movie, if only through screen magic, with her “On the Waterfront” leading man Marlon Brandon whose work as Jor-El, the father of Superman, is recycled to positive effect.
How the public responds to “Superman Returns” when it opens at 10 PM on June 27th is anyone’s guess but Singer & Co. can be content knowing they’ve managed not only to resurrect an American icon but done it with smarts, grace and even poetry. It’s going to be hard for any superhero movie to beat the magisterial bearing Singer so emphatically summons as in one memorable shot Superman is seen suspended in space, his dusty-colored cape twirling, an ancient god come from the heavens. Fittingly, the film is dedicated “respectfully” to Christopher Reeve and Dana Reeve.
Aww man... this sounds FANTASTIC! This review made me so happy, you have no idea
SUPERMAN”: A MAGISTERIAL RETURN
Posted by: Stephen Schaefer
June 9, 2006 on 10:41 am
Bryan Singer’s highly-anticipated “Superman Returns” was finally unveiled for the press Thursday night in L.A. (the print was finished at Technicolor at 2:30 that afternoon) and Warner Bros. must have given a sigh of relief when they heard the genuine applause at the finish. What Singer’s done is a dandy trick: He’s honored the tradition of Superman as a quintessentially 20th-century American myth and simultaneously given the Man of Steel a home (cinematically) in the 21st century.
This Superman returns from a five-year absence to find the love of his life, Kate Bosworth’s Lois Lane, settled into domesticity with a son Jason and a lover, Daily Planet editor Perry White’s nephew Jack (James Marsden), who also works at the paper. An unmarried heroine with a kid, a woman with two very different men in her life – and, oh yes, a Pulitzer Prize – what could be more contemporary?
Even better, Singer has transformed Superman, the alien from another planet with his extraordinary powers, into a majestic, awe-inspiring figure, not a kiddie comic book guy in tights. Like Apollo come to earth, like Atlas holding the world in the great Rockefeller Center sculpture, Bryan Routh’s Superman has a gravity that enobles this entire two-and-a-half hour picture. There is one dazzling sequence early on where Superman rescues a doomed airplane whose passenger list includes Lois Lane, his estranged true love. Singer of course couldn’t know that the sequence would echo the final moments of the horrifying 9/11 “United 93” but that it does – and that it has Superman for a happy ending – gives it perhaps a greater gravitas. Here is a fantasy that like Disney’s plaintive Oscar-winning wartime song, “When You Wish Upon a Star,” speaks directly to a need for healing from the brutal realities we face daily.
Singer has cast two of the surviving cast members from the Fifties “Superman” TV series. Noel Neill, Lois Lane, plays a dying widow under Lex Luthor’s thrall and Jack Larson, Jimmy Olson, appears as a bartender serving Jimmy (Sam Huntington) and Clark Kent drink. He even wittily manages to get in the famous phrase, “It’s a bird! It’s a plane!” and “Faster than a speeding bullet.”
More importantly, Singer straddles Superman’s time zones and eras. The venerable Daily Planet, with its golden globe atop the Metropolis City landmark building, is a Thirties building with 21st century hardware, flat-screen monitors, computers and faxes. Parker Posey’s wry comic relief as Kitty, Lex Luthor’s moll, is, right down to her name, an evocation of Hollywood’s spunky, wise-cracking Forties heroine Paulette Goddard (with a bit of Jennifer Jones). There is luminous Eva Marie Saint as Ma Kent once again in a movie, if only through screen magic, with her “On the Waterfront” leading man Marlon Brandon whose work as Jor-El, the father of Superman, is recycled to positive effect.
How the public responds to “Superman Returns” when it opens at 10 PM on June 27th is anyone’s guess but Singer & Co. can be content knowing they’ve managed not only to resurrect an American icon but done it with smarts, grace and even poetry. It’s going to be hard for any superhero movie to beat the magisterial bearing Singer so emphatically summons as in one memorable shot Superman is seen suspended in space, his dusty-colored cape twirling, an ancient god come from the heavens. Fittingly, the film is dedicated “respectfully” to Christopher Reeve and Dana Reeve.
Aww man... this sounds FANTASTIC! This review made me so happy, you have no idea
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Another eview, this one, I knwo for a FACT it's real.
Superman Returns Spoiler-Free Mini-Review
Posted by Justin on 06/09/06
Superman fans - he's back. This film delivers on all fronts. We all know that the action is through the roof, but the big question on everyone's mind is the acting, so let's start with the Man of Steel himself. Brandon Routh is my Superman. I really think he was fantastic in this film, and he was particularly strong in his Superman scenes with Kate Bosworth's Lois Lane. There's something very interesting going on in Brandon's performance. He's not simply cloning what Reeve gave us two decades ago, but he is exuding the same sort of aura that Reeve did back then. The best way that I can describe it is to say that these two are cut from the same cloth.
Kate Bosworth's performance as Lois was just as I expected - she brought a depth and vulnerability to Lois Lane that was a compelling undercurrent to the hard-nosed, almost over-confident Lois Lane from the Daily Planet press room. And rounding out the Superman trifecta, Kevin Spacey delivered a sadistic, vengeful, remorseless Lex Luthor that exudes nearly every previous incarnation of the character in some form or another, and then takes them all one villainous step further. A couple of hours after watching the film, and really internalizing who Luthor was in this movie, I'm inclined to think the setup might be there to deliver the audience a Luthor in future films the likes of which we've never specifically seen before in any medium.
The rest of the cast all came through just as strong. James Marsden turned in a superheroic performance of his own as the man who rescued Lois Lane's heart, and Sam Huntington is the Jimmy Olsen I've been wanting to see for years. There are plenty of homages to the many incarnations of Superman that have come before, and there's even more new additions to push Superman's story further along - a strong move, considering how easy it would have been to turn in a script with a relatively stagnant storyline.
Bryan Singer has delivered a Superman film that sets a strong foundation for the future of the character. This isn't really just another Superman film. This is a strong character film that is about Superman... about a God finding his place among mortals. It's a Superman that knows when to have fun, and when to take itself seriously, and hits all the right notes along the way.
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Superman Returns Spoiler-Free Mini-Review
Posted by Justin on 06/09/06
Superman fans - he's back. This film delivers on all fronts. We all know that the action is through the roof, but the big question on everyone's mind is the acting, so let's start with the Man of Steel himself. Brandon Routh is my Superman. I really think he was fantastic in this film, and he was particularly strong in his Superman scenes with Kate Bosworth's Lois Lane. There's something very interesting going on in Brandon's performance. He's not simply cloning what Reeve gave us two decades ago, but he is exuding the same sort of aura that Reeve did back then. The best way that I can describe it is to say that these two are cut from the same cloth.
Kate Bosworth's performance as Lois was just as I expected - she brought a depth and vulnerability to Lois Lane that was a compelling undercurrent to the hard-nosed, almost over-confident Lois Lane from the Daily Planet press room. And rounding out the Superman trifecta, Kevin Spacey delivered a sadistic, vengeful, remorseless Lex Luthor that exudes nearly every previous incarnation of the character in some form or another, and then takes them all one villainous step further. A couple of hours after watching the film, and really internalizing who Luthor was in this movie, I'm inclined to think the setup might be there to deliver the audience a Luthor in future films the likes of which we've never specifically seen before in any medium.
The rest of the cast all came through just as strong. James Marsden turned in a superheroic performance of his own as the man who rescued Lois Lane's heart, and Sam Huntington is the Jimmy Olsen I've been wanting to see for years. There are plenty of homages to the many incarnations of Superman that have come before, and there's even more new additions to push Superman's story further along - a strong move, considering how easy it would have been to turn in a script with a relatively stagnant storyline.
Bryan Singer has delivered a Superman film that sets a strong foundation for the future of the character. This isn't really just another Superman film. This is a strong character film that is about Superman... about a God finding his place among mortals. It's a Superman that knows when to have fun, and when to take itself seriously, and hits all the right notes along the way.
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Why does Wells call Richard, Jack?
So Sleeburg you wanna post up some pics and those interviews ;-) And I"m guessing there's no movie you can compare this too huh?
I bet ppl are gonna come back for 2nds of this movie for the IMAX 3D. I'm gonna watch it like 3 times: digitial, IMAX, IMAX 3D
I bet ppl are gonna come back for 2nds of this movie for the IMAX 3D. I'm gonna watch it like 3 times: digitial, IMAX, IMAX 3D
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Superman Returns
by Jane Louise Boursaw
Star Rating
* * * * *
Hard to believe its been 23 years since the last Superman movie graced theaters! Fans of the beloved superhero have gotten their fix with The WBs Smallville these past five years, but what a thrill to see him on the silver screen again.
This time, the Man of Steel is played by 26-year-old Brandon Routh, an Iowa native who bears a striking resemblance to Christopher Reeve, who first donned the famed blue tights for the big screen in 1978s Superman.
This movie, helmed by director Bryan Singer, picks up with Superman returning to Earth after a long absence. And what a return! I wont give away too much, but lets just say it involves a Mission Control space flight, a jet airliner, and a baseball stadium.
The story continues with Superman going about his business of saving the world rescuing mountain climbers, putting out fires, stopping a bank robbery intertwined with bits and pieces of Clark Kent and Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth), who has a child now and is in a relationship. The reporter has apparently moved on with her life.
Or has she? Sure, shes quick to tell Superman, The world doesnt need a savior, and neither do I. But when her boss, Perry White (Frank Langella), forces her to give Superman an interview for the Daily Planet, its clear that she still has feelings for him. Some of their scenes together are really touching and magical.
Meanwhile, the world is dying to know where Superman has been. And his nemesis, Lex Luthor (played to the hilt by a bald Kevin Spacey), is still scheming to kill him once and for all so he can take over the world. Again, I dont want to give away too much, but his evil plan involves kidnapping and, of course, Kryptonite.
This movie is a big, fun blockbuster with just the right mix of thrills, special effects, romance, comedy and drama. Our hearts break when Superman laments that he once had Lois but doesnt anymore, but we also relate to him on a human level (he is half-human, after all). Sometimes you lose love; sometimes you get it back.
Brandon Routh is perfect in the role, playing Clark Kent as a clumsy, bumbling reporter and Superman as a strong and powerful hero. Spacey rocks the house as Lex, and Kate Bosworth makes you fall in love with her. Eva Marie Saint completely inhabits the role of Supermans human mother, Martha Kent, and how cool to see archival footage of Marlon Brando as Jor-El!
I have to admit, I was a little ticked off when I heard that director Bryan Singer nixed X-Men 3 to do Superman, but what can I say? Its Superman. And the trade-off is well worth it. This movie rocks, and Singer renews our faith that maybe theres a little Superman in all of us.
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by Jane Louise Boursaw
Star Rating
* * * * *
Hard to believe its been 23 years since the last Superman movie graced theaters! Fans of the beloved superhero have gotten their fix with The WBs Smallville these past five years, but what a thrill to see him on the silver screen again.
This time, the Man of Steel is played by 26-year-old Brandon Routh, an Iowa native who bears a striking resemblance to Christopher Reeve, who first donned the famed blue tights for the big screen in 1978s Superman.
This movie, helmed by director Bryan Singer, picks up with Superman returning to Earth after a long absence. And what a return! I wont give away too much, but lets just say it involves a Mission Control space flight, a jet airliner, and a baseball stadium.
The story continues with Superman going about his business of saving the world rescuing mountain climbers, putting out fires, stopping a bank robbery intertwined with bits and pieces of Clark Kent and Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth), who has a child now and is in a relationship. The reporter has apparently moved on with her life.
Or has she? Sure, shes quick to tell Superman, The world doesnt need a savior, and neither do I. But when her boss, Perry White (Frank Langella), forces her to give Superman an interview for the Daily Planet, its clear that she still has feelings for him. Some of their scenes together are really touching and magical.
Meanwhile, the world is dying to know where Superman has been. And his nemesis, Lex Luthor (played to the hilt by a bald Kevin Spacey), is still scheming to kill him once and for all so he can take over the world. Again, I dont want to give away too much, but his evil plan involves kidnapping and, of course, Kryptonite.
This movie is a big, fun blockbuster with just the right mix of thrills, special effects, romance, comedy and drama. Our hearts break when Superman laments that he once had Lois but doesnt anymore, but we also relate to him on a human level (he is half-human, after all). Sometimes you lose love; sometimes you get it back.
Brandon Routh is perfect in the role, playing Clark Kent as a clumsy, bumbling reporter and Superman as a strong and powerful hero. Spacey rocks the house as Lex, and Kate Bosworth makes you fall in love with her. Eva Marie Saint completely inhabits the role of Supermans human mother, Martha Kent, and how cool to see archival footage of Marlon Brando as Jor-El!
I have to admit, I was a little ticked off when I heard that director Bryan Singer nixed X-Men 3 to do Superman, but what can I say? Its Superman. And the trade-off is well worth it. This movie rocks, and Singer renews our faith that maybe theres a little Superman in all of us.
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superman's half human? news to me.
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"Superman Returns" - An Early Review by 'Paul Fischer'
"Superman is back and the wait for his return is finally over. Was it worth it? Absolutely and in every respect. This is a monumental classic of the genre, a true successor to the Richard Donner classic of the original. This time, audiences will once again believe a man can fly. Director Bryan Singer has crafted a visual tour-de-force, a movie that succeeds in balancing eye popping 21st century visuals, with the heart and soul of a story-driven epic.
Brandon Routh is the perfect successor to Chris Reeve, and shows us a character that has both strength and vulnerability,while Kate Bosworth's Lois Lane is beautifully realised. Spacey is pure genus as Lex Luthor and Frank Langella is a wonderful perry Mason . This is one Superman for the ages, a soaring, wondrous adventure that will leave audiences breathless, and a truly breathtaking ride of a movie.
In this crowded summer season, the return of the Man of Steel is the perfect summer movie for the child in all of us, and once we hear that classic John Williams score, one is reminded that movies like these are a rarity. Forget the hype, and enjoy the return of one of the most extraordinary comic book characters ever created".
Dark Horizons
"Superman is back and the wait for his return is finally over. Was it worth it? Absolutely and in every respect. This is a monumental classic of the genre, a true successor to the Richard Donner classic of the original. This time, audiences will once again believe a man can fly. Director Bryan Singer has crafted a visual tour-de-force, a movie that succeeds in balancing eye popping 21st century visuals, with the heart and soul of a story-driven epic.
Brandon Routh is the perfect successor to Chris Reeve, and shows us a character that has both strength and vulnerability,while Kate Bosworth's Lois Lane is beautifully realised. Spacey is pure genus as Lex Luthor and Frank Langella is a wonderful perry Mason . This is one Superman for the ages, a soaring, wondrous adventure that will leave audiences breathless, and a truly breathtaking ride of a movie.
In this crowded summer season, the return of the Man of Steel is the perfect summer movie for the child in all of us, and once we hear that classic John Williams score, one is reminded that movies like these are a rarity. Forget the hype, and enjoy the return of one of the most extraordinary comic book characters ever created".
Dark Horizons
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