Took the words right out of my mouth. IMO Superman Returns was the best Superman film we got to date. In the same one of the best Superman stories I have seen in a while in both comic, movie, and tv format.I think there were some faults with the movie but not many. People like to talk about Lois being miscast but if you look at how things were suppose to play out she would have grown into the role and while I thought Kate was a great Lois I didn't think she played the mother side to well. The real downside to the movie I saw was no super villain. I was interested to see what was going to happen between Lois, Superman, Jason, Richard. I also wanted to see where the sequel was heading as well in terms of growth and story.In all honesty there was a lot that Superman Returns got right, its a good movie that is flawed and so people focus on the flaws.
All the Superman save scene's were superb, but there was some great acting there as well, Brandon was awesome as Superman/Clark, and was pitch perfect in most scene's.
The line "You wrote that the world doesnt need a saviour, but everyday I hear people crying for one." was delivered perfectly, as was his speech to Jason at the end.
There were some great emotional moments in the movie as well, I still love it and still wish we would have gotten a sequel.
As I said before it was not a perfect movie but it was a very good movie more than what some give it credit for. The one thing I wish is that they didn't cut it and released an uncut version. That or that they did the sequel through DC animated or by GN comic.