And how in the blue hell do you think she'd react if he said that "they cannot be together" FOR FIVE YEARS? And just because she understands, doesn't say anything for whether or not she'd tug at his heart strings just a wee tad because of how she feels about him (as evidenced by Routh's excuse given).
I'm sure it would be difficult, but SUperman is able to overcome the DIfficult situations to do what is right, and that's just not what happens in SR, yet it is what happens in STM and SII. SUperman's emotions don't cripple him into inaction.
Says who? You? What is and is not love is VERY UP FOR DEBATE, homeboy. You say potato...
Plenty of people actually define love as caring for someone else more than caring about yourself. If Lois really loves Superman then she'd understand and be able to support his leaving, even if it does hurt. And Superman, if her really loves Lois will be able to say goodbye to Lois even if it is difficult and painful. They both would understand that it is all for the greater good, which is the point of Superman stories to begin with.
Love isn't always this ticky-tack Norman Rockwell rendition of how you THINK things might be.
What is it sometimes then? A selfish, selfserving feeling of wanting to posses someone else? WHat else is love if it's not caring about someone else more than you care about yourself? Have you ever been in love? DIdn't you care about that person more than you cared about yourself?
What I'm describing is a mature and caring way of treating someone that you love, and how love is comonly defined. Selfishness is not a by product of love. Selfishness comes from somewhere else, not from love.
If they really weren't in love, then I doubt Superman just flew into space crying in one scene because he thought it'd look neat, nahmeen?
I'm just looking for consistency in the portrayal. But his actions toward Lois don't indicate that he does love her, otherwise he would have told her goodbye and explained himself.
And these two were still in love. The difference this time is that Lois had moved on, while Superman had the realistic response of having trouble adjusting to it. Did you expect him to just brush it off with a smile when he sees the woman he turned the world backward for happy with a new man? Because I sure didn't.
No, and I've never suggested that he would. I'm just saying that his actions later as you describe are inconsistent with his uncaring and disrecpectful action of not saying goodbye.
Throwing the immature and selfish buzzwords around are going to hold zero weight with me because you obviously missed the entire point of the predicament of the entire relationship drama of the film. The entire deal was about him being placed in an extremely uncomfortable situation emotionally and having to try and deal with it...something he's only had to deal with once (the death of Jonathan).
No, I got that. But he did act immature and selfish and that is out of character. If you don't think so then that is fine. But we all know that what Superman not saying goodbye was wrong and inconsiderate. The thing is that this is COMPLETELY against his character and the stated motivation for him acting this way is also COMPELTELY against character. It seemed to me the point of the film was also to make Superman no better a person than the less-than-average joe on the street and that is just the WRONG characterization of Superman as well.
And as for them not "really being in love" give me a break. Lois showed great concern for him by making Richard turn the plane around to save him, diving in the ocean to retrieve him, visiting him in the hospital, and finally eating crow by writing a rebuttal piece to her Pullitzer winner in the end of the film. And that's just Lois's actions...
SInce she showed such great concern later in the film why wouldn't she have shown that same concern towards him if he came to say goodbye and explain that he had a mission in space that was incredibly meaningful to him?
The fact that you see a caring person in Lois in this part seems to be incongruent with the person you are suggesting Lois is in the first part of your post. "And how in the blue hell do you think she'd react if he said that "they cannot be together" FOR FIVE YEARS?"
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