joefino69

I had the chance to watch this in a theater a couple months ago. I really enjoyed it, but at times, it was predictable and cheesy. Though, all the credit in the world goes to the film makers, who put SO MUCH detail into the film, some of which probably cost them a lot of extra money.

While the first 8 minutes or so is good, it eventually gets too cheesy for its own good. I give it a 7 out of 10, mostly for the effort. GREAT directing, and mostly good acting. The comedy just seemed too forced and the story made it feel like i was watching a bad fan film, when really, the directing, cinematography and production design was superb.

Let me just say that it's good, its not mediocre or bad, but its surely good. Everyone i went with (i went to it with 25 people) seemed to have liked it more than i did, which was surprising.

The acting was one of the things i thought was top notch, not perfect like the 1978 and 1980 films. Brandon Routh effortlessly became Superman, he looks like Reeve, and sometimes even sounds like him. He was a bit young, but it was very easy to overlook. Kate Bosworth was a good Lois Lane, shes no Margot Kidder, but she was above average. I blame the writing of the character and how Singer directed her, but she was still good. As you would imagine, Kevin Spacey, while barely misses some of the great lines of Gene Hackman, has a wonderful time and does Lex Luthor extremely well. He has a lot of great lines, just for some reason, the magic of Hackman is missing, but can be easily excused. Sam Huntington does a great job as Jimmy Olsen and somehow catches a little magic that McClure just didn't catch, so for once, a cast improvement is made. The rest of the cast does their job well.

The action... not much of it. If you expecting Superman to fly around the whole movie tossing stuff around like a Spiderman or Batman film, you are mistaking. While there is enough action to keep everyone satisfied, and the special effects are top notch, the movie runs a bit long for the amount of action it actually has.

The comedy... thank goodness, the one thing i loved about Superman was the comedy. It's back and i loved it here. Singer was able to capture the light hearted side of the characters and really play with different situations. There is nothing that surpasses the Otis and Luthor arguments from the first films, but they come very close.

The story is great. Lots of twists and stuff you wouldn't expect.

So... what is wrong with this movie? What does it miss? It really dosen't miss anything at all. There is nothing bad in this movie... but i will tell you what harms the film the most. PACING. To my surprise, Singer seems to be the one that messed up a little much this time around. While everything he directed was top notch, the editing however was not. The film is top heavy, with great pacing in the first 2 acts mostly, the last act goes on too long and should have been edited differently. Don't get me wrong, the quality of it was good, but people were waiting for the ending to happen, and even with it did, nothing remarkable happened. The ending wasn't bad, it was a little disappointing thats all. It was underwhelming compared to the roller-coaster ride of a movie it was, though there is a little detail of the ending i will not reveal, but it made it kinda worth it.

Now... like i said... a lot of people i was with disagreed with me on this, but thats how i saw it. Everyone clapped for the ending, which surprised me, considering how much of a slow ending it was. It was a great movie, one of the best in a while, exceeds the quality of Lester's Superman II cut that we all love or hate, but never is able to surpass Donner's remarkable original film.

I give it 8 out of 10 stars. A great, fantastic, awesome film, but somehow does not meet the standard of the first Superman film.

Just coming back from Revenge Of The Sith, i am sad to say its over, but the new film has a lot going for it. It was a roller-coaster ride. It matches up with Return Of The Jedi, i will have to see it again to find out if its indeed better.

Acting wise, Hayden does good in half of his scenes, others he is a little weak. Ian does awesome, his voice changing and odd lines i think are all intentional. He was so evil. Frank Oz voices Yoda well, and the fascial expressions match up with it. Ewan does a wonderful job again. Samuel L. Jackson is weak, and needed more scenes to further reintroduce his character. This film needs to be watched Back To Back immediately with Attack Of The Clones, in order for the character development to seem correct (and i watched them 28 hours apart, and it didn't seem like i knew Mace Windu).

The Battle sequences are awesome. The drama is very good and is only hurt a little by the weak acting.

You really understand why Anakin turns, and it seems so fitting. Very nice.

Go see this movie if you've seen 1 and 2. Its superb, and if you haven't seen them, watch them and go see this movie, its worth it.