SUPERMAN RETURNS [2006] review ***SPOILERS***

What a waste of $270 million dollars. If that is indeed the budget of SUPERMAN RETURNS, where oh where did they spend that money? Because the CGI in the film was all about the quality of the first Harry Potter movie, and there were almost no action sequences until the final act of the movie. You have one of the best characters ever, modern effects technology that can show what it really means to be superman, and all we get is a bullet in the eye that just bounces off? … So many ludicrous things in this movie.

Before I get totally negative, the action sequence in the beginning of Superman guiding the falling passenger jet was pretty exciting. And I was ok with the job Brandon Routh did portraying the Man of Steel.

Ok, other than those two things, oh and I guess the nominal inclusion of the classic Superman theme, the rest of the movie was ludicrous and horribly miscast. … What was that haircut on Superman’s kid? Could a child have a more ludicrous haircut? … What mother would take their kid out like that?

…Obviously everyone now knows Kevin Spacey is nothing but a big fraud as an actor. Was he ever good in any role?

…Could have shown Superman doing any number of cool things, but just the uninspired shots of him up in space, who couldn’t think of that?

The absolute most totally and utterly ludicrous thing: Superman on an operating table!!! … He can hangout in space where there is NO air, but some fool is pumping air using that pumping device.

…At least it was good to hear that classic theme again, something missing from many movies today, including the Spider-Man series.

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