The Shootening

(This blog was originally written on Myspace)

For the first time in what feels like AGES, I ventured to the local cinema and caught a moofie. It was Superman Returns, a film I’ve been stupidly excited aboot since, like, christmas or something. My review – It was good. Really good. But not great.

The set pieces were FANTASTIC, the plane rescue and saving of Metropolis were superbly done. Brandon Routh is eerily reminiscent of Christopher Reeve, playing Clark with warmth and Superman with strength and dignity. Kevin Spacey is brilliant as Lex Luthor, his performace the perfect level of ham and genuine menace. On the downside, it was a little long, there’s a plot spoiler point really irks my fanboy sensibilities, and the ending was a bit ‘fneh’.

In my personal superhero movie ranking, Superman Returns would come behind Spider-Man/Spider-Man 2, and Batman Begins, but far ahead of the likes of The Hulk and Daredevil.

So, go see it, i say! Even if it’s just to play ‘spot the Christ allegory’…

This entry was posted on August 9, 2006 at 12:22 am and is filed under Movie Review, Movies with tags Batman Begins, Christopher Reeve, Clark Kent, Daredevil, Kevin Spacey, Lex Luthor, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Superman, Superman Returns, The Hulk. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.