Review of Superman Returns (2006) by Raaj C — 30 Jun 2013

As a child, I wasn't a very big Superman fan. I only known him from my mother, who happens to be a BIG time Superman fan. When Superman Returns came out in theaters on June 28, 2006, I thought I would be able to finally become a fan of Superman.

Before, I went in to see this movie, I wanted to know a little bit about the Man of Steel, so I have done my reading, I even had the chance to look at the original movies featuring Christopher Reeves.

So anyway, I entered the movie with a few good expectations.....I left very, very, VERY pissed off. This movie made me HATE Superman! This piece of crap made ME hate one of the most iconic superheroes of all time! Want to know why? Well, this living atrocity takes place after the 2nd film, ignoring all the crap that went through the 3 and 4 installments.

Despite the promise that Superman shall never leave earth for any selfish reasons, he leaves anyway for 5 years to find missing Kryptonians because of some random astronomers detecting some traces of the destroyed Krypton.

His return makes everyone happy, confused, and of course pissed off. At the same time, Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman look-a-like, Kevin Spacey) finds (BIG SURPRISE) kryptonite and steels the crystals from the Fortress of Solitude so he can wipe out the already existing US and form his one continent.

The moment the film started to fall flat is RIGHT after the opening credits. It was need to see a nice throwback to the orignal film with the iconic Superman theme playing while zooming through space, but after that, it is just weird and confusing.

a movie should NOT do that. After opening credits, the movie should start out simple and understandable. This is not simple and understandable AT ALL. The performances are completely dull and boring, especially Brandon Routh and Kate Bosworth as the iconic superhero couple.

They come off as unfunny, stupid, and just flat-out boring. Brandon Routh looks like he is about to fall on top of his own son when ever he is wearing his supersuit. Yes, Superman HAS A F)*KING KID! Anyway, let us talk about the supersuit.

It looks like a halloween costume! Granted a lot of superhero supersuits look like halloween costumes, but at least suits like Batman or Spiderman felt like it belonged to the movie. The crest is TOO small and it made the actor looks unpleasantly FAT.

SUPERMAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE HEROIC, GODLIKE, filled with wisdom, and a great sense of humor! Brandon Routh is NOT! I guess the only performance I thought was pretty good was Kevin Spacey. Sure, he was given a generic villain role in this abomination, but he was did what Brandon Routh or Kate Bosworth couldn't do, and that is BE A LITTLE HUMOROUS! I am glad Man of Steel finally came out, that movie MADE me love Superman, unlike this one, IT RUINED MY CHANCES TO LIKE HIM! I would love to see people at least burn DVD/BD copies of this movie! Forget this film, or the 3rd and 4th Superman movies, go see Man of Steel.

I beg of you! Ignore the professional critics when it comes to Superman, they don't treat him well like they do with Batman. So please give Superman a chance by seeing the new Man of Steel. Please.