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The interminable credits are the most irritating in memory: ridiculous music (composed by the editor, who should have been fired for that alone), terribly boring and repetitive images.
The "new" Superman: better than Reeves. More... vulnerable. Younger looking. More emotive.
Lois: hideous. Fat, square face. Looks like any number of youngish actresses (a dead ringer for the newest Ms. Cruise). A body devoid of any noticeable shape.
Spacey's L. Luthor: not very nasty, actually. He simply cannot top his own work in "Se7en." Kind of like casting Hannibal... excuse me, Hopkins: they're forever linked with psychopaths and should eschew (harrumph) similar roles.
The number of times the writer channeled Jesus is too many to note. How many times must Superman raise his arms (imitating Christ the Redeemer's pose atop Corcovado)?
He is also raised from the dead.
There's a guy named "Luthor," which is close enough for me.
A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT NOTE FOR MIDDLE-AGED GUYS:
unless you piss into your popcorn box, you're not going to make it through this film.
What the hell happened to intermissions for near-three hour movies?
Sure, Lawrence of Arabia (it had an intermission) needed that length but does... a super-hero movie?
In this type of film, there are just so many intense climaxes one can withstand in a certain amount of time (until they offer Viagra-laced popcorn). After the over-the-top, ultra-intense opening, half that hoard of adrenaline was used up.
Oh, did I mention the up-to-the-date issues covered here, i.e. the difficulties of single-parenting and job-juggling?
Actually, were it trimmed of all the considerable lard, this could have been a decent film.
As it is, make sure to avoid all liquids for several hours previous or... buy a cup of popcorn and sit far from your neighbors.
Barring that, don't worry. Chances are you'll just be missing an insignificant part of a scene that goes on waaaaaaaaay too long.
Follow Ups:
tinear,If you could see Kate Bosworth in the (ho hum) movie 'Win a Date With Tad Hamilton' you would revise your opinion of her in a flash. She is stunningly beautiful and wholesome. A perfect candidate for Superman IMO, sure she looked drab in comparison in Superman but believe me she can 'bring it'...
Brandon Routh was fine, and I largely agree with your comments.I wouldn't kick Ms. Bosworth out of bed for eating crackers- a distinct improvement over a (frankly) somewhat homely Margot Kidder.
I found Kevin Spacey to be a much more malevolent Lex Luthor than Gene Hackman, whose performance in the original Superman: The Movie was sheer camp, akin to his blind man in Young Frankenstein (although I hasten to add I loved Hackman in the role). Spacey balanced the sinister and the humerous nicely, IMO.
The Christian allegories seemed kinda obvious to me, too.
I'm 47, and made it through all 2 hours & 34 minutes without a bathroom break (had a diet coke, too). Might it be time to see your physician for the ol' turn your head & cough? Dad had the TURP procedure early this year, and now he can make it through all 9 innings of a Padres game without leaving his seat.
that have a coke during the early stages similarly will have issues. After all, previews now last 15-20 minutes...
(My prostate is fine...)
Since when is size 4 "fat"????I think she's miscast too (totally too young for LL) but fat she ain't.
it cleverly was photographed, the alert observer could see thick, short legs and an extremely modest... endowment.
Anyhow, she's indistinguishable from four or five other starlets.
though Beckinsale is more the right age group....Hathaway is more "girl next door" correct look for LL. Hathaway has proven herself with her recent roles in BBM and Havoc.
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"it cleverly was photographed,'no it wasn't.
" the alert observer could see thick, short legs and an extremely modest... endowment."Alert observer or th observer with wild imagination?
"Anyhow, she's indistinguishable from four or five other starlets."
Is that to the alert observer? Observe them thick short legs. http://wallpapers.wallpaperbase.com/celebs/katebosworth/kate_bosworth_1.jpgIn all fairness they are a bit short because she is short.
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http://www.auto-sfondi-desktop.com/wallpapers-celebrity/lara-flynn-boyle/lara-flynn-boyle.jpgWorked for Jack
means you have the field to yourself, thunder-thighs and all :--()
I figured you were my only competition. So did the Lara Flynn Boyle thighs do it for you? They weren't too thunderous for were they?
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Lois, prefers Superman to Kent.
;--(
Imagine what one of your long lectures would do to Kate's attention span?
Exactly. Cue sunset over the Hawaiin sunset (she did do Blue Crush). I see it now. In a typical cliche' driven screenplay, she suddenly thrusts her hand over my mouth, and demanding that I shut up and kiss her, at which point....Works every time.
Extremely hard on the eyes ;-)
"Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
all Wonderbra.
...crawl over her to get to you.
scaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaring me...
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In the Max Fleischer cartoons, Clark was " timid. "
Same with the comics I read as a kid.
Similar in the Kirk Allyn Serials.
George Reeves played Clark not as timid, but as smart, sharp, pro etc.
Why did Clark change into a bumbling incompetent?Anyone else notice that change of character?
Opinions ?
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..the George Reeves character , to Chris Reeve and the latest.
George Reeves was an older, more experenced, less in need of female approvel Superman. The actor killed himself.
I think each actor and/or director saw a slightly different manner of separating Kent from Superman.
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