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.
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