Superman Remade
- Title: Superman Returns
- IMDb: link
What’s with Hollywood and rubberized super hero suits? Is there some kind of run on cloth? Did they buy it all in bulk a few years ago and have to use it all up before buying something new? Anyway…
Superman Returns isn’t a great super hero flick, but it does have charm and heart which left me happy, though not ecstatic, with the outcome. Given its similarities, it’s impossible to not compare it to Donner’s original, and find it wanting. Still, in a summer that’s given us X-Men: The Last Stand and Nacho Libre this Superman looks damn good.
Five years ago (sometime not long after the events of Superman II) Earth’s scientists found the remains of Krypton and, without saying his goodbyes, Superman left his adopted home. As the movie opens Superman (Brandon Routh) crashes back to Earth on the Kent farm. After a brief talk with Ma Kent (Eva Marie Saint – very nice casting choice!) Clark returns to Metropolis and his life as a reporter for the Daily Planet.
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