Customer Reviews
Superbland - By: S J Buck, 19 Oct 2008 
This only just merits 3 stars. At 2.5 hours it really is far too long, & loses a star for that. It loses another star for the frequent & painfully obvious use of CGI & if I was being unkind it would lose more for its over sentimental & sugary styling. How much music with heavenily choirs & strings are we expected to take?
I wasn't especially impressed by Brandon Routh, who was clearly copying the Christopher Reeve formula but he was wooden by comparison. The best by far was Kevin Spacey, but he wasn't given a lot to do. The films I've seen that have been directed by Bryan Singer havein general been very good, for me this is his first failure.
By all means buy it, if you can get it very cheap, but its not worth spending much on!
Huge disappointment - By: NewWorldMan, 28 Aug 2008 
Superman is possibly my favourite superhero & Superman: The Movie was really the first of the superhero movies that had special effects that didn't grate (though of course it doesn't look so hot by today's standards). So I was really looking forward to a return to form after the disasters of Superman 3 & 4. But Superman Returns was a massive disappointment.
I thought Brandon Routh was OK but here are the main problems.
1. It was a sort of rehash of the first movie but not as good.
2. The cinematography kind of sucked. It didn't really match my expectations of a Superman movie.
3. Why wheel out Lex Luthor again? Surely there must be other villainsin the Superman universe?
4. Kate Bosworth was totally miscast as Lois Lane. She wasn't feisty or sexy enough. The Lois Lane (Erica Durance)in the current Smallville TV series is way better.
5. The Smallville TV series is better!
Super Bore - By: Mr. Ross Maynard, 28 Aug 2008 While Brandon Routh does a passable impression of Christopher Reeve, this is truly one of the most boring films I have ever seen - 150 minutes of nothing happening (ok you see him catch an airplane but that really is it). It takes a full 90 minutes of Superman floating about full of Lois angst before Lex Luther's evil plot kicksin & that is resolved remarkably quickly & easily, before the film returns to Boresville. The film lacks charm, humour, or anything interesting. It is so tedious that I was the only onein my family who actually stuck it out to the end. And that which wasn't worth it - you are expecting some sort of dramatic showdown but the film just drifts off into nothing. Avoid this rubbish !
THE WELCOME RETURN OF THE CAPED WONDER. - By: NEO, 10 Jul 2008 
Most people seem to think this movie was a big dissapointment , & story wise there is nothing new her. Instead it's a well balanced homage to the Reeve movies & newcomer Routh plays Superman just like Reeve. Lex played by Kevin Spacey plays the evil villian as was playedin the old movies. Lex as ever is after world power & manages to steal some Kryptonite from a museum. He then finds Superman's ice lair & talks with the image of Superman's long dead father played by Marlon Brando (again a clip from the original movie). The effects are great but it's all very predictable & though it's a good movies it does leave you wanting more.
Beautiful, measured and masterly - By: Greshon, 26 Jun 2008 Superb. It may lack some of the charm of the Reeve films - though that may only be nostaligia - but the awesome effects, gorgeous cinematography & beautiful, measured script more than make up for it.
This is an altogether more professional film, which has all the hallmarks of being directed by a consumate master of his craft. Watching this along with the three original Superman sequels, a huge differencein quality is apparent. The film is both beautiful & moving, showing the greatest respect for what has come before, but taking itin a direction all its own which - at least - equals anythingin the series so far.
