After the astonishing X-Men franchise, I had high hopes for this movie. But, Singer managed to only disappoint me. His first mistake was instead of making this movie able to stand on its own, he focused too much on making it an homage to Richard Donner. It felt too much like a rehash of the first movie just with updated special effects. Seriously, go through both scene by scene; so many parallels it's not funny. The problem with this approach gives us a way too powerful Superman and elements that are completely outdated by now, eg a campy Lex Luthor. There was also a bit of miscasting with Bosworth and the main character himself had very little lines throughout the whole movie.
The plot was severely lacking. Luthor's scheme made no sense and was just very poorly executed. The ending defied all logic and pre-established canon...especially within the universe Singer was emulating. On top of that, the movie was extremely dull. There were only inconsequential action scenes to show off the new and improved special effects and otherwise no real challenge for Superman.
Yes, the first two movies were hardly perfect, but given the time they were made they are quite enjoyable. Supes Returns, however, is not. It's just an empty shell of what could and SHOULD have been in an era where comic movies are dominating. Superman is called an epic character, it's time for them to give him an epic challenge and no more of these stalemate battles with Lex Luthor.
The plot was severely lacking. Luthor's scheme made no sense and was just very poorly executed. The ending defied all logic and pre-established canon...especially within the universe Singer was emulating. On top of that, the movie was extremely dull. There were only inconsequential action scenes to show off the new and improved special effects and otherwise no real challenge for Superman.
Yes, the first two movies were hardly perfect, but given the time they were made they are quite enjoyable. Supes Returns, however, is not. It's just an empty shell of what could and SHOULD have been in an era where comic movies are dominating. Superman is called an epic character, it's time for them to give him an epic challenge and no more of these stalemate battles with Lex Luthor.