Superman Returns: OMFG, wtf is this?

[Fingolfin269]

Bleh that movie was pretty good.

 

[Linux23]

It was pretty okay.


Think I'll go watch it now on HD DVD with my 110" Sony Pearl.

 

[JS80]

yea the whole real estate thing was stupid

 

[NorthRiver]

The story just sucked.

 

[IEC]

Hollywood ran out of ideas. So they have to go ruin good movies' names by remaking them "better".

 

[Marinski]

I haven't seen this yet because i knew it would suck. If you think this is bad though, just wait until Ghost Rider with Nickolas Cage comes out.

 

[skywhr]

Thats the worst DVD trransfer ever too. Fitting for a bad movie, he looked like plastic cause he was air brushed?

 

[Blayze]

I thought the movie was ok, but I will agree on the DVD transfer. It looked pretty bad.

 

[50cent1228]

it was aighttt nothing great though

 

[skywhr]

Even the HDDVD quality was crap.....ehhhhh the movie was decent for what it was......I went into the theater thinking it would suck horribly but it was better than I thought it would be.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Yeah, I thought it completely sucked. Ultimately Superman isn't that interesting a character IMO, in that he is essentially invulnerable and has no skeletons in his closet. It is also really tough to swallow, in a live-action film, the idea that he is unrecognizable as Clark Kent just because he's wearing glasses. In my world, Batman Begins is a 4-star movie, the Spiderman films are 3 1/2, and Superman Returns is at most 1 1/2.

 

[tfinch2]

It was okay. I liked Batman Begins and both Spiderman movies better. I can't wait for Spiderman 3.

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: Buck Armstrong
It was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Why can't Hollywood understand that when a story or character is popular across several generations, it doesn't need to be fvcked with by some no-talent hack? But no, they always think THEY can do better, so instead of a movie adaptation of Homer's Iliad, we get "Troy". Instead of the X-Men as they've been loved for decades, we get "Wolverine and his backup band", with Cyclops getting two lines per film.

Cyclops sucks is the reason that happened.

 

[Fritzo]

Lex was cast right- Brandon was totally wrong. For some reason he reminds me of Ross from Friends and I can't get it out of my head. It ruins the whole thing for me. Especially his action figures.

Script was terrible. They could have done a LOT more with it. The story was pretty rediculous. And the fact that Clark and Lois had NO chemistry really screwed up the movie.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: DonVito
Yeah, I thought it completely sucked. Ultimately Superman isn't that interesting a character IMO, in that he is essentially invulnerable and has no skeletons in his closet. It is also really tough to swallow, in a live-action film, the idea that he is unrecognizable as Clark Kent just because he's wearing glasses. In my world, Batman Begins is a 4-star movie, the Spiderman films are 3 1/2, and Superman Returns is at most 1 1/2.

That's another problem. If you've ever seen the Justice League animated series, they gimped Superman- and it worked very well! We was still invunerable, but high caliber bullets from a chain gun could push him back (and sting a bit), electricity could hurt him, and his strength had limits. I wish they'd do that in the movies.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: skywhr
Thats the worst DVD trransfer ever too. Fitting for a bad movie, he looked like plastic cause he was air brushed?

First DVD run of The Matrix was the worst DVD transfer ever, get it right. The VHS version looked better than the first DVD run of The Matrix.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: DonVito
Yeah, I thought it completely sucked. Ultimately Superman isn't that interesting a character IMO, in that he is essentially invulnerable and has no skeletons in his closet. It is also really tough to swallow, in a live-action film, the idea that he is unrecognizable as Clark Kent just because he's wearing glasses. In my world, Batman Begins is a 4-star movie, the Spiderman films are 3 1/2, and Superman Returns is at most 1 1/2.

heh thats why i couldn't get into Superman comics. he was to much of a good guy. not to mention you knew he was going to win every fight. he was stronger and invulnerable. sure there have been a few that have beat him. heck even killed him(just to return. WTF that was lame).

then his "secret" identity? yeah nobody noticed that glasses and some hair curling is a disguise? sheesh.

 

[alkemyst]

Too many people live too vicariously through superheroes.

They get pretty p!ssed off when they aren't delivered as they have it in their head.

Good reading <> Good watching.

I want Thomas Covenant to come to the silver screen.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
Too many people live too vicariously through superheroes.

They get pretty p!ssed off when they aren't delivered as they have it in their head.

Good reading <> Good watching.

I want Thomas Covenant to come to the silver screen.

ohh fvck yeah! i would love it if they brought the chronicles to the big screen. great series of books.

well the 1st trilogy was great. the 2nd was almost as good. just started reading the 1st book of the 3rd series. so far i am not impressed.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: DonVito
Yeah, I thought it completely sucked. Ultimately Superman isn't that interesting a character IMO, in that he is essentially invulnerable and has no skeletons in his closet. It is also really tough to swallow, in a live-action film, the idea that he is unrecognizable as Clark Kent just because he's wearing glasses. In my world, Batman Begins is a 4-star movie, the Spiderman films are 3 1/2, and Superman Returns is at most 1 1/2.

That's another problem. If you've ever seen the Justice League animated series, they gimped Superman- and it worked very well! We was still invunerable, but high caliber bullets from a chain gun could push him back (and sting a bit), electricity could hurt him, and his strength had limits. I wish they'd do that in the movies.

They admit that they gimped him too much in the early Justice League seasons though. They beefed him up more towards the end, and give a good explanation of why he treads lightly in the final episode during his battle with Darkseid.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: alkemyst
Too many people live too vicariously through superheroes.

They get pretty p!ssed off when they aren't delivered as they have it in their head.

Good reading <> Good watching.

I want Thomas Covenant to come to the silver screen.

ohh fvck yeah! i would love it if they brought the chronicles to the big screen. great series of books.

well the 1st trilogy was great. the 2nd was almost as good. just started reading the 1st book of the 3rd series. so far i am not impressed.

i read covenant back in '83 and '84. (the first trilogy anyway).

i go way back with it, but i don't think it will translate to the big screen very well.

 

[ballmode]

i WON'T SEE IT

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: alkemyst
Too many people live too vicariously through superheroes.

They get pretty p!ssed off when they aren't delivered as they have it in their head.

Good reading <> Good watching.

I want Thomas Covenant to come to the silver screen.

ohh fvck yeah! i would love it if they brought the chronicles to the big screen. great series of books.

well the 1st trilogy was great. the 2nd was almost as good. just started reading the 1st book of the 3rd series. so far i am not impressed.

i read covenant back in '83 and '84. (the first trilogy anyway).

i go way back with it, but i don't think it will translate to the big screen very well.

they couldnt port the book directly. but i think it would do pretty good.

it might be a little long.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: alkemyst
Too many people live too vicariously through superheroes.

They get pretty p!ssed off when they aren't delivered as they have it in their head.

Good reading <> Good watching.

I want Thomas Covenant to come to the silver screen.

ohh fvck yeah! i would love it if they brought the chronicles to the big screen. great series of books.

well the 1st trilogy was great. the 2nd was almost as good. just started reading the 1st book of the 3rd series. so far i am not impressed.

i read covenant back in '83 and '84. (the first trilogy anyway).

i go way back with it, but i don't think it will translate to the big screen very well.

they couldnt port the book directly. but i think it would do pretty good.

it might be a little long.

you'd have to take out the essence of the book, the deep depression and the dark stuff that goes on and just focus on the land and the characters.

it would just be another fantasy/action type flick and would really ruin covenant for those of us who were more into the introspective aspects of it.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: DonVito
Yeah, I thought it completely sucked. Ultimately Superman isn't that interesting a character IMO, in that he is essentially invulnerable and has no skeletons in his closet. It is also really tough to swallow, in a live-action film, the idea that he is unrecognizable as Clark Kent just because he's wearing glasses. In my world, Batman Begins is a 4-star movie, the Spiderman films are 3 1/2, and Superman Returns is at most 1 1/2.

That's another problem. If you've ever seen the Justice League animated series, they gimped Superman- and it worked very well! We was still invunerable, but high caliber bullets from a chain gun could push him back (and sting a bit), electricity could hurt him, and his strength had limits. I wish they'd do that in the movies.

They admit that they gimped him too much in the early Justice League seasons though. They beefed him up more towards the end, and give a good explanation of why he treads lightly in the final episode during his battle with Darkseid.

Superman: The Animated Series & Justice League Superman > all other Supermans...yes, even Christopher Reeve.

Good villains, interesting characters, great dichotomy between he and Batman, and fun just like a Superhero tale should be.