The movie stars Brandon Routh (Fling, Stuntmen), Kate Bosworth (21, Remember the Titans), Parker Posey (For Your Consideration, The OH in Ohio), Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects, 21), James Marsden (The Box, X:Men 3 The Last Stand) Frank Langella (The Box, Good Night and Good Luck), and Sam Huntington (Sleep Over, Detroit Rock City).
The plot of the movie is Superman returns after a 5 year absence to find Lois with a child and in love with another man and Metropolis not in need of him anymore.
I think it a bit creepy to have Marlon Brandon do some voice over work with work that he has already done years ago. (I wonder if the young Jeff Bridges in the latest Tron movie would evoke the same creepyness.) I think they also borrowed some 1970's tech to do the opening credits and I dont mean that in a good way.
I liked the country house setting. I also liked the Promise monologue. I thought there were some good one liners in the begging of the movie, example the one about Gone with the Wind. There were some good sepical effects but some that were not good. I thought some of the shots of Roth were clearly CG and did not look anywhere close to real.
Bosworth portrail of Lois was a little confusing. Some lines came across as passive aggresive. She to me is a strong character that would be stronger most of the time. The kid figuring out that Clark is Superman I thought was pretty funny. I did like the fact that Lois would not let the blackout story go she went with her instincts and thle her boss that, not very passive aggresive.
I had seen parts of the moive over the years so I thought I would be disapointed with the movie. I was pleasently suprised I liked it. I thought the interaction of most of the characters was very nice and on a deep level. Im rating the movie as a C+ or B- worth the 2.5 hour running time.
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