Kakita na ko unya, The opening sequence made me smile with admiration. In fact you might just worry that the cinema possibly shipped in copies of the older Superman movies… That is because Singer has chosen to stay true to the tone and overall feel of the first and second film. And guess what? John Williams’s score is revived! Also, throughout the movie, vintage flavor and atmospherics are so methodically portrayed, greatly aided by the said music and the palette that the director uses.
- It has a lot of trailer moments, and knowing Dougherty and Harris’s brilliance in X2, I was sure – and of course they don’t compromise cohesion and story. If you think you’ve seen it all from the trailers, you haven’t. Watch how the airplane rescue sequence ends. You might just wanna applaud yourself. Watch the foreshadowing of a certain sequence, very subtly when Lois lights up a cigarette but just couldn’t and gets payed off ten times bigger in a later action scene.
- Great casting. Routh has the looks and physicality of Christopher Reeve and he carries the role of Kent with the bungling albeit charming persona we know him to have… and of course the charisma and presence, and compassion of the man of steel.
- Spacey is as darkly funny as he is villaneous as Lex Luthor. His henchwoman, has sympathies for our title character.
- Bosworth, and another second Singer-reteamer Marsden fit well into their roles as the unmarried couple.
- I was also impressed by Singer’s improvisational creativity when he salvages footage of Marlon Brando from Superman 2, hence no one else has to play Jor-El, and Mr. Brando’s name is Jor El’s billing in the end credits. As a student filmmaker, I have tried this once, salvaging Joint Picture Expert Groups imagery of a certain actress to imply her presence and persona in a short film, regretful at first, but beaming with pride after witnessing Singer’s improvisation.
- Though we may not know if it was the intention of the makers at all, Superman Returns does indeed remind the keen movie goer and art appreciator that cinema is indeed the marriage of ALL performing arts. The classic score by Williams revived faithfully by Ottman, Singer’s direction of course, top-notch performances and an exciting story. As someone who has his roots built on suspense and film noir, you can expect plenty of maturity in his handling of direction. Witness fancy camera movements and angles e.g. the piano sequence at the boat, and of course many more, CG or non-CG aided cinematographical strokes courtesy of Singer and his D.P.
All that being said, don’t stop me from watching this movie in the cinema a second, or a third time if I do…
I have come to admire Singer as a true visionary after seeing X2, and even THE USUAL SUSPECTS, I am glad he had to leave X3 before Warner Brothers could have God forbid pulled this project away from him. I hear that before he does the sequel to “Returns”, he will return to his roots of crime drama and thriller, that I will wait to see. In the mean time, the master film maker and company have come up with something that is and always will be a classic in my book.
10/10
Re: Superman Returns
Originally Posted by herzabar
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