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Jun. 28th, 2006 09:39 amI saw the premier of Superman Returns last night on the Muvico "Giant Screen." It started at about 10:30 (after previews and commercials) and ended a little after 1am. I got home around 2, and actually made it to work at a decent time this morning. It was wierd going to the movie alone, but it was definately cheaper. :)
I really liked the movie. It didn't beat Superman I or II in my opinion, but it was better than III, and IV was an abominination I'm trying to forget. The movie directly tied into I and II as well. They reference things such as the Superman/Lois flying scene from I and Luthor knows about the Fortress of Solitude and the crystal thingies from that movie too. The music was fantastic, John Ottman did it, not John Williams as I originally thought, but they used Williams' score and apart from the main theme it was pretty much new stuff with themes from the old score sewn in. It works well. The story was fine, something I could see as a comic story by itself. Little things I thought would bother me, like Lois having a kid didn't bother me after all, surprisingly.
Another nice touch was the homages to several comic book visuals or storylines. There was a direct homage to the cover of Action Comics #1 (the first appearance of Superman), and a scene where Superman is in space looking down at earth that reminds me of a painting from Alex Ross, but I can't remember exactly what he did it for. There's storyline homages as well, but that would be spoiling some things.
I'll probably post some opinions with spoilers later. Overall I'd give it a 4/5.
I really liked the movie. It didn't beat Superman I or II in my opinion, but it was better than III, and IV was an abominination I'm trying to forget. The movie directly tied into I and II as well. They reference things such as the Superman/Lois flying scene from I and Luthor knows about the Fortress of Solitude and the crystal thingies from that movie too. The music was fantastic, John Ottman did it, not John Williams as I originally thought, but they used Williams' score and apart from the main theme it was pretty much new stuff with themes from the old score sewn in. It works well. The story was fine, something I could see as a comic story by itself. Little things I thought would bother me, like Lois having a kid didn't bother me after all, surprisingly.
Another nice touch was the homages to several comic book visuals or storylines. There was a direct homage to the cover of Action Comics #1 (the first appearance of Superman), and a scene where Superman is in space looking down at earth that reminds me of a painting from Alex Ross, but I can't remember exactly what he did it for. There's storyline homages as well, but that would be spoiling some things.
I'll probably post some opinions with spoilers later. Overall I'd give it a 4/5.
