Superman Returnzzzzzzzzz.....

Oh sorry, must have dozed off.

Well, I went to go see Summer Blockbuster #4, er, Superman Returns today. All I can say is, how can a movie about a man who can fly, bend solid steel, and shoot frickin' laser beams from his eyes, be so darn boring!

Granted, there were some cool effects, a nice action sequence or two, and a neat little homage to the cover of Action Comics #1, but everything else felt so recycled.. literally. I came to the theater wanting to see a new version of Superman, not a fanboy's version of Superman: The Movie. Yes, Bryan Singer didn't adapt Superman: the comic book character, he adapted Superman: The Movie. Many lines are literally lifted from the first movie ("Statistically speaking, flying is still the safest way to travel").

I don't know. I expected so much more out of this movie. There were themes touched upon in the movie: Superman leaving Earth, the people of Earth "moving on," Superman mentioning people needing a savior. None of these are ever explored, and I kind of wanted them to be.

I can't really fault the actors in this movie, they did the best they could with what was given to them. And they definitely could have been given more. Oh well.

On the bright side, I got a free ticket for the movie off of the DVD release of Justice League. I'll probably be more entertained watching some of that right now. Excuse me.