Superman Returns Review

Overall Rating

The special effects were remarkable...

It was quite boring...

I have waited a long time to write a review on this film. I saw it in a shop for £4 on sale and, at the time, i thought that this was an absolute bargain. I was so excited to finally watch it, the hype around the film was buzzing so i just had to watch it. After i watched it, i regretted wasting that £4. Firstly, the film was incredibly boring... i just wanted to skip forward to get to a good point in the film but i knew that if i did that a small little something would happen which i would miss which would completely confuse me then i would have to watch it all over again! I hated the fact that we had to watch Lex Luther plan his scheme throughout the movie, in a film like this i like to be given the chance to try and work it out. To guess what his scheme is going to be, it adds to the excitement of the film. With this though... you could guess almost everything that was going to happen and i was so disappointed. I will admit though that the acting from Routh was good, but i didn't really believe the relationship between Superman and Lois Lane, i wanted more anger in the beginning, and then i wanted more secret passion towards the end. I was really disappointed. And i don't mean to be rude about the young lad who played her son, but i found his performance a bit wooden. I understand that he is young but i didn't believe he was real... i really feel bad about saying that but that is how i felt about him.

To conclude... Superman was basically a waste of £4... but the special effects were spectacular and the idea behind it was really good, i just wished they had done it differently.