I liked it... Anyone else?

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heard superman dies?!

I'm not a Superman fan but thought it was good. It had some nice special effects.

Too long, not enough story

Right, I don't with to write up some little review or anything, at this point, but I will say that, while I liked Superman Returns just fine, it's not making it onto my "bext comic-movies ever" list. Some aspects of the film were great, whereas others were over-played and drawn-out. Personally, I find Bryan Singer to be a reliable, yet extremely "by-the-book, formulaic" director. I think the X-Men film trilogy's best chapter was its final, which Singer was not at the helm of. I'll say this, though: the guy who played Supes: fantastic.

Arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh read that by mistake, opens in UK next Friday, hopefully will still go watch it.

Ali

you didn't have to reiterate it anyway, don't take it as a spoiler since he said he "heard".

as for the movie itself, based on the trailers, the visuals look too artificial, including Super Man himself. I'll wait this one out for DVD.

commando, do you like Smallville? just curious

I liked it too. The scene where (Spoiler)Superman falls from space to the park on earth after getting rid of the kryptonite equipped land was awesome. Singer is clearly experimenting with neo-expressionistic photography.

Ali, come on, man; you know Superman can't die. Even if he does, you know it can't be a very "permanent" death — .

Yuvan, I think it would be worth spending the money to watch this one in theaters. I saw it in IMAX, and I'm glad I did. The experience you get, watching a special-effects-ridden, big-budget entertainer such as this, on the big screen, just can't be matched on DVD...regardless of the "screen-size," "DVD-quality," or "audio set-up." The visual effects were, as is to be expected, more than convincing; they were simply great. That said, everyone has his or her own tastes when it comes to this; for instance, while Roger Ebert was not fond of the way Spider-Man seemed to "weightless" (as he said) in Spider-Man, I thought that that type of movement was very convincing, and that it thoroughly suited the arachnid-superhero character.

As for "Smallville," I used to like it when it first came out, but, at this point, I utterly abhor the show (well, for the most part). I've always found Tom Welling to be a terribly wooden, superficial actor — at least on "Smallville" — and I hate to say that time does not seem to have made him much better. The plots are about as boring and contrived as a viewer can dreadfully imagine; it's really as though every episode just slightly revises a previous script: Clark and Lex can't trust each other, then they do. Clark and Lana have a fight, and talk abut how they can't trust each other. Chloe does some remarkably simply hacking into a top-secret, highly-secured computer base, and is wily enough not to get caught. Blah...blah...blah. The only thing that I'm glad for, is the departure of Clark's boyhood companion, "Pete," whose every gesture, every facial expression, every utterance, filled me with a rageful contempt that is simply ineffable through text. On the positive side, Michael Rosembaum is excellent as a troubled young Lex Luthor, and Lionel's depiction — be it evil or reformed — is consistently entertaining. Oh, I also like the Remy Red's theme song for the show, "Save Me."

DVD Collector, I don't think Bryan Singer ever really "experiments" with anything. He's more like the guy who takes every part of the formula, memorizes the entire thing, rehearses it again and again, and finally churns out a product that is "nothing new, but so 'by-the-book and filtered' that it just can't be altogether odious." I didn't really care for how he handled the first X-Men movie, and the second, though entertaining, did not manage to stand out at its time as one of the "best new comic films." On a side note, I did rather like what Singer did with the guy who played Cyclops in the X-Men films; honestly, I could only tolerate him in those, but I found myself liking him in Superman Returns.

Commando, I think you underestimate Singer as a filmmaker. I'd rather liked the first two X Men installments(the sequel even better to the original) as oppose to Brett Ratner's latest popcorn-munching-bore-fest. Singer employes realist tendencies into his characters and thematic situations providing the obvious but the more engaging cinematic experience.

Well!! have not seen Suoer man, yet, but talking of sequels, go watch with the rest of the world, bogus Pirates Sequel, running houseful for these days!

Watched Pirates in DLP projection and contributed to its record breaking box office collection. Typical summer action flick. It was my first time watching a DLP presentation. It was sharp, very bright and had amazing colors.

yup it was DLP projection and PQ was nothing I have ever seen before! But film was crap imho!

I think I saw a "DLP" once (what's what "L" for?), and it wasn't significantly superior to film.

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