Superman is Back!!

Watched Superman Returns today with skepticism. However when it was over I found myself liking it immensely. I think the reason why was because it tied itself to the Christopher Reeve era by borrowing details and maintaining the general spirit. Very nostalgic.

I was so tickled when they spliced in some of the original monologue from the late Marlon Brando. The use of the old skool movie opening credits made me feel like a kid again. But most of all when the original Christopher Reeve era music came along, I wanted to believe in Superman all over again.

My only draw back on the flick was that I felt that Clark and Lois were cast too young. I would have liked to have seen an older cast, but at least I didn't have to sit through that wussy Smallville type stuff (Hi, I'm Superman and I have problems...).

In fact, I think part of why I enjoyed this version was that Superman was portrayed as an outsider, but not full of melancholy angst and soap opera sob story sentiment. Instead this Superman was like Christopher Reeve's version in that he was the classic man. Long suffering and shouldering great burden without needing a box of kleenex to deal with it. Soldier on...soldier on...

Anyhow, go see this movie in the theater if you have the chance. It's totally worth it. Like my gf says,"It's about time Superman came back. The original superhero".