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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShadowDenizen" data-source="post: 2915640" data-attributes="member: 16485">Well, here we go...Well, I went to a 10 o'clock Tuesday night screening.So, here's my thoughts. There's alot to say, so sorry if I ramble. (I'll try not to give too much away, but be warned there are some spoilers herein!!)Overall, I really, really liked it. One of the better comic adaptions I've seen in quite a long time.   I went it with high expectations, and they were defintiely met, if not exceeded.Was it perfect?No, far from it.  (Though I'm surprised to see such negativity towards it!)The bad?Kevin Spacey. I like him as an actor, he just seemed to be a scenery chewer in this movie. He lacked the sinisterness and nuances that Michael Rosenbaum and Gene Hackman brought to the part.Also, they didn't have any truly direct conflict between Superman and Lex, certainly no link worthy of Smallville or the comics.And Lex's "evil plan"? To become a land baron? OOOH, scary. Except not.And why would you not fire that Kyptonian crytal from a fair distance away, instead of being right in the epicenter of where the blast is tot take place? The anvillicious "Jesus" parallels. You don't have to look very hard to find them: they're in quite a few of the scenes; even my friends pre-teen son noticed the symbology. They were REALLY trying to make Superman a messianic hero.I agree about the airplane sceen; it was really hard to discern exactly what was goign on at given moment due to the "shaky-cam".The good?Brandon Routh. It can't be said enough.Me, too.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /> But a well-deserved one, if I do say so myself. Brandon seems very comfortable in this role, at least to my eyes. He seems to inhabit both the Clark and Superman roles with equal vigor and ease. I hope this movie kick-starts his career into high-gear, and I look forward to seeing alot more of Brandon in the future. The movie really hinges on him, and the relationship between Lois and Clark, and they really carried that aspect off well. AND, they don't take the easy way out: it would've been really easy to kill Richard off in this film, but they left that thread hanging, which made for a truly bittersweet ending.Eva Marie Saint. It's unfortunate she wasn't in this more, but fortunately a little Eva goes a long way! I would have liked to have seen a few more scenes between the two of them. Frank Langella: Any move that gives Frank Lagella work is OK by me! The special effects: Normally, I'm not one to notice things like this, but I really noticed how seamless the effects (in particular the flying sequences) seemed to me. And? The film was dedicated to Christopher and Dana Reeves. This earned a standing round of applause from the crowd where I saw it.Don't you mean "Lanaville"?  'Cause that's what it's felels like to me.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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