Yeah, went to see it last night. Roo won a year's pass for 2 to pretty much any movie theater in the Lower Mainland so I guess we'll be seeing some movies.
So. Superman. Very nice. He's alwasy been my favourite superhero and this is a good Superman. Fills Christover Reeve's tights very well. Good actor, though I can't even be bothered to google who it was.
There's just this one tiny problem I have had all along with Superman. I mean really. I alternately wear glasses and contacts, and sometimes contacts with reading glasses on top, and I have never yet had anyone not recognize me. How the hell can a room full of investigative reporters not recognize Clark Kent? Especially now that they have these really high quality photos of Superman plastered all over the newsroom? Perhaps if I wore blue tights with my underwear on top? Is that the key? Is that the reason for the costume and the underwear on top? Cause it distracts everyone from looking at your face? Could be. I know where I was looking....
I notice that in the cellphone age, Superman is having a problem finding a place to change. Soon he'll be like the rest of us - ducking into the bathroom of your local fast food joint for all quick personal needs.
I also noticed that to get that PG rating, they had absolutely no swear words. See, I have a hard time believing a bad guy who says "what did you do?" just as his girlfriend has foiled his plot for global domination. Gosh darn it, that just makes me so mad. But violence? Oh yeah, baby, bring it on. Lots of scary scenes and a really big violent swarming with gloopy sound effects of booted foot kicking face. 'Cause what's more likely to pollute a child's mind? Hearing the F word? Or seeing a guy beat to death? Right.
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OK. Lois slept with Superman, and I'm dying to know: what special powers does Superman's willy have? Superman has special powers with his eyes and ears so I figure it must do something special too..... What do you think? Hmmmmmm.
Where was I? Oh yeah, I like the kid. Of course the kid means we can look forward to Superman movies forever now.
And one other thing. When Superman was in the hospital, why didn't anyone think of putting him out in the sun? He's like those solar patio lights, he needs to recharge in the sun. What were they thinking, leaving him in a hospital room for ages???
Verdict - Roo & I enjoyed it for its intellectual, spiritually uplifting and thoughtful exploration of the meaning of truth and justice in the modern world. Wait, no. Wrong movie. This was fun and brainless and fluff entertainment. Superman is pretty easy on the eyes. Roo says Lois didn't hurt him any either.
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"Soon he'll be like the rest of us - ducking into the bathroom of your local fast food joint for all quick personal needs."
We call it the McPotty. :) I only very rarely eat their food, but they do usually have nice, clean restrooms.
And I'm LMAO about the Superwilly.
I enjoyed Superman Returns quite a bit ... there's no way in hell people wouldn't realize right away that Clark Kent is Superman, especially Lois .. as for his superwilly, if you can stomach a very crude but very movie, there's a priceless about his intimate moment with Lois Lane in Kevin Smith's "Mallrats," if memory serves me right
Okay, so this has nothing whatsoever to do with Superman or anything else you've posted in a while, just that I saw Hornblower in a contest comment and I had to check it out because HH is my favorite character in all of literature and I've read all the books a zillion times and I wanted to be Hornblower, and I'm also a chick. HA! So I came to say hi.
You have my same issues with "suspension of disbelief." I try so hard and for the most part I can buy the whole premise of superhero movies. But then I always find myself wondering who cleans Superman's superhero costume.
LOL! This was one of the best reviews I've read in... ever. It had all the stuff *I* really wanted to know, but which Ebert won't tell me.
Oh, and in reply to your question the other day - who is Ward? Ward is Zorak's buddy from college. Evidently, if you put two married, disabled military veterans, pursuing degrees later in life as full-time students together on the same small campus, *poof* you get lifelongbonding. *sigh* Anyway, he's been staying at our place while he looks for a house. Since July 1st. His wife and dogs are back in AZ. He has no children. To say this has been surreal is an understatement.
Dy
I'm sure someone has written a story titled something like "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" that may answer your query about Superman and Lois Lane... possibly not family friendly! Of course, it may have only been published in a local fanzine... or chatted about at a local con... I'll ask at our bookclub tonight—one of them will remember:-)
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