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I guess I'm the only one who in no way forgives Singer for leaving the X-Men series to rot in favor of making this movie. Does it bother no one else that the classic superman retro look was combined with sleek new audis, flat screen TVs and cell phones? Did the stupid copyboy who I know from Not Another Teen Movie not deserve a slap in the face every time he opened his mouth?
Watching Superman save the day was, indeed, awesome. The movie, overall, looked slick (except for a few random sequences when Superman himself looked really cartoony for some reason). I loved Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor and Routh performed admirably at an impossible task.
On the other hand, the "spoiler" was trite, predictable and boring. They barely did anything with it! Where's the plot about that?!? Lois and Superman had...something...going for each other, but I'm not totally sure what it was since it definitely wasn't love. I REALLY could have done without the It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's JESU...er...SUPERMAN! crap. Why was Lois so totally unresponsive to Kent's obvious crushing on her? I mean, I know she's involved with two other guys, but she didn't do anything to acknowledge what he was doing, and it was a little hard to dismiss.
It was a solid superhero movie that stuck to the guns of the Superman movie franchise. I enjoyed it and I'd watch it again, but it's nowhere close to Batman Begins or Spiderman 2 in my book.
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