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Routh's acting was superb. I would have actually prefered that they started from scratch, but since they seemed to be going the Superman 2.5 route, he was the best choice for the role. Overall, though, I thought the movie was a bit bloated for what it was. It seems every comic movie now is attempting to play the super heavy drama card. For a summer movie, I would have actually prefered a more fun action based flick. And the recycling of plot from the first movie kind of got to me, too. Luthor's a smart guy. He can think of greater schemes than that. Great eye candy, though.
Before the movie I tried to catch up on what's happened to Superman throught the years (DC mixed things up quite a bit with the Crisis on Infinite Earths, which is the point I stopped reading comics) and it was quite confusing. His origin and the extent of his powers have changed a few times. I think it's best I just keep my eyes closed and remember Supes for who he was :-)
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