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Movie
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-Brandon
Routh
-Kevin
Spacey
For
five
years,
Superman
(Brandon
Routh)
has
been
away
from
Earth,
coaxed
into
space
by a
belief
that
Krypton
may
still
exist.
Finding
nothing,
he
comes
back
to a
changed
world--not
only
has
terrorism
become
rampant,
but
Lois
Lane
(Kate
Bosworth)
has
married,
started
a
family,
and
won
the
Pulitzer
for
her
piece
"Why
the
World
Doesn’t
Need
Superman."
After
a
stop
in
Smallville
to
see
his
adopted
mother
(Eva
Marie
Saint),
Superman
is
back
in
Metropolis,
and
Clark
Kent
has
his
old
job
back
at
the
Daily
Planet,
with
everyone
still
incredibly
oblivious
to
his
alter
ego.
But
where
there’s
Superman,
there's
Lex
Luthor
(Kevin
Spacey),
and
he
is
likely
to
be
planning
something
dastardly--in
this
case,
using
a
piece
of
pilfered
kryptonite
to
grow
an
entirely
new
continent
that
he
will
control.
Bryan
Singer
(X-MEN
1
and
2),
armed
with
a
script
by
Dan
Harris
and
Michael
Dougherty,
approaches
the
red
cape
with
reverence
for
the
lore
of
the
character,
and
respect
for
Richard
Donner’s
SUPERMAN
(1980)
and
Richard
Lester’s
1980
sequel,
films
that
ushered
in
the
era
of
the
modern
superhero
film.
Singer’s
SUPERMAN
is
filled
with
melancholy,
and
not
so
subtly
suggests
the
notion
of
Superman
as a
Christ
figure,
sacrificing
himself
to
save
mankind.
But
there
are
still
laughs,
mostly
courtesy
of
Spacey
(clearly
having
a
blast)
and
Parker
Posey
as
his
moll,
Kitty
Kowalski,
as
well
as
plenty
of
gasp-inducing
set
pieces,
including
a
spectacular
and
terrifying
almost-plane
crash
and
a
sinking
boat.
While
modern
visual
effects
have
allowed
Superman
to
go
to
entirely
new
realms,
Singer
keeps
them
from
becoming
the
film’s
raison
d'être,
thus
keeping
the
Man
of
Steel’s
gigantic
heart
intact--heavy
though
it
may
be.
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of
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1948-2006 Muze
Inc.
and
Muze
Europe
Ltd.
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