I was unmoved by Superman Returns but then I've always found Supes kind of meh.
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Laga - Jan 03, 2007 7:40:53 am PST #6776 of 10001
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Ailleann - Jan 03, 2007 7:55:40 am PST #6777 of 10001
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My biggest problem with SR (I rewatched this weekend as well) was that Kate Bosworth was too young. Routh probably isn't that much older than her, but for some reason Supes looking young doesn't ping me as much as a woman who was supposed to have completed college, established herself as a key reporter for a major city newspaper, and has a child who is five, in that order.
Jessica - Jan 03, 2007 7:59:40 am PST #6778 of 10001
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My biggest problem with SR (I rewatched this weekend as well) was that Kate Bosworth was too young.
Totally agree, though it (surprisingly) didn't actively bother me while I was watching it.
I was initially concerned about Routh because I didn't know if he could carry the film, but he really impressed me.
Aims - Jan 03, 2007 7:59:58 am PST #6779 of 10001
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I would agree wholeheartedly with that.
SailAweigh - Jan 03, 2007 8:42:37 am PST #6780 of 10001
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I was initially concerned about Routh because I didn't know if he could carry the film, but he really impressed me.
Me, NSM. I thought he looked a good Superman, but he seemed a little wooden to me. Still, I enjoyed the movie and loved Kitty dumping the extra crystals out of the helicopter. Hee.
Laga - Jan 03, 2007 8:45:16 am PST #6781 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think Superman is a bit wooden.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2007 8:51:26 am PST #6782 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not in the comics he isn't. Christopher Reeves wasn't wooden, nor was Dean Cain.
Aims - Jan 03, 2007 8:52:06 am PST #6783 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I was a bit woden for Dean Cain.
Laga - Jan 03, 2007 8:53:31 am PST #6784 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
My perception of Superman (from the comics on) is that he is wooden. Maybe boring is the more proper term. A boyscout. Not conflicted. Morally unambiguous. yawn
Polter-Cow - Jan 03, 2007 8:54:37 am PST #6785 of 10001
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So it's been annoying me that I wasn't bowled over by Children of Men like I was supposed to be. Although I could just have a Cuarón block, since I didn't think Y Tu Mamá También was hot shit either. The problem with CoM for me was that everything was great except for the story, which was pretty much nonexistent. And I like stories. It's my thing. The same thing, a friend of mine noted, is wrong with The Fountain: the narrative isn't very strong. And I don't know, I'm trying to think of movies I like that have had very simple stories because I'm sure there are some.
What are some great movies whose stories are pretty much "Some guy saves a girl, and that's it" or "A man meets a woman," and why do they transcend it? For you, at least, because I want to see if any of the movies you come up with are ones I like too.