[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by Brainiac

I REALLY liked the movie, because it was the first Superman movie ever made that was both serious and watchable. The Superman Returns movie of several years was such an abortion that I wanted to hunt down the people who made it so I could beat the hell out them, and the Christopher Reeve movies just had too much idiotic farce in them. I mean, whose idea was it to have Gene Hackman play Lex Luthor as a comedic figure with a mumbling doofus named Otis as his henchman and with a stupid non-sexy "Miss Tessmacher" as his gun moll? Those were horrible movies.

THIS movie took the Superman character seriously. Some people have been complaining about the flashbacks, but I thought they were a very effective way to mix the backstory in with the events currently going on.

The only thing I didn't like was the excessive use of hand cameras. I know filmmakers have liked to do that to bring a sense of realism ever since the Cops TV show became popular, but I find it distracting and annoying. Also, the extreme closeups made Diane Lane look like an old hag. But I thought the storyline was great, and the special effects for the action scenes were excellent. I do wish they'd cast a hotter woman as Lois Lane, however.

Having said all that, I'll also say I plan to see it again. I think the comparison to Batman Begins is pretty accurate.

Superman II was one of the greatest superhero movies ever.