A Nutshell Review: Superman Returns
Superman returns! And in a style befitting a worldwide pop cultural
icon easily recognizable from that distinctively red-yellow
S-shield. Being stuck in production hell for almost 2 decades since
the last movie installment, Bryan Singer has resurrected the Man of
Steel for the silver screen, with an all new cast made up of fresh
faces and veterans, even Marlon Brando, as Jor-El.
In the hands of lesser directors, it will be tempting to make a
Superman movie consisting of mindless slugfests, capitalizing
Supes' invulnerability. Early drafts of a new Superman movie wanted
to do just that. In the hands of unimaginative storytellers, this
same invulnerability will also prove to be a bane, and therefore
translate into a bore. Singer, based on his track record of his
successful X-Men movies, in massaging multiple favourite characters
and telling a compelling story, weaves his brand of magic into
Superman, giving us not only what everyone would come to expect,
but also an extremely important factor that makes this movie a
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