Finally going to see Man of Steel later today. I got out the Blu-Rays to watch a few scenes from the previous movies in order to get psyched up for it (I'm now worried that I've made a huge mistake).
Watched a few scenes from Superman I:
- Brando as Jor-El is simply over the top
- The special effects may have been groundbreaking in 1978, but they have not aged well
- Reeve is still the best Superman AND Clark--he has this twinkle in his eyes throughout the movie as if to say to the audience "do you believe I get to do this?"
- The best scene is the "you've got me-who's got you?" helicopter sequence. Would you get away with a stereotypical pimp in a movie today?
- There's far more swearing in this movie than I remember
Then I switched to Superman Returns:
- Singer worships the Richard Donner films so much--he crams so many references in that they are distracting
- I'm sorry, but Routh and Bosworth are simply too young, especially since we're supposed to believe this happened years after Superman I and II. This girl who looks 21 at most is a Pulitzer Prize winner?
- The best scene--and the best of all the films so far--is the "space plane" sequence. I have to say I tear up every time I see the plane saved and Superman takes the applause from the crowd. If the rest of the movie had been 10% as good as that, I wouldn't bother going to the movie today.
I'll do another blog post-movie. I've shied away from spoilers, but the reviews are less than promising.