Superman Returns is the latest entry in this series and sees the Man of Steel return to Earth following a 5 year absence and the world around him has changed, Lois is settled down with a child and Lex Luthor is now out of jail and ready to exact his revenge.
Having been a big fan of the first two Superman films (mainly Superman II) I was really looking forward to seeing this new film and hoped that director Bryan Singer would do for this character what he did for the first two X-Men movies.
Sadly he didn't for a number of reasons, first Singer tries to not only restart the series in the same way that Christopher Nolan did with Batman Begins but also honor what Richard Donner did with his Superman movies, secondly he makes a serious story with a character that doesn't fit within those confines, third, the film drags on at 2 and a half hours and lastly, he retreads the use of Lex Luthor who is not that good of a villain, clearly this is a film which to be frank, doesn't work at all when you sum it all up.
So all in all, 2 out of 5 for Superman Returns.
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