Superman Returns

Just one word for it - Awesome.

I think Brandon Routh has done a terrific job of stepping into Christopher Reeve's rather large shoes, or should I say boots? He portrays just the right expressions even as he plays the 'Man of Steel', though you would think that the parts in which he has to play the fumbling Clark Kent could have been treated better. But another way of looking at it is that Clark Kent is expected to be ordinary so he does have to kinda merge with the scenery. Arguably, Brandon doesn't have a past that would loom over his role as Superman... Of course, he does risk being branded as Superman for ever. That can really happen to a lot of actors, no matter how good they are. It happened to Christopher Reeve for sure.

Kevin Spacey exudes a fair amount of menace as Lex Luthor, but the onscreen character is still more of Kevin Spacey and less of Lex Luthor. So that's a case of the opposite happening. Kate Bosworth is decorative, but then she doesn't get much of an opportunity to display her acting skills. However, Kitty Kowalski does a pretty convincing job of Parker Posey.

One of the best things that I liked about the movie was the constant tempo...maintained throughout the entire movie itself, right till the climax. The pace is not too fast so the viewer can get a grip of what's happening. The OST is used to good effect and the SFX are very very realistic. Superman doesn't look like a rubber mannequin anymore. Some scenes for e.g. the one in which he saves an aeroplane and one in which he stops a bullet in his eye are worth an encore.

In fact the whole movie is worth an encore, and I think that's what I will do :)