Superman Returns (Who Cares Where He Went)

So this review is of a movie in which my co-workers and I both despise. Superman Returns, which was released in the summer of 2006, receives our stamp of disapproval. This slow paced movie tells the story of a world without Superman. Evidently, Superman had up and left Earth for 5 years and no one really cared. Apparently the film ommitted this portion of the movie, due to budget issues.

So Superman finally returns, coincidentally crash landing into the same field he crashed into when he was a child. He sleeps off his jet lag and wakes up in the morning to speedily clean up his mess. He returns to Metropolis and begins working at the Daily Planet again. For some reason, no one figured out that Clark Kent comes back after being missing for 5 years, and coincidentally Superman returns at around the same time he does.

From this point on the slow and dragged out pace of the movie makes you realize why the movie didn't break even in the United States. I'm sure everyone came out to see the latest Superman movie only as a homage to the deceased Christopher Reeves. Its no secret why there will most likely be no sequel to this movie.

Verdict: Rent it first, then be glad you didn't buy it. Wouldn't watch it a second time.