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4 comments:
Funny, I would have said "Jesusy".
I think desribing this pic as Dull is just about perfect.
Excellent point, Josh, and thanks Brad. I barely made it through the damn thing. Permit me to rant a bit...
There were so many things wrong with this movie, I don't even know where to begin. The story is horrendous, the casting atrocious. Bryan Singer hired old pal Kevin Spacey to play Lex Luthor, and he proceeds to ham it up - more Dr. Evil than a real villain. The kid playing Superman couldn't be more boring. Every "super" scene is just physically impossible CGI (Superman can surpass the speed of light, apparently?). The story is trite as hell. Superman is a creepy stalker. It's supposed to pick up five years after Superman II left off, but they hired a 22 year old actress to play Lois Lane (who, incidentally is supposed to have a 4 year old kid!). We have to wait over 41 minutes for Superman to appear. 41 minutes!
This may be my most accurate OWR to date. Check out the definition
In sum, this movie offended me as a human being who owns a brain.
My kids didn't even like this clinker. I had a coworker who had posters for this sucker in his cube. He said he was a big Superman fan. I also take it he was a fan of crappy movies.
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