SUPERMAN RETURNS

CAM HEILIGER, CURRENTLY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, WROTE AN
ANALYSIS / CRITIQUE OF THE THIRD X-MEN MOVIE AND THIS SUPERMAN MOVIE. I WANTED TO INCLUDE CAM'S NOTES, BUT THE SPACE NEEDED WAS MORE THAN I COULD ACCOMMODATE , BUT THE BRIEFEST SUMMARY WOULD BE THAT THE THIRD VERSION OF X-MEN LACKS THE SOUL OF THE FIRST TWO, DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF DIRECTOR BRYAN
SINGER. THE CURRENT SUPERMAN PROFITS FROM THE PRESENCE OF DIRECTOR BRYAN SINGER. THE CASTING OF UNKNOWN ACTOR BRANDON ROUTH AS SUCCESSOR TO CHRISTOPHER REEVE, WAS A MASTER STROKE, SINCE HE CARRIES NO BAGGAGE AND WE SEE HIM ONLY AS THE MAN OF STEEL. KATE BOSWORTH IS FINE AS LOIS LANE AND
KEVIN SPACEY IS BRILLIANT AS THE EVIL LEX LUTHER.
CAM POINTS OUT THE SYMBOLISM OF SUPERMAN AS JESUS / THE MESSIAH, SENT BY HIS FATHER TO SAVE THE PEOPLE OF EARTH FROM THEMSELVES.
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I THOUGHT THIS WAS A VERY GOOD MOVIE, WELL MADE AND WITH MORE
DEPTH THAN ONE WOULD EXPECT FROM A COMIC BOOK CHARACTER.
I HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE MOVIE--->>

I WOULD WARN THAT THERE IS A SCENE WHERE LEX ATTACKS SUPERMAN, THAT IS MUCH TOO BRUTAL FOR CHILDREN UNDER 13 TO WATCH -- IT IS LESS THAN ONE MINUTE LONG, BUT I FOUND IT VERY INTENSE AND I AM FAR FROM MY CHILDHOOD.

THE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN AND MUCH RESPECTED FILM CRITICS, "THREE BLACK CHICKS," HAVE A SECTION OF THEIR REVIEWS ENTITLED - THE BLACK FACTOR.
HOW DID THE MOVIE DEAL WITH BLACK PEOPLE AND / OR BLACK ISSUES.

THE BLACK FACTOR IN SUPERMAN RETURNS, SET IN METROPOLIS, WHICH IS RECOGNIZED AS BEING NEW YORK CITY, IS ZERO.

I DON'T THINK A BLACK PERSON HAS A SPEAKING PART IN THIS TWO HOUR AND THIRTY-FOUR MINUTE FILM. INCLUDING MASSIVE CROWD SCENES, I AM NOT SURE THAT I COUNTED FIVE BLACKS ANYWHERE IN THE FILM -- A NEW YORK CITY BASED FILM -- NOW, THAT IS TRULY SCIENCE FICTION.

THIS IS A SUPERMAN MOVIE THAT IS 30% ACTION / ADVENTURE AND 70% ROMANCE -- THIS IS A CHICK FLICK AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, BUT
BOTH MALES AND FEMALES MIGHT NOT EXPECT THAT MIX IN A SUPERMAN MOVIE, SO I WANTED TO MENTION IT.
THE FIRST TWO CHRIS REEVE SUPERMAN FILMS WERE THE BEST -- THEY CAN'T BE TOPPED -- THIS IS WORTHY NUMBER THREE, EVEN GIVEN THE FAULTS I NOTED.