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Superman Returns [HD DVD] [2006]

DVD ~ Eva Marie Saint
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  • Actors: Eva Marie Saint, Kevin Spacey, Brandon Routh, Parker Posey, James Marsden
  • Directors: Bryan Singer
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 4 Dec 2006
  • Run Time: 154 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000KCI8XY
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,421 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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For five years, Superman (Brandon Routh) has been away from Earth, coaxed into space by a belief that Krypton may still exist. Finding nothing, he comes back to a changed world--not only has terrorism become rampant, but Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) has married, started a family, and won the Pulitzer for her piece 'Why the World Doesn't Need Superman'. After a stop in Smallville to see his adopted mother (Eva Marie Saint), Superman is back in Metropolis, and Clark Kent has his old job back at the Daily Planet, with everyone still incredibly oblivious to his alter ego. But where there's Superman, there's Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey), and he is likely to be planning something dastardly--in this case, using a piece of pilfered kryptonite to grow an entirely new continent that he will control. Bryan Singer (X-MEN 1 and 2), armed with a script by Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty, approaches the red cape with reverence for the lore of the character, and respect for Richard Donner's SUPERMAN (1980) and Richard Lester's 1980 sequel, films that ushered in the era of the modern superhero film. Singer's SUPERMAN is filled with melancholy, and not so subtly suggests the notion of Superman as a Christ figure, sacrificing himself to save mankind. But there are still laughs, mostly courtesy of Spacey (clearly having a blast) and Parker Posey as his moll, Kitty Kowalski, as well as plenty of gasp-inducing set pieces, including a spectacular and terrifying near plane crash and a sinking boat. While modern visual effects have allowed Superman to reach entirely new realms, Singer keeps them from becoming the film's raison d'etre, thus keeping the Man of Steel's gigantic heart intact--heavy though it may be.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best I've seen on HD, 2 Jan 2007
By M. Young (Sussex, U.K.) - See all my reviews
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This film is still very good...but having watched King Kong first of all in the HD DVD films I have, I have to say I was slightly disappointed. It just doesn't look like this film was shot in HD? Am i wrong? theres only one scene that stands out to me and looks amazing...the bit when Clark is a teenager running through the crops that looks true HD. Having view some films I must say bright colourful scenes really stand out and look stunning on HD.

definitely worth buying for your collection but not one of the best HD films on offer. Do some studios use different HD encoding because Doom and King Kong both look superb.
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2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars I would of given this a nice 5..., 19 Feb 2007
By M. I. Day "dayo1986" (UK) - See all my reviews
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The problem I had with this is that only certain scenes are in HD and the rest are blurry, the black is greyish, and colours are drained out.

There's good reason why... they decided to shoot the film with brand new HD camera's... so far they have done the opposite with these new cameras, the reason this film cost a lot of money was renting these top of the range cameras that give off a rubbish picture... the film is one of the best superman films, and one of the best comic book films to date, easily worth a rent!

shame about the camera issue.
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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars What Donner & Mankewicz avoided in 1978 ie. CAMPY NONSENSE, 28 Aug 2007
By Glenn Mckee (Co. Armagh) - See all my reviews
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A big let down in the same vein as with the Star Wars prequels.

Bryan Singer's take on the Superhero franchise kills the whole return of Superman. Over reliance on CGI SFX and it's a flop IMHO faster than a speeding bullet!

Absolute campy ott nonsense, effects, and storyline. Terrible acting from most of the cast.

I'm sure Richard Donner and Tom Mankewicz who were the visualists on the 1977 filming of Superman The Movie and Superman II must have quietly cringed at the premiere of this. Their saga was sucessful because they minimised the comic book cartoonishness for a serious, well acted and put together movie with pioneering special effects and a wonderful John Williams score.

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