Monday, July 03, 2006

From Superman to Superdad?

I caught a screening of "Superman Returns,"last Saturday. The film lived up to the intense hype that it has generated, that if I were to rate it, it's close to a perfect 10. Okay, the producers followed tradition by tapping an unknown actor to don the iconic red cape and brief (it's not an underwear since Superman wears it over his costume, which is probably how Kryptonians wear their Hanes and Calvin Klein) , and blue suit. It was a very risky move, but it gave the world Christopher Reeves who seemed to be destined to play the role.
The ladies in the moviehouse - and some men of the Brokeback Mountain variety - would sigh, shriek and say, "Oh, Shit! He is so handsome!," whenever the camera lingered on Brandon Routh's face. Judging by their primal behavior, I can say that Routh is eye candy for them. Kate Bosworth did not elicit catcalls from us, hot-blooded men who have been reared on Pamela Anderson, but she is pretty. Acting wise, she overhauled Lois Lane's image. By the way, the shrieking reached a crescendo when the Man of Steel and Lois were reunited after five long years, so remember to put that ear plug when you see that scene in the baseball field.
With Lois Lane aboard for the famous love story, they have to put a bad guy in the script to make Superman's life dangerous again. Enter Lex Luthor. Diabolical and bald as ever, he wants to become a construction magnate sans the heavy machinery and pesky foremen by stealing Kryptonian technology.
And a clever twist in the plot was the injection of a paternity issue that would confront Superman.
What? Superman's a daddy? That's how it was implied in the movie. I mean, if Lois Lane's son can crush Luthor's goon with a grand piano, his dad's identity is settled, even if James Marsden, last seen as Cyclops of the X-Men, is happy to claim that it was his sperm that got her egg.
I have already revealed enough spoilers that I am afraid that the Man of Steel's lawyers and accountants will pay me a visit if I don't shut my mouth because their boss is still befuddled if he really did it with Lois Lane.

1 Comments:

At 10:03 PM, Blogger leila_bondoc said...

Exactly the reason I wanted to watch this on DVD. :-) Keep 'em movie reviews coming.

 

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