So far, I've seen the movie twice. The second time was at the IMAX a couple of hours ago.
Before I continue..............you've been WARNED!!!!!
No seriously..........Im gonna spoil it.........don't gripe at me later pjs!
So seeing it on the IMAX TOTALLY ROCKED! The action shots were sweet (not all of it was 3d but hey) seeing it on the freakin' huge screen was AMAZING. My only complaint for IMAX was that they didn't show the final Superman lifting up the krypty island into space in 3d but everything else was really nice. Killer Lois scene where Supesy saves her and lover boy from the dark waters not to mention the opening plane diving scene. Totally worth the price of admission for just that coupla of minutes! Not to mention seeing the WHOLE MOVIE on a HUGE IMAX SCREEN!!!! So done gloating......sorta ;P
Besides the blatant comic quotes (which Jeff pointed out a couple of the ones I missed), I loved the timing of the movie. When Lex was stealing the kryptonite from the museum, there was a machine gun going off at the bank and Kitty driving agressively (just like a woman huh?!?) down the street so even "superman missed that" as Lois would later refer to in Perry's office.
As for timing, HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS guessed that the kids was supermans?!? Huh?!? HUH?!?
Yeah, I guessed it at the beginning...yeah....im gloating BIG TIME! Really unexpected the way they casted the sickly kid who would later save his mommy from a vicious bad guy but couldn't even open a steel door a coupla minutes later. Plus, it was kinda nice having Richard show up to save Lois in the ship BEFORE superman showed up (that was cool after he was asked how he got there so quickly, Mr. Cyclops Jr. replied, "i flew." NICENESS! Kinda glad jean killed him off. Oopsy.......Xmen3 spoilers *darn I feel so bad?!?
*). Not to mention the fact that big, bad, Lexy guessed that the kiddo was Supers even if he didnt show a reaction to the kryptonite. I'm still wondering why he let them drown in the ship (except it was being destroyed by kryptonite so he figured the kiddo would get killed).
(Side tangent, 'cuz you guys probably aren't reading this post anyways.....) SOOOOOOOO my parents (gotta love em) raised an interesting question. Any of you guys notice how Superman shadowed Passion of the Christ?!? Okay....at least to be rkmb politically correct, "The Christ like figure." Note the blatant "savior" references aka when he's in space listening to the cries of humanity on the earth. Also when Superman's being beaten up by the henchmen, to the driving of the kryptonite in his back (like the crown on Christ's head), the way superman collapsed down into the water basically "dying" until he "rises again" being saved by Lois), to the picturesque Christ scene (after saving humanity from the krypty island) when he falls to earth with his hands outspread like he was on a cross as were his feet *watch for it next time, PROMISE!*. Pretty interesting.......and the whole movie seemed to show that even Superman needs a savior. "Whoda thunk it"?!?
As for my favorite scenes (besides the ones stated above), I loved the way how Clark met the kid before Lois or Richard and how they seemingly clicked (forshadowing....gotta love it), the way the kid pointed out Superman drowning in the waters, the way the kid was touching superman's costume in the hospital, and the way the kid kissed him goodbye (and, yes, you do have a brain if you realize I can't remember the kiddos name! I'm so proud of you
Maybe JLA can give you some rack points for noticing the obvious
).
One thought kept going through my mind: HOW the kid kissed him goodbye in the hospital. I always had to kiss my grandmother as a kid on the SIDE of her face but this kid leaps up on the bed, and kisses him on the center of his forehead as if he knows something....Note also how the kid interacts with Richard when he hugs him and when he kisses him......dum da dum!!!!!!!!!
Gotta admire Lois as a character. Kate Bosworth may be no Oscar winning actress but that girl pulled off a killer Lois who never stopped fithing/digging/researching/"digging for truth" even though she sure did a crappy job of her own life. Can't wait to see what they do with the next movie, "oh wait, richard, see the kid's not yours. It's supermans but you should love me and trust me anyways, yeah, even if I did kiss him in the hospital room." Plus ya'll already raised the issue of whether the kid will resent superman for leaving him or not. LOOOVVEEED the Father/Son speech *really, REALLY cool*, and DEFINITELY awesome on the IMAX. Especially when the camera zooms out and you see this HUGE shot of Superman with his hand on the boy's head. WOW...........almost makes me *gulps* tear up *uh....not really but close!*
However all that drama plays out, the kiddo might just follow in his momma's footsteps. Afer all, the man in the red cape DID tell Lois goodbye on the plane towards the end of the movie........NIIIICE touch. In the words of my sister, "that boy learns quick!" So much is Lois changed that you gotta love the facial shot of Louis in the final scene which basically looks like shes thinking, "oh my gosh, I made a mistake. I shoulda waited for Supsy! What shall happen in the future?!? Oh well, at any rate, I'm sure the next superman movie will help me deal with my life since, as a woman, I've made a total mess of it. Back to the kitchen to write, 'why I love my supesy.'"
FINALLY TWO WORDS: John Williams. Wow.......the boy can turn even the most unthoughtful musical pieces into a symphony and built up to shadow the end of the scene. Espeically how "heart and soul" melted from a stupid piano piece into a symphony which shadowed all the way to the end of the minute long scene. How many movies has the guy done soundtracks for and how many of them sound the same?!? The guy's a genius.....totally and completely a genius.
