Sarah and I went to see Superman Returns last Friday. I really wanted to like this movie. I’ve seen all the original Superman movies (yes even 3 and 4) and read my fair share of Superman comics as a kid. Strangely enough, my biggest worry before seeing the movie was having Brandon Routh play Superman. After seeing the movie though he turned out to be one of the better parts of the film. I think he does a good job in the dual roles of Clark Kent and Superman, playing them very much in the same style as Reeve.
I don’t have too many other positive things to say about this movie though. To sum it up, I wasn’t thrilled with the story they tried to tell. I felt like too much of it was very un-Superman like. Just like Star Wars though, it really doesn’t matter how bad it is, you are still going to see it. It is Superman after all.
I’ve opted to not give specific details about my complaints because it would spoil the movie for those who haven’t seen it. Besides, I’m sure you’ll know what I’m talking about after you see it :-)
2.5 out of 5 for a very un-Superman like story line.
There is a new teaser trailer for Spider-Man 3 up today. Looks promising.
One word: Venom
When I was a kid going to the movies usually involved looking through the theater ads in the newspaper to see what double features were playing. Just like today we complained about the price of a movie ticket and double features were usually a good deal. Today I look at movies.yahoo.com instead of the newspaper to see what is playing, but I don’t remember the last time that I saw a double feature offered.
Are there just so many movies coming out that there aren’t enough screens available to make double features worthwhile for the theaters? Maybe this is localized issue, perhaps California is just to busy for double features? Or large city issue, where places like Sacramento might be more interested in getting as many movies out there as possible? For Sacramento it seems like none of those should be problems, there are more than enough theaters in the region. I can think of at least 6 that are a 20 minute drive or less from my home.
I’ll guess that money is the driving force here, as it is in so many other things. They probably discovered that people will still go to the theater to see movies even if they stop offering double features.