Superman Returns: Worth a Purchase?

[JJ]

The Superman remake, is it worth a Blu purchase? Judging with storyline first, then PQ and AQ afterwards?

I've stopped buying Blus after my 45 and thusly starting to look for other movies to pick up.

[Paden]

Originally Posted by JJxiv1215

The Superman remake, is it worth a Blu purchase? Judging with storyline first, then PQ and AQ afterwards?

I've stopped buying Blus after my 45 and thusly starting to look for other movies to pick up.

I have a 9 year old son and we originally saw the movie in IMAX 3D. He loves it so to me it's worth it. I haven't watched it in a while so I can't say on PQ or AQ but there's probably a review of it on this site so check that out.

The story is pretty good and there's a lot of action. I'd recommend it.

[Blu Falcon]

I liked the movie overall and will be picking it up on Blu soon enough. I thought the movie remained true to Superman and didn't veer off into some weird place like the original Superman movies did after Superman II.

[WickyWoo]

It's not a remake, this is Superman 3

(yes I know there's some movie called Superman 3, let's ignore that)

[GregBlu5]

It was one I would buy anyway. That said, however, the storyline is similar in too many respects to earlier Supes films: Luthor, land, potential aircraft crash, Lois, Kryptonite. I believe the PQ is good but not spectacularly so. The AQ is fine.

But there are exciting, visually stunning moments that make the whole thing a worthy picture. Not as much as the Spidey or FF films, mind you. Or Batman Begins when it appears.

[davidPS3]

I own the movie and it is pretty good. It got slammed by most professional reviewers, but the effects are good and a decent story. Kevin S plays his part well as Lex L!

[PrismaticRealms]

Definitely yes, it is worth the purchase. If you liked the original Superman's story, then you will like this one. The video and audio quality are very good. Mind you, it's not a remake of any of the other Superman movies, but it's got a very familiar feel to it.

[Blu Falcon]

Originally Posted by davidPS3

I own the movie and it is pretty good. It got slammed by most professional reviewers, but the effects are good and a decent story. Kevin S plays his part well as Lex L!

Right. And I never understood why. I thought it was just as good, if not better than the original Superman and Superman II. Kevin Spacey was great. Oh well. I guess young whipper-snappers these days want to see flashy heroes with super sexy weaponry and without the goodie-two-shoe persona.

[sega_smasher]

yeah i'd say its worth it. i picked it up for about 10 bux on the buy.com with google checkout deal. you should check if its still on sale there. but i say yes. pick it up!

[SpaceDog]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

It's not a remake, this is Superman 3

(yes I know there's some movie called Superman 3, let's ignore that)

They should do that with another movie series.

I didn't like this the first time I saw it. The second and third times I tolerate what I didn't like about it more. I -love- Kevin Spacey, Parker Posey, and even Brandon Routh did a fine job. Less enthusiastic about the chick pretending to be Lois Lane.

I hope they make another.

[Blu Falcon]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

(yes I know there's some movie called Superman 3, let's ignore that)

This seriously made me LOL.

I agree. Superman III and IV were very sad excuses for movies and should be completely wiped from human memory.

[cathexist]

I own the Ultimate Collection on DVD, so I haven't double dipped on the Blu-ray yet...definitely a great movie, it makes you feel like you're 8 again.

Does anyone know if the lossless audio version has hit shelves yet though? (that's the reason why I have not purchased it on blu)

[Blu Falcon]

Here's a review of Superman IV: The Quest for Peace I dug up on IMDb. I laughed so hard I was almost in tears...

How can this have happened? The first two Superman films are classics. Even the third one has its good points. But this – this fourth and final entry into the series was horrible. There are so many things wrong with this picture. For starters, the effects. At least now we know that Superman has another weakness besides Kryptonite and lead: a lack of budget. Thanks to the efforts of Golan-Globus, who were too concerned at the time with funneling money to another mega-cheese bomb, "Masters of the Universe", my beloved Superman can't fly anymore. He's got to be suspended by wires now (most painfully visible when he first lands on the moon) as well as require a moving yellow bubble around him as he travels through space. Gone also is the ability to keep his body aerodynamically straight during flight; Supe just lets his legs hang down at an angle behind him as he soars. The low budget seeps through this movie like a sieve, from a single set used to represent different locations like Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, and an Italian village, to the total elimination of chunks of script and plot towards the end. We don't get to see Supe's gradual decline from the effects of radiation sickness nor his recovery via the last Krypton crystal. And why exactly is Nuclear Man after Lacy Warfield at the end? We may never know, unless the powers that be decide to release the 'missing' 45 minutes of footage in one final attempt to justify this catastrophe.

And then there's the cast. I understand Christopher Reeve was all of 35 when this was made, but do you think he could have done some crunches in preparation for this film? It's awfully disturbing to see a belly below the red "S". Margot Kidder looks tired and weary throughout, as though she can't even believe she's Lois Lane again. Gene Hackman's only defense for his being stuck in the middle of this is to give a marginally redeeming over-the-top performance. Mariel Hemingway – as much as I regard her as a very underappreciated actress, I just can't help but ask what she is doing in a Superman movie – and in a love interest with Clark Kent, at that. As for Mark "what's an actor" Pillow, I again have to refer to the coinciding "Masters" and can only picture G-G struggling to decide between their prospects who to cast as He-Man and Nuclear Man. I guess we should be grateful they didn't decide on Dolph Lundgren to play Superman's nemesis. No, wait – that would have actually made this film better! And Jon Cryer. ..why? Ducky doesn't belong in a preview for a movie shown immediately before a Superman film. His very presence here is the final nail in the coffin for this dog. "I'm breakdancing!"

But the thing that really upsets me about "Superman IV: The Death of a Franchise" is what they did to the character of Clark Kent. In the other films, he was an awkward yet charmingly simple man. Here he's an absolute dork. Part of the reason the original "Superman" worked so well is because you believed that a guy like Clark Kent could be a superhero. But not this time. He is portrayed as a schmuck who doesn't know how to deal with the advances of an attractive and influential woman. The whole double-date sequence is utterly ridiculous. And it hurt me to see our hero floundering in an 80s-ravaged gymnasium. The height of this travesty is reached when Clark Kent poses in unison with a flashing neon sign in the workout room. Poor Chris. It's a shame he didn't go out with a bang as the boy in blue.

[bootman]

I enjoyed it in the movies but hated the DVD print I had.
It seriously looked like sh!t.

I picked it up on blu and was glad I did.
The airplane sequence at 1080p on a 61" (with volume cranked) is worth the price of the disk.

[statikcat]

It is not bad.. but not really that good. There are no real interesting action scenes .. same lame story with Lex. Close to a sleeper..no real new ideas in the Superman world.

[tiger roach]

I thought it was OK (saw it in the theater) but it isn't one to buy IMO.

[kpkelley]

[QUOTE=WickyWoo;589743]It's not a remake, this is Superman 3

Not really. They ignore some of the things that happen in the first two movies between Lois and Clark/Superman.

That being said it was a very good re-imagining of the Superman myth bringing it back to the roots it had strayed from in the sequels. Very kitchy at times, but entertaining.

PQ is good, audio is good for non-lossless.

[supersix4]

I thought the dvd was a wow on our big tv but then I bought the blu-ray and I thought it was A HUGE DEAL better... lot of people didnt like it but I thought it looked and sounded great

[KenThompson]

I thought the colors were subdued to say the least. The picture is sharp enough I just think for instance when you see his cape on the chair (hospital scene) it should be red but it looks a rusty color.

[PrismaticRealms]

Originally Posted by JJxiv1215

The Superman remake, is it worth a Blu purchase? Judging with storyline first, then PQ and AQ afterwards?

I've stopped buying Blus after my 45 and thusly starting to look for other movies to pick up.

If you decide to buy it, you might be able to pick it up, cheap! Check out this thread. Maxell claims to have bought it for $8.15!

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...301#post546301