The New Road

Superman

We saw Superman last night. Lori liked it, I really didn't. I thought it was ok, but there were elements of the story that were just plain missing.

To understand I need to take you back to wrestling in the 1980s. Remeber Hulk Hogan before he became a complex character? At every event he would be handly beating his opponent when, just before he was going to win, a henchmen would play a dirty trick on him. Then, as he we was staggering from the attack the opponent would beat him almost to the win. But then the opponent would stop to gloat, and at that time, the crowd would cheer the Hulks name. Hulk, drawing energy from the crowd, would deal his final blows to the stunned opponent and once again emerge victorious.

Which is really great the first time you see it, but not the 50th, which is why they had to change his character, anyway, I digress...

What does the have to do with Superman? Well, I forgot that the Superman movies always work the same way as the Hulkster. Why? Because it's a good formula. And they played it here. But the best part is to see the bad guy get smacked down as you are cheering for the hero. But that scene is missing from the movie. The best we get is a passing glare between Superman and Lex. Whoops.

That was the biggest plot flaw. But otherwise I just found myself being bored by the movie. I was thinking that the seats were too small, and that my thighs were sore from running, and that my foot was positioned in such a way that were I not careful it would hit the person ahead of me in the back of the head. All things I really shouldn't have been thinking in a movie that engaged me.

So I suppose I sum it up this way. It was boring, it was cliche. Poorly executed cliche.