I know, I know, the movie came out over a year and a half ago, so why on earth am I’m writing anything about it (unless, of course, it’s to start another rumor about whether Brandon Routh will/will not continue on as the Man of Steel). Well, the short answer is, it’s my blog and that’s what I feel like doing. Sorry.

So back in 2005 I was out at the San Diego ComicCon and sat in on a panel in which Bryan Singer premiered footage from the new Superman movie that he was filming. Now, I’m not at all a Superman fan, the character just doesn’t do it for me. But when I got a glimpse of the movie that Singer was putting together, maybe it was the buzz from getting to see something before anyone else, but I couldn’t wait for the movie to come out. Unfortunately, there was an entire year until it actually did come out, and by then my buzz had worn off and I just wasn’t that excited to see it, especially when the reaction from all of my geek friends ranged from anger to apathy.

And now that I’ve seen the movie I can totally understand their reaction (I’m also happy I didn’t spend the $30 it would have cost to take the family to see it). But that being said, I think I actually enjoyed the movie. Brandon Routh is an excellent Superman, he totally nails the part, but I couldn’t really buy Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane. The whole story revolving around Kevin Spacey’s Lex Luthor was often amusing, although not intentionally so, as his plans for creating a new continent from crystals he stole from the Fortress of Solitude were absolutely absurd.

(Possible spoilers ahead for the two people who haven’t seen this movie yet).

Now there are a whole lot of things in the movie that really push how far you’ll suspend your disbelief, but it’s a comic book movie and that’s what it’s supposed to do. Unfortunately it’s not really an action movie in that Superman doesn’t really do much more than fly around and either catch people who are falling or prevent things from falling on people. And then he throws Kevin Spacey’s newly built continent into space. Seriously. Oh, and apparently he’s the father of Lois Lane’s kid, which sets up a wonderful plotline for the next movie where Superman gets to tear Lois’ family apart.

Now, that might sound overly negative, but I actually liked the movie. Not enough to watch it again, mind you, but enough to actually watch the whole thing the first time.

Which is saying something for a movie based on a DC franchise.