I would've paid the full ticket price just to see the plane sequence again. That was one of the most thrilling moments of anything I've seen in the cinema.

I thought this iteration of Superman had a lot of heart. The scene with Eva Marie Saint when she is outside the hospital when they are working to save her boy really hit home. She can't reveal she is his mother and has to worry from afar. What an excellent job she did!

They shoulda had Parker Posey as Lois. LL was already a mature, seasoned reporter in Superman '78. Bosworth looks like she just entered college.

The scene with the plane rescue is fantastic.

I remember watching the midnight screening. Brandon Rolth was good as Superman/ Clark, Kevin Spacey was awesome as Lex Luthor, and the airplane rescue was the best part.

I do actually like this movie. But the thing is that it is a sad tragic story, not an adventure people were, correctly, waiting for. Once you see it for what it is, you can enjoy it.

Parker Posey NOT being cast as Lois Lane was such a missed opportunity. She had the charm, wit, and the chops…not to mention chemistry with her and Routh would have been 🔥

Christopher Reeve will always be 'my' Superman since I was a kid as his movies came out. Brandon Roth and Henry Cavill did a great job in the roll even though some of the scripts failed them. They did the roll justice and are worthy successors.

Bless you Minty for creating a video for this film. Superman Returns is my favorite film. It has it's flaws, and is not a perfect Superman movie, but it had a lot of ambition and behind it was a heart that MOS and most superhero films lack. It was also the first Superman film i had a chance to see on the big screen and I'll never forget that experience and the lead up to this film.

That deleted intro was more interesting and compelling than the rest of the movie.

The fact that Smallville was still going strong at the time this movie came out probably didn't help. Smallville did a great job of creating a very good and new superman universe and I think a lot of people would have rather seen Tom Welling and Michael Rosebaum bring Sups and Lex to the big screen.

Bryan Singer was a protege of Richard Donner, the director of Superman I & II. The reason Singer chose the point in the Reeves Superman story that he did was because he wanted to honor his mentor. That's why he recycled so much of the Donner films story points, including unused Marlon Brando footage, for Superman Returns. And the theme of Fatherhood was because he looked at Donner as a father figure. It was too dramatic for my taste.

I would love to see what you'd find about Smallville. Tom Welling was perfect to play Superman and he had Christpher Reeves full support to play the part.

I actually love this movie. I revisited it for the first time in a decade a few months back, and I can confidently say it’s my second favorite Superman movie.

Never understood why Supe Returns didn't get as much love as it should've. Overlooked & underrated. IMO

This was a great movie.

Brandon Roth did a great job as Clark/Superman. Singer to me loved the original so much he subconsciously re-created the original film. Lex wants to create land and Superman has to save people from an earthquake.

Superman Returns was decent to me. Happy to see Brandon Routh return in Crisis on Infinite Earths. I actually got to meet Brandon last year at Tidewater comicon and he was a good person getting an autograph from and picture with him

You're not a bald guy with a camera. You're a movie enthusiast with almost a half million followers. Tell us what you think and don't apologize for it. That's what we come here for.

Not a bad movie. Just didn't meet the expectations of many. Brandon Routh had good potential as Superman / Clark Kent. Just needed better directing and script.

Now that's what I'm talking about. This is my introduction to the Man Of Steel.

when I watched superman returns when it came out I didn't know it was a continuation of Christopher Reeves movies. your absolutely right Brandon is the highlight of the movie. we all need to remember, as you said in the video. his acting credits before Superman Returns were two short videos and a music video. then he went straight into Superman returns. He's not just a good actor, he's a great actor. no casting director nowadays would even consider someone who has two short movies and a music video for a major superhero movie. I bet they wouldn't even get an audition. Brandon should have gone on to be a major movie star after Superman returns. but unfortunately, it came out at a time when if a movie bombs an actor's career could literally be over. Luckily Brandon stuck with it and continued to do great acting.

I really liked this superman when I saw it and still go back to it now and then. Yes the script could've used some work, but the scene after he gets saved and flies high through the clouds to replenish his strength in the sunshine is possibly the 2nd best superman scene ever. Next to to the yell after Lois dies and the earth's rotation is reversed to turn back time to save her life

This is one of those few films where I don't agree with the consensus people seemed to have at the time, as I thoroughly enjoyed this movie (despite REALLY not liking the cynical dynamic between Lois and Clark, it still found it to be a fun examination of how Clark might handle such a situation). People complained about the ending, with Supes lifting an entire island made of kryptonite, but I'm pretty sure his rising up and being willing to sacrifice himself to save humanity was entirely the point. MY big problem with the film is it's Luthor...again... Six dedicated Superman films since the '70s, and the only established villains we've seen are Luthor and Zod. Superman has a better rogues gallery than that.

Cavill's great, but Routh was excellent as well. Personally, I loved this flick.

the Superman and Lois show is similarly a drama about Clark’s family (Lois and his kid/kids). I hope Superman Legacy is actually about Superman in his prime that has less drama but still manages to be heartfelt and powerful

23:08 I actually have to agree with you on this one, Minty It would've been much more interesting if they'd used these scenes in the opening credits, though, I personally think that the text could've been used in conjunction with these scenes too

this was the first Superman movie I saw as a kid and I absolutely loved it growing up and I recently just rewatched it and while I do recognize it's problems I still love it to this day and it will always hold a special place in my heart

This movie wasn’t that bad. In fact, it got a standing ovation in the theater I watched it in 🤷🏽‍♂️

Minty! Brother, you said EVERYTHING I hated about the Superman Returns costume as well. The screw up over this costume contributed much to the failure of this franchise.

For me this was the most successful Superman movie since the original and the first sequel. A well crafted story with textured characters, and not just another chaotic action movie with no character development or leave your brain at the door approach to moviemaking.

I still think it was a great movie, much like a greek tragedy. The hero returns home to find he was not as important as he assumed. Very humbling and humanizing for the character.

Frank Langella is highlight of every movie he's in...dave,masters of the universe,Dracula...etc

I love this movie, not only was it filmed in Australia,I has a connection to Supergirl (1984). They say Superman was away for 5 years to explore planet. The other connection is the George Reeves The Adventures of Superman. two of the cast made an appearance, they are Noel Neill as Gertrude Vanderworth & Jack Larson as Bo the Bartender.

This movie is way better then people give it credit for. Its a serviceable entry into the lore..

I’ve never been the biggest fan of this movie but I have come to appreciate it more over time, still I feel that Brandon Routh really found his true calling when he went on to play Dr Ray Palmer on Legends! I just think that’s the role that he was always meant to play, plus he just really sounds like a scientist to me! Also yes I agree with you that Kate Bosworth was kind of disappointing as Lois lane.

Found it a decent enough movie at the time, it hasn't aged too well tho.

I’d love to see an extended directors cut with all the deleted scenes!

I loved this movie. I was impressed with Brandon's interpretation of Christopher Reeve's embodiment of Kal-El.

I agree with so many of these things. The colors for the suit were wrong; and the trunk looks too small; I've always thought it looks like he's wearing a speedo. One thing I don't entirely agree with is Brandon's resemblance to Christopher Reeve. I see it a little when he's dressed as Clark, and beyond that there may be some general similarities, but I've always felt the resemblance people talk about is exaggerated. I do really love that Brandon got to play Superman again in Crisis on Infinite Earths. I was very impressed with the costume and just his general presence taking on that role now. He 100% embodied an iconic Superman presence; I'd argue more so than Tyler Hoechlin. I would totally watch a Brandon Routh Superman series. I wasn't surprised however when the writers for Crisis took that opportunity and screwed the pooch by writing him in only to promptly write him out and make his presence kind of pointless. The Arrowverse seemed to take great pleasure doing that. I also don't buy Kate Bosworth as Lois in Superman Returns, and agree she has no chemistry with Brandon. Which isn't her fault; and it doesn't help the story intentionally puts her at odds with him.

Absolutely agree with your views on Brandon Routh and Kate. Really wished they cast someone who had chemistry with Routh and made her character likeable.

When Superman Returns came out I was a kid and I enjoyed seeing it. It did lead me to seeing the Reeve films (Superman 1&2 mainly) because a tv marathon had this and the first two films.

Brandon Routh was a good superman but he was a great clark kent

Routh has also starred on the American soap opera One Life to Live prior to this. We was unceremoniously recast aka fired by the producers because they felt he couldn't act. Yes, I worked at the soap when the announcement for Superman was made and everyone minus the producers were very happy for BJ as he was known.

I think Brandon Routh was a great Superman, and the effects were great also. Having Lex Luthor as the antagonist again was the real downside of the film.

I'd rather watch this film any day than Superman 3 & 4

first time I watched this and I saw the slow motion sequence of the bullet hitting him directly in the eye and shattering, I jumped out of my seat and cheered. 😆

The TV show Smallville was also subjected to severe restrictions on what characters they could use due to Superman Returns. Erica Durance, who was introduced in season 4 as Lois Lane, was originally limited to 13 episodes per season and was not allowed to appear in a full season or become a love interest for Clark until the planned sequel to Superman Returns was scrapped.

The film had it's issues, but the Superman scenes, saving the Plane, Metropolis during the Earth Quake created by the New Krypton Island, saving Lois from the sinking ship and lifting the Island into space were fantastic. One of only 2 films I've been to where the audience cheered and clapped at the end.

Imagine if the producers kept the deleted scene where Superman is in his homemade spaceship flying through a destroyed krypton? what an opening! too bad they did not go with that route as you suggested. but hey, easy for us to say right? Great breakdown, I learned so much from this video, thanks for the amazing channel as well. keep it up. 10/10

Brandon Route was the ONLY ONE who got the message they were playing the characters from the 1978 movie. Cause no one else been tried

As a lifetime Superman fan I do agree with most of what you commented, especially on it's original release. I recently watched it again a few months back and actually liked it better than before. Perhaps my expectations were lowered making it a better experience, I guess? But yes, Routh did an excellent job as did Kevin Spacey. I really liked the one scene when Lois and her (& Superman's) son were held captive. As the boy was playing on that piano a thug was approaching a down Lois, frantically crawling backwards. As the henchman was about to attack her the piano flew through him like a locomotive. Looking back at the boy, his arms still outreached from the simple push with a little surprised look on his face of his own reaction that not only did he save his mom but how easy it was to achieve such a feat. In habit he reached for his inhaler (which Hollywood uses too heavily in movies with children) stopping short of using it he realizes it's no longer needed. Great scene. I now have a Superman tattoo on my upper right arm with the words, "Truth & Justice" on either side of the shield written in the blue pattern of the opening credit lettering in the Reeves movies. I got it not just because I liked Superman all my life, but as a police officer I've always believed in truth & justice and everyone knows I never lie. Even as a child my parents knew, even if it got myself into trouble, I never lied. But in 2012 I was injured and in a two week coma in which 3 different times my wife and family were told to say their last goodbye to me. I was close but DID NOT receive my Last Rights and for some reason I'm thankful, but not sure why.? Anyway, obviously I kept pulling through. Upon waking and trying to come out of the fog many doctors and nurses kept stopping by my SICU room and would say, "Hey Superman, you look so good awake". I did not know or recognize any of them but my family would tell me they all worked on my case everyday. After I spent two months in the hospital and learning how to walk again and slowly regained my strength I once began working out and rushed back to work within 6 mos. At that time I didn't want to forget my near death experience and to take even better care of myself so I got the tattoo to remind me everyday, to try everyday to be better, to spend everyday with my loved ones to live life to it's fullest, to be a good person and help others every single day.

I believe that the reason the budget ended up being so high was that it absorbed the dollars spent on all the previous iterations since Superman IV

Brandon Routh was amazing as Superman and ClarknKent. And to me he is still my favorite of the new Superman movies.

I actually loved the movie, and Brandon Routh as Superman, and Kevin Spacey was also great as Luthor. But I'm glad that they used the original theme. But yeah, they should've had that scene where he was looking for the remains of Krypton as the beginning scene before the credits started!!!

a good childhood film i enjoyed it its interesting if a sequel happened it would be awesome

The best part of this Superman movie was Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. From an acting perspective, Spacey's Lex is the best Lex of all.

Love it minty. ❤ I love your stuff and the research you put in. Keep pushing my man!

FINALLY, I found someone who feels the exact same as I do about this movie!!! 🎥🍿🤩 Thanks for sharing Minty!!! 😁✨🌟✨

I actually like this movie. I think a lot of people have forgotten about it. Of course I like when he saved the airplane. I guess these events is supposed to take place between Superman 2 and Superman 3.

I usually just watch your videos. They are entertaining to no end. But this presentation hit me hard. I love Brandon Routh because he embodied Christopher Reeves perfectly. And I'll never give him up. Christopher Reaves is my ideal superman...😢

Great acknowledgement at the start - my, how you've matured! Ish. Then, of course, Brandon Routh got the crappy end of the stick with that deal - HE was pretty darn good in it. Still, he got to wear the suit one last time in the Arrowverse Infinite Earths finale.

"You wrote that the world doesn't need a savior. But everyday I hear people crying for one."

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I remember watching the 7pm screening, a cosplayer or 2 dressed up as Clark Kent at the same theaters I watched Superman Returns the night it came out. Anyway Minty, do 10 Things You Didn't Know About Smallville the series.

Wat I remember most about this movie is how the production failed to age-up Kate Bosworth in the role of Lois Lane. She was in her early 20s when filming and looks it. Now add to that a five year old child and the all of my suspension of disbelief goes out the window.

I absolutely love this movie and think it's very underrated. It was not boring in the least, in fact I enjoyed it throughout the whole movie and have watched them many times since. The standout moments that I won't bring up because of spoilers was amazing. Out of the Christopher Reeve era this is definitely a Superman that was way better than three or four and arguably better than two

I actually liked this movie. I remember hearing that the sequel was supposed to be more action packed with Metallo as the villain or braniac.

i think routh was a great casting for superman and it's a shame he didn't get to do more also i like his suit except for the neckline

I liked Superman Returns. Routh is great in it. The world had been waiting for a Superman movie for many years and we finally got one.

I like the way he flys off at the end and says ill see you around when he leaves his son😂😂

I liked this movie when it came out. I also enjoyed the Reeve's movies growing up. I think the biggest struggle with the Superman universe is that the risk to Superman is low. The Reeve's movies explored rare situations when Superman was at risk of dying or being beaten. But, where do we go from there? The suspense has to come from the people around him now. Superman has to have developed supporting characters we can root for. I think Superman Returns highlights the struggle between creating an exciting blockbuster the movie fans want, versus the need to having a richly developed world around Superman that the audience can be invested in. I didn't get into the Cavill Superman because I didn't trust the movie industry after re-booting Superman again, Hulk again, and Spiderman again. Maybe I'll give him a try someday.

I really like this movie... kinda depressing I know... but was a more mature story for Sups...Routh did a great trying to hold the movie without having experience doing that... Kevin Spacey is a great Luthor... and I love how they used Jor-EL speach to his son, this time Sups to his son... a perfect moment An understimated gem

You’re awesome! Thanks for all the great videos!

It was a love letter to the Donner Superman films. I enjoyed it (this was obviously before the issues with Singer and Spacey came to light).

I freaking love this movie. It is so beautiful to watch and have to stop myself from watching it on repeat. Brandon Routh made a great Superman and he was the only good thing on CW's Crisis crossover when he reprised his role as Superman from Superman Returns. Like Henry Cavill, this is another actor WB's screwed over for no fault of his own. Just plain WB's screwing up everything they place on the big screen.

what they should've done with Superman Returns is use a villain that Luther brings into the game and not just resort to the same old trick in the bag "Kryptonite" which went nowhere.... having 2 villains old luther and a new villain? would've been corny but at least it would save the movie in that regards, we fans would've have something to look forward to.

I perfectly remember watching this in a theater. It just needed a good fight to make up for the sadness and darkness, to give Superman a glorious, triumphant ending.

I agree with that scene should’ve been in the movie. I remember in the theater being confused as to what actually happened at the first. They gave us the text, but I felt like I was missing something. From what I read Bryan singer wanted to put that in there, but the studio told him no, it’s not needed

I agree with you on several points. Hated the suit. Lois Lane was miscast. That trip to find Krypton would have been a great intro. And the overall tone, and look at the film was too dark, particularly if they were shooting for a continuation of the Christopher Reeve storyline. I also think Brandon Routh was terrific. In my humble opinion, his portrayal of Superman is better than Henry Cavill’s. And Kevin Spacey’s personal issues aside, he was a really good Lex. I never found the movie boring. So many of the superhero action movies rely too much on battles and not enough character development and actual acting.

I always loved that Burton was trying to do something so different. Had he made the movie and it successful, we probably would have gotten the crossover we wanted with Keaton in a sequel.

It makes me wonder Minty if the Producers and Studio suits knew there was some shady dealings going on with Singer and Spacey and did not want them connected to their family friendly IP. I've heard their shenanigans were something of an open secret. That's why there was no sequel.

A continuation of the Christophe Reeve's movies with Will Smith as Superman?🤔....I like it! That's a great idea💡! 😃

Bryan singer is completely at fault,he just flat out did a carbon copy of the previous films(absolutely nothing against Brandon routh)

The trunks are an essential part of Superman's uniform. I completely agree that Routh's cape needed to be bright red instead of what we got. Scarlet Johansson would have been an interesting portrayal of Lois Lane considering how the actress delivers her lines in other films. The movie could have benefitted from some editing to the script to be more of a superhero film and dropped the child subplot but it is a good movie. Now I want to seek out those deleted scenes because the scenes that end up on the cutting room floor often would've improved a film if they had been left in/had their special effects finished.

Superman moping around and sulking. Probably went to the same acting school as Kristen Stewart.

I grew up watching Christopher Reeve. But I still love the sequels and reboots etc. Awesome movie!

I really liked the colours on Routh's costume because they're virtually the same colours worn by Reeve's 'evil Superman' from III, so it came across as a bit more serious and updated.

Brandon Roth gets a bad wrap by some. I think he did a pretty good job, being tasked with playing Christopher Reeve, playing Superman. Because that's what he was doing, he wasn't playing Brandon Roth's Superman, he was playing Christopher Reeve's Superman.

You made some great points about the color of the suit and the delete opening scene. I still like this movie despite the fact that the plot sucks. All the Lex island stuff was just terrible. But if you think about it, Superman isn't really the hero of this movie. Cyclops is (I forget the character's name). He is the love who takes responsibility for Superman's son. He is the one who despite Superman macking on his girlfriend, goes back to same Superman. Superman's role in the movie is to serve as a guide/symbol to inspire people to do better. This is why "the world needs a Superman." I love this movie... If you get rid of the entire plot of the movie. The story is very meaningful.

I heard of Brandon Routh. He was on my favorite soap at the time called One Life To Live playing Seth. I believe that was one of his first acting roles.

In my opinion, I thought they did a great movie. Going back and rewatching the older Christopher Reeve movies those also suffered the same issues pointed out on this one. I think we only hold the first Superman movie in high regards is because it was the first one for its time. The main issue is really the Superman character as a whole, he was created to be nearly perfect in every way, given almost god like powers. How can you write Superman in a way that the normal person can relate too? You cant, thats the problem with Superman. Thats why its hard to create a video game or write stories for him, when its established that he can fly fast enough he can turn back time lol.

I love Superman Returns as well as the theme of its premise of how the man of steel must re-emergence himself in the world that's move past him. In fact in the novelization of the film it was hinted that Superman was supposed to meet up with Green Lantern at the end and this would have been a possible hint towards them making a Justice League film. Furthermore if you count Brandon's return as the man of steel, in the arrowverse: crisis on infinite Earths, as a continuation of Superman return where Routh (as Kingdom Come Superman) makes a comment about the Joker which was a direct reference to the Alex Ross comic called Kingdom Come.

One of the reason the budget was so huge was that all of the cost back to Superman Lives was lumped into this film.

I always love seeing your new videos

Fun fact: Brandon Routh and Jason Mamoa attended the same high school in Iowa and were even on the high school soccer team together. That team had a Superman and Aquaman on it. You get a Batman or Wonder Woman from that school and they should just rename it The Hall of Justice.

I think Cavill and Rolth were both let down by their films/scripts. Rolth was excellent as Clarke Kent. I'm terrible with names, so when I saw him in Arrow getting out of bed topless I thought "He'd make a great Superman!" then looked him up and saw he already had. For Cavill, being such a lovely person in real life, he really had the potential to be Christopher Reeve's Superman of the 21st century, but I can't get over how un-super he is portrayed. To me Man of Steel is more like Hancock than Superman. And now DC have squandered him.

He did a great job as Superman!!! Great lex Luther too.

That movie was a massive hit in cinemas in my native Philippines. It grossed over a quarter-billion Pesos.

I love "Superman Returns" and the darker colors, which don't look nearly as campy and comic book like the brighter colors do.