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DVD : Superman Returns [HD DVD] [2006]
Rating: 
- Great comeback
After such a long time away from the big screen and with no Christopher Reeve there was a chance this could have been a big disappointment- no chance! Every thing about the movie is good, the action scenes are as you would expect and demand from a Superman movie and the effects are fantastic. The script is also intelligent and in much the same style as the original movie, which means you are engaged throughout.
I can't understand the reviewers who have criticised the acting, Brandon Routh does a magnificent job as Kent/Superman and has perfected Christopher Reeve's mannerisms so well that it's scary. Kevin Spacey is good as Lex Luther but admittedly doesn't have quite the same presence as Gene Hackman, and Kate Bosworth slips comfortably into the role of Lois.
As far as I'm concerned the picture looked sharp throughout (I use a component HD lead through my Xbox 360 hd drive); I don't claim to be an HD purist but it's certainly far better than the standard DVD transfer and your everyday film buff like myself will appreciate the improved quality.
Rating:
- What Donner & Mankewicz avoided in 1978 ie. CAMPY NONSENSE
A big let down in the same vein as with the Star Wars prequels.
Bryan Singer's take on the Superhero franchise kills the whole return of Superman. Over reliance on CGI SFX and it's a flop IMHO faster than a speeding bullet!
Absolute campy ott nonsense, effects, and storyline. Terrible acting from most of the cast.
I'm sure Richard Donner and Tom Mankewicz who were the visualists on the 1977 filming of Superman The Movie and Superman II must have quietly cringed at the premiere of this. Their saga was sucessful because they minimised the comic book cartoonishness for a serious, well acted and put together movie with pioneering special effects and a wonderful John Williams score.
Rating: - I would of given this a nice 5...
The problem I had with this is that only certain scenes are in HD and the rest are blurry, the black is greyish, and colours are drained out.
There's good reason why... they decided to shoot the film with brand new HD camera's... so far they have done the opposite with these new cameras, the reason this film cost a lot of money was renting these top of the range cameras that give off a rubbish picture... the film is one of the best superman films, and one of the best comic book films to date, easily worth a rent!
shame about the camera issue.
Rating:
- Not the best I've seen on HD
This film is still very good...but having watched King Kong first of all in the HD DVD films I have, I have to say I was slightly disappointed. It just doesn't look like this film was shot in HD? Am i wrong? theres only one scene that stands out to me and looks amazing...the bit when Clark is a teenager running through the crops that looks true HD. Having view some films I must say bright colourful scenes really stand out and look stunning on HD.
definitely worth buying for your collection but not one of the best HD films on offer. Do some studios use different HD encoding because Doom and King Kong both look superb.
- Great comebackAfter such a long time away from the big screen and with no Christopher Reeve there was a chance this could have been a big disappointment- no chance! Every thing about the movie is good, the action scenes are as you would expect and demand from a Superman movie and the effects are fantastic. The script is also intelligent and in much the same style as the original movie, which means you are engaged throughout.
I can't understand the reviewers who have criticised the acting, Brandon Routh does a magnificent job as Kent/Superman and has perfected Christopher Reeve's mannerisms so well that it's scary. Kevin Spacey is good as Lex Luther but admittedly doesn't have quite the same presence as Gene Hackman, and Kate Bosworth slips comfortably into the role of Lois.
As far as I'm concerned the picture looked sharp throughout (I use a component HD lead through my Xbox 360 hd drive); I don't claim to be an HD purist but it's certainly far better than the standard DVD transfer and your everyday film buff like myself will appreciate the improved quality.
Rating:
- What Donner & Mankewicz avoided in 1978 ie. CAMPY NONSENSEA big let down in the same vein as with the Star Wars prequels.
Bryan Singer's take on the Superhero franchise kills the whole return of Superman. Over reliance on CGI SFX and it's a flop IMHO faster than a speeding bullet!
Absolute campy ott nonsense, effects, and storyline. Terrible acting from most of the cast.
I'm sure Richard Donner and Tom Mankewicz who were the visualists on the 1977 filming of Superman The Movie and Superman II must have quietly cringed at the premiere of this. Their saga was sucessful because they minimised the comic book cartoonishness for a serious, well acted and put together movie with pioneering special effects and a wonderful John Williams score.
Rating:
- I would of given this a nice 5...The problem I had with this is that only certain scenes are in HD and the rest are blurry, the black is greyish, and colours are drained out.
There's good reason why... they decided to shoot the film with brand new HD camera's... so far they have done the opposite with these new cameras, the reason this film cost a lot of money was renting these top of the range cameras that give off a rubbish picture... the film is one of the best superman films, and one of the best comic book films to date, easily worth a rent!
shame about the camera issue.
Rating:
- Not the best I've seen on HDThis film is still very good...but having watched King Kong first of all in the HD DVD films I have, I have to say I was slightly disappointed. It just doesn't look like this film was shot in HD? Am i wrong? theres only one scene that stands out to me and looks amazing...the bit when Clark is a teenager running through the crops that looks true HD. Having view some films I must say bright colourful scenes really stand out and look stunning on HD.
definitely worth buying for your collection but not one of the best HD films on offer. Do some studios use different HD encoding because Doom and King Kong both look superb.