Wasn't loving it.

Rating: 5/10 (30 July 2005)

The choice between going to see this on the opening night or Madagascar, my original preferences would have gone to Madagascar, the trailers looking quite amusing. But going with a comic book fiend didn't really have that option. Having seen quite a lot of the comic book movies out lately, Daredevil, Elektra, X-men 1 and 2, Sin City, Spiderman 1 and 2, batman begins etc, i wasn't really sure what else this movie was going to have to offer in relation to new plot lines and exciting stories to tell, but i was quite interested to find out.
Unfortunately i wasn't impressed. Admittedly they're based on predetermined characters so there's only so much you can indulge in them but the plot line was obvious, the villain was far from menacing, and how many different ways are there to show superhero's who just can't fit into normal everyday life.
All the recent comic book-turn-movie hero's recently have been popped out one after the other so quickly, it's not giving anyone a chance in-between to think up new and original story lines before jumping on the comic bandwagon. Maybe it would have been more successful if the writers had spent a little more time on some depth and plot in the movie and had the release a few months or years after the hype from Batman Begins had died down in order to give it a fresh start where it could have been let off from the comparisons in some vague attempt at creating something original.
Easy to watch, but it's probably worth waiting until it's shown on television because then you can do something worthwhile like ironing whilst watching it. Disappointed but occasional laughs.