In true comic book style - another entertaining take on a tested formula

Rating: 8/10 (2 May 2014)

It takes a lot to lead to me not enjoying a comic book based film. However poor a review, however few people go to watch it, however far from the original, I will still watch on some format and have a thoroughly good time doing so. Well this is what I told myself after I watched Superman Returns.
After all, these films, if to be true to the comics, must have a comic feel. Now, not all comics are like the Batman television series from the 60s; believe it or not, many are just like the Christopher Nolan Batman films and often even darker!
This Superman film does not disappoint. I can imagine this story coming straight from a comic book layout; big pictures - dark, light, colourful, dark, light and finally colourful once again. Something else about comic books is that there is not a great deal of words in them (well usually). Again, a key aspect to this story is the lack of talking (although this could just be a consequence of Nolan's involvement). Something else that could come from Nolan's involvement is the aspect that comics do struggle to provide - the sound and the music. It enhances the film and does not, as I have heard people complain about films with Nolan influence in them, overpower it.
So, what's not so good? I've seen complaints about some of the action and, mostly, I don't agree. However, a good comic book will not repeat the same pictures, even if the same characters are involved. The eyes, during this film, might just be forgiven for believing that they have just seen this same fight take place 10 minutes previous. Even if Spiderman, Ironman or the Incredible Hulk end up fighting the same person over and over again; it will almost always be in a visually different place or, if it needs to be in the same place, be with the lights on and then the lights off. To be honest, this is just nit picking. I am not even sure if it is really what happened; it is just how I ended up feeling after all the fighting finished. In the end, the film will finish and you should end up with that nice warm feeling inside that says, "I enjoyed that, I want to see it again."