Great when not trying to be 1978 Superman... again!

Rating: 6/10 (22 March 2019)

I thought I would like this one more, considering how many people have this one as a favorite (or top) comic-book movie.
I'm not there. It is one of the best as showing the tool that it takes the responsibility of being a super-hero. That was the only really great thing about this movie. Few had shown this because it is hard. Expert job on it.
This movie is great also when Raimi uses techniques more related to horror, on sequences that work perfectly. The action is pretty fun, and the train sequence is still one of the comic-book bests, probably.
There is catch on the horror thing. There are a gazillion woman yelling like a scream queen would, everytime something dangerous may happen to them. It's ridiculous.
But the weaknesses of the first movie remained on this one. The villain is better, yes, but his actions are still impacted by the 1978 Superman. He does stuff that makes no sense, and how the city reacts to him is not only unrealistic but quite dumb. Fine for 1978, but in 2004? Nope.
The dialogue is even WORSE. It is really dreadful.
Also, the acting got worse. Tobey MaGuire nails the self-doubt but nothing else. Kirsten is quite bland and with her screen time, she would've been better if having more peaks and valleys on her performance, giving that she changes her mind quite a bit on few scenes. James Franco is as bad as ever.
It's good. With great and weak things almost in equal parts.