Superman 2 rehash

Rating: 3/10 (30 June 2005)

I must be one of a very few detractors on this. Apparently a lot of people bought into this dreck, but not me. First of all, it's Superman 2 all over again. Give up his powers for a girl ? Been done. Dropping the girl from the top of a building...hmmm, now where have I seen that..oh yeah, Superman 1. The action sequences are really great but everything in between is just so bad. Raimi indulges himself way too much, the completely out of context and totally unnecessary Singin in the Rain sequence comes to mind.
I can't believe George Lucas gets a bad rap for stitled dialogue and stuff like this gets a free pass.
I also didn't think the Spiderman CGI looked very good. For starters, let's just throw out all the laws of physics. Secondly the lighting is terrible noticeable and detracted from any notion of realism.
The movie does have some things going for it. Alfred Molina was cast well as the villain; the soundtrack was great and the fight scenes were really well done.