Visually stunning, good plot, a bit fast - but worth the cash.

Rating: 8/10 (25 May 2006)

I got a chance to see this last night/this morning. The movie theater here in Petaluma got the movie yesterday afternoon, and as per usual, they held a screening for the employees and whomever the employees wanted to invite. I had to bake a huge batch of cookies to sucker my way into this one and baking that batch was worth it.
The movie seemed to go by really super fast, but we started it at 12:10ish and I got out of there around 2:30. It's just really fast paced. I'm probably going to see this a few more times. The special effects blew my mind. And there were some plot points that I was sort of disappointed in, and a few key characters that were killed off that made my jaw drop. (Yes, there is OODLES of death in this one). But according to the comic book geeks there, the movie stuck to the basic comicbook storyline pretty well. I'm a Bryan Singer fan, though, and I kind of wish he hadn't chosen Superman Returns over this. But Brett Rattner did a good job.
Oh, and Famke Janssen was FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE. Damn damn damn. That's really the only reason I've been anticipating this movie for three years - just to see what they did with her character.
Oh, and one more thing. DO NOT - I repeat - DO NOT immediately leave when the credits start rolling. There's a 30 second scene at the very end, right after the credits. And it WILL shock you. So stick around.