Erin and I saw
Superman Returns yesterday in
IMAX 3D. It's a good thing too, because the movie only made something like
$106 million domestically over the long weekend. But our $20 really put them over the top.
I actually really liked the movie. I guess I hadn't built my hopes up too much because movies that get so much hype like this one tend to disappoint. I think the first reason that I liked it was that I grew up on the
Christopher Reeve movies and somehow they managed to keep the same look and feel, even with all the modern elements. I thought Brandon Routh looked and sounded a lot like him. Another plus for me was that I always wanted to see a Superman movie where his flying didn't look so fake. I guess the special effects for the original movie were cutting edge for 1978, but even while growing up there was a disconnect. Another plus was
Kevin Spacey, who is one of the all-time greats.
I guess I shouldn't have gone in thinking that the 3D version was completely in 3D. Is that naive of me? I thought that 3D movies were all in 3D, but there were only 4 (maybe 5) different times in the film where we were instructed to put on our glasses. Those times were cool, but it was kinda strange to get used to it, then go back to normal, then get used to it again, etc. But it was probably way cooler than just seeing the film normally.
Finally, and I can't speak for any of the ladies on this, but at no time during the movie did I
notice Superman's package. Which made me happy.
