Superman in Manila...

Manila, 10:55 p.m.

Superman, went to Manila, or was sighted in Manila at 10:55 p.m., with no dates given, but was almost Christmas, I think…

we, (my cousins and I) were planning to see the superman movie SUPERMAN RETURNS, on IMAX theater, and no where else… and since it was sold out for weeks, we postponed it, and postponed it, and postponed it, until it was not showing anymore, in any cinema in Manila… the reason why we chose IMAX in MoA, was the idea that seeing the Superman movie on just another theater would really be dull, unlike, if you tell your friends you saw Superman on IMAX theater, it beats any other movie experience, right?...

but it was all talk… we ended up, watching it on fake pirated-straight-from-Quiapo DVD… well, then those who saw it , months earlier and on bigger screens would surely have the better experience then what we have…

although a lot were saying the movie was dragging, to me it was not, It was plain old back to basics story telling… the plot was a little dry, I mean, Lex Luthor surely could have thought of a better plan than that… a continent? o please… I was waiting for the role of the old 70’s Lois Lane, but was disappointed that she played someone who was dying and was fooled by Lex Luthor… Brian Singer could have given her a much better role than that… she deserves better…

but what I really love about the movie was its retrospective approach, which was of course, deliberately done, I mean those poses that made Christopher Reeve who he is are back… old pictures of the original cast members in the kent farm, and of course Marlon Brando…

And thank God, they brought the geeky Clark Kent, I really hated the Dean Cain’s and Tom Welling’s portrayal… Clark Kent is geeky, and should stay that way forever…

Lois Lane was really pretty… prettier than Teri Hatcher and that Noelle girl of the 70’s, who looks like Courtney Cox, by the way…

Does James Marsden, always have to play the martyr in all stories, remember The Notebook? haay… not to mention, allowing his character to die in the X-MEN… c’mon…

but, the movie was really great…