DVD : Superman Returns (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569823372
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 28, 2006
Running Time: 154 minutes
Sales Rank: 6298
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 28, 2006

Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
If Richard Donner's 1978 feature film Superman: The Movie made us believe a man could fly, Bryan Singer's 2006 follow-up, Superman Returns, lets us remember that a superhero movie can make our spirits soar. Superman (played by newcomer Brandon Routh) comes back to Earth after a futile five-year search for his destroyed home planet of Krypton. As alter ego Clark Kent, he's eager to return to his job at the Daily Planet and to see Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth). Lois, however, has moved on: she now has a fiancé (James Marsden), a son (Tristan Leabu), and a Pulitzer Prize for her article entitled "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman." On top of this emotional curveball, his old archrival Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) is plotting the biggest land grab in history.

Singer, who made a strong impression among comic-book fans for his work on the X-Men franchise and directed Spacey in The Usual Suspects, brings both a fresh eye and a sense of respect to the world's oldest superhero. He borrows John Williams's great theme music and Marlon Brando's voice as Jor-El, and the story (penned by Singer's X-Men collaborators Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris) is a sort-of-sequel to the first two films in the franchise (choosing to ignore that the third and fourth movies ever happened). The humorous and romantic elements give the movie a heart, Singer's art-deco Metropolis is often breathtaking, and the special effects are elegant and spectacular, particularly an early airplane-disaster set-piece. Of the cast, Routh is excellent as the dual Superman/Clark, Spacey is both droll and vicious as Luthor, and Parker Posey gets the best lines as Luthor's moll Kitty. But at 23, Bosworth seems too young for the five-years-past-grizzled Lois. It's nice to see Noel Neill, Jack Larson (both from the classic Adventures of Superman TV series), and Eva Marie-Saint on the screen as well. Superman Returns is one of those projects that was in development for seemingly forever, but it was worth the wait -- it's the most enjoyable superhero movie since Spider-Man 2 and The Incredibles. --David Horiuchi

On the DVD
The two-disc edition offers about three hours of documentaries and other features. "Requiem for Krypton: Making Superman Returns" is an eight-part documentary about the movie, going back to Bryan Singer conceiving the movie back in 2004. There's a lot of on-set footage and analyses of special effects and stunts such as Brandon Routh's flying (helped by his swimming regimen), focusing more on the filming process than the design. For example, we see how the Metropolis scenes were shot but not how the often-striking sets were designed. Marlon Brando appears briefly in the bloopers section, and "Resurrecting Jor-El" spotlights the techniques used to create his footage. The eleven deleted scenes (about 15 minutes total) contain nothing earth-shaking, but it's nice to see more Eva Marie-Saint, one scene of Clark back in Smallville that could have altered the dynamic of his return to The Daily Planet, and a scene between Kevin Spacey and Parker Posey that is good for a laugh. --David Horiuchi

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Product Description:
He's back. A hero for our millennium. And not a moment too soon because during the five years (much longer in movie-fan years!) Superman sought his home planet things changed on his adopted planet. Nations moved on without him. Lois Lane now has a son a fiance and a Pulitzer for "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman." And Lex Luthor has a plan that will destroy millions - no billions - of lives. Filmmaker Bryan Singer (X-Men) gives the world the Superman it needs honoring the legend everyone loves while taking it in a powerful new direction. Brandon Routh proves a perfect choice to wear the hero's cape leading a top cast that includes Kate Bosworth as Lois and Kevin Spacey as Lex. And the thrills - from a sky-grapple with a tumbling jumbo jet to a continent-convulsing showdown - redefine Wow. "I'm always around" Superman tells Lois. You'll be glad he is.Running Time: 154 min.System Requirements:Run Time: 154 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE UPC: 012569823372 Manufacturer No: 82337

Average Rating:

Rating: - Skeptical at first, but I liked it
I saw the promos with Brandon Routh, and didn't think he'd make a good Superman. I was wrong.

Brandon Routh made a great Superman and Clark Kent. I loved the way so many people seem to ignore Clark, or push him around. This makes the contrast between Clark and Superman more believable. You actually can see why some people wouldn't see the resemblance..

The story was interesting, to see Superman return after an absence of 5 years.. and see that the world survived without ... Read More

Rating: - Stop doing remakes.........PLEASE!!!!!!!!
HORRID!
SIMPLY HORRID!!!
From start to finish an absolute disaster and an insult to Christopher Reeves.
Please tell me why they made this movie?
It's IDENTICAL to the original.
Even the spandex suit is the same.
You know, they could have taken a cue from the X - Men movies and at least updated his look.
Remember X-Men part 1, Wolverine says "what do you expect? Yellow spandex???"
I mean common......the suit was fine thirty years ago.
It's just ... Read More

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Rating: - Super-retarded
OMG, where to begin? The movie is slow; the pathetic excuse for a plot doesn't really develop until half way through the movie (and when it does, it's rediculious). The attempt make the characters all tortured and conflicted is just lame. Campy. Predictable. Boring. Cliche. Take your pick.

On top of everything else, the Lois Lane character is kind of a b$%ch which makes Superman look like a dufus for fawning over her. Pathetic.

The only part of the movie that didn't COMPLETELY ... Read More

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Rating: - Review by Sangram from Umass, amherst.
This is one superb movie starring Brandon Routh , also very entertaining and also quiet a romantic movie. More over to watch this handsome superman doing his considerate act of saving the world again & again & again & again simply tirelessly is a great treat in itself. This is one of the movies one can never watch over & over and still never get bored at all & so its a lovely addition to ones personal collection.

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Rating: - keeps the franchise alive and then some
My son loved this film, from the bullet bouncing off of SM's eye, to the fact that "Lex Luther was really a scientist". He provided me an excited commentary throughout the whole film, having seen it b4, and asked me questions on supermaniana that I knew from years of reading the comic at his age.

For myself, I thought it was a reasonably good story: SM returns to the Earth after a mysterious absence, during which the other characters have moved on with their lives. Lois is married, angry ... Read More