I don’t go to the movies much; I would rather spend $10 on something like a Nats or Caps game, but a couple of times a year, I get excited (especially if there are lightsabres) for a movie and make plans to trek up to Uptown for it. This summer Superman Returns is fitting that bill and perhaps X-Men 3 (or whatever it is called) will, too.

The Superman Returns trailer is now available. I checked it out the other day and left fairly impressed. The overall tone of it was promising, as was Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. I am not so sure about Superman/Clark Kent or Lois Lane though. Brandon Roth and Kate Bosworth have tough acts to follow. Roth has the problem of NOT BEING CHRISOPHER REEVE to overcome, which is a tall building to leap in a single bound itself. I am also concerned about Lois’ kid being a central part of the plot, this just leads to emotionally manipulative (i.e. lazy) storytelling.

There appear to be positive aspects of the movie though, specifically that it considers itself to be a continuation of Superman: The Movie (and perhaps II), but not III & IV; so we can forget those two. Also, some of the original John Williams themes will be included in the soundtrack.

We will see how it all turns out in late June, but at the very least we can take comfort in the fact that Nicholas Cage is not the guy in the tights.

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In other movies-I-care-about news the original Star Wars trilogy is being re-released on DVD. Even though we already own it in at least two formats, we’ll be suckers and pick up the original version because after all, we will want our kids to see the real thing…