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Lex Luthor comes up with a ridiculous plan that even in the world of comic books is pretty hard to swallow. It goes for simple, safe, repetitive tedious, even? And, honestly, it's the kind of plot that just doesn't justify the runtime. Statistically it's still the safest mode of transportation.' But that brings us to the actual plot. There's something so refreshing about finally getting that clear view of Superman for the first time after he saves a planeload of passengers from certain doom, and saying with a smile: 'Don't let this turn you off to flying, folks. What this movie does a great job of doing is just showing this classic, iconic super hero doing what he does best: saving the day. David Carradine has a very great speech about Superman at the end of Kill Bill Volume 2 that justifies everything quite nicely to me, so I suggest seeing that if you haven't already. But then, the more you think about it, that's just how Clark Kent is designed: completely forgettable (except by Jimmy), always in the background, and always overshadowed by the bigger story, which is Superman. Obviously a huge nitpick people will have is that Clark comes back the very, very same day as Superman and not one single idiot in the city of Metropolis seems to notice, right? Well, yes, that bugged me too, at first. After all, he is Superman, not Clark Kent Clark Kent is his mask. He has his issues, but unlike all the other Super heroes around, he seems to be very solemn about it all. Peter Parker battles some very serious demons and is in constant struggle with being Spider-man, the X-Men films are very serious and political and the latest instalment, 'The Last Stand,' featured some startling and emotionally wrenching revelations, and Batman, well, need I go on? So, here we have Superman in the first new film in almost 20 years. I think the recent trend has been to try to get audiences to empathize with their heroes more by making them more human and actually taking them seriously.

The amazing thing is, this is the least angst-filled, least melodramatic superhero film in the past 5 years or so.

The basic premise of Superman Returns is that Superman has returned from an unexplained 5-year absence to find a world that seems to be getting along fine without him, that the woman he loves has moved on and has a family, and that he is- at least in terms of any beings similar to him- completely alone.

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