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Anyone see 'Superman'? What did you think? **SPOILER THREAD**
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: hungry_hungryhippos on July 05, 2006, 04:52:39 am ---Just as a bit of an update... apparently the (heavenly) Man of Steel is NOT gay..
Check out this link for the best phwwoooooaaaaaaaaaaarrrrr you'll have all day.. ;D
http://www.welovebrandonrouth.com/
If you scroll down, there's Q & A with links to other pages, there's one question there that asks "Is Brandon Routh gay?" with the answer in brackets beside it.
*leaps away from computer* don't wanna go tripping over your tongues now....
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[whew!] Sheyne Ya gotta give a girl some warning. I clicked on the link and instantly got shirtless Brandon and Brandon in his tightie underwear and about had a coronary.
As for him being gay...well we're right back where we started.
rtprod says Brandon and Kevin Spacey are gay. Fansites and Brandon himself - at least once - says he is not...but then of course, the fansites WOULD deny it, wouldn't they? Unless the guy had balls of brass and was out?
Dating girls isn't proof of anything as we all know - BBM fans more than anyone.
Sheyne:
Very true Del. The guy has a lot to lose if he was to come out. For starters, openly gay men never play the leading man. And Superman is as much a leading man as Rick Blaine from Casablanca. Gay men don't get that part. And Brandon's about to become a big star through this part.
Yeah, rt told me about him being gay too.. which made me throw my hands up in the air.. i felt a bit like Joan Cusack from "In and Out" "is EVERYBODY gay?!?!!?!" :-\
And as for shirtless Brandon... sorry for the near-cardiac-arrest thing, mate, but uhhh, if one HAD to drop dead, that would surely be a nice death????? :P
I can see your death certificate now:
Cause of Death: shirtless Superman. :D
opinionista:
I thought the movie was pretty good, within its genre of course. So it seems that we are going to have Superman movies for quite some time. Superman and superboy! ;D Well, jokes asides, I loved the movie though not Kate Bosworth's performance. She's a bit annoying IMO but prettier than Margot Kidder.
ednbarby:
I was disappointed overall. The only performance I thoroughly enjoyed in the whole damned thing was Parker Posey's. She nailed it. For what it's worth. In fact, I found myself wishing that she (or Zooey Deschanel or someone - anyone - with a soul and a lick of wit) had been cast as Lois instead. Kate Bosworth is a pretty girl, but she's got about the personality of a turnip. There was no spark of eccentric charm like Margot Kidder had - no spark of anything. And while Brandon Routh is a beautiful human being, I don't think he quite got the humor of Clark Kent or the irony of Superman. Christopher Reeve was a comic genius, really. I didn't realize that the first time I ever saw his Superman because he was just so damned good I didn't even think about it. But TNT happened to be showing his Superman the same night I saw this one, and the superiority of all of it to this one just blew my mind. And I'm sorry, but for my money, Gene Hackman is the only Lex Luther, too. I used to adore Kevin Spacey, but I just find him WAY over the top in everything he's done over the last few years. It's like he got that second Oscar and forgot how to act. At least with subtlety.
As I've said before, I'm also biased because I really think Jake would have done Superman right. He would have gotten the humor and the irony and pulled it all off. So I was probably judging Brandon pretty harshly - I mean, how can you possibly live up to Christopher Reeve AND Jake? Putting all that aside, I liked the parts of it whenever Parker Posey was on the screen. And the special effects were of course outstanding. But if I wanna see stuff blow up, I can just watch the nightly news.
(My apologies in advance for being particularly peckish today - I just can't shake the irritation I feel at giving away three hours of my life, and that's not including travel time, for this movie.)
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on July 25, 2006, 09:08:37 am ---I was disappointed overall. The only performance I thoroughly enjoyed in the whole damned thing was Parker Posey's. She nailed it. For what it's worth.
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You know, soooo many people say this...I must be the only person who thought she was wasted in this role and she pretty much could have phoned in the role or been omitted from the entire movie as a character she was so useless. Lex is surprisingly kind and considerate of her - when he's not being a psycho. But you never see them exchange any affection or lounge in bed. What did she really do?
--- Quote --- In fact, I found myself wishing that she (or Zooey Deschanel or someone - anyone - with a soul and a lick of wit) had been cast as Lois instead. Kate Bosworth is a pretty girl, but she's got about the personality of a turnip. There was no spark of eccentric charm like Margot Kidder had - no spark of anything.
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I didn't like Bosworth personally. Her character had to do some outlandish things to keep in the plot (I know of no real responsible mother who would have put her child in danger like Lois did). But a friend of mine who used to be a reporter/Metro editor with our major newspaper actually loved Bosworth and identified with her in her role completely.
Go figure.
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