If you have not read the first part to this article, you may do so here: Don’t Ruin Superman! (Why Superman Returns Sucked)
In the last article I covered some of the problems with Superman Returns, like weird plot points, reusing plot lines from previous movies and a running time that is just too long. While all of those things can bring a Superman movie down, the real issue I have with it is Bryan Singer decided to make Superman a total piece of crap! Even in our culture, if someone acted he Superman does in this movie, he would be hated by everyone.
This isn’t just any superhero, this is Superman. He fights for “Truth, Justice and the American Way”. He has also stood as a moral leader. Seriously, they even use the line from the first Christopher Reeve Superman movie about him being the light that shows the way (for mankind to follow his example). Okay, so what is Superman’s example in this movie? For starters, he abandons the woman he loves for five years while he is off searching for a planet he already knows has been destroyed. He doesn’t even say “bye” to her, he just leaves!
Okay, Superman is kind of a jerk there but that isn’t the worst thing someone could do. Well, don’t worry, it’s not the worst thing Superman does. Not only did he leave Lois for five years to check out some broken pieces of rock, he had knocked her up before he left. He didn’t know this somehow, even though he has superhearing to the point where he can float out in space and hear everything that is going on on earth, but he can’t hear his own child’s heartbeat apparently.
Superman doesn’t stop there, when he returns to earth he finds out that Lois is now engaged and has a son (he doesn’t know this kid is his at this point). So what does he do, stay out of the way and realize he lost her? Nope! Superman spends half the movie flying around outside of Lois’ house, spying on her conversations with her fiance using his super-hearing and x-ray vision. He also repeatedly attempts to seduce Lois away from her fiance, even though he knows Richard (her fiance) is a nice guy and they (Richard and Lois) have a child together (what Superman thinks at the time).
What kind of example is this guy supposed to be to humanity again? It’s okay to break up families because you decided after five years that you want your ex-girlfriend back? Superman is a total scum bag in this movie when you think about! He does eventually find out that Jason (Lois’ son) is his kid and the movie ends with Superman giving a smirk because he knows he is back in with Lois and Richard will be kicked to the curb at some point.
Actually, Lois is a dirtbag as well, she knew Jason was Superman’s kid, but allowed Richard to raise him as his own son. It also means Lois didn’t wait very long to start sleeping with another guy after Superman left earth. For all she knew, he was out there fighting some supervillain and saving the planet for a month. The only person who didn’t do anything morally bankrupt in the movie was Richard, and he is the only one being totally screwed over the whole time. In the end, this version of Superman and Lois really do deserve each other because they are both pieces of crap.
Here is hoping that in Man of Steel, Superman is back to being a stand up guy just trying to save the day. No one goes to a Superman movie to see him be a wife stealing peeping tom.
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