Superman Returns (2006)

So, Superman's been gone for five years and Metropolis is coping without him and Lois Lane has led the way with her Pulitzer Prize-winning essay "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman." Nothing like a woman scorned, amiright?

After watching this, I think that bitter, lonely Lois had it right. Seriously, does the world need Superman? More to the point, did multiplexes need another Superman movie? Especially one this joyless? The franchise had been dormant for 19 years -- another few while they hammered out a more interesting script and found more vibrant stars to flesh it out would've been acceptable.

In a word: sigh.

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