So tonight I went with my Dad to see Superman Returns (Official Site) at the Bonita Lakes Mall theatre. 

The movie is amazing.  It’s so close to the original that you’ll swear it’s just been sittin in storage all this time.  From the scenery, to the same opening credit graphics, to the exact same chill-bump inducing orchestral theme-song, it’s all there and better than ever.  Brandon Routh makes an incredible replacement for Christopher Reeve.He must have studied alot because he’s got the same speech patterns, same mannerisms, and same befuddled behavior as Clark Kent.  Kevin Spacey plays Lex fairly well, but Lex doesn’t play an incredibly integral part in this movie, he’s mostly used as a plot device to keep things moving.  Kate Bosworth, unfortunately, doesn’t seem to quite fit as Lois Lane.  She resembles neither Teri Hatcher nor Margot Kidder, and has neither the mannerisms or attitude to really pull off the impulsive and frustratingly stubborn Lois we’ve come to expect.  It’s still a great movie tho, and definately worth seeing.

I will not go so far as to say it’s worth the $7.50 to see it in the Theatre tho.  The Bonita Lakes Theatre is an abomination to theatres everywhere and is a perfect example of how not to run a theatre.  During our showing I counted the sound dropping out over 10 time.  The air conditioning wasn’t on, so being inside was no relief from today’s record-matching 100-degree heat.  Even the audience was a travesty as my dad repeatedly had his hair pulled & seat kicked, we had a group of punks a few rows behind us playing drums on their goober boxes, and we had a 4-month old infant trying to nap on his/hers (not sure which) mother’s shoulder.  Of course, the showing started at 7:00 and a movie theatre isn’t exactly a “quiet” place so every time the music picked up or some other loud sound happened, we were all treated to the eardrum shattering infant screams.  Apparently someone mistook that sleeping infant as a 7-year old, since there is a rule about “No children under 6 except for G-movies or Matinees” that was obviously not enforced here. 
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