Fell in love today ...

... with the woman who was waiting online for the 10 p.m. Superman showing at the Culver Stadium 12. Actually both Dave and I saw soulmate potential in this one. About five feet tall, very cute, long brown hair with a little jazz to it. A bigtime comicbook superhero movie adaptation fan, who even tolerated her so-into-his-PSP-that-we-didn't-even-know-he-was-her-boyfriend boyfriend. She laughed at our jokes and was friendly without being someone who tries to be friendly, a little unlike the other random dude we talked to online tonight.

Btw, Superman Returns ... thumbs up. Highlight the below empty space to read a little more ...

Brandon Routh was surprisingly good as Superman, though a little weak as Clark Kent ... way too good-looking to pull off nerdiness. Kate Bosworth, despite being a bit miscast because of her age, was enchanting. When she was on the screen I honestly could hardly find a fault with anything. She's a dynamic actress who portrays an enduring steely strength even when at her most vulnerable. Kevin Spacey as Lex ... enh. Overall endgame plot was typically stupid, as in most comic book adaptations don't know how to do the endgame in a way that's real enough to take the jeopardy seriously or make you care about the consequences, save for Batman Begins and X2 and X3 and Sin City. In this case, Luthor was creating land ... oooohhhh, I'm shaking. The first act though was well-written. Frank Langella too over the top, though not as bad as JK Simmons's J. Jonah Jameson. Btw, cool how superheroes like to play reporter, eh? Even Veronica Mars does that! Special effects were solid, if not spectacular. But there wasn't a single ohmigawd that's awful shot and the flying was fantastic, esp. the flying dance with Lois. X-Ray vision cam was also wickedcool. If Singer stays on with the franchise, then Supe 2 should be amazing if he follows his X-Men pattern. One more thing, though Dave disagrees, I thought the music was not so great. Singer failed to really blow my hair back with the theme and in other spots the music was conspicuously in the way. For shame, the music to Superman is right behind Star Wars and for me, ahead of the Godfather, in terms of iconic scoring. Nevertheless, it was much better than Jurassic Park.