MOVIES ...yep, Superman and Click

Click .......71%

Adam Sandler
Kate Beckinsale
Christopher Walken

Good little story about a man with a beautiful wife and his stressful life.

Don't go into this movie thinking you'll get the story you see in the previews, you won't. You see, this is a movie about a man, looking for a remote to make his life just a LITTLE bit easier. What he gets is a remote that rules his life. In the beginning it's great, but the remote starts to control his life involuntarily, and that's when the real movie shows up.

Adam Sandler is one of those guys that bonds quickly with his audience, a poorman's Jim Carey. Don't expect me to say I love either of them, I'm really sick of Jim Carey's "over the top" comedic acting, but when he plays a serious role like he did in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, or in the case of Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk Love, I can't help but follow each word like it is of the greatest importance. I guess I'm amazed that these two comedians are more than the sum of their parts. So when you see Adam Sandler act like, well, Adam Sandler, early in the movie don't be too worried, he gets better, as does the movie.

Kate Beckinsale is strong and beautiful, she could stand there and improve any movie, but she seems just a little androgynous to me.Maybe it's because she isn't sexed up in this flick, she a good looking housewife that's it! Maybe that's the problem, the thought of a woman with kids being attractive seems like an oddity to me. Hey, being married seems a little odd to me:-)

Christopher Walken is fun to watch, he usually is, but I fear he's getting used as a throw away character in more movies. An oddly cast character actor, you either love him or hate him. I used to love him, but his delivery is getting old QUICK.

The David Hasslehoff bit is kinda funny, but who cares.

Overall this flick is worth watching for the last 45 minutes, but go in expecting a comedy, and you'll end up leaving in tears. Hey, I teared up near the end!

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Superman ......78%

Brandon Routh
Kate Bosworth

HHmmm So close to perfection!

I found out after trying to watch the "old" Superman flicks that I'm really not a big fan of them Mr Reeves was charasmatic in the role of Superman, and Gene Hackman playing Lex Luthor was a lot of fun, but the movies were really bad. Sure I may have loved them when I was little(er), but I don't enjoy them anymore.

With that said, I really enjoyed this movie on the whole. Brandon Routh is a great Superman, being strong when he needs to be, and striking the right pose when called upon. I wasn't as big a fan of Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane, she was awfully bland, and looked to be mildly emaciated. Nothing like how she looked in Blue Crush, and she looked great in that movie. Kevin Spacey was called upon to play the eccentric, slightly crazy Lex Luthor, and he almost nails it. In this important role I feel Gene Hackman was a little stronger. But really, I was hoping they'd edge a little more towards the Smallville Lex Luthor ... a little more dark and sinister.

The sound and effects were top rate, I'll admit to a rush of adrenaline the first time I saw him fly again, but too many off the cool bits are given away in the trailers.

Overall, this is one of those flicks you'd label a blockbuster, something you should really see on the big screen, it also rates high on the rewatchability scale!

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