Pros and Cons of Superman Returns

Cons 

- Too fucking long.

- Very little action and spectacle to justify its length.

- Brandon Routh is a bland Superman. 

- Kate Bosworth was far too young and snippy to play Lois Lane.

- Reducing Lex Luthor, one of the great comic book supervillains, to a real estate obsessed thug yet.

- Giving Kal Penn no dialogue (did he talk? I can't remember).

- A strangely solemn tone that almost never permits any "oomph" to the proceedings. At least the Reeve movies were buoyantly whimsical and Man of Steel seemed like it had a pulse. 

Pros

- Kevin Spacey was the best actor to portray Lex Luthor at the time. 

- Frank Langella and Sam Huntingdon were a solid fit for Perry White and Jimmy Olsen.

- James Marsden was a likeable cuckold. 

- The plane rescue sequence is a legitimately thrilling and exciting action scene. 

- Reusing John Williams' iconic score is always a plus.

- From what I remember the visual effects work was...good enough?

- The look of the movie is actually pretty clever. Like this timeless mashup of the present with the 1940s and 70s.

I liked most of it. I thought the pacing in the second half, when Lois and her kid were on Lex's boat, was off, too many long scenes that added nothing and disrupted the flow of the film.

I liked Routh, my second favorite Superman/Clark Kent. I loved the effects and the new score by John Ottman.

Some of my favorite scenes in any superhero film are in SR. The airplane rescue, the image of Superman floating in space, being re-energized by the Sun, the raising of the island. Yes, I realize that should have killed him but it was a great scene, Superman sacrificing himself to save the planet and his final flight through the clouds as day was breaking.

I thought Bosworth was a bit young but she didn't really bother me. She was fine. Better than Amy Adams for sure.

Kevin Spacey was very good, too.

The real estate idea would have been fine if it weren't an island of crystals. I don't see how anyone would be paying big bucks to live on that.

I wish they had kept the scene when Superman goes back to Krypton.

I enjoyed this so much more than the Cavill films.

He's only a peeping tom if he looks through her clothes.

Pros:

-after the Snyder movies, this Superman is looking a lot more likable.

-his alienation (hey-o) and Jesus complex are also comparatively better handled.

-I love the minigun/bullet to the eye sequence

-Lex stabbing Supes with kryptonite and breaking off a piece inside him. Savage af.

Cons:

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-Kate Bosworth is astoundingly miscast, especially when you remember her Lois is supposed to be the Margot Kidder Lois.

-another damn real estate scheme, Lex?

-Superman lifting the kryptonite island. No.

-why stick Kumar in there and give him zero lines? "It's f***ing distracting!!!" -Christian Bale

-missed opportunity in a decent shared universe by not connecting it to Batman Begins.

-as arguably the first major soft reboot, it is way too soft. The homages and copied lines and scenes from the original get tired fast.

Pros:

Kevin Spacey is awesome as Lex Luthor

The plane scene

Shot in the eye scene


Cons: 

Poor casting for some of the other roles

Really dull most of the time

Way too long

Some stupid story elements

Pro
- Retconning out III & IV.

Con
- Awful Lex Luthor & giant battle.
- Tries so hard to be like Christopher Reeve it loses any soul at all.