I think this is the first movie in a long time where my own reaction is completely mixed. The stuff that's good is really good, and I honestly think this is the best Superman movie yet made. It's not "gritty," but it is serious, removing the irony from all the proceedings and aiming to deal with Superman's internal conflict as much as his external. I don't think it entirely succeeds, but I appreciate the effort.

At the same time, the action, while delivering incredible spectacle, is so monotonous it becomes numbing. I can only watch cartoon people smash into the sides of buildings so many times before I begin to check out, regardless of -- or maybe as a result of? -- the amazing destruction simulations, and that post-9/11 obsession with falling skyscrapers we have often noted was just out of hand here.

Eh, too obvious. Lex Luthor is going to be played by someone completely unexpected and, on paper, inappropriate; the internet will froth and rage; then the movie will come out and he'll be amazing and the froth-rage will turn to fellatio and everyone will pretend they had vision all along.

And then the Romans crucify him.   

/Shyamalan!

Yeah, it was Nolan I was thinking of too. And I wouldn't say Ang Lee is terrible either.

Well, sure.  I went to that school.