Superman Returns

Last Sunday after work, my husband and I drove all the way to SM Mall of Asia just to watch Superman Returns in 3D at the IMAX theater. It was our first time there so we're kinda excited. But unfortunately, I wasn't very happy with the way things had turned out. The mall was too big we didn't even know where to park. We spent about 45 minutes driving around the giant mall just to get a parking space. So after driving around here and there, we were able to get a slot on the 5th level. But here's the more annoying part. From the 5th floor, we had to go all the way down (by stairs ha?) to the first floor because their parking lot had no direct connection to the mall. We still had to go out. It was 3PM and I swear my stomach was screaming with hunger! The mall was really big but you could really rub elbows with other shoppers because it was too crowded. Oh well, maybe because it was Sunday.

After lunch, we decided to go to the IMAX theater to buy movie tickets. But you know what? The tickets were sold out. It's a good thing though. Because it costs 350 per ticket! That's way too expensive for a movie huh? So we just settled to the regular movie which was 150 per ticket. The lines were too long and the seats left for us were located at the fourth row. Yeah, right...Anyway, instead of buying groceries while waiting for the 5PM screening, we just decided to hang out at the lobby of IMAX to rest coz there were big sofas there that made it look homey. And then we saw Piolo Pascual coming out of the theater with a little boy...:-) Maybe his nephew? Wala lang, deadma lang.

Goin' back to the movie, I didn't find it really amusing. Overall, I would rate it 7 or 8 (in a scale of 1-10). Storywise, I like Spiderman better ---the romance between Mary Jane and Peter Parker, the revelation and stuff... Oh well, I was never a fan of super heroes so maybe i'm not in the right position to judge. I haven't even seen how Christopher Reeve's Superman movies were done before. So, I cannot really compare the difference. I just have one silly question though: Why can't Lois Lane notice that Clark and Superman are the same person? I mean, the latter has no mask or anything that would make you think he's different from Clark ---at least physically. I just find that whole idea really weird and funny at the same time. Oh well, maybe i was just expecting too much...

Moving forward, I really think Brandon Routh is perfect for the role. The guy really has the "it" factor. Don't you know that Josh Harnett, Jude Law, Brendan Frasier and some popular hollywood actors auditoned to get the Superman role too? Oh yes! But they weren't lucky enough to get it despite their fame... Anyway, going back to Brandon -- I saw his interview with Ricky Lo and I was truly amazed with how humble he was. He even admitted that he doesn't even have his own car yet. But he's bound to get the most expensive one pretty soon!