6 Films That Put Painstaking Work Into Things You Don’t Even Notice

6. Superman Returns: The Farm Was Built From Scratch

If Superman Returns had put as much time and effort into doing the character justice as it did building a farm, it would have been the best DC Comics movie to date.

Director Bryan Singer went to great lengths constructing the Kent Farm from scratch, a process he outlined in a production diary included among the film's DVD extras.

According to the featurette, the movie's production team built barns and even planted corn to ensure the set looked as realistic as possible. Pa Kent would have been proud.

Going above and beyond like this is all well and good, but the Kent Farm only features on screen for a matter of minutes. Clearly Superman Returns' bloated budget was burning a hole in Singer's pocket because he also splurged $10 million on a scene set on Krypton that ended up on the cutting room floor.