3. Somebody Get Superman A Sense Of Humour Transplant Please
Superman Returns was a great damp fart of a thing, beloved of a very, very few. That was partially because it was so portentous and full of its own importance; before long, you began to wish that someone was around to take the piss out of Superman a bit because he took himself so very seriously. Man Of Steel wasnt any better. In fact, it went much worse. I realise that the guys basically a god and that that comes with its own problems, and I know that losing one's parents and home-world can turn one into a bit of a Debbie Downer, but even Nolans Batman trilogy, which had gritty realism tattooed across its knuckles, managed to crack a few gags here and there. In fact this is one of Superman's great problems: up to now he's felt a little like a hero who we ought to respect because everyone in the film does, rather than because he does anything particularly fun or interesting. Hes worthy to the point of being actually quite irritating. Who can connect with a hero whos pathologically incapable of cracking a smile?