arrowhead42

Yeah, you've got that right about the comic relief part... it's certainly out of place these days,and although it still existed in Superman Returns, I'm glad they downplayed it. The movie overall had a slightly darker tone, which I liked. And it could have been made a bit more so if they hadn't cut out the part with him returning to the remains of Krypton.
The whole comic relief part waaaaaayyyyyyyyy overplayed in Superman III, which was just a dreadful movie. They made Clark more than "mild mannered".... they made him a klutzy buffoon, and that just did so much damage to the franchise, that it was unrecoverable. Superman IV sank it completely.
Superman returns gave me hope -