1. Christopher Reeves 2. Brandon Ruth i love Brandon Ruth bc the way he ACT as Clark Kent goofy, nervous is the best n when his Superman he is SERIOUS :D
@@msucsabahmuhammadhazman1821 no whos ur fav supes? Brandon Ruth's Clark is a NERD, he hides his identity, just like Christopher Reeves the 1 whos NATURAL is Henry Cavil he plays the same CLark & Superman-_- n no 1 FIGURED it out he was SUperman XD
How Lois can continually overlook Clark, I'll never understand it. He may come off as awkward and clumsy, but those glasses cannot begin to hide how much of a SNACK that man is.
i think glasses makes us look better ,well at least in my case......i hope, wait does that sound egoinstic? I hope not, because that's not what i wanted it to came out like......wait , can you start rubling in text form? I better shut up before i mess something up, i hope you get what i meant, bye.
Cosmic Syzygy honestly I just think this movie messed up making her married. Had she been single raising Superman’s kid she could hate Superman and actually not pay attention to him. But with Clark she could fall in love with him. It would have been very interesting seeing her be in love with Clark for once since that’s who he wants her to love rather than Superman.
Preston Hong Cavil is a young superman he hasn't mastered Clark Kent yet. Snyder's plan was have character development with superman but it was cut short.
Preston Hong No your wrong. Superman is the real guy and Clark is the mask. Just read the comics and you will see. Superman dying comes straight out of the comics and that a young superman felt alone and isolated at times until he met people like batman. Superman was a loner until he found friends like the justice league........ you realize he actually had friends in smallville and when he left he was all alone. The comics handled Clark coming back to the daily planet after dying too. I'm summarizing my thoughts cause my device is about to die
When you realize the boy doesn't really have ashma, his body is just adjusting to earth's atmosphere because he's part kryptonian. And as he grows he'll probably be hearing thing from great distances, seeing through walls and eventually getting his super strength, flight and other kryptonian abilities.
To be a good superman it's not enough to be a good looking muscular tall guy with dark hair, you need to be a good Clark Kent overall, and this is the best Clark Kent I've ever seen since the late Christopher Reeve. Brandon did an awesome job here.
@Jhon D There is several explanations for that. One has to do with the glass in his glasses affecting people's perception of his face. Also, Henry Cavill legitimately tested the whole glasses thing and no one noticed who he was. While he stood near a billboard with his face on it.
@@alyssabrown6877 Well if you remember from the Christopher Reeves Superman movie when Lois found out Clark was Superman and i believe they had sex and he wiped her memory of him being Superman for her own protection. So it may add up to that bit so it's understandable
Oh ,man that was such a great scene. You can literally feel Clark's jealousy when Lois talks to Richard. I found it endearing, and sad at the same time that Lois always loved Superman but not Clark. Clark Kent was the nerdy socially awkward guy but Superman was the masculine , confident guy that Lois was attracted too.
Lois was alway smart that she figured out that Clark was superman. Christopher Reeves & Margot Kidders worked well on the whole bantering that the characters do. She never really ignores Clark, but here it’s like she doesn’t really care if Clark was gone for 5 years. Or that he is back.
@@jesskhan09 Its the number 1 issue I have with Superman Returns, which overall I really enjoy. Her and Clark were always good friends and fun rather she was onto him or not and that's just totally not evident in this one.
@@jasminecrawford42 I don't think Routh and Bosworth had good chemistry. Bosworth has good chemistry with James Marsden, the guy who plays Richard, but they really should have found a better Lois Lane actress who played off Routh.
@@John-ct9zs Its a lack of chemistry, but I also REALLY hate the way they had Lois treat Clark. Who she always cared about even as only a friend and here she didn't give a dog about him. Hate it.
@@thechosenjoshua not only was all of that undid by oliver. But jason was confirmed by clark to still be alive when that event happend. Plus they'd show Jason's little plate too soooo good endings all around!
@@thechosenjoshua not only was all of that undid by oliver. But jason was confirmed by clark to he srill alive when that event happend. Plus they'd show Jason's little plate too soooo good endings all around!
Our current Superman actor is like a more hardcore version. Brandon impersonate Superman as a whole. The hidden identity persona and unde the blue outfit. I have wondered by Brandon was never used for other superman tittles. He did an excellent job. Plus Superman returns place 5 keys abilities about superman. The hearing, bullets bouncing based on his steel body. Eyes heat radiation and the cold air, when putting out the fire. The last one is, the refulling escene with the sun
Awwww... I just really really loved Brandon Routh as Superman and Clark Kent. He was perfect as both. Edit: Just imagine Henry Cavill doing this scene. There's just no way he would have pulled it off like that. It's so natural to Brandon.
@@piccoloatburgerking Brandon is an amazing Clark Kent, but his Superman may be even stiffer than Cavill. Cavill embodied Superman more to me, he just needs the right script.
@@jonathonmyska3194 Awkward people like Clark exist in real life. There should be a difference between Superman and Clark that extends beyond the glasses.
I've always hated how in most media they have Clark being ignored by Lois but being adored & worshiped by said woman when he's Superman, that kind of tells you what kind of person you're dealing with and on top of that, she either didn't know or really didn't want to see that Clark was clearly Superman. He deserves better & the whole Clark/Superman/Lois thing gets kind of old after 70+ years of it.
Well I don’t blame her. Clark and Sups have completely different personalities. Clark is shy and clumsy while Superman is strong and confident which is what gets most people’s attention. And since they’re the same person they obviously look alike so it just tell you that Lois ain’t in it for the looks
Andre E I mean..... it’s still the same Lois. Not sure why that matters. I feel like you said that just to show off you know information that’s pretty much common knowledge
I don't know what it is but those exchanging looks between Lois and Clark at 3:24 and ESPCIALLY that innocent little wave that Clark gives is just too damn adorable! I cannot even begin to express how much I loved Brandon Routh as Superman. In my opinion, My next favorite Superman next to Christopher Reeve.
I think there was a non canon comic where superman had a son with lois..suoerman was captured by lex before the kid was born, and they only met when he was a teenager..the kid was also called Jon Kent
I feel that Routh carried over all he could of Reeves work. I found the whole movie bitter-sweet for missing reeves and enjoying Routh's portrayal. to me this film completes the movies I grew up with(Reeves).
Such an underrated movie. Spacey was great, Routh was the Superman we all had been wanting, and you had a competent and believable Lois. Had this movie not have been plagued with rumors regarding the cast the director this Superman would have had a real chance to fly.
I love the movie so much, even after all those years. That's why I made a SR wall clock for my home on my channel. This is the best movies I've ever seen and I know every line from it, it's crazy 🤣
This is my favorite movie--beautifully filmed--great acting and very touching. I loved the 78 version too and Superman Returns brings back all the emotions of the original. I don't want Superman to be a dark character--that's what makes him special as he's the epidemy of the good guy hero.
r0bw00d I have to agree with the other guy. Brandon Routh portrayed the role like he was possessed by Christopher Reeve himself. While Bosworth as Lois Lane was like a totally different person from Margot Kidder as Lois Lane.
@@RealFanOfSteel I have to agree. I can see her softening as a mother, but she's far too young and soft spoken and not sharp or tough like Kidder Lois. Shes supposed to be the same character, so in that case it really is a problem.
Bryan Singer was a fan of Kate Bosworth even though she is clearly too young to play the part. I would have preferred Rose Byrne for the role of Lois Lane. She is the same age as Brandon Routh
HomeGirl That's probably what happened when the man she loves just took off & left without saying good bye she lost that spunk & to top it off she just found out she was pregnant & planned to tell him.
@jonathanbirch2022 you don't try to play christopher reeves. Yes he resembles reeves but his job is to be superman Clark Kent. Everything is in the script. You've stated it correctly 'he resembles christopher reeves'. That's it. But his job isn't to be him if you get Me.
@jonathanbirch2022 what are you talking about you're a tool. Brandon Routh played in superman returns the wholes cast was different. They didn't have play form actors from the 70s they had to play the characters. You don't anything about film. Jesus christ.
The look on his face at 1:22..hahaha "I want to drive your head through the wall, into the next city.." Nothing against Cavill, but this movie buries Man of Steel 6 ways to Sunday..
@@Karlebow571es she did that’s why she had no idea Clark was super man and kept looking over Clark as just a nerdy journalist or who the actual father was of her son. In the CW crossover event it was mentioned that at the end of this movie Clark and Lois got together and Jason becomes his legitimate son so Clark probably told Lois everything and they got together and married.
Always puzzled by some of the criticism I have seen Brandon Routh get for his performance. Things like 'he's trying to copy Christopher Reeeve'. It was supposed to be a direct sequel to Superman 2. With that in mind he's effectively being asked to be Christopher Reeve.
“It’s great to finally meet you - I heard SO.” •pleasantly surprised• “ Oh, you *have.* “ “Yeah - Jimmy just won’t shut up about ya!” •grins all round•
I was thinking the same thing! Clark is not registering as a romantic interest at all. He looks similar and is built exactly like that man youve been with for years and you just don't see him????
Captain Faggot Well through the years different illustrators based and varied depictions of Clark Kent so the present directors might have drawn inspiration based on the childhood comics they followed in casting calls.
for super man is very hard to say goodbye to loise laine . super man is very humble when it comes with girls. i like when superman never tels to girls what he thinks. very humble man .
The problem with this (and Christopher Reeve's Superman) is that he was Superman disguised as Clark - and he made Clark out to be a wimp (sort of a teen boy's fantasy of "if you knew who I really was, you'd be sorry!"). But later versions had the character being Clark Kent and Superman was just a role he played. THAT is the reason Lois never looked at Clark. She was never going to go for a stuttering man who never let her see him.
I've kind of dissected the specific medicines that Jason takes since he's the son of Superman. Eye drops: Maybe because Superman has his heat vision, and doesn't want Jason to use it accidentally. Albuterol: It's used for preventing shortness of breath, and as seen in the ship scene, Jason starts breathing heavily while Lois is getting hurt, thus makes Jason use his powers. Maybe it's also Jason doesn't blow part of the house off from a sneeze due to him having Superman's super breath powers (don't know it there's an official term for it) Poly-vi-flor: Don't know what this could be used for that matches up with Superman's abilities, but it's used for infants and children who have a poor diet or low levels of fluoride.
People dont realise that clark being clumsy isn't because he wants to blend in its because he's naturally strong and will easily break things around him when he's superman he is expected to be strong so no one thinks anything of it
I really like this movie, I don't know why people hate it so much. Routh plays superman and Clark both so well. The only thing I hate in this movie is Lois lane, I mean it's quite apparent that she likes only superman and can't spare even a second for Clark and yet the fool can't see it.
I know this is a lot to take in: But Clark and/or Superman has been gone for 5 years and never said, "Good-bye," but he didn't mean to, he just thought Krypton somehow survived its massive explosion. But by the time he got there, all he found was a pile of rubble and kryptonite
I think he played a better clark kent than Henry cavill but for superman , henry cavill for me. Sorry i was born with Christopher Reeves. So that didnt had an impact on me.
Richard is a good man. He deserves to have a happy life with Lois. If I was Clark "I'll try not to get upset, because it was my fault I left the woman who I love."
''Oh hey Clark, welcome back, it's great to see you, you've gotta tell me what you've been up to the last 5 years. Before that though, fun fact, I was saved by Superman today, which was lucky cause he's not been around for....oh about 5 years!''
I always suspected Lois knew that Clark was Superman because even in this film he often talks to Clark referring to Superman and even when he talks to Superman he refers to what Clark told her. I think she was holding the game because he wanted him to reveal the truth to her, without making her forget it like in Supeman II, so he often makes fun of him with targeted digits. If you notice underneath Lois she is irritated by Clark, the lift scene where she greets him strangely, as if she was thinking, "Does he really think I'm that stupid?" However there is also that she never talked to Jason about Clark, not even about Superman spoke to him, because she basically doesn't want to talk to the son of the father who left. However in the CW Crisis on Infinite Earths TV crossover it turns out that Clark and Lois of this universe eventually got married and Jason is Clark's legitimate son, so, I presume, that in the end the two of them are clarified.
Thats what it was like in the cartoon show: 'Superman The Animated Series'. Lois secretly always knew and was waiting on Superman to feel comfortable enough to tell her the truth. However I dont think thats the case in this particular film.
Well, strange because Lois often quotes Clark in front of Superman and looks for answers on Superman from Clark and often seems annoyed by Clark's too clumsy behavior, but he escapes Richard's suspicions when he is doing 2 + 2 between Clark and Superman. Lois then is not a fool and understands that Clark and Superman disappeared and returned in the same period and then you don't forget the person with whom you had a relationship so intimate as to conceive a child. You feel some things in your blood and I think that in the end Lois knows that Clark is Superman. After all, even in the classic films with Reeve she discovers it or senses it. In the end, for someone who is almost always with Clark Kent, the doubt that Superman comes to her.
@@thebreznev81 Hhmm well thats an interesting perspective. I guess I never noticed that. I'll have to watch it again since its now on Netflix here in America. Now that I think about it... Theres a scene in the office where Lois' boyfriend, Richard asks her how tall Clark is then compares him to superman and Lois laughs it off like Richard was joking.
n fact, I refer to that scene. Lois, in my opinion, at that juncture tries to mislead Richard about his Superman-like ideas of Clark. She laughs at her to ease the spirits and make Richard himself forget it. Of course Clark has listened to everything and does something awkward to endorse Richard's mistake of thought.
@@thebreznev81 True... Shes very passive aggressive every time Richard mentions Superman too. I dont know if youre looking too deep into it or if i need to rewatch and look closely. Haha if only producers would show up to comic con events then we both could ask if Lois knew the whole time who Superman's secret😅💯 indentity was
My observation is that this is not the Kingdom Come Superman protrayed by Crisis on Infinite Earths, even though it is the same actor. That Superman lost his wife & friends. This Superman abandoned the mother of his child, his child & the Earth for 5 years. Brandon Routh has admiration acting range & does not get enough credit for being able to stage the slight differences in mannerisms between both Supermen.
@@Kentrc11 Your observation is clearly wrong my friend because this IS kingdom come superman same actor same everything (His son is even mentioned by name when meeting the baby of Supergirl's SM) Crisis is actually a direct sequel to Superman Returns which is Christopher Reeve's/Brandon Routh's SM... It takes place 5 years(1985) after superman ll (1980) and during the timeline before Crisis happened joker came into the DP and gassed everyone killing lois, Jimmy, Perry White etc going easy mode making SM very sad about what happened sorta lost his hope when he became kingdom come in the process..........but after the new multiverse came He returned LITERALLY with it having him regain his hope back (OG bright blue suit, BRIGHT red yellow symbol), forgetting that the Joker attack ever happened everyone who died in said attack is now brought back living out their lives as usual ending with superman smiling at the camera as he always does :)
@@silentgaming6287 Your theory makes no sense with the movie continuity. In Superman Returns, Clark was gone for a 5-year absence to verify life on Krypton and the movie makes no claim of the Joker's visit in his absence. Also, in Superman Returns Richard White becomes Lois Lane's husband in Superman's absence and Crisis on Infinite Earths Superman makes no acknowledge of his existence. Also, this Crisis on Infinite Earths Superman acknowledges that events from Superman 3 have happened to him while Superman Returns ignores the events of Superman 3, Supergirl, and Superman 4 existing. Also, the Crisis on Infinite Earths Superman wears a black belt, black shield, and has white hairs in his black hair while Superman Returns Superman has a yellow belt, a yellow shield, and has all black hair.
This is quite screwed up. If Lois got pregnant with Jason during their time in the Fortress in Superman II, then she doesn’t even remember sleeping with Superman since her memory got wiped. She has no reason to believe Jason isn’t Richard’s son
So Clark just HAPPENS to come back from his trip and at the SAME TIME Superman RETURNS and nobody in a office full of REPORTERS finds that even remotely peculiar. OK then. Still extremely confused how Lois was not sure if Superman or whathisname was the father? I mean there would be time bw her heartbreak and a new bf? It all seems so weird unless Kryptonian pregnancies go unnoticed for longer periods of time atleast to humans.
Jasmine Crawford This is one of those decades old questions that the comics don't address. It's kind of like "how does a simple change of hairstyle and glasses fool millions?"
Jasmine Crawford Supposedly, the difference in behavior and personality is enough for reporters to dismiss the simultaneous return of Superman and Clark Kent as a coincidence. And Lois probably did know that Superman was her son’s father. Whether Richard knows is never said. Maybe after she found out she was pregnant Lois felt it necessary to disguise her son’s paternity, as she knew he would be targeted by Superman’s enemies.
Man I felt bad for both of them Clark and Richard, one almost lost his son early infancy and there is the big If Richard knows about Jason as part Kryptonian, that speaks volumes about his good heart I'd not man where that put Loise???!!!
I still like how Clark comes off as awkward, clumsy, but a guy with a heart of gold.
1. Christopher Reeves
2. Brandon Ruth
i love Brandon Ruth bc the way he ACT as Clark Kent goofy, nervous is the best n when his Superman he is SERIOUS :D
@@yuejin1776 Brandon is a great Superman,but his portrayal of Clark Kent is just so natural,it’s like he does it with zero effort
@@msucsabahmuhammadhazman1821 no whos ur fav supes?
Brandon Ruth's Clark is a NERD, he hides his identity, just like Christopher Reeves
the 1 whos NATURAL is Henry Cavil he plays the same CLark & Superman-_- n no 1 FIGURED it out he was SUperman XD
@@yuejin1776 Defitnitely Brandon Routh
@@yuejin1776 henry is amazing but the way ruth balances between clark kent and superman is astonishing
I love Brandon routh as superman. He is just fun and serious enough to be Clark and the Man of Steel
I never liked that actress as Lois.
@@guada_cristina but the last just a shit and 🤕 idiot a Shameless go the hell blind 😅😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤕🤐🤐🤐
he is returning as superman for the crisis event
Praveen Loganathan yep he is, he’s gonna be the kingdom come superman
You’re talking different universes here.
Henry’s Superman is not Brandons. They are 2 totally different superheroes with same superpowers.
How Lois can continually overlook Clark, I'll never understand it. He may come off as awkward and clumsy, but those glasses cannot begin to hide how much of a SNACK that man is.
i think glasses makes us look better ,well at least in my case......i hope, wait does that sound egoinstic? I hope not, because that's not what i wanted it to came out like......wait , can you start rubling in text form? I better shut up before i mess something up, i hope you get what i meant, bye.
Cosmic Syzygy honestly I just think this movie messed up making her married. Had she been single raising Superman’s kid she could hate Superman and actually not pay attention to him. But with Clark she could fall in love with him. It would have been very interesting seeing her be in love with Clark for once since that’s who he wants her to love rather than Superman.
I'd say if I knew him but not that he's Superman I'd like him,I mean he's adorable.
Honestly the cute nerd aesthetic is suuuper hot on him.
@@EK_Beast i didn't think about it that way. I do agree with your post, it would have been interesting to see lois fall in love with clark.
This Clark was the best one. He truly made you feel bad for him. He made him a real push over.
That's kind of Clark Kent in general, he does everything he can to make them think "Yeah right, this guy is Superman? Give me a break"
The irony is that he can wipe out the entire planet and humans altogether.
Preston Hong Cavil is a young superman he hasn't mastered Clark Kent yet. Snyder's plan was have character development with superman but it was cut short.
Preston Hong No your wrong. Superman is the real guy and Clark is the mask. Just read the comics and you will see. Superman dying comes straight out of the comics and that a young superman felt alone and isolated at times until he met people like batman. Superman was a loner until he found friends like the justice league........ you realize he actually had friends in smallville and when he left he was all alone. The comics handled Clark coming back to the daily planet after dying too. I'm summarizing my thoughts cause my device is about to die
Second best. Reeve's the best
When you realize the boy doesn't really have ashma, his body is just adjusting to earth's atmosphere because he's part kryptonian. And as he grows he'll probably be hearing thing from great distances, seeing through walls and eventually getting his super strength, flight and other kryptonian abilities.
Actually that helps alot
Just like Jordan in Superman and Lois
"Big and strong - just like his Dad" well she wasn't wrong...
Hes not Clarks son
1:31 that's Christopher Reeve's smile right there! Amazing how much Brandon looked like him in certain scenes! Such a handsome man.
To be a good superman it's not enough to be a good looking muscular tall guy with dark hair, you need to be a good Clark Kent overall, and this is the best Clark Kent I've ever seen since the late Christopher Reeve. Brandon did an awesome job here.
I hate to say it, but he's better than Christopher Reeve Clark.
Some girls want Superman, but walk past Clark Kent every day..
Really well put.
Also Clark arrives back the same time superman does. The odds are astounding! Lol Those must be powerful deflecting glasses.
@Jhon D There is several explanations for that. One has to do with the glass in his glasses affecting people's perception of his face. Also, Henry Cavill legitimately tested the whole glasses thing and no one noticed who he was. While he stood near a billboard with his face on it.
Jhon D most idiotic comment I’ve ever read
Jhon D and your grammar is terrible too.
says the child is fragile
little does she know, he'll flip a piano on someone
And when she says "He's going to grow up to be big and strong just like his dad". She has no idea lol
She knows all too well.
she's purpose suppressing him. if he believes he's weak, he will act weak.
she's in denial.
@@aaronkenyon7112 okay did she not know that Superman got her preggers ? Or was she hiding it ?
@@alyssabrown6877 Well if you remember from the Christopher Reeves Superman movie when Lois found out Clark was Superman and i believe they had sex and he wiped her memory of him being Superman for her own protection. So it may add up to that bit so it's understandable
Oh ,man that was such a great scene. You can literally feel Clark's jealousy when Lois talks to Richard. I found it endearing, and sad at the same time that Lois always loved Superman but not Clark. Clark Kent was the nerdy socially awkward guy but Superman was the masculine , confident guy that Lois was attracted too.
Lois was alway smart that she figured out that Clark was superman. Christopher Reeves & Margot Kidders worked well on the whole bantering that the characters do. She never really ignores Clark, but here it’s like she doesn’t really care if Clark was gone for 5 years. Or that he is back.
@@jesskhan09 Its the number 1 issue I have with Superman Returns, which overall I really enjoy. Her and Clark were always good friends and fun rather she was onto him or not and that's just totally not evident in this one.
@@jasminecrawford42 I don't think Routh and Bosworth had good chemistry. Bosworth has good chemistry with James Marsden, the guy who plays Richard, but they really should have found a better Lois Lane actress who played off Routh.
@@John-ct9zs Its a lack of chemistry, but I also REALLY hate the way they had Lois treat Clark. Who she always cared about even as only a friend and here she didn't give a dog about him. Hate it.
It’s crazy how in the Cw we see Lois love Clark and care about him more and doesn’t have any feelings for superman which I really liked.
Jokes on you Richard, that’s not your kid lmfaooo!
JoyBox Trickster 😂
To a six year old Jason. Richard! you are NOT the father!
Funny how Richard manage to pick up the kid.
@@1983Airstrike even funnier if the kid picks up Richard
I think Richard knows or suspects it. really do.
3:28 that smile lol
lol awkward
This guy is best as superman....
"-just like his dad "
*Yes he will Lois, yes he will.*
No... no he won't.
All because of the reject from Gotham... playing what he called a practical joke.
@@thechosenjoshua not only was all of that undid by oliver. But jason was confirmed by clark to still be alive when that event happend. Plus they'd show Jason's little plate too soooo good endings all around!
@@thechosenjoshua not only was all of that undid by oliver. But jason was confirmed by clark to he srill alive when that event happend. Plus they'd show Jason's little plate too soooo good endings all around!
He is the cutest clark ever lol
He's adorable 😊
Poor James Marsden.
Never can keep the girl.
Warren Valion like cyclops
Like Prince Edward
The Notebook
Por lo menos en HOP se quedo con el titulo del conejo de pascua
Warren Valion and now he’s got a Hedgehog now
I love Clark's facial expressions 🥰🥰🥰 it's beautiful !!!!
He's so akward aaahhhhh! I love it
Me too, Anne Blake...
Marty Mcfly omg hi!!!!!
It's so cute!!!
@@nasman7492 we can all agree all actreas who portrayed lois lane in every live action of superman is awful
@@martymcfly5434 Marty are you from the future!!!
i Love Henry Cavill as superman but brandon just plays the role so well,its like the old school version of superman, love it
Our current Superman actor is like a more hardcore version. Brandon impersonate Superman as a whole. The hidden identity persona and unde the blue outfit. I have wondered by Brandon was never used for other superman tittles. He did an excellent job. Plus Superman returns place 5 keys abilities about superman. The hearing, bullets bouncing based on his steel body. Eyes heat radiation and the cold air, when putting out the fire. The last one is, the refulling escene with the sun
Awwww... I just really really loved Brandon Routh as Superman and Clark Kent. He was perfect as both.
Edit: Just imagine Henry Cavill doing this scene. There's just no way he would have pulled it off like that. It's so natural to Brandon.
Henry Cavill is too stiff for doing the goof parts. Even as Clark Kent, he always has the Superman demeanor to him.
Brandon was the ultimate homage to Christopher Reeve. RIP>
@@piccoloatburgerking Brandon is an amazing Clark Kent, but his Superman may be even stiffer than Cavill. Cavill embodied Superman more to me, he just needs the right script.
Henry's Clark isn't written to be goofy like the classic Superman, Henry's Clark is more of a modern take on the character.
@@jonathonmyska3194 Awkward people like Clark exist in real life. There should be a difference between Superman and Clark that extends beyond the glasses.
I've always hated how in most media they have Clark being ignored by Lois but being adored & worshiped by said woman when he's Superman, that kind of tells you what kind of person you're dealing with and on top of that, she either didn't know or really didn't want to see that Clark was clearly Superman. He deserves better & the whole Clark/Superman/Lois thing gets kind of old after 70+ years of it.
India Johnson That's why I love Smallville. Lois falls in love with Clark the farmboy first :)
India Johnson Don’t we all get ignored by people sometimes? Especially when you’re an introvert.
Well I don’t blame her. Clark and Sups have completely different personalities. Clark is shy and clumsy while Superman is strong and confident which is what gets most people’s attention. And since they’re the same person they obviously look alike so it just tell you that Lois ain’t in it for the looks
Agreed...
r0bw00d But even that Lois never actually got interested in him until she realized he was Superman.
This guy is the most good looking superman ever
Henry cavill..
Christopher Reeve.
@@TheFrozenOne97 He's a good looking guy but he's no superman
@@neviljacob9123 he looks more like comic superman than Routh
@@TheFrozenOne97 Fuck yes
Dude fills the shoes this man..... got Reeves awkwardness and stature and and looks. Excellent choice.
So Richard got to meet Superman and Sonic, lucky guy.
Also Wolverine, LOL
For real though this guy keeps making animal friends and superhero friends lol.
"You're gonna be big and strong, just like your dad, aren't you?"
Oh, THAT will be quite the interesting day for Lois when that boy reaches puberty...
4:43 _That_ was awesome! 😂
It's sad know that this Lois is dead
(Crisis in Infinite Earths CW)
Technically its the Lois from the original 78 film.
Andre E I mean..... it’s still the same Lois. Not sure why that matters. I feel like you said that just to show off you know information that’s pretty much common knowledge
the truth is yes and another thing who would say that cyclops of the x men is her boyfriend
Technically it’s Margot Kidder’s Lois and also technically you’re still right. 😞
nr99 I mean. It’s all the same character. The actress doesn’t mean much
it's 2019, you know why i'm here
Obi-Wan Kenobi Yez
Hello there
We are same bro!
Yup
Oh I have a bad feeling about this
3:36 the change of sound designs here were neat...from the hall, to the doorway and to the streets. Those were small but very realistic details.
4:44 this is my favorite 😆 scene, when the 🐕 whimper of that sound from Superman whistled hard.
I don't know what it is but those exchanging looks between Lois and Clark at 3:24 and ESPCIALLY that innocent little wave that Clark gives is just too damn adorable!
I cannot even begin to express how much I loved Brandon Routh as Superman. In my opinion, My next favorite Superman next to Christopher Reeve.
This movie predicted the existence of Jon Kent by 9 years.
YES YES YESSSSSSSS
@@amazingjay3957 what are they talking about ?
@@christopherarcuri1619 r/ whoooosh
@@elijahlee3610 what lol ??
I think there was a non canon comic where superman had a son with lois..suoerman was captured by lex before the kid was born, and they only met when he was a teenager..the kid was also called Jon Kent
I feel that Routh carried over all he could of Reeves work. I found the whole movie bitter-sweet for missing reeves and enjoying Routh's portrayal. to me this film completes the movies I grew up with(Reeves).
b r a v o
Lois calling the 2nd most powerful being in that building "a little fragile"
Such an underrated movie. Spacey was great, Routh was the Superman we all had been wanting, and you had a competent and believable Lois. Had this movie not have been plagued with rumors regarding the cast the director this Superman would have had a real chance to fly.
I love the movie so much, even after all those years. That's why I made a SR wall clock for my home on my channel. This is the best movies I've ever seen and I know every line from it, it's crazy 🤣
This is my favorite movie--beautifully filmed--great acting and very touching. I loved the 78 version too and Superman Returns brings back all the emotions of the original. I don't want Superman to be a dark character--that's what makes him special as he's the epidemy of the good guy hero.
Took me 10 years just to realize that Jason his is son
JamesReacts YT bruh same 💀😂
Same tbh
How come? I'm confused af..
Same!!
You must haven't seen the whole movie then.
Brandon was a good choice for this version of Superman ( even though I prefer the modern version), but Kate Bosworth was miscast as Lois.
r0bw00d I have to agree with the other guy. Brandon Routh portrayed the role like he was possessed by Christopher Reeve himself. While Bosworth as Lois Lane was like a totally different person from Margot Kidder as Lois Lane.
@@RealFanOfSteel I have to agree. I can see her softening as a mother, but she's far too young and soft spoken and not sharp or tough like Kidder Lois. Shes supposed to be the same character, so in that case it really is a problem.
@@jasminecrawford42 agreed
Bryan Singer was a fan of Kate Bosworth even though she is clearly too young to play the part. I would have preferred Rose Byrne for the role of Lois Lane. She is the same age as Brandon Routh
@@skullleaderx4986 Did you know that Amy Adams actually auditioned for Lois Lane in Superman Returns?.
My fav and my childhood superman 😭
I prefer the old Lois Lane cause she had that spunky and interesting personality
em_em Maybe because she's bitter here
HomeGirl That's probably what happened when the man she loves just took off & left without saying good bye she lost that spunk & to top it off she just found out she was pregnant & planned to tell him.
He even sounds like Christopher Reeve.
It's not be Christopher reeves. It's to be Clark Kent. Why oldies cry for old actors. Move on get over it.
@jonathanbirch2022 you don't try to play christopher reeves. Yes he resembles reeves but his job is to be superman Clark Kent. Everything is in the script. You've stated it correctly 'he resembles christopher reeves'. That's it. But his job isn't to be him if you get Me.
@jonathanbirch2022 what are you talking about you're a tool. Brandon Routh played in superman returns the wholes cast was different. They didn't have play form actors from the 70s they had to play the characters. You don't anything about film. Jesus christ.
Clark Kent is the Peter Parker of DC.
Indeed. I love them both 🥰. I mean characters
“Oh he’s cute” 😂😂😂
The best Clark Kent no doubt
At 3:50 Clark starts listening to what he's saying. Clever, movie.
What whos saying?
@@thruthemotions what he himself is saying
I don't see Superman here, all I see is Ray Palmer in glasses.
He developed the atom personality in this movie...plus he's doing better as the atom than superman
Chris D mmsm n🎈
Chris D I see Superman when I see Brandon as Ray Palmer. Most of all, when he wears something blue. (He fills out both chatacters very well)
+Kaline HM
Me Too
Brandon Routh is way better than Henry Cavil.
"Clark is... well he is Clark..."
Damn🤦♂️
The look on his face at 1:22..hahaha
"I want to drive your head through the wall, into the next city.."
Nothing against Cavill, but this movie buries Man of Steel 6 ways to Sunday..
Yea I thought Clark was going to burn him down.
Superman had a child with her, but she doesn't even suspect clark kent's real identity, so even the man of steel has his secrets
This movie is a direct sequel to Superman 2, and she knew his identity when they slept together in the fortress of solitude.
@@northwestalaska9074 didn’t she lose her memory on end of movie?
@@Karlebow571es she did that’s why she had no idea Clark was super man and kept looking over Clark as just a nerdy journalist or who the actual father was of her son. In the CW crossover event it was mentioned that at the end of this movie Clark and Lois got together and Jason becomes his legitimate son so Clark probably told Lois everything and they got together and married.
0:33 yeah, and his dad is in front of him, in disguise (as Clark Kent)
What’s crazier is that BATMAN has a son named Jason too. (Not biological, but still)
Always puzzled by some of the criticism I have seen Brandon Routh get for his performance. Things like 'he's trying to copy Christopher Reeeve'. It was supposed to be a direct sequel to Superman 2. With that in mind he's effectively being asked to be Christopher Reeve.
Clark looking at him like what you doing in my universe Cyclops? I'm telling Jean Gray!
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This Clark is so cute
“It’s great to finally meet you - I heard SO.”
•pleasantly surprised• “ Oh, you *have.* “
“Yeah - Jimmy just won’t shut up about ya!”
•grins all round•
How can you literally have somebody’s child and not recognize them when they put on glasses 😂
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I was thinking the same thing! Clark is not registering as a romantic interest at all. He looks similar and is built exactly like that man youve been with for years and you just don't see him????
Even his child can see him...
Clark taking of his glasses to scratch his eye
Everyone: yo its superman
soo true smh😅😂
He is the more Superman than Henry Cavill
Captain Faggot Well through the years different illustrators based and varied depictions of Clark Kent so the present directors might have drawn inspiration based on the childhood comics they followed in casting calls.
He is twice the Superman than Henry Cavill is.
Rabi Singh Nah
I mean he was basically playing Christopher Reeve playing Superman.
Nah
for super man is very hard to say goodbye to loise laine .
super man is very humble when it comes with girls.
i like when superman never tels to girls what he thinks. very humble man .
The problem with this (and Christopher Reeve's Superman) is that he was Superman disguised as Clark - and he made Clark out to be a wimp (sort of a teen boy's fantasy of "if you knew who I really was, you'd be sorry!"). But later versions had the character being Clark Kent and Superman was just a role he played. THAT is the reason Lois never looked at Clark. She was never going to go for a stuttering man who never let her see him.
They should of brought Brandon Routh back for another superman movie he plays the character just like Christopher Reeve
They did on Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Brandon Routh also great Superman
3:39 he sounded so much like Christopher Reeve there👀
That child really have a power like Superman
Brandon took the torch from Chris.
Indeed he did.
Yeah Chris reeves was amazing superman
He is such a good Superman, one of the best. But how come he has super hearing yet he didn't hear his own son who was stood right next to him?
Brandon Routh is a gem, truly the best superman to inherit Chris Reeves Mantle. its sad he didnt do sequels.
I've kind of dissected the specific medicines that Jason takes since he's the son of Superman.
Eye drops: Maybe because Superman has his heat vision, and doesn't want Jason to use it accidentally.
Albuterol: It's used for preventing shortness of breath, and as seen in the ship scene, Jason starts breathing heavily while Lois is getting hurt, thus makes Jason use his powers. Maybe it's also Jason doesn't blow part of the house off from a sneeze due to him having Superman's super breath powers (don't know it there's an official term for it)
Poly-vi-flor: Don't know what this could be used for that matches up with Superman's abilities, but it's used for infants and children who have a poor diet or low levels of fluoride.
Yeah, she was suppressing his abilities
Lois: "he's a little fragile, but, he's going to grow up to be big and strong, just like his dad"
Clark's face
Little did he know…
Out of all the Superman movies, this 2006 Superman is the only one I remember most of the scenes although I watched other ones as an adult.
Bring him back as Superman pls...
The moment Superman should be like his Earth 3 self at this moment......
THIS IS MY FAV SUPERMAN TBH 😭😭😭😭
I love this guy as superman
People dont realise that clark being clumsy isn't because he wants to blend in its because he's naturally strong and will easily break things around him when he's superman he is expected to be strong so no one thinks anything of it
I really like this movie, I don't know why people hate it so much. Routh plays superman and Clark both so well. The only thing I hate in this movie is Lois lane, I mean it's quite apparent that she likes only superman and can't spare even a second for Clark and yet the fool can't see it.
gettagarip.... the character was w r i t t e n this way in t h i s movie.
@@billhosko7723...yeah, pretty much she knows that Brandon was handsome because when they were in the hospital that kiss was deep!
I know this is a lot to take in: But Clark and/or Superman has been gone for 5 years and never said, "Good-bye," but he didn't mean to, he just thought Krypton somehow survived its massive explosion. But by the time he got there, all he found was a pile of rubble and kryptonite
When the son meets the father! 😭
And the father doesn't realize 😢
I feel you, Clark
"I don't care if the instructions are in Russian". But Russian subtitles say "in Chinese" ahahaha
I think he played a better clark kent than Henry cavill but for superman , henry cavill for me. Sorry i was born with Christopher Reeves. So that didnt had an impact on me.
Reeves and Routh follow Silver Age Clark, while Cavill's Clark is the Post-Crisis version.
I agree
"He's gonna be big and strong just like his dad"
the foreshadowing
It would have been great if this Superman was in the same universe of the Nolan’s Batman
The dog understood that whistle.
Richard is a good man. He deserves to have a happy life with Lois. If I was Clark "I'll try not to get upset, because it was my fault I left the woman who I love."
1:22 - Uh-oh somebody's jealous
Jealous that he’s holding his son.
@ethanrogers3528 but he doesn't know that the boy is his
''Oh hey Clark, welcome back, it's great to see you, you've gotta tell me what you've been up to the last 5 years. Before that though, fun fact, I was saved by Superman today, which was lucky cause he's not been around for....oh about 5 years!''
4:45 Mountain dew advertised on top of the taxi
I can relate, going back to your hometown and seeing that old girlfriend you had years ago now having a family.
3:21 Imagine Clark Kent quickly flies away lmaooo
I love how little does he know that's his son that he just met
I always suspected Lois knew that Clark was Superman because even in this film he often talks to Clark referring to Superman and even when he talks to Superman he refers to what Clark told her. I think she was holding the game because he wanted him to reveal the truth to her, without making her forget it like in Supeman II, so he often makes fun of him with targeted digits. If you notice underneath Lois she is irritated by Clark, the lift scene where she greets him strangely, as if she was thinking, "Does he really think I'm that stupid?" However there is also that she never talked to Jason about Clark, not even about Superman spoke to him, because she basically doesn't want to talk to the son of the father who left. However in the CW Crisis on Infinite Earths TV crossover it turns out that Clark and Lois of this universe eventually got married and Jason is Clark's legitimate son, so, I presume, that in the end the two of them are clarified.
Thats what it was like in the cartoon show: 'Superman The Animated Series'. Lois secretly always knew and was waiting on Superman to feel comfortable enough to tell her the truth. However I dont think thats the case in this particular film.
Well, strange because Lois often quotes Clark in front of Superman and looks for answers on Superman from Clark and often seems annoyed by Clark's too clumsy behavior, but he escapes Richard's suspicions when he is doing 2 + 2 between Clark and Superman. Lois then is not a fool and understands that Clark and Superman disappeared and returned in the same period and then you don't forget the person with whom you had a relationship so intimate as to conceive a child. You feel some things in your blood and I think that in the end Lois knows that Clark is Superman. After all, even in the classic films with Reeve she discovers it or senses it. In the end, for someone who is almost always with Clark Kent, the doubt that Superman comes to her.
@@thebreznev81 Hhmm well thats an interesting perspective. I guess I never noticed that. I'll have to watch it again since its now on Netflix here in America. Now that I think about it... Theres a scene in the office where Lois' boyfriend, Richard asks her how tall Clark is then compares him to superman and Lois laughs it off like Richard was joking.
n fact, I refer to that scene. Lois, in my opinion, at that juncture tries to mislead Richard about his Superman-like ideas of Clark. She laughs at her to ease the spirits and make Richard himself forget it. Of course Clark has listened to everything and does something awkward to endorse Richard's mistake of thought.
@@thebreznev81 True... Shes very passive aggressive every time Richard mentions Superman too. I dont know if youre looking too deep into it or if i need to rewatch and look closely. Haha if only producers would show up to comic con events then we both could ask if Lois knew the whole time who Superman's secret😅💯 indentity was
Crisis on infinite earths Anyone?😂
My observation is that this is not the Kingdom Come Superman protrayed by Crisis on Infinite Earths, even though it is the same actor. That Superman lost his wife & friends. This Superman abandoned the mother of his child, his child & the Earth for 5 years. Brandon Routh has admiration acting range & does not get enough credit for being able to stage the slight differences in mannerisms between both Supermen.
@@Kentrc11 Your observation is clearly wrong my friend because this IS kingdom come superman same actor same everything (His son is even mentioned by name when meeting the baby of Supergirl's SM) Crisis is actually a direct sequel to Superman Returns which is Christopher Reeve's/Brandon Routh's SM... It takes place 5 years(1985) after superman ll (1980) and during the timeline before Crisis happened joker came into the DP and gassed everyone killing lois, Jimmy, Perry White etc going easy mode making SM very sad about what happened sorta lost his hope when he became kingdom come in the process..........but after the new multiverse came He returned LITERALLY with it having him regain his hope back (OG bright blue suit, BRIGHT red yellow symbol), forgetting that the Joker attack ever happened everyone who died in said attack is now brought back living out their lives as usual ending with superman smiling at the camera as he always does :)
@@silentgaming6287 Your theory makes no sense with the movie continuity. In Superman Returns, Clark was gone for a 5-year absence to verify life on Krypton and the movie makes no claim of the Joker's visit in his absence. Also, in Superman Returns Richard White becomes Lois Lane's husband in Superman's absence and Crisis on Infinite Earths Superman makes no acknowledge of his existence. Also, this Crisis on Infinite Earths Superman acknowledges that events from Superman 3 have happened to him while Superman Returns ignores the events of Superman 3, Supergirl, and Superman 4 existing. Also, the Crisis on Infinite Earths Superman wears a black belt, black shield, and has white hairs in his black hair while Superman Returns Superman has a yellow belt, a yellow shield, and has all black hair.
4:43 best moment!
This is quite screwed up. If Lois got pregnant with Jason during their time in the Fortress in Superman II, then she doesn’t even remember sleeping with Superman since her memory got wiped. She has no reason to believe Jason isn’t Richard’s son
So Clark just HAPPENS to come back from his trip and at the SAME TIME Superman RETURNS and nobody in a office full of REPORTERS finds that even remotely peculiar. OK then. Still extremely confused how Lois was not sure if Superman or whathisname was the father? I mean there would be time bw her heartbreak and a new bf? It all seems so weird unless Kryptonian pregnancies go unnoticed for longer periods of time atleast to humans.
Jasmine Crawford This is one of those decades old questions that the comics don't address. It's kind of like "how does a simple change of hairstyle and glasses fool millions?"
Symone Plus all the times Clark and Superman are inexplicably never anywhere at the same time ever. Like wyd Lois, you're a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Jasmine Crawford Supposedly, the difference in behavior and personality is enough for reporters to dismiss the simultaneous return of Superman and Clark Kent as a coincidence.
And Lois probably did know that Superman was her son’s father. Whether Richard knows is never said. Maybe after she found out she was pregnant Lois felt it necessary to disguise her son’s paternity, as she knew he would be targeted by Superman’s enemies.
I think she knew Jason was Superman's son
@@leonardohenrique5172 sure. She tells Superman that fact in hospital.
Batman also has a son named Jason.
Also a mum called Martha.
This Clark Kent is so freaking attractive sjshsjssjdh
Man I felt bad for both of them Clark and Richard, one almost lost his son early infancy and there is the big If Richard knows about Jason as part Kryptonian, that speaks volumes about his good heart I'd not man where that put Loise???!!!