WB made the dubious choice to position "Superman Returns" as a sequel to the old Richard Donner films rather than a complete reboot. The result was that "Returns" channeled some of the appeal of those films but never escaped their shadow. More concerned with being a love letter to the previous era than establishing its own touchstone. And who cares if this Supes doesn’t punch, Reeve’s first film didn’t have him do it, either.
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