WHY SHOULD I GO TO ANOTHER SUPERMAN FILM...AGAIN?

Well, I didn't bother with Man of Steel, and instead went to This is the End and The Internship.  How can this repeat of a repeat of a repeat (the latest incarnation is #7, if you don't count Supergirl in 1984, which you should--because it uses the same music-- that 1966 broadway offering and those television shows).

The original Superman comic book, from 1939 is on sale for $538,000, only #3 on the most valuable list.  But #1 is the first issue of Action Comics, which sold two years ago for $2.16 million.  Guess who's on the cover?

Some of you remember TV Superman George Reeves (who was shot in 1959 at the age of 45--suicide, murder...?) more than half a century ago:

"Look, up in the sky!"
"It's a bird."
"It's a plane".
"It's Superman!"

Yet, Man of Steel from Wednesday night globally made almost $200 million, and there will be a sequel in 2015, with a third already in planning.  Is the draw biblical, sort of like God sending his son Jesus to save Planet Earth?  Can't be because Superman is an alien (his father is Russell Crowe and adoptive father is Kevin Costner).  I just don't enjoy animated, vampire, zombie and stupendous physical ability films.  But I just might go ahead and take a chance on the IMAX 3D latest for the technology.  At least I won't embarrass myself as I did last week.  World War Z, incidentally, which shows up this coming week, might receive a 99% audience like.  However, this one is not about aliens, but a simple pandemic leading to zombies.

No, those are not zombies, but is the poster of This is the End.  What made this film different is that real life actors portrayed themselves and were told to panic as if the world was coming to an end.  For example, is James Franco really gay?

I might add that The Internship and This Is The End were both very enjoyable.  While Rotten Tomatoes only gave TI 34% (reviewers) and 69% (audience) ratings, TITE received spectacular 84%/87% scores.

There were  just too many gaps of logic in TI.   For example, the Vince Vaughn (he wrote this) and Owen Wilson (who has recovered well from his 2007 suicide attempt--here is an amazing alphabetical list of other celebrities, usually because of depression) Google Team went out one night.  They are all certifiably poor.  The script should have made known that the probably wealthy Chinese intern somehow payed for the night.  A simple matter of script writing.  And, hey, Stanford professors aren't that stupid to actually assault people.  Anyway, it was okay and fun, with weaknesses.

What will be the fate of the TITE?  It shows promise of becoming the next campy cult favorite, like The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, starring Susan Sarandon), with all that staged  audience participation, toast tossing and toilet paper.

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