Superman Returns

Chris Orr has a good review of the movie, now out on DVD. We watched it the other night, after Aaron had insisted I sit through the "Donner cut" of Superman II. (He's a purist). I've never been a big fan of comic book movies, but if you're going to do one, Bryan Singer is obviously the go-to guy. My only quibble with Chris is his assessment of Kate Bosworth's Lois Lane as "a sprightly presence." She was bland and dreadful. But who can rival Margot Kidder? Or is that the gayest sentence I've written in a long while?

I splurged the book advance on a 46" LCD TV. So we've been slumped in front of it recently. Two DVD highlights: Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Ice Age: The Meltdown." Yes: vastly different. But technically both masterpieces, I think. Kubrick's vision remains ravishing, untainted by the passage of time, the most spiritually absorbing movie I have seen in ages. I was a big fan of "A.I.", as well, but irritated by Spielberg's sentimental meddling.