Peter Parker battles some very serious demons and is in constant struggle with being Spider-man, the X-Men films are very serious and political and the latest instalment, "The Last Stand," featured some startling and emotionally wrenching revelations, and Batman, well, need I go on? So, here we have Superman in the first new film in almost 20 years. ![]() I think the recent trend has been to try to get audiences to empathize with their heroes more by making them more human and actually taking them seriously. ![]() The amazing thing is, this is the least angst-filled, least melodramatic superhero film in the past 5 years or so. The basic premise of Superman Returns is that Superman has returned from an unexplained 5-year absence to find a world that seems to be getting along fine without him, that the woman he loves has moved on and has a family, and that he is- at least in terms of any beings similar to him- completely alone.
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