I loved it just as much as CC did, but only when I think of it in terms of a series because if
Superman II hadn't happened, I would never have forgiven the movie for letting Clark/Superman sleep with Lois without telling her he was Clark. (Perhaps I've been hanging around the L&C universe too long.
) The end also would have disappointed me because there were just so many loose ends, but as part of a series, it works because there are more movies coming to tie up those loose ends.
But.
I hear
Superman Returns is not doing nearly so well at the box office as expected, so much so that
Entertainment Weekly has it listed as a
loser in its midterm report card ... which normally I'd ignore because really, who cares, except that it makes me worry the studio won't actually make the two sequels.
And that? Would just be incredibly sad.
