This wasn’t just super powers......this was will power. This is how far Superman would go to save mankind. His own life means nothing to him..... and people say he’s a boring character smh....
I wouldn't say that Superman is a boring character, but has been depicted the same way for over 50 years, the all American boy scout. Definitely need for an upgrade. Plus Supes doesn't have a huge and diverse rogue gallery like Batman or Spider-Man does. It just been recently that DC Comic been using Darkseid in the animated series, cartoon movies, and theatrical releases. After decades of using Lex Luthor as Superman's main villain. They finally changed his costume by removing the red underwear. Also, we're still wondering how does a pair glasses & hair combed differently, make people not notice how similar Superman and Clark Kent look. I wear glasses and when I take them off and comb my hair differently, I don't look that different. Also a lot of comic book characters are show their pros and cons. Their best and their flaws. Tony Stark is a intellectual genius, but can be arrogant and prone to alcoholism. Bruce Wayne is dedicated to fighting crime and won't take a life, but can't get over the death of his parents and can be cold to his crime fighting partners, the Bat Family or the Justice League. I like how Superman was depicted in the Justice League Animated Series, because we really got to see his humanity and how he wasn't always right. How he felt inconvenienced and restrained. How he loved certain people with a passion. How Superman could be resourceful even if he didn't have his powers. Batman and Spider-Man are almost as old as Superman, but they have been to keep those characters fresh and interesting. Trust me, I'm a big Superman fan, but I as a fan think he is due for some changes. Batman, Wolverine, Black Panther, and some other characters too.
@@HappyRoach1 Totally agreed. but what do you think of man of steel and cavill's superman? cuz i think he's the best of all time but many people are stuck with reeves and it bothers me
@@abuzahra1600 , I love Cavill's take on Superman. It's definitely something new. Not a 'Boy Scout.' Cavill's Superman is someone who had to hide most of their life and never felt like they fit in. His adopted father didn't want him to expose his powers because he didn't think the world would accept him. In real life, Superman wouldn't be so easily accepted by the masses, no matter how much he saved people. Humans can be ignorant and selfish. Superman would have huge detractors like Spider-Man has with Jonah Jameson.
@@HappyRoach1 Exactly. No matter how beloved you are, you will ALWAYS get detractors. Manny Pacquiao is absolutely beloved in the Philippines, so much so that his boxing events actually lower crime rates and traffic in the country. But even HE has critics and detractors in his own country, both ordinary citizens and other politicians (I've heard his debates are often heated). No one is truly universally beloved. Not Manny Pacquiao, not Jesus, not Buddha, not Trump/Biden/Bernie Sanders, not the Beatles, not Abraham Lincoln, not Martin Luther King Jr, absolutely no one. If Superman were real, he would definitely have his fair share of detractors, whether for good or bad reasons.
@@HappyRoach1 Batman and Spider-Man are also in a never ending cycle, I haven't read yet this run but I was aware that Superman had a son, a people liked that run until Bendis changed things. Spider-Man is stuck in his 20's no married, no children, always going in circles With Batman is the same, he can't be happy because then he would be a terrible hero so we go back to the beginning. That's why adaptations are important, they can give an ending to this characters but WB doesn't give Superman a chance, he is an amazing character I mean at least we have Superman and Lois but that's not enough, he deserves his Matt Reeves or Sam Raimi, people that know what this character is capable.
Doesn't make any sense though. In the previous scene the Kryptonite paralyses him so that normal men can beat the crap out of him. Self belief and willpower wouldn't allow him to lift a continent lol
@@ToothlessDragon536 just remember one thing before he lifted this island he amped himself with the suns rays, and he lifted that island with a piece of kryptonite still inside him at that point.
Why he is Superman 1. Lifts an island 2. Is able to control the lift while the island is changing shape, size and weight 3. Island is made of Kryptonite 4. Escapes Earths gravity with island 5. Pushes island with enough force so it has escape violocity from both the Earth and moon 6. After that fall still has his hair in place
The fact that Superman is able to lift an 'entire' continent, let alone one made out of kryptonite, is what makes him one of the most powerful superheroes of all time in DC Comics history. Not to mention that this scene was a favorite between me and my dad (RIP) when we saw this movie in theaters.
@@jmilne5751 I strongly disagree. Sure the movie, along with the rest of the DCEU, had its ups-&-downs, but it did show some comic-book lore. Batman is able to defeat various DC characters through research and planning. Not to mention that the DCEU version of Superman was introduced to kryptonite in Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice.
@@douglassnyder9206 Batman could not sneek up on Superman so from a distance Superman could use his heat vision to melt Batman...To see him cop a slow moving capsule filled with Kryptonite & not just simply move at lightning speed to avoid it is a joke...Plus 1 punch from Superman would crush his insides & kill Batman instantly...
I don't see any top comments about how perfect the music is, specially when the shot shows Superman out of orbit with the choir chant in the background. Epic.
The timing of the Superman score with a new score was awesome. I am surprise they never went the same route as the Bond movies and just focused on new stories. The constant reboots are not cool.
The theme arrives at the perfect moment. A close up of the boy scout, with the true Superman theme blaring passionately before leading to a more emotional theme. Gorgeous moment.
@@Krempye sorry I didn't explain properly lol. What I'm saying is, in this scene, he lifted an island full of kryptonite, and this version of superman becomes kingdom come superman in the crisis on infinite earths crossover in the arrowverse, and kingdom come superman is immune to kryptonite.
I’m not sure it’s underrated. The plot wasn’t very good let’s be honest. That was it’s downfall. It had him gone for 5 years? Why? To find Krypton. Also It was basically rehash another Superman movie. Superman (1978 film) With that being said it was directed very good and everyone played there role good. Also, this showed more of what Superman is capable when it came time to save people which was great to see.
How strong is this Superman? He lifts a still-forming continent made of Kryptonite, that possibly weighs a quintillion tons out of the ocean, then breaks free of Earths gravity to throw it out into space. Epic scene.
I think this superman might even have multi-planetary feats based on that insane body strength and all the speed he showed since technically this version is canonically the same as Reeve's version and that superman went so fast he turned back time.
Wasn't he wounded also? I remember Lex stabbing him with a piece of kryptonire not long before this. And I think he's close to Smallville's Superman in term of strength. Tom Welling's Superman pushed Apokolips outside of Earth's gravity like it was nothing.
I have to correct you on the time travel part, Superman went back in time he didn't take the earth back in time, remember he was the observer and everything was relative to his point of view, that being superhuman speed, super luminous speed.
It blows me away how there are still people out there who think Superman is only capable of stopping planes from falling. This dude can casually bench-press the entire planet in his current state, and back in his prime he was strong enough to move entire solar systems.
Kryptonite doesn't have to "make contact" with his skin, it's "radioactive" to him to his cells, just like radiation on Earth affects humans. He gets affected by it just by being in the same room with the substance... Brotato, you obviously don't know much about Superman. lol This shit you see today is a major distortion of the Superman canon. Landing on that island should have made him drop dead after about a minute... That's how absurd this movie was. Kryptonite is DEADLY to Superman, the most deadly substance known to him, it's a great weakness that counters his basically immortal portrayal. Take that away and he just becomes ridiculous...
@@thighguy4534 Kryptonite emits radiation that is extremely poisonous and weakening to kryptonians. It'll start affecting any kryptonian if they're even in the same vicinity. For example, in BvS Superman started to get wobbly and sick just by holding the kryptonite spear because the radiation was affecting him. The fact that Brandon's Superman fought against a literal island load of kryptonite radiation and managed to pull off this monumental feat shows extreme dedication if anything.
Man the music while he falls from the sky just makes you emotional, also the pure strength he shows to lift that island into space which has kryptonite that’s also just weakening him shows how dedicated Superman is. I know this film has lots of negativity but I absolutely love it and I love everything Brandon Ruth delivered to it!
@@LukeLovesRose ultron is worse but mcu fanatics are too blind to see it infact age of ultron was the last avengers movie that was criticized mainly by die hard mcu fans ( most of them probably left after the movie )
@@efes47198lifting doesn't mean breaking things. You can lift 1 kg of iron dumble but you can't break that dumble. Hulk literally have infinite strength based on his emotional state.
Batman: "I can beat Superman all I need is kryptonite" *Superman lifts an entire island made of kryptonite into space* Batman: "errr....Nevermind...back to the batcave Robin"
Golden Minecard Where you get Shazam from? And Yes theoretical he can. You should read more comics and you would have known that they have stalemated several times and Billy evens 2 shot KO’s him. But that isn’t what I was referencing I meant Magic, Red sun radiation, and superior beings can and will kill him given the opportunity.
I love this scene, people saying "he shouldn't be able to do it, it's krytopnite" I get you, but the point here is : "How can you challenge Superman?" This is about Superman, going above what he is capable of doing, it's about a miracle, about super-strength. Like a mother full of adrenaline and lifting a car to save her child. We are fully aware of superman being able to lift an helicopter or a plane, that is superhuman or superkryptonian. It's hercules breaking his chains.I was in awe at the theaters.
That face on Luther as he watches Superman give his absolutely best to lift that island of Kryptonite is awesome and fearsome, after all that his only weakness, and yet he almost kill himself to throw it to the space
There’s a story in the comics where Superman races the Flash for charity. As fast as he is, there’s no way Superman can beat the Flash in a foot race. It just can’t happen. Lex takes advantage of this fact and says that if Superman wins, he’ll donate a billion dollars to any charity of Superman’s choosing. Superman, knowing all the good that a billion dollars towards charity will do, pushes himself to run faster than he’s ever run before. He knows he can’t possibly win, but that’s not an option. He has to win, for the good of the poor and the unfortunate members of society. They are counting on him. And against all odds, Superman wins. Lex lives up to his word and donates a billion dollars to charity. And the great thing about this story is that it’s told by a little girl who is kidnapped by Darkseid in an attempt to break Superman’s hope. In the vastness of the universe, there’s no way Superman should be able to find her. And yet he does. Because it doesn’t matter to Superman if it’s a million lives or if it’s just one life. He’ll always give everything to save an innocent. Defying the impossible is just what Superman does.
@@MrPjw5 eh, flash wasn't necessarily trying the hardest he could, so its really just a "limiter breaker" superman against a regular flash, which is why its easier to accept than this, which is dumb.
Rider Holic but he had a very tough fight with Doomsday that started to weaken him. He also wasn’t at his full strength from when Batman nearly killed him! In justice league he did lift an entire building and in MOS he destroyed the world engine, he pushed an entire bus out of water. He kept a steel building from falling on a helicopter and he took on several kryptonians at once.
Did this movie have flaws? Yes. But it also gave us one of the most bad-ass Superman moments in film, I mean come on, the guy lifted an entire freaking island filled with Kryptonite and chucked it out into space!
That's just one of the many reasons why this movie sucks ass. A single piece of Kryptonite practically knocked him out in the 1st film. How in the hell would he be able to lift a mountain made of the stuff. BAD WRITING.
Not only that, but didn't he completely LOSE his powers by landing on it/coming in contact with it an hour before? What did he do become immune all of a sudden?
Let us be clear, he's called Superman for a reason. Not only is he super strong and virtually indestructible, he has an amazing will to save the lives of the human race that has adopted him, even if it means his own destruction. And.... upon releasing the kryptonite laden island into space he immediately puts distance between himself and the weakening effects of the green crystals, thereby allowing himself to start to heal. Although weak and unconscious he heals sufficiently to survive the fall, which is shown as he doesn't suffer any injury or burning on re-entry or crash-landing. Superman is super...Period!
Mightbe Sherlock that's true, I think in the comics he's destined to become he greatest green lantern and that was stated by some really powerful being but the only problem is that I can't remember who said that.
I know nothing on Ben ten but if Superman went laps around him, his max speed being 2000 miles a second, as I know of, would Ben ten really have a chance? Besides that, Superman has the strength to lift the world as sources show.
RAZZA yes. Superman lifts a kryptonite island. Silver bullets bounce off of werewolves. Dracula eats pizza with extra garlic powder. ....because will power trumps plot consistency.
Superman is inspirational, not because of his titanic powers, but because he often pushes HIMSELF beyond his own colossal limits -- and always for the good of the community, whether the community is Smallville, Metropolis, or (as here) Earth itself. Since we have almost no admirable people on the world stage in real life in this benighted era, we need our fictional heroes more than ever, to keep from going mad.
It makes me proud of families like mine..... like the Kents. Without them, there will be no Superman. He be Brightburn or a Super Michael Myers knowing his family in Rob Zombie's Halloween.
Superman Returns was a necessary film, a true transition between Christopher Reeves' and Cavill's Man Of Steel, you can see something from both universes here, like the way SP dresses along with the more advanced CGI effects. For me it is also like giving the old Superman saga the chance of telling a new story with far better special effects.
@@Account-ow6rz can't agree more. I actually like Man of Steel. To me this is a good blueprint on not just Superman but Metropolis and the whole design.
He lifts an entire island made of kryptonite, past earths gravitational field and throws it into space. This is probably one of the best live action superman feats.
It's definitely one of the most meta feats. This kryptonite island is set up as threat that he will have to resolve without his powers.....and he uses his powers anyway. Actually this is kinda dumb.
100% not respectful to the way kryptonite affects Superman. Also to the movies logic as he lands on the island and gets his ass kicked just before this scene.
@@ultrabeast212 yeah agreed. I was curious with the concept of luthor creating where superman is no longer super. Wasted opportunity for writers to add a dimensions to the superman myth to show how he can still triumph without powers... ...but instead the writers chose for superman to just throw the problem into space lickety-split.
@@richardlegrand4697 the only thing cool about it was the idea that he is so strong that a continent of kyrponite was easy for him to lift and send to outer space.
Faster then a speeding. More powerful then a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Able to lift huge islands filled with kryptonite with incredible ease. Look! Up in the sky. It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's the real Superman!
Incredible ease is an exaggeration given kryptonite is involved in the weight ina massive amount. His face shows struggle the whole life but still pretty strong
This scene alone is worth a billion times any action/punching bullshit scene. Substance and scale of impact over style any day. The sheer display of free will makes this scene iconic
What’s even more impressive he lifted an entire Island filled with kryptonite his weakness this will always be one the most iconic moments from the movie
Michael thing is its a well edited well directed movie but the storyline is crap especially since its the same plot of the first superman movie 1978. The thing that I hate most is the plot just for the reason that from 1978 to 2006 and you give me the same plot from the original? You are telling me that lex luthor genius at planning and a mastermind and the big idea you can come up for him is real estate AGAIN(the same plot from superman 1978)? I think this is why the movie failed cause even though it was a well edited and directed movie the story was crap
Not necessarily. In BvS, there was a newspaper clipping describing Supes moving a tectonic plate in order to prevent a massive earthquake. This is gargantuan considering the estimated average mass of a single continental lithospheric plate weighs in around 40,700,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg.
@@bigwhopper6501 - There's the sun. Jupiter and Saturn is out there. It's really just a kryptonite meteor at this point, and still in the solar system. It's in the gravity well of the sun. He didn't push it with THAT much escape velocity. As far as we know, it could be in a weak orbit around the moon. Imagine a few years from now, in Superman: Age of Metallo, NASA finds a 'meteor' orbiting the moon.
I really like man of steel but I’ve always really appreciated this film It’s a really good ‘classic superman’ film The feats of strength are fun - when I was a kid I was literally in awe when he got shot in the eye and the bullet split I used to LOVE that scene and the plane scene my God Perfect balance between for kids and adults imo It is a little bit long but all in all never deserved the hate it got
I grew up with the Donner films, so when Superman's main theme played the first time I seen this I got goosebumps. In my opinion, this movie is the perfect homage to Christopher Reeve. Sure, the new films are an exciting visual experience, but it does not compare with the classics.
Always love the fact that his feats got progressively bigger in this movie, from lifting a falling airplane, to a cruise ship filled with water, to an entire island also with tons of water on top and made out of Kryptonite. Probably the most insane feats of strength and control we've seen from a live action Superman to date.
This film had so many great scenes - The feats of saving the airplane; getting shot at when stopping the terrorist with the gattling gun; lifting the boat; saving Metropolis; lifting the island into space were all amazing scenes. - Superman getting the crap kicked out of him then stabbed with a Kryptonite shard by Lex was brutal and emotional. - Superman absorbing the suns rays the shooting down from the sky is such a great visual I think if Superman Returns had a fight scene against a physical opponent that would have been the perfect Superman film. Keep the same story but just Lex use the Kryptonite to power a Metallo to fight Superman. That’s what was missing. Fans hadn’t had a Superman film for so long, only to get a sequel that followed closely to the plot of the first film - Lex causing a natural disaster in his bid to essentially own real estate.
No all you need to beat superman is Kryptonite and a plan. Superman is beaten easily if you play on his good nature and/or the fact he drops his guard faster than Goku in any fight he's winning. Superman's over confidence is his down fall. He's also a great person so why try to fight him
@@bigbobbacharcoal also, I wouldn't call it "over confidence"...it's more like he doesn't wanna hurt anyone...even his opponents...so he almost always holds back while fighting...only beings like Darkseid and Doomsday and other kryptonians can take him on at full capacity.
Kryptonian13 no it's over confidence. He's so use to bullets and knives not hurting him that it's his greatest weakness. It's how he got a kryptonite bullet in his chest. Tbh Superman is the easiest hero to kill if you have Kryptonite and half a brain when making the weapons. Kryptonite is poison for him so a small amount over time will kill him. I've read a lot of superman comics and batman constantly scolds him about dropping his guard. It's how he gets shot with a kryptonite bullet in Tower of Babel and how he gets mind controlled in batman hush. He also was poisoned and nearly died in the comics from a little bit of it but it took a while. Basically if I wanted to kill him a pen with a kryptonite needle that injects liquid kryptonite would kill him slowly. So once that's injected you would want to try to stab him with a kryptonite blade to distract him and that's it he's dead either from the blade or the pen or even a gun that shoots kryptonite bullets. All you would have to do is ask for his autograph and give him a the pen.
This directly parallels the deleted Return to Krypton scene when he’s leaving the Kryptonite asteroid field that used to be a part of Krypton. He barely makes it out alive. It’s like hes finally letting go of his dead home world and choosing Earth which is still very much alive.
La música está genial !! va perfecta con cada una de las escenas hay un trabajo musical "oculto" muy bueno detrás de la peli! Da gusto, si señor !! Grande Superman !!
In Superman IV Quest for Peace He moves the moon to cause an eclipse, that is a greater feat than this. So this island scene is the 3rd greatest feat. But this Island scene in Superman Returns is obviously better.
Superman has a biofield, which acts much like a force-field. He can extend it to other objects, such as people that he flies around with to protect them. He could extend it to a plane or the island in this case, so it would be as tough and sturdy as he is, so it doesn't break apart as he lifts it. Flash has a similar power.
Superman lifting that island is so gratifying because not only did he stop Lex's plan but Lex was seeing the island ascending meaning he knew he failed to kill Superman
People complain about how superman was able to lift this island of kryptonite but when he first came to that island he got so weak and he was totally beaten . But what they fail to see is that superman didnt really took his strength from the sun nor its an inconsistency in the movie . He knew that it was his weakness and he knew that he cant do it . But he also know that he have to . He knew it wouldnt be easy but he lifted it anyways . He drew strength and wisdom from his heart and spirit to be able to lift that thing ... he went past his limitations and did what he have to because the kryptonite may have weakened his body but he has a brave heart and a very strong will that cannot be shaken . like what a true superman should be .
I remember watching this as a kid and being as silent and shocked as those civilians watching Superman fall from the sky, the quietness of the music/sound effects during that scene is amazing and really conveys the emotion of what's happening
He got stromger as he lifted his own poison. No superhero can or has ever done this. Supes faces every challenge knowing he may die and still gets the job done. With no deaths.. The true big blue boy scout. 💯💯💯
Well you have to keep in mind that the newly forming continent is infused with Kryptonite, so it's giving off massive amounts of radiation that's deadly to him (Kryptonian). And it's all around him while he's lifting it into space after rooting it out from the Earth's crust and pushing it up under millions of tons of sea water to send it into orbit. Now that's a feat of strength. Dayum... 😳
This is, without a doubt, my favorite Superman moment of all time. It shows how far he's willing to go to save his home. Even if it costs him his life. And the best part is, humanity thanks him for it. It isn't like in the DC Extended Universe where everyone hates him for saving the day. Superman is still living at the end, thanks to the people who took care of him. Good stuff, that's how you write a Superman movie.
This moment is rather emotionally powerful actually. The "island" that Supes was carrying out to space is the little bit of land that resembles his home planet's soil. And there's Kryptonite in it too. Supes wants to know how his homeplanet fair so he "went home"... to find it in ruins. Now he has one chance to terraform Earth into Krypton if he wills it. But he chose to throw that away. Because now, Earth is his home.
Had to come back and watch this scene after all the controversy with David corenswet and Henry Cavill... Brandon Routh's superman is completely underrated
He makes references to him being a God who doesn't share his powers. Kal-el has a genius intellect, but when Lex needs to be a threat, he's automatically smarter. Lex doesn't share his intelligence to benefit anyone but himself, whereas Kal-el does not share his technology because humanity is not ready for it. Lex enthusiastically stated created the island from a single crystal would kill billions. Fortunately, even with a Kryptonite shard broken off in his side, Kal-el is able to heal enough to recover, fly above the cloud cover, recharge, and launch the island somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. Kryptonians are notoriously difficult to kill without some fantastic technology or severe damage they can't revive from.
I still remember when this happened, I was at my window and all I all I could see was the island floating away like some kind of magic. My dad who was closer to the scene later told me he saw superman fall down. Feels like yesterday What a brave man
I think this was the best representation of superman in movies since Christopher Reeves. This goes a long way to showcase his true powers and is the closest thing to his comic self power wise. He lifts an island made of kryptonite weighing millions if not billions of tons into space. The the strength it would take to break gravity and reach escape velocity with something with that much mass would be astounding. All of this while being poisoned by the Kryptonite shard that was broke off inside him and the island itself being made of Kryptonite. Cinematically this is the greatest show of strength for superman, besides Christopher Reeves lifting the tectonic plates to reverse an earthquake. This and the plane scene are the best representations of his true strength and power.
I keep thinking of the Dave Chappelle "Black Bush" skit, where Mos Def and the other guy keeps saying "don't drop that shit" "I pray to God you don't drop that shit"
Superman felt more real in this movie. He didn’t feel like a god, he felt like a farm boy from Kansas that was just trying his best. No inter-dimensional space demons, or coming back to life with a bunch of puffy CGI superheros at his side, just pure Superman. I remember watching this with my dad as a kid, and being entranced by the Superman as a whole, and asking my dad if he died when he fell back to earth, “just watch” was all I got. This was a movie that came before my mind got desensitization to the whole superhero genre, and stuck with me forever no matter how good or bad the movie may have been fundamentally.
I don't think the people here who are praising it are the same people who were bashing it then. The people bashing it in 2006 are probably the diehard Snyder fans of today who lambasted Returns for not including any superpowered fist fights.
This scene is the equivalent to Superman what the train sequence was in Spiderman 2. Seeing the hero push through an insurmountable obstacle with no regard for their own safety, just to save others. Scenes like this are mostly absent from modern superhero flicks.
Standard Superman when faced with Kyptonite: Oh no! This Superman suffering a stab wound, having a fragment of kryptonite in his wound and lifting a continent full of kryptonite veins:
Esta escena es épica.. y demuestra cuan poderoso puede llegar a ser Superman.. una de las mejores películas de este superheroe, el actor también hace un trabajo espectacular..
Nope. Lex humiliated him with a piece of Kryptonite. Meanwhile Cavill's Superman took two kryptonite grenades to his face and fought an armored Batman.
@@kryptonian1371 he was shown a kryptonite spear and started gagging. Meanwhile, the Routh superman (who is a continuation of Reeve superman) lifted this entire island made of kryptonite and chucked it into the sun. Don't forget in BvS, he was absolutely being demolished by Batman without his power
Isso prova que a força de Vontande do superman pela humanidade é muito forte a ponto de carregar uma ilha que contém sua fraqueza. Meu super herói favorito
This difference in gravity allows Superman to lift objects that measure in the tons. In fact, the comics have put Superman's strength at a point where he's able to lift around 2 billion tons! To put that into perspective, the Empire State Building is only 365,000 tons!
Some of the other scenes I have watched, like the plane crash, may have been filled with cheesy logic and uninteresting visuals....but then I rewatched this scene. This incapsulates the spirit of superman. This is the superman movie we should always desire. In my opinion
I LOVE this movie, for the life of me i sincerely do NOT understand why it got such a bad rap and so many people dislike it. this is the last time a Superman movie felt like Superman to me.
This wasn’t just super powers......this was will power. This is how far Superman would go to save mankind. His own life means nothing to him..... and people say he’s a boring character smh....
I wouldn't say that Superman is a boring character, but has been depicted the same way for over 50 years, the all American boy scout. Definitely need for an upgrade. Plus Supes doesn't have a huge and diverse rogue gallery like Batman or Spider-Man does. It just been recently that DC Comic been using Darkseid in the animated series, cartoon movies, and theatrical releases. After decades of using Lex Luthor as Superman's main villain. They finally changed his costume by removing the red underwear. Also, we're still wondering how does a pair glasses & hair combed differently, make people not notice how similar Superman and Clark Kent look. I wear glasses and when I take them off and comb my hair differently, I don't look that different.
Also a lot of comic book characters are show their pros and cons. Their best and their flaws. Tony Stark is a intellectual genius, but can be arrogant and prone to alcoholism. Bruce Wayne is dedicated to fighting crime and won't take a life, but can't get over the death of his parents and can be cold to his crime fighting partners, the Bat Family or the Justice League. I like how Superman was depicted in the Justice League Animated Series, because we really got to see his humanity and how he wasn't always right. How he felt inconvenienced and restrained. How he loved certain people with a passion. How Superman could be resourceful even if he didn't have his powers.
Batman and Spider-Man are almost as old as Superman, but they have been to keep those characters fresh and interesting. Trust me, I'm a big Superman fan, but I as a fan think he is due for some changes. Batman, Wolverine, Black Panther, and some other characters too.
@@HappyRoach1 Totally agreed. but what do you think of man of steel and cavill's superman? cuz i think he's the best of all time but many people are stuck with reeves and it bothers me
@@abuzahra1600 , I love Cavill's take on Superman. It's definitely something new. Not a 'Boy Scout.' Cavill's Superman is someone who had to hide most of their life and never felt like they fit in. His adopted father didn't want him to expose his powers because he didn't think the world would accept him.
In real life, Superman wouldn't be so easily accepted by the masses, no matter how much he saved people. Humans can be ignorant and selfish. Superman would have huge detractors like Spider-Man has with Jonah Jameson.
@@HappyRoach1 Exactly. No matter how beloved you are, you will ALWAYS get detractors. Manny Pacquiao is absolutely beloved in the Philippines, so much so that his boxing events actually lower crime rates and traffic in the country. But even HE has critics and detractors in his own country, both ordinary citizens and other politicians (I've heard his debates are often heated).
No one is truly universally beloved. Not Manny Pacquiao, not Jesus, not Buddha, not Trump/Biden/Bernie Sanders, not the Beatles, not Abraham Lincoln, not Martin Luther King Jr, absolutely no one. If Superman were real, he would definitely have his fair share of detractors, whether for good or bad reasons.
@@HappyRoach1 Batman and Spider-Man are also in a never ending cycle, I haven't read yet this run but I was aware that Superman had a son, a people liked that run until Bendis changed things.
Spider-Man is stuck in his 20's no married, no children, always going in circles
With Batman is the same, he can't be happy because then he would be a terrible hero so we go back to the beginning.
That's why adaptations are important, they can give an ending to this characters but WB doesn't give Superman a chance, he is an amazing character I mean at least we have Superman and Lois but that's not enough, he deserves his Matt Reeves or Sam Raimi, people that know what this character is capable.
This scene is so powerful because he dosen't want his weakness overpower him he wants to overpower his own weakness
Its also less about feats to look cool and also a poetic way of how humans can overpower their own weaknesses and keep going
I know u wanted it to sound clever. But i don't think he ever wants his weakness to overpower him...
Doesn't make any sense though. In the previous scene the Kryptonite paralyses him so that normal men can beat the crap out of him. Self belief and willpower wouldn't allow him to lift a continent lol
He went from running in Battery Saver mode to being recharged and running in Performance mode
@@ToothlessDragon536 just remember one thing before he lifted this island he amped himself with the suns rays, and he lifted that island with a piece of kryptonite still inside him at that point.
Why he is Superman
1. Lifts an island
2. Is able to control the lift while the island is changing shape, size and weight
3. Island is made of Kryptonite
4. Escapes Earths gravity with island
5. Pushes island with enough force so it has escape violocity from both the Earth and moon
6. After that fall still has his hair in place
don't forget his flapping cloak in the zero-gravity, zero-friction vaccuum of space.
There is a reason everyone of the DC universe calls him a God
@@xiswarmin nah batman spesificly said that hes no god that hes not even a man
@@thephoenix4093 He changed his mind later, and accepted him as a man.
Escape velocity is not very much in near-zero gravity, which is where he was when he pushed it away.
The fact that Superman is able to lift an 'entire' continent, let alone one made out of kryptonite, is what makes him one of the most powerful superheroes of all time in DC Comics history. Not to mention that this scene was a favorite between me and my dad (RIP) when we saw this movie in theaters.
Moving continent is nothing, don't forget that he moved the Moon to create an eclipse.
@@smallcode9981 Yeah, I know. From Superman 4: The Quest for Peace.
Don't forget a man in a metal suit called Batman played by Ben Affleck made beating Superman look easy & that is why that film SUCKED!!!!!!!
@@jmilne5751 I strongly disagree. Sure the movie, along with the rest of the DCEU, had its ups-&-downs, but it did show some comic-book lore. Batman is able to defeat various DC characters through research and planning. Not to mention that the DCEU version of Superman was introduced to kryptonite in Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice.
@@douglassnyder9206 Batman could not sneek up on Superman so from a distance Superman could use his heat vision to melt Batman...To see him cop a slow moving capsule filled with Kryptonite & not just simply move at lightning speed to avoid it is a joke...Plus 1 punch from Superman would crush his insides & kill Batman instantly...
this is probably one of Superman's biggest feats in his live-action career
RECORDEMOS QUE EN SUPERMAN THE MOVIE LEVANTO LA FALLA DE SAN ANDREAS
Superman IV when he moves the moon would probably be his biggest...
@@APRICEPRODUCTION His biggest would probably be the time he pushed away Apokolips like it was nothing in Smallville.
@@APRICEPRODUCTION I would honestly say reversing time would be his biggest feat lol
Compare it to the Superman from the comics and you will se how powerful superman really is.
I don't see any top comments about how perfect the music is, specially when the shot shows Superman out of orbit with the choir chant in the background. Epic.
Yeah it sounds pretty epic and elevates the scene to another level especially when William's score kicks in
The timing of the Superman score with a new score was awesome. I am surprise they never went the same route as the Bond movies and just focused on new stories. The constant reboots are not cool.
The score at that moment sounds like an homage to 2001.
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The theme arrives at the perfect moment. A close up of the boy scout, with the true Superman theme blaring passionately before leading to a more emotional theme. Gorgeous moment.
I really wonder what Christopher Reeve would have thought of this film if he had lived. I'm sure it would have been emotional for him.
I think he would have approved.
he's surely flying around the earth with a big smile on his face. 💔
If he was alive this movie wouldn’t have been made
It was made to dedicate him
@@sebastianmolina5606 Very true.
@@Eduarest what makes you think that
After all these years Brandon Routh is still my favorite Superman
Brandon Routh is the most underrated Superman. I actually told him that at a convention.
This movie is criminally underrated.
maybe this explains why he became kingdom come superman
l0ck3rd0p3 Bc the movie was underrated? Boy, what ....?
@@Krempye sorry I didn't explain properly lol. What I'm saying is, in this scene, he lifted an island full of kryptonite, and this version of superman becomes kingdom come superman in the crisis on infinite earths crossover in the arrowverse, and kingdom come superman is immune to kryptonite.
The music....the fucking iconic John Williams score!!
I’m not sure it’s underrated. The plot wasn’t very good let’s be honest. That was it’s downfall. It had him gone for 5 years? Why? To find Krypton. Also It was basically rehash another Superman movie. Superman (1978 film)
With that being said it was directed very good and everyone played there role good. Also, this showed more of what Superman is capable when it came time to save people which was great to see.
How strong is this Superman? He lifts a still-forming continent made of Kryptonite, that possibly weighs a quintillion tons out of the ocean, then breaks free of Earths gravity to throw it out into space. Epic scene.
I think this superman might even have multi-planetary feats based on that insane body strength and all the speed he showed since technically this version is canonically the same as Reeve's version and that superman went so fast he turned back time.
Wasn't he wounded also? I remember Lex stabbing him with a piece of kryptonire not long before this. And I think he's close to Smallville's Superman in term of strength. Tom Welling's Superman pushed Apokolips outside of Earth's gravity like it was nothing.
I have to correct you on the time travel part, Superman went back in time he didn't take the earth back in time, remember he was the observer and everything was relative to his point of view, that being superhuman speed, super luminous speed.
@@MastarNinja and he is even weakened by the kryptonite.
There's a version of The Hulk that's strong enough to obliterate a planet, so i think this superman's strength could be equivalent or stronger
Superman: “Thanos? Never heard of her.”
Darkasknightfall hahahaha
@@aryanchhugani5147 Who tf asked
@@aryanchhugani5147 ur mom
@@iwiwwh2002 😂😂
@@aryanchhugani5147 No it's not, you're fucking stupid lol.
It blows me away how there are still people out there who think Superman is only capable of stopping planes from falling. This dude can casually bench-press the entire planet in his current state, and back in his prime he was strong enough to move entire solar systems.
If some of the anal retentive people here had their way, he wouldn't be lifting planes either.
Not solar system a galaxy worth of planets
And destroy solar system with a sneeze
Superman one million is one of the strongest out there.
And he gets those powers from where exactly?
Not just an island, but an island of kryptonite...
lol
The kryptonite didn’t make contact with his skin, so it didn’t really matter.
Kryptonite doesn't have to "make contact" with his skin, it's "radioactive" to him to his cells, just like radiation on Earth affects humans. He gets affected by it just by being in the same room with the substance...
Brotato, you obviously don't know much about Superman. lol
This shit you see today is a major distortion of the Superman canon.
Landing on that island should have made him drop dead after about a minute... That's how absurd this movie was.
Kryptonite is DEADLY to Superman, the most deadly substance known to him, it's a great weakness that counters his basically immortal portrayal. Take that away and he just becomes ridiculous...
@@jrag1000 🙏🙏🙏
@@thighguy4534 Kryptonite emits radiation that is extremely poisonous and weakening to kryptonians. It'll start affecting any kryptonian if they're even in the same vicinity. For example, in BvS Superman started to get wobbly and sick just by holding the kryptonite spear because the radiation was affecting him. The fact that Brandon's Superman fought against a literal island load of kryptonite radiation and managed to pull off this monumental feat shows extreme dedication if anything.
Man the music while he falls from the sky just makes you emotional, also the pure strength he shows to lift that island into space which has kryptonite that’s also just weakening him shows how dedicated Superman is. I know this film has lots of negativity but I absolutely love it and I love everything Brandon Ruth delivered to it!
Ultron took notes
marvel studios: let’s take the scene from superman returns and strap a bomb on to the bottom of the island
You know what's sad? This movie is probably no better or worse than Age of Ultron and yet, this movie gets all of the hate.
@@thunderlord3183 no ultron wanted to lift it up few kilometers so it get pulled back down
@@LukeLovesRose ultron is worse but mcu fanatics are too blind to see it infact age of ultron was the last avengers movie that was criticized mainly by die hard mcu fans ( most of them probably left after the movie )
Did everyone realized that MCU movies borrowed the plot and concept from Superman 1978? No wonder why time travel in Endgame doesn't make sense...
One of the most POWERFUL scenes in all of superhero history (in movies).
by fay...not even todays dc or marvel universe ...no one is even closer
I think superman & lois season 2 finale is more powerful
When people tells me hulk can beat superman...I always share this scene
@@marcelshimosako4048what happened in that episode
@@efes47198lifting doesn't mean breaking things.
You can lift 1 kg of iron dumble but you can't break that dumble.
Hulk literally have infinite strength based on his emotional state.
Batman: "I can beat Superman all I need is kryptonite"
*Superman lifts an entire island made of kryptonite into space*
Batman: "errr....Nevermind...back to the batcave Robin"
There is other ways to beat him.
lol
@@DHworldwide185 nope. Not even Shazam could beat him.
Golden Minecard Where you get Shazam from? And Yes theoretical he can. You should read more comics and you would have known that they have stalemated several times and Billy evens 2 shot KO’s him. But that isn’t what I was referencing I meant Magic, Red sun radiation, and superior beings can and will kill him given the opportunity.
Golden Minecard what about BvS movie?
I love this scene, people saying "he shouldn't be able to do it, it's krytopnite" I get you, but the point here is :
"How can you challenge Superman?"
This is about Superman, going above what he is capable of doing, it's about a miracle, about super-strength. Like a mother full of adrenaline and lifting a car to save her child.
We are fully aware of superman being able to lift an helicopter or a plane, that is superhuman or superkryptonian. It's hercules breaking his chains.I was in awe at the theaters.
Exactly! Superman had to push himself to the absolute limit to get this done and nearly killed himself doing it. This was not easy at all for him.
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That face on Luther as he watches Superman give his absolutely best to lift that island of Kryptonite is awesome and fearsome, after all that his only weakness, and yet he almost kill himself to throw it to the space
There’s a story in the comics where Superman races the Flash for charity. As fast as he is, there’s no way Superman can beat the Flash in a foot race. It just can’t happen. Lex takes advantage of this fact and says that if Superman wins, he’ll donate a billion dollars to any charity of Superman’s choosing. Superman, knowing all the good that a billion dollars towards charity will do, pushes himself to run faster than he’s ever run before. He knows he can’t possibly win, but that’s not an option. He has to win, for the good of the poor and the unfortunate members of society. They are counting on him.
And against all odds, Superman wins. Lex lives up to his word and donates a billion dollars to charity.
And the great thing about this story is that it’s told by a little girl who is kidnapped by Darkseid in an attempt to break Superman’s hope. In the vastness of the universe, there’s no way Superman should be able to find her. And yet he does. Because it doesn’t matter to Superman if it’s a million lives or if it’s just one life. He’ll always give everything to save an innocent.
Defying the impossible is just what Superman does.
@@MrPjw5 eh, flash wasn't necessarily trying the hardest he could, so its really just a "limiter breaker" superman against a regular flash, which is why its easier to accept than this, which is dumb.
Cavill Supes weakened lifting a Kryptonite Spear....
Routh "Hold my Beer" , Lift Kryptonite Island
Can you even carry a table there accusing superman
Rider Holic but he had a very tough fight with Doomsday that started to weaken him. He also wasn’t at his full strength from when Batman nearly killed him! In justice league he did lift an entire building and in MOS he destroyed the world engine, he pushed an entire bus out of water. He kept a steel building from falling on a helicopter and he took on several kryptonians at once.
Also Cavill's Supes: Destroys world engine that turns everything around him into Krypton
Rider Holic and it wasn’t seen but in BvS there’s a newspaper article that claims that Superman moved a tectonic plate to stop an earthquake.
"he wasn't at full strength'' oh god here we go
Lifting and entire island is the most impressive and amazing thing I’ve ever seen Superman or any superhero do.
Did this movie have flaws?
Yes.
But it also gave us one of the most bad-ass Superman moments in film, I mean come on, the guy lifted an entire freaking island filled with Kryptonite and chucked it out into space!
The flaw was no Christopher reeve
That's just one of the many reasons why this movie sucks ass. A single piece of Kryptonite practically knocked him out in the 1st film. How in the hell would he be able to lift a mountain made of the stuff. BAD WRITING.
Not only that, but didn't he completely LOSE his powers by landing on it/coming in contact with it an hour before? What did he do become immune all of a sudden?
Bad writing pals, terrible, awful, shitty bad writing...
jrag1000 Volo sobre las nubes y absorbió toda la energía posible del sol
He threw his weakness out in space. That is pure savage.
Let us be clear, he's called Superman for a reason. Not only is he super strong and virtually indestructible, he has an amazing will to save the lives of the human race that has adopted him, even if it means his own destruction. And.... upon releasing the kryptonite laden island into space he immediately puts distance between himself and the weakening effects of the green crystals, thereby allowing himself to start to heal. Although weak and unconscious he heals sufficiently to survive the fall, which is shown as he doesn't suffer any injury or burning on re-entry or crash-landing. Superman is super...Period!
Mightbe Sherlock that's true, I think in the comics he's destined to become he greatest green lantern and that was stated by some really powerful being but the only problem is that I can't remember who said that.
Mightbe Sherlock
Great analysis!
I know nothing on Ben ten but if Superman went laps around him, his max speed being 2000 miles a second, as I know of, would Ben ten really have a chance? Besides that, Superman has the strength to lift the world as sources show.
This is bullshit tier writing. Non of it is consistent and non of it should work. You just eat it up though because of personal bias.
RAZZA yes. Superman lifts a kryptonite island.
Silver bullets bounce off of werewolves.
Dracula eats pizza with extra garlic powder.
....because will power trumps plot consistency.
Superman is inspirational, not because of his titanic powers, but because he often pushes HIMSELF beyond his own colossal limits -- and always for the good of the community, whether the community is Smallville, Metropolis, or (as here) Earth itself. Since we have almost no admirable people on the world stage in real life in this benighted era, we need our fictional heroes more than ever, to keep from going mad.
It makes me proud of families like mine..... like the Kents. Without them, there will be no Superman. He be Brightburn or a Super Michael Myers knowing his family in Rob Zombie's Halloween.
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Superman Returns was a necessary film, a true transition between Christopher Reeves' and Cavill's Man Of Steel, you can see something from both universes here, like the way SP dresses along with the more advanced CGI effects. For me it is also like giving the old Superman saga the chance of telling a new story with far better special effects.
Transition my ass, man of steel is terrible
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@@lnb29 But this movie isn't. Brandon Routh gave something to the superman character that made me like it till this day
@@Account-ow6rz can't agree more. I actually like Man of Steel. To me this is a good blueprint on not just Superman but Metropolis and the whole design.
He lifts an entire island made of kryptonite, past earths gravitational field and throws it into space.
This is probably one of the best live action superman feats.
It's definitely one of the most meta feats. This kryptonite island is set up as threat that he will have to resolve without his powers.....and he uses his powers anyway.
Actually this is kinda dumb.
100% not respectful to the way kryptonite affects Superman. Also to the movies logic as he lands on the island and gets his ass kicked just before this scene.
This feat is fodder compared to Smallville superman moving a planet lmao
@@luisarms7004 The planet wasn't grown from Kryptonite while Superman was stabbed with a shard of it broken off in him.
@@Euripides_Panz Tom welling’s feat still is far superior. Comparing Moving a Island to moving a planet, is like comparing a ant to a megalodon.
He lifted a massive island made of kryptonite with a kryptonite shard in his side
Why didn’t they show Lana Lang and her son, Ricky in this Superman and Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman?
Yeah makes no sense. Superman is literally stronger than story structure.
@@richardlegrand4697 this film could’ve been epic but the story and the direction let it down
@@ultrabeast212 yeah agreed. I was curious with the concept of luthor creating where superman is no longer super.
Wasted opportunity for writers to add a dimensions to the superman myth to show how he can still triumph without powers...
...but instead the writers chose for superman to just throw the problem into space lickety-split.
@@richardlegrand4697 the only thing cool about it was the idea that he is so strong that a continent of kyrponite was easy for him to lift and send to outer space.
Faster then a speeding. More powerful then a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Able to lift huge islands filled with kryptonite with incredible ease. Look! Up in the sky. It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's the real Superman!
Incredible ease is an exaggeration given kryptonite is involved in the weight ina massive amount. His face shows struggle the whole life but still pretty strong
This scene alone is worth a billion times any action/punching bullshit scene. Substance and scale of impact over style any day. The sheer display of free will makes this scene iconic
Still the strongest on screen live action superman.
No
@@rao974 this was like 7 months ago and please show me an example on live that is better
@@Demihame Henry Cavill supes lifted a tectonic plate (off screen) but tbh smallville superman lifted a planet bigger than saturn
@@rao974 when did Henry cavill lift a tectonic plate please link me it and smallville is TV not big screen so that doesnt count
@@Demihame in bvs there is a newspaper that said that
This movie wasn't about superfights but a movie of epic heroism.... This scene's so epic
What’s even more impressive he lifted an entire Island filled with kryptonite his weakness this will always be one the most iconic moments from the movie
Dont care what anyone says, i liked this movie
Luke Tang I love it
Israel Frederick 😀
good for you man I hate it but good for you that is the beautiful thing about movies
While you don't see Superman punching people, this movie had a nice art direction that made it all work.
Michael thing is its a well edited well directed movie but the storyline is crap especially since its the same plot of the first superman movie 1978. The thing that I hate most is the plot just for the reason that from 1978 to 2006 and you give me the same plot from the original? You are telling me that lex luthor genius at planning and a mastermind and the big idea you can come up for him is real estate AGAIN(the same plot from superman 1978)? I think this is why the movie failed cause even though it was a well edited and directed movie the story was crap
The epicness starts at 1:47, goosebumps guaranteed 🔥🔥
This proves that this Superman is more powerful than DCEU Superman
Wut
He isn’t. And the DCEU Superman is way cooler in general.
The DCEU Superman isn’t supposed to be. They intended him to not be invincible for a reason.
Yep also his powers were still weakened in this scene due to pieces of kryptonite still stuck in his back.
Not necessarily. In BvS, there was a newspaper clipping describing Supes moving a tectonic plate in order to prevent a massive earthquake. This is gargantuan considering the estimated average mass of a single continental lithospheric plate weighs in around 40,700,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg.
one of the biggest "f you" superman has ever given lex luthor in history. when lex flew by, the hatred on his face was *chefskiss
Who is here when the CW just announced he is coming back to play Superman in Crisis on Infinite Earths.
the cw supergirl superman is weak compared to this version hopefully they dont ruin him too
Im here because I love Superman
So excited so see Brandon return. This film had its issues, but also had so many beautiful moments.
I know I am plus seeing Burt Ward, Kevin Conroy and Lynda Carter is going to be awesome
@@dancastro4732 Mark Hamill Joker
In a deleted scene, it's said that it's orbiting Jupiter and is called New Krypton.
Where can i see that deleted scene
Lol. It could theoretically get flung back to Earth some time in the future, no?
@@blackSUAAAVE not really, if theres no force to push it back
@@bigwhopper6501 - There's the sun. Jupiter and Saturn is out there. It's really just a kryptonite meteor at this point, and still in the solar system. It's in the gravity well of the sun. He didn't push it with THAT much escape velocity.
As far as we know, it could be in a weak orbit around the moon. Imagine a few years from now, in Superman: Age of Metallo, NASA finds a 'meteor' orbiting the moon.
@@blackSUAAAVE hopefully it just gets pulled into another planet's gravitational pull
Superman: Yeah i bench a few island, wbu?
Other heros=well I uh bench weights not islands
@@rolcanverty98 Superman: haha lol
More like city block
Doctor Manhattan: I can kill you the with a wave of my hand
@@DHworldwide185 eh that god stop talking about him stop comparing god to normal superhero
I really like man of steel but I’ve always really appreciated this film
It’s a really good ‘classic superman’ film
The feats of strength are fun - when I was a kid I was literally in awe when he got shot in the eye and the bullet split I used to LOVE that scene and the plane scene my God
Perfect balance between for kids and adults imo
It is a little bit long but all in all never deserved the hate it got
I grew up with the Donner films, so when Superman's main theme played the first time I seen this I got goosebumps. In my opinion, this movie is the perfect homage to Christopher Reeve. Sure, the new films are an exciting visual experience, but it does not compare with the classics.
No it doesn't!!!
From this video, we understand, kids that Superman has not only a super strong body, but also a super power of will
1:23 can we take a minute to appreciate the cinematography here, it’s absolutely breathtaking
The day I benched 315 I must have watched this scene 10 times before i went to the gym.
2:10 I love that heavenly choir they use in the Superman theme! It’s a nice touch
I miss him as superman ..... he could have been used better
TheMightyDuo. I agree
TheMightyDuo I agree as we'll
Where were y'all when he was superman!!!!!!
TheMightyDuo he's not the same dude who played Ray in Legends of Tomorrow
Israel Frederick lol you want to check again Brandon routh
I bet a lot of people did not see this coming!! This was truly incredible!!! 🤩🤩
Always love the fact that his feats got progressively bigger in this movie, from lifting a falling airplane, to a cruise ship filled with water, to an entire island also with tons of water on top and made out of Kryptonite. Probably the most insane feats of strength and control we've seen from a live action Superman to date.
See, this scene demonstrates what makes a superhero a superhero. It isn’t the cool Powers. It’s the drive and the heart.
Best superman ever 😍. Love how Brandon routh is good at acting superman and the atom from legends of tomorrow
Joseph Wells he’s back tonight
this movie is underrated, still gave us one of the best scene of superman and his strength🙌🏻
This film had so many great scenes
- The feats of saving the airplane; getting shot at when stopping the terrorist with the gattling gun; lifting the boat; saving Metropolis; lifting the island into space were all amazing scenes.
- Superman getting the crap kicked out of him then stabbed with a Kryptonite shard by Lex was brutal and emotional.
- Superman absorbing the suns rays the shooting down from the sky is such a great visual
I think if Superman Returns had a fight scene against a physical opponent that would have been the perfect Superman film.
Keep the same story but just Lex use the Kryptonite to power a Metallo to fight Superman. That’s what was missing.
Fans hadn’t had a Superman film for so long, only to get a sequel that followed closely to the plot of the first film - Lex causing a natural disaster in his bid to essentially own real estate.
Next time someone says "all you need is kryptonite to beat Superman", show them this
No all you need to beat superman is Kryptonite and a plan. Superman is beaten easily if you play on his good nature and/or the fact he drops his guard faster than Goku in any fight he's winning. Superman's over confidence is his down fall. He's also a great person so why try to fight him
@@bigbobbacharcoal yeah well of course...krytonite and hope that Supes sticks to his good nature.
@@bigbobbacharcoal also, I wouldn't call it "over confidence"...it's more like he doesn't wanna hurt anyone...even his opponents...so he almost always holds back while fighting...only beings like Darkseid and Doomsday and other kryptonians can take him on at full capacity.
Kryptonian13 no it's over confidence. He's so use to bullets and knives not hurting him that it's his greatest weakness. It's how he got a kryptonite bullet in his chest. Tbh Superman is the easiest hero to kill if you have Kryptonite and half a brain when making the weapons. Kryptonite is poison for him so a small amount over time will kill him. I've read a lot of superman comics and batman constantly scolds him about dropping his guard. It's how he gets shot with a kryptonite bullet in Tower of Babel and how he gets mind controlled in batman hush. He also was poisoned and nearly died in the comics from a little bit of it but it took a while. Basically if I wanted to kill him a pen with a kryptonite needle that injects liquid kryptonite would kill him slowly. So once that's injected you would want to try to stab him with a kryptonite blade to distract him and that's it he's dead either from the blade or the pen or even a gun that shoots kryptonite bullets. All you would have to do is ask for his autograph and give him a the pen.
Thanos: let me get my infinity stones
This directly parallels the deleted Return to Krypton scene when he’s leaving the Kryptonite asteroid field that used to be a part of Krypton. He barely makes it out alive. It’s like hes finally letting go of his dead home world and choosing Earth which is still very much alive.
La música está genial !! va perfecta con cada una de las escenas hay un trabajo musical "oculto" muy bueno detrás de la peli! Da gusto, si señor !!
Grande Superman !!
This is the second greatest feat we've seen in live action Superman. Second only to Tyler Hoechlin's "Punching 2 Universes" apart scene.
In Superman IV Quest for Peace He moves the moon to cause an eclipse, that is a greater feat than this. So this island scene is the 3rd greatest feat. But this Island scene in Superman Returns is obviously better.
I’d say him overpowering doomsday is another one of his great feats
the physics calculations he had to do to lift this island or continent without it breaking apart is extraordinary
Superman has a biofield, which acts much like a force-field. He can extend it to other objects, such as people that he flies around with to protect them. He could extend it to a plane or the island in this case, so it would be as tough and sturdy as he is, so it doesn't break apart as he lifts it. Flash has a similar power.
One of the greatest cinematic visuals in movie history EVER performed by Superman.. CALI GROWN IM OUTT..
subas thapa Well Put...
I guess I would have to agree too
Superman lifting that island is so gratifying because not only did he stop Lex's plan but Lex was seeing the island ascending meaning he knew he failed to kill Superman
Kal-El figured that lifting an island made of Kryptonite would kill him.
It didn't matter to him.
That's why he's Superman.
People complain about how superman was able to lift this island of kryptonite but when he first came to that island he got so weak and he was totally beaten . But what they fail to see is that superman didnt really took his strength from the sun nor its an inconsistency in the movie . He knew that it was his weakness and he knew that he cant do it . But he also know that he have to . He knew it wouldnt be easy but he lifted it anyways . He drew strength and wisdom from his heart and spirit to be able to lift that thing ... he went past his limitations and did what he have to because the kryptonite may have weakened his body but he has a brave heart and a very strong will that cannot be shaken . like what a true superman should be .
4:15 social distancing before it was cool
una muestra de que superman por mas que este expuesto ante su debilidad, sigue siendo un personaje muy fuerte
I remember watching this as a kid and being as silent and shocked as those civilians watching Superman fall from the sky, the quietness of the music/sound effects during that scene is amazing and really conveys the emotion of what's happening
0:06 is my favorite scene
It's where Cat dilibertly throw crystals out of the airplane.
He got stromger as he lifted his own poison. No superhero can or has ever done this. Supes faces every challenge knowing he may die and still gets the job done. With no deaths.. The true big blue boy scout. 💯💯💯
Well you have to keep in mind that the newly forming continent is infused with Kryptonite, so it's giving off massive amounts of radiation that's deadly to him (Kryptonian). And it's all around him while he's lifting it into space after rooting it out from the Earth's crust and pushing it up under millions of tons of sea water to send it into orbit. Now that's a feat of strength. Dayum... 😳
This is, without a doubt, my favorite Superman moment of all time. It shows how far he's willing to go to save his home. Even if it costs him his life. And the best part is, humanity thanks him for it. It isn't like in the DC Extended Universe where everyone hates him for saving the day. Superman is still living at the end, thanks to the people who took care of him. Good stuff, that's how you write a Superman movie.
This moment is rather emotionally powerful actually. The "island" that Supes was carrying out to space is the little bit of land that resembles his home planet's soil. And there's Kryptonite in it too. Supes wants to know how his homeplanet fair so he "went home"... to find it in ruins. Now he has one chance to terraform Earth into Krypton if he wills it. But he chose to throw that away. Because now, Earth is his home.
Greatest Superman feat of all time and he did all this with a piece of Kryptonite shard on his back so epic.
Lifting a kryptonite continent is crazy
Had to come back and watch this scene after all the controversy with David corenswet and Henry Cavill... Brandon Routh's superman is completely underrated
That's amazing...even from Superman himself
No wonder his strength is immesurable
No superhero could do feat with his weakness just beside him .
Except Superman
trha2222 I remember Spider-Man lifting something pretty heavy. He passed out afterwards.
Thor could. Hulk could. Any writer can write any superhero to do anything.
@@Zoopadoopa23 but hulk can't even lift hammer
@@greatestpulse9178 no one whos not worthy can lift the hammer.
RAZZA except Superman which he has.
LOL at 1:55 bcus Lex was like, "Why can't he ever stay dead!"
He makes references to him being a God who doesn't share his powers. Kal-el has a genius intellect, but when Lex needs to be a threat, he's automatically smarter. Lex doesn't share his intelligence to benefit anyone but himself, whereas Kal-el does not share his technology because humanity is not ready for it. Lex enthusiastically stated created the island from a single crystal would kill billions.
Fortunately, even with a Kryptonite shard broken off in his side, Kal-el is able to heal enough to recover, fly above the cloud cover, recharge, and launch the island somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. Kryptonians are notoriously difficult to kill without some fantastic technology or severe damage they can't revive from.
2:46 got goosebumps man
I still remember when this happened, I was at my window and all I all I could see was the island floating away like some kind of magic. My dad who was closer to the scene later told me he saw superman fall down. Feels like yesterday
What a brave man
I think this was the best representation of superman in movies since Christopher Reeves. This goes a long way to showcase his true powers and is the closest thing to his comic self power wise. He lifts an island made of kryptonite weighing millions if not billions of tons into space. The the strength it would take to break gravity and reach escape velocity with something with that much mass would be astounding. All of this while being poisoned by the Kryptonite shard that was broke off inside him and the island itself being made of Kryptonite. Cinematically this is the greatest show of strength for superman, besides Christopher Reeves lifting the tectonic plates to reverse an earthquake. This and the plane scene are the best representations of his true strength and power.
this is supose to be the reeves superman and he is far more powerful than the supergirls version just hope they keep it in the crossovers
I keep thinking of the Dave Chappelle "Black Bush" skit, where Mos Def and the other guy keeps saying "don't drop that shit" "I pray to God you don't drop that shit"
Superman felt more real in this movie. He didn’t feel like a god, he felt like a farm boy from Kansas that was just trying his best. No inter-dimensional space demons, or coming back to life with a bunch of puffy CGI superheros at his side, just pure Superman.
I remember watching this with my dad as a kid, and being entranced by the Superman as a whole, and asking my dad if he died when he fell back to earth, “just watch” was all I got.
This was a movie that came before my mind got desensitization to the whole superhero genre, and stuck with me forever no matter how good or bad the movie may have been fundamentally.
Edit: *desensitized*. Stupid autocorrect.
Wow superman looks so amazing when is lifting an island he is so strong
The look on lex Luther’s face was priceless!! He knows who it is and he couldn’t believe it!!! This movie is as good as Spider-Man 2 in my books!!!
This is like one of the best feats in Live action Superman history
I remember that in 2006 nobody defended this movie. Today looks like everybody loved It back then. Time makes wonders...
I don't think the people here who are praising it are the same people who were bashing it then. The people bashing it in 2006 are probably the diehard Snyder fans of today who lambasted Returns for not including any superpowered fist fights.
This scene is the equivalent to Superman what the train sequence was in Spiderman 2.
Seeing the hero push through an insurmountable obstacle with no regard for their own safety, just to save others.
Scenes like this are mostly absent from modern superhero flicks.
Standard Superman when faced with Kyptonite: Oh no!
This Superman suffering a stab wound, having a fragment of kryptonite in his wound and lifting a continent full of kryptonite veins:
Lifting an entire island is one thing.... Lifting an entire Island made out of Kryptonite is another
So crazy this movie, best movie. Hes lifting a kryptonite Island
Esta escena es épica.. y demuestra cuan poderoso puede llegar a ser Superman.. una de las mejores películas de este superheroe, el actor también hace un trabajo espectacular..
Aun rodeado de kriptonita y herido Superman levanto esa isla al espacio,al final sufrio un shock por los efectos
This is proof that Brandon Rouths superman is stronger then Henry Cavills
Nope. Lex humiliated him with a piece of Kryptonite. Meanwhile Cavill's Superman took two kryptonite grenades to his face and fought an armored Batman.
@@kryptonian1371 he also moved a tectonic plate and an apartment building full of civilians in jl
Tarun I think they’re pretty equal in strength. Maybe Cavill’s is a bit weaker but definitely more badass. DCEU Superman ain’t no bitch lmao.
@@hennggueljuancarlos8603 agree
@@kryptonian1371 he was shown a kryptonite spear and started gagging. Meanwhile, the Routh superman (who is a continuation of Reeve superman) lifted this entire island made of kryptonite and chucked it into the sun.
Don't forget in BvS, he was absolutely being demolished by Batman without his power
Isso prova que a força de Vontande do superman pela humanidade é muito forte a ponto de carregar uma ilha que contém sua fraqueza.
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Hands down, this is the best version of superman and also this is the first superman movie that i've wacthed when i was 4.
He makes a good Superman. Love the darker colors or hos costume.
This is why he won the fight with tyler hoechlin superman
Might be one of the biggest superman flexs if I've ever seen one
Everyone fighting in the Tournament of Power: "Hey.... Why are we going up?!"
This difference in gravity allows Superman to lift objects that measure in the tons. In fact, the comics have put Superman's strength at a point where he's able to lift around 2 billion tons! To put that into perspective, the Empire State Building is only 365,000 tons!
0:47 "what did you do?" SHE'S NOT A MONSTER LIKE YOU!
literally is a monster... lol
@@anothermisanthropedude yeah, Lex Luthor is definitely a monster!
Some of the other scenes I have watched, like the plane crash, may have been filled with cheesy logic and uninteresting visuals....but then I rewatched this scene. This incapsulates the spirit of superman. This is the superman movie we should always desire. In my opinion
I LOVE this movie, for the life of me i sincerely do NOT understand why it got such a bad rap and so many people dislike it. this is the last time a Superman movie felt like Superman to me.