Superman Returns as Pretty Boy!

Brandon Routh is the new Superman and boy is he eye candy! Openly gay director Bryan Singer cast him and James Marsden (the soldier in The Notebook) and I don't think it's a coincidence that they are both very likable, pretty boy types on screen. Marsden plays Lois Lane's husband who seems mildly curious about Lane's past history with Superman but not really threatened in any sense. In fact, it didn't take much to convince him to turn his plane around so Lane can go back to the disaster to save Superman. Not only that, their son, has a sudden bond with the superhero and his father never makes an issue of it.

Two and a half hours of action packed scenes and thrilling sequences with beautiful actors to gawk at. It was a treat on the Fourth of July for me. I loved it and am contemplating seeing it again since H is now asking for Superman too.

PS: Mike thinks Rachel McAdams would have made a much better Lois Lane than Kate Bosworth. I agree...if you can catch her on Wedding Crashers, you can see she's a ringer for the mousy brunet.