superman

odd isn't it that brian singer and james marsden jumped the marvel/x-men ship to go off and do the new superman movie?
anyway, the graphics are much better this time around - superman actually seems to be flying, not just hanging from ropes. they insert a little bit of realism to the plot that most superhero films leave out, as well. what happens when a hero can't leave saving the world to be with the woman he loves? lois lane marries someone else. what happens when a hero doesn't get the concept of miranda rights and forgets to appear in a court of law as a witness against the accused? lex luther gets off scott-free. what happens when the hero has a sexual relationship and forgets to use a condom? superman fathers a childout of wedlock. what happens when doctors need to administer life-saving medical attention to a man with impervious skin and a high tolerance toward electrical shock? well, they can't.
but the film also fails in a few ways. how can a shard of kryptonite tear through superman's blue tights and into his kidneys, yet a rapid-fire, high-powered gattling gun doesn't even cause a loose thread? how can superman's son have life-threatening allergies, asthma and a botched immune system? and if he doesn't have any of the super stuff how does he shove a piano across the room? besides that, how come he shows neither emotion at having pulverised a man with a grand piano nor astonishment at his ability to do so?
and most of all, why does superman's comeback movie seem so much like a bleeding romance novel than a comic book?