Greetings fellow CBMers! I found this review on one of my many internet searches and the Orlando Sentinel's own Roger Moore gave a rather interesting critique on Brandon Routh...the SAME observations I've had about him for quite some time....read on...
"It's been five years, so maybe doubt has crept into your memory of why the last attempt to revive the Superman franchise, "Superman Returns," failed. That's why "Dylan Dog: Dead of the Night" is useful.
Its star, Brandon Routh, is just as miscast as a droll, world-weary "investigator of the undead" as he was as a boy-Man of Steel in 2006. He is one of only a few actors you'll recognize in this cut-rate film based on a popular Italian comic book series and smuggled into theaters by a malnourished studio.
As the title character, Routh has to carry the movie with bravado and charm, appearing in most every scene, narrating in the style of a hundred film noir private eyes. And he just doesn't have it.
The makeup and costumes of the undead are generic and uninteresting.
And at the center is the blandest one of all -- the hapless Routh -- struggling to add mileage to his demeanor, foundering as he delivers lines that have the occasional hint of wit.
"Like I always say, the secret to good detective work? Get lucky."
Routh isn't, and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" director Kevin Munroe isn't the one to give it to him. It's more years back in supporting roles for the one-off Superman. He acquitted himself far better in "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" and even "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," where he didn't have to do the heavy lifting. In smaller parts, his career doesn't wear the label "No pulse, no problem."
For the entire review follow the link- http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_17958971?nclick_check=1
Again none of this is MY personal wording, just the observance of a reviewer who has seen the film already. But it does raise some interesting points about Brandon Routh...using words to describe Routh as- "blandest"...saying he was miscast as a "boy-Man of Steel" in 'Superman Returns' and him possibly being better in supporting roles instead of being in the lead role...those are the observations of Roger Moore but what are your thoughts CBM? ;D
