I previously thought that the first two Superman movies were the best comic-book movies ever. I think that this one has dethroned them A truly great script, great acting and terrific, sometimes mind-boggling, action sequences make this the best film of the summer and a vast improvement on the first film (which was pretty good itself.) I could not believe that a film based on a comic book could be done with this level of intelligence. I've seen it twice already and it was even better the second time. There have been many excellent films based on comic books: the first 2 Supermans, the X-Men films, Daredevil, the Rocketeer, etc. However, this will be the one by which others will be judged. I'm just curious to see if next summer's Batman film will be made with this level of intelligence and emotion. I hope so.