Basically, this movie was somewhat fun and entirely unambitious. It is “summer comic book movie” by the numbers: enough subtle references to keep the comics nerds happy; enough cameos to keep nostalgic TV viewers amused; enough action sequences to keep audiences from getting bored; enough generic, tortured romance to prove that The Matrix hasn’t taught anyone that action movies don’t need generic, tortured romance, but whatever. If you liked the trailer, you’ll like the movie, because pretty much the whole movie is in the trailer.

Perhaps you’re waiting for me to say it was better than Ang Lee’s movie, but these movies are apples and oranges. One attempted to be cerebral and original and simply overextended itself. (I maintain that it consisted of at least two or three completely different but fairly decent movies that should never have been released as one product.) The other just offers a vehicle for the summer moviegoing ritual than an actual work of its own, and it succeeds in this just fine, thank you very much.