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Movies & Series 21 April 2022, 13:26

author: Jan Tracz

Superman Returns – return to Krypton. The most expensive scenes in cinema history

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  1. Movie budget: $204 million
  2. Scene budget: $10 million
  3. Where to watch: HBO MAX, Chili, Rakuten

And now something completely different. Imagine a scene that cost ten million dollars, which was polished in great detail and which… didn't make it into the final version of the movie. Quite a paradox, no? This is exactly what happened with the rather unsuccessful 2006 movie Superman Returns. Today, it's said that many elements of this film didn't quite work and that the picture struggled with huge production chaos. This small (but not so modest) example shows that the creators had a completely different idea for this somewhat kitschy film...

The sequence of returning to Krypton was removed from the final version, because – with its atmosphere – it didn't harmonize with the rest of the film at all. Here we see Superman returning to his home planet; he is very close to a harmless man who struggles with the demons of the past. The whole thing – although it takes place in space – is carried out in a very slow and intimate way. I myself bemoan the fact that most of this movie wasn't made in such a tender way...

These few minutes look great in visual terms – it's hard to believe that it was decided to give this scene up, if only for aesthetic consistency. Today, you can watch the return to Krypton on YouTube. Let us know what you think about this scene!

Jan Tracz

Jan Tracz

Graduated Film Studies (BA and MA) at King's College London, UK. Currently, he writes for Collider, WhyNow, The Upcoming, Ayo News, Interia Film, Przegląd, Film.org.pl, and Gamepressure.com. He has had publications in FIPRESCI, Eye For Film, British Thoughts Magazine, KINO, Magazyn PANI, WP Film, NOIZZ, Papaya Rocks, Tygodnik Solidarnosc, and Filmawka. He has also collaborated with Rock Radio and Movies Room. Conducted interviews with Alejandro González Ińárritu, Lasse Hallström, Michel Franco, Matthew Lewis, and David Thomson. His published works include an essay in the anthology "Nikt Nikomu Nie Tlumaczy: Swiat wedlug Kiepskich w kulturze" (Brak Przypisu Publishing, 2023). Laureate of the Leopold Unger Scholarship in 2023. Member of the Young FIPRESCI Jury during WFF 2023.

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