Today has been mostly filled with wading through my cupboards and drawers, weeding out all the old rubbish that I've accumulated in the past 21 years of my life. It amazes me when I discover the crap that I hung onto thinking that one day it might be useful. It also is a pleasant surprise when you find something that you've not seen since childhood. It's all part of a giant operation to downsize the heaps of crap that I horde, and it's going quite well, aside from the fact that there isn't a single uncovered surface left either in my room or in the immediate space outside my door.

However, all the sorting came to a halt at around 8pm. Spur of the moment, Sister One had suggested we go and see Superman, and with no protest from me, we got tickets to the second viewing tonight.

I've never been a comic book fan. The idea of X-Men or the Fantastic Four or The Incredible Hulk have little or no appeal, so much so I've no inclination to see the films. However, I'm not a total sci-fi write-off. Last year I had the pleasure of seeing Batman Begins, which I would easily rate as one of the best films I've ever seen, even though my knowledge of the story is based purely on what I acquired watching Adam West run around on daytime TV when I was a kid. I'd never seen any of the other films, and that was the way with Superman too.

I was expecting something good. The trailers looked impressive and the hype was positive, so was I going to be disappointed by expecting too much? The answer is simple and it is "no".

The storyline was very strong, the effects were applied very well and the casting was just superb. I thought it was definitely worthy of the hype. Kevin Spacey films are automatically good, and he often provides an outstanding performance, but this time I found myself struggling to place his performance above the other cast; they were all equally as convincing. That said, I couldn't help thinking of Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle due to the reoccuring appearance of one actor in particular. The cameo role of a certain British entrepreneur eluded me however. The best film I've seen this year, and well worth a viewing.