The new “Superman Returns” film is currently garnering positive reviews. What is interesting is that the film is directed by former X-Men & X2 director Bryan Singer. You will note that Rotten Tomatoes have given him a similar high score for the first two X-Men films (the third X-Men film was not directed by him and wasn’t favoured by the critics). Singer also made quite an impact in “The Usual Suspects“. He seems to understand the myth & mystery of larger than life characters. Perhaps the other director that can do good superhero films is Sam Raimi (Spider-man 1 & 2, Darkman).
One of the things cited to work well is Singer’s cinematography which manages to bring out the exhilaration & emotion of the superhero.
So far looking good for Singer and Superman. May I suggest that Singer does Daredevil?