What happened in the beginning of Superman returns? [closed]

He disappeared for five years, to find remains of Krypton... but is it ever mentioned as to what probably happened to Superman when he appeared from the spaceship that crashlanded ? He looked weak and couldn't get up when he reaches for Martha in that scene ?

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This version of Superman is portrayed as having a limit to his strength and powers. For example,

lifting the artificial island into space visibly takes all his strength. The combination of this, the kryptonite and the fall back to Earth has the effect of apparently killing him.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable to assume that the impact of his space craft hitting the ground after an apparently uncontrolled atmospheric re-entry would cause a certain amount of injury to him. Obviously, he recovers very quickly.

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What happened in the beginning of Superman Returns?

Linking Superman Returns to the prior franchise meant including repurposed footage and quotes from Jor-El (Marlon Brando). The first instance of this happens at the very beginning of the movie, with Jor-El's goodbye to Kal-El from Superman repeating as Krypton's surface is shown right before the planet is destroyed.

Why did Superman disappear in Superman Returns?

Plot. Opening titles reveal Superman has been missing for five years after astronomers discovered the remains of Krypton. He returns to Earth with his spacecraft crashing back into his adoptive mother's crop field, and awakes the next morning reminiscing of his childhood.

Is Superman Returns connected to Batman Begins?

In today's world of shared cinematic universes, audiences expect references explicitly linking different superhero films together. However, Superman Returns predates this trend, and so there isn't really any connection between it and Batman Begins, which premiered a year earlier.

What happened to Lois Lane in Superman Returns?

Most distressing to Clark is that Lois has moved on; not only did she write a Pulitzer Prize-winning rebuke of Superman, but she is now engaged to Perry White's (Frank Langella) nephew Richard - and she has a sweet young son, although Jason is sickly and asthmatic.

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