[Bryan Singer] did a very good job of showing [Superman] use all his powers -- my favorite was when he took the shuttle off the plane using breath from his nostrils!!
A mistake, Tom, but one that is both endearing and understandable. It seems our imaginations have not caught up to the realism 21st-century special effects are capable of generating, because I'll admit that even I (yes, even I) was momentarily unsure of what was going on. Not a nostril blow, in fact, but heat vision, which we are accustomed to seeing represented by simple red beams. Here the rippling air shooting from his face, which you interpreted as a super-sneeze, was in fact the result of the heat vision super-heating the air, creating an effect much like the distortions you see above hot sidewalks in the summer.
But, indeed, an awesome scene regardless of where Kal-El was shooting from.
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