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You'll believe they'll remake it in 20 years

Advantages: Gene Hackman, brilliant
Disadvantages: Really shows its age

The start of this and Superman 2 don't tally, Jor-el has nothing to do with Zod's sentence. He is obviously their advocate in court, the Elders pass judgment. Jor-el says nothing, neither condemning Zod or supporting him. There are at least 6 Elders who all say guilty. Even if Jor-el voted, Zod, Ursa & Non would be guilty by majority. Anyway the 3 criminals should be grateful to Kal-el, he saved them from the destruction of Krypton. Launching Kal-el ...
...foot above the ground. Superman has no jurisdiction to arrest the burglar apart from a citizens arrest, the policeman has no proof the burglar stole the jewels Superman shows him. The boat would just fall over in the street, it wouldn't stand freely like that. Those idiots flying Airforce One make several mistakes. They wouldn't crash with the loss of one engine and tiny bit of wing. They wouldn't have to notify civilian ground control ANYTHING! ...

atytyut2434 20.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Superman (DVD Collection) (DVD)

Classic superhero film

Advantages: Action and adventure
Disadvantages: none

Superman is probably one of the most famous comic superheroes. The character was first created by DC Comics. In 1978 when the character was made into a feature film, by Richard Donner, there was obvious wide spread interest. Superman tells the story of the baby, Kal-El’s arrival on Earth after being sent there by his father, Jor-El (Marlon Brando), to avoid the destruction of their home planet Krypton. Kal-El’s spacecraft lands in Smallville, Kansas ...
...story to the start the Superman franchise of films. The special effects are brilliant for the time when it was made. The casting is almost perfect and features some great actors. Christopher Reeve manages to capture the awkwardness of Clark Kent and also the hero of the people as Superman. Gene Hackman has the gravitas to play the power hungry businessman, Lex Luther. Margot Kidder is good as Lois Lane and it is good to see a big name, like Marlon ...

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Review of Superman - The Movie (Special Edition) (DVD)

Reeve is the ONLY Superman

Advantages: exhaustive bonus material / New versions of 1 & 2.
Disadvantages: Superman IV should be thrown onto a fire

...reasons to get this: Superman the Movie (with the extra footage never before seen) and Superman II (the Richard Donner Cut). Bonus Disc: If you had a taste for watching a bit of Superman one afternoon, you won't by the end of this: It's cram-packed with all kinds of documentaries, early versions of Superman the B&W TV series (which really looks pre-historic now), and some cartoons. Enough to keep you busy all afternoon and actually be bored of ...
...Movie: The never before seen footage makes you wonder why they cut it from the original, as there are some clever special effects showing that Superman is extreme temperature resistant. Perhaps the running time was an issue, however, for one who's seen Superman a thousand times, the extra footage will not dissapoint. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut: This is where over half the film has been remade with recently found footage that was thought ...

DAkuma 22.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Christopher Reeve Superman Collection (Box Set) (DVD)

What a super film. Swell!

Advantages: The great super-hero movie ever made.
Disadvantages: They never matched it with Superman II, III or IV

...and is given the tag Superman by love interest Lois Lane. However, super criminal Lex Luthor has plans to destroy all of California in a landscam deal and has discovered a way to prevent Superman stopping him. [Principal cast and crew] • Producer (Presents credit): Alexander Salkind ◦ Marlon Brando: Jor-El ◦ Gene Hackman: Lex Luthor • Director: Richard Donner ◦ Christopher Reeve: Superman / Clark Kent ◦ Ned ...
...is, without doubt, the best Superman ever, blending his invulnerable macho charisma with the almost inept and wimpish Clark Kent to brilliant and humorous effect. He IS Superman. Christopher Reeve actually looks as well as acts different while playing his alter egos and makes the entire outlandish premise just that little bit more believable. The turmoil Superman feels within is expressed neatly during the film and we see that, even if it looks ...

MisterSlimm 18.12.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Superman (Special Edition) (DVD)

You Are Here For a Reason

Advantages: The best Superman film
Disadvantages: Over thirty years old

...nature. So watching the first Superman film again on DVD makes you wonder exactly how easy it was for the the filmmakers to get financing to make a film that can only be described as epic in every sense of the word. Released back in 1978, Superman the Movie was the film that bought the American icon to the cinema screen for the first time ever. The cast were made up of names that even then were considered legendary - Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, ...
...story follows the origin of Superman very closely, and even though the dialogue can be a little clichéd at times the whole climax of this part of the story allows the audience to take in what is happening on screen and the significance that baby Kal-El is the last Kryptonian alive in the universe. The second act is about America in the late fifties/ early Sixties with Kal-El arriving on Earth and being bought up by his foster parents Jonathan and ...

Timbo3107 30.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Superman - The Movie (Special Edition) (DVD)