a5c7b9f00b An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
Surviving the destruction of the planet Krypton, young Kal-El is sent by his father Jor-El to live among mankind on Earth. Under the parenting of Jonathan and Martha Kent, Clark Kent discovers that he was born with extraordinary powers and abilities beyond imagination. Now living in Metropolis, Clark takes up a joba reporter for the Daily Planet and starts to fall head over heals for fellow reporter Lois Lane. But then Clark is also using his powers to help the better of mankindSuperman, who the people of Metropolis start turning to for help. But in the shadows, criminal genius Lex Luthor launches a sinister plan to make himself known by detonating two missiles in different parts of the country with only Superman to oppose him. Will Superman save us? Or will Luthor's plan succeed?
IMDb recommends to see Tim Burtons Batman if you liked Superman. I myself would recommend that you skip this and see Batman instead since in my opinion Batman is a good movie and, well, this is not.<br/><br/>I read some of the other comments before writing mine and I got the impression that most of the people who like Superman had seena kid and it really impressed them. Well, maybe at the time it got released (in 1978) it was something really groundbreaking (I can't really tell since I wasn't born until two years later) but now it looks in my opinion pretty lame. The special effects (including techniques like fast forwarding and rewinding the tape) were often rather campy and, what's worse, the plot also wasn't generally that impressive and it had a few pretty annoying holes too.<br/><br/>I'll list few of the things that (more or less) annoyed me in the film:<br/><br/>Lex Luthor reads from a newspaper that Superman is from Krypton. From this he is able to deduct in about 5 minutes that some pieces of kryptonite must have wound up on earth and that they must be unhealthy to Superman because their special radioactive vibration level or something.<br/><br/>Luthor and his henchmen generally suck. Someone compared them to the 3 stooges and I agree. The villains in Burtons Batman are loony in a quite charming way. The villains in Superman made me feel like twisting my arms.<br/><br/>At one point Luthor and co. stop a military truck carrying a missile by staging a car accident. The whole convoy stops and everyone gathers on the accident site. No-one seems to pay attention to guarding the missile and Luthors assistant fiddles with it. Right after this they stop the convoy again because the assistant screwed up the first time. This second time they block a bridge with a truck of their own and again no-one properly guards the missile.<br/><br/>Superman jumps out of a window of the Daily Planet building. We see him diving downwards and his costume magically changes in mid air. I mean his suit sort of morphs into the Superman costume. I did not know he could do that..<br/><br/>San Andreas vault is moving and we see this big crack opening on earth. Superman fixes the vault and we are shown the crack-forming-clip backwards. Uhh.<br/><br/>Superman reverses the time by flying really fast around the earth so that it starts to turn backwards.<br/><br/>The jump back in time is also messed up, time goes backwards alright but when Superman changes the direction of time back to normal (by flying really fast around the earth in a opposite direction, naturally), (bad) things that should start happening again just don't.<br/><br/>This movie might be passable if you want to take trip down the memory lane or you are 12 yrs old or you aren't very demanding with movies (meaning you like stuff like 'The Fast And The Furious' for example). Otherwise see Batman.
I recently watched this film on Channel 5, and apart from the obvious ad. breaks I was still able to enjoy it.<br/><br/>However, I have some critisisms,people on this site seem to love a film just because it is old, and has been given the blanket term "classic"<br/><br/>Before you say it, no my title is not hypocritical to what I mean, only to say this film is an entertaining work, but the first hour is just not necessary and could have been cut to about 20 minutes. To anyone who STILL has not seen it, the rest of the review may be considered a SPOILER so best go away now.<br/><br/>The film comes into it's own when Clark appears in Metropolis and starts work for the Planet, but although there are a few nice moments before that, most of the plot is just too slow to keep alert.<br/><br/>Reeve IS Superman, of that there is no doubt, and he always will be in my mind, and Hackman does a good jobLuthor, but I don't think much of Margot KidderLane, she seems a little too corny, even for this. The story is strong, the origins explained(eventually) and the effects good enough to survive in this day (just about).<br/><br/>A fine film from the man of steel!<br/><br/>Neil
it's the simple, earth-bound quality of the film that makes this comic-book fantasy soar.
The movie Superman (1978) located the fictional U.S. town where the baby Kal-El was found and raised by Jonathan and Martha Kent in the state of Kansas. This tradition has carried through into subsequent Superman comic-book stories, animation, and television series. Earlier comics however placed Smallville in the north-eastern United States, somewhere near the eastern seaboard. Also, some comics-related sources in the 1970s and '80s placed Smallville in the state of Maryland. In the TV series Smallville, Smallville has been establishedbeing located in the state of Kansas and also close enough to Metropolis that on clear days, one can view it in the distance. Metropolis is a fictional port city located somewhere on the eastern seaboard of the U.S. Where exactly varies depending on the source. The four superman movies made in 1978, 1980, 1983, and 1987 staring Christopher Reeve, do not specify its location, but based on the existence of various real-life landmarks suchthe Statue of Liberty, it must be a stand-in for New York City. In the DC Universe, it is considered to be in New York State (which also is said to be geographically larger than its real-life counterpart). Some sources had previously placed Metropolis on the shore of Delaware Bay in the state of Delaware, across from Gotham City (from the Batman universe). However, this has been superseded by more recent continuity. In the latest Superman movie, Superman Returns, when Lex Luthor unveils his plan on a series of maps, Metropolis can be seen located on a Northeastern U.S. map exactly where New York City would be. (Also, on a side note, Long Island is not present at all.) In the TV series Smallville, Metropolis must be located either in Kansas, or close by in a neighboring state,the show has established that (1) Smallville is in Kansas and that (2) Metropolis can be seen from town on clear days in the distance. At this point in Clark Kent's life, he has not yet fully developed, super-power wise. He has varying degrees of some of his powers, while others not at all, including the ability to fly. That is why he runs super fast home, instead of simply flying. The effect was achieved by dangling the actor just above the ground with wires, and having a fast moving rig pull him across the intended path. In some shots, it was clearly blue-screened though. Once he turned back time, he then had the time to stop Lex Luthor's guided missles, and in effect, prevented the earthquakes, etc. The controversy surrounding the time-reversal theme of the movie has been a discussion point since the film came out. Most viewers see ita cheat, others see ita ridiculous way for Superman to save Lois. Either way, Richard Donner has commented very little on his choice to include it. We have to assume that, although he turned back time to a point before the dam really breaking through (as is clearly seen being reversed), he did not take it back further than that, to before the explosion (crucially, we do not see that being reversed). Presumably, he is only prepared to defy Jor-El's warnings to a certain extent, otherwise why not reverse the whole thing and save all those killed in the nuclear blast and quake, messing seriously with "Earth history"? So, he simply had a little bit more time, which he used to save Jimmy a bit earlier (it is clear that he still did so and deposited him on the road, because Jimmy says so when he arrives at the car at the end) and also to deal with the damaged dam, perhaps not needing to stop the deluge because this time he has enough time to repair the damage before it bursts completely. He also somehow prevents the crack that reaches Lois' car, though she has still experienced the quake/aftershocks and the exploding gas station (she saysmuch). And of course, Luthor's huge crime has still taken place and so he must go to jail and for trial. She asks him about this during their interview: "Is it true that you can see through anything?" He then states specifically that he can see through anything but lead (when she steps out from behind the lead plant box she has on her terrace, he says "pink", giving an answer to her question about what color underwear she'd had on). Lois is primed with a lot of questions, though we are not privyto how she knows to ask this one. Also, the printed article Lex Luthor et al. read the next day, "I spent the night with Superman", contains details about him that we do not see Lois and Superman discussing. So, we must simply assume that various rumors and facts had leaked out prior to the interview, during Superman's first few appearances, somehow (we do see him talking to Jor-El about his having been "showing off" and now being "revealed to the world") and a lot more putting the record straight must have taken place off-camera, while Lois is interviewing (flying with) Superman. In the original Superman comic book universe, it is safe to assume some, if not all, characters have trouble coming to this conclusion. In real life, although it is possible for a person to recognize Clark Kent, or Superman vice versa, there are numerous people who found they could conceal their identity from at least strangers with a single facial detail like Harold Lloyd (who was an inspiration for Clark Kent) with his glasses or Charlie Chaplin and Groucho Marx with their artificial mustaches. This was probably left out for plot reasons, and to allow a longer running series.<br/><br/>If the comic book series bordered too close to real life, with rational and smart characters, Superman would never have survived this long. His identity would have been deduced very early, and his closest friends and relatives would have been systematically killed. In the modern comics, the disguise has been supported by the fact that the public does not know that Superman have a secret identity since he does not wear a mask, suggesting he has nothing to hide. Furthermore, he has had the help of shapeshifters like the Martian Manhunter who have posedClark Kent with Superman in public appearances to make it seem obvious they are two separate people.<br/><br/>More than the glasses, the Clark Kent disguise consists of a completely different personality. Christopher Reeve was chosen, in part, because of his ability to play two completely different characters. Kal-el takes Jor-el's advice that his secret identity is absolutely necessary to heart and develops the Clark Kent persona in order to keep humans from over-relying on Superman and to protect those he loves. Clark Kent is a bumbling, "mild-mannered reporter", easily dismissed by Lois and everyone else; Superman is confident and charismatic with a witty sense of humor. Lois even considers the possibility that they are one and the same and then, considering Clark's personality, dismisses the notionridiculous. The skill of Reeve in portraying the identities is demonstrated in this film when Clark is tempted to confess in Lois' apartment; the sight of him simply taking off his glasses, straightening his back and speaking with unexpected timbre has a convincing effect of suggesting another person. In the year 2000, the Director's Cut of Superman was released. Most of the new material are smaller sequences with plot extensions, but there are two bigger sequences addedwell. The first one shows Superman in the Fortress of Solitude, talking to his father Jor-El about the advantage of his supernatural powers. The second one shows Luthor trying to stop Superman by the use of heavy arms, fire and ice. The 4-Disc Special Edition is a Must Have for each fan of this film because it's the only DVD release including the Director's Cut and the theatrical cutwell.
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