a5c7b9f00b Unable to convince the ruling council of Krypton that their world will destroy itself soon, scientist Jor-El takes drastic measures to preserve the Kryptonian race: He sends his infant son Kal-El to Earth. There, gaining great powers under Earth's yellow sun, he will become a champion of truth and justice. Raised by the Kents, an elderly farm couple, Clark Kent learns that his abilities must be used for good. The adult Clark travels to Metropolis, where he becomes a mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet…and a caped wonder whose amazing feats stun the city: Superman! Meanwhile, Lex Luthor, the world's greatest criminal mind, is plotting the greatest real estate swindle of all time. Can't even the Man of Steel stop this nefarious scheme?
The planet Krypton is doomed. Only one man, Jor-El, knows it, and rockets his infant son to refuge on a distant world called Earth. As Jor-El's son grows to manhood, he learns he possesses super-powers he must hide from the ordinary mortals around him. And so, he disguishes himself as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter.
The Ultimate comic book character in the ultimate comic book film. This is the classic story of the lone survivor of the planet Krypton. Orphaned at an early age, young Kal-EL comes to Earth and realizes that he is different.<br/><br/>All of the acting in this film is wonderful. I especially liked Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor. Christopher Reeve was also a perfect choice for Superman.<br/><br/>This movie perfectly tells all of the story of the Superman from start to finish. The Krypton scenes are terrific. Marlon Brando plays Jor-El, the respected scientist and father of Superman, very well. When Superman arrives on Earth we see a very lonely teenager, who feels (for good reason) that he does not fit. Superman (or Clark Kent, his alias) journeys to the North Pole and creates the &quot;Fortress of Solitude.&quot; There he talks to the image of his father, and emerges twelve years later as the &quot;Man of Steel.&quot;<br/><br/>Unfortunately many Superman fans have never seen the unedited version of this film, which runs about 3 hours, and five minutes. This version with 40 minutes of extra footage was shown on TV in the early 80&#39;s. It shows more of the scenes from Krypton, along with several others. Many of the cuts that were made to this film, I agree with, although there are a few that I believe should have been left in. At the begining, there are several cut scenes from Krypton with Jor-El. At one point the council sends a guard to stop Jor-El from sending his son off Krypton. This is very interesting, and should have been left in, but when Krypton explodes there are several shots that I agree with being cut. The extended version shows many of the Kryptonians dying in the explosions, which becomes a little long and drawn out.<br/><br/>Also two scenes that are a little too long and drawn out in the extended version are when the Smallville kids are driving, and when the cops are following Otis. A scene that I really believe should have been left in, is when Lex Luthor tests Superman. He shots, burns, and freezes him, unsuccessfully. My favorite scene from the extended version comes at the very end. Luthor, while playing the piano, tries to kill Ms. Teschmacher. He tries to feed her to the babies, who are introduced earlier in the extended version. Although this is a very good scene, it contradicts Superman II, when Ms. Teschmacher saves Lex from prison. Although I agree with most of the cuts, the extended version is a very entertaining film. We see the movie as director Richard Donner saw it. Superman the Movie is a great film, whether you are watching the original or the extended version.
The first mistake you can make when trying to make a Superman fan is simple: try to make him seem like one of us. You can&#39;t - because he isn&#39;t.<br/><br/>That&#39;s what Richard Donner saw, and followed through on in the first, and still best, superhero film. If there was a true opposite to the nerd-in-love story of Spider-Man, it wouldn&#39;t be Tim Burton&#39;s gothic nightmare, it would be Richard Donner&#39;s translation of *the* modern American myth.<br/><br/>From the Valhalla of Krypton, to the serenity and idyllic Kansas prairie, to the sterling Metropolis, Donner follows our protagonist at a perfect distance. We never get too close, we merely experience his history. Do we ever get to truly know Clark Kent? No, no we don&#39;t - but that&#39;s fine. It&#39;s one of the few films where this is acceptable. If we truly got to know this extraordinary being, this alien, it would ruin the gloss, the myth. We don&#39;t watch Superman fly with envy (&quot;I wish that was me&quot;), but instead with awe. Here is a being so beyond us physically, mentally, and morally, that we can do nothing but gape - certainly not relate.<br/><br/>And that is truly the film&#39;s strength - when tragedy befalls the woman he loves, we see that glint of humanity - that spark that connects this God to us, and that makes the whole thing work. Here&#39;s a man we thought was beyond that kind of outburst, and that kind of pain, and the fact that he experiences it, makes the viewing that much more powerful. This myth builds to this tragedy, and Donner does the impossible - makes us empathize with an abstraction.<br/><br/>This is not to say, however, that this is the only way to translate the character. Recent writers (and screenwriters) have been attempting to breathe humanity into Superman - and I look forward to the results. But until they prove that we can relate to such a being, this will forever be the quintessential superhero film.
Estimates of the movie's costs range between $35-and $70-million; whatever the price, it was not too much to pay. As gods go, Superman is one of the godliest; his movie is one of the best.
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 &#39;80s placed Smallville in the state of Maryland. In the TV series Smallville, Smallville has been established as being 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 such as the 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, as 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&#39;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&#39;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 it as a cheat, others see it as a 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&#39;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 &quot;Earth history&quot;? 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&#39; car, though she has still experienced the quake/aftershocks and the exploding gas station (she says as much). And of course, Luthor&#39;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: &quot;Is it true that you can see through anything?&quot; 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 &quot;pink&quot;, giving an answer to her question about what color underwear she&#39;d had on). Lois is primed with a lot of questions, though we are not privy as to how she knows to ask this one. Also, the printed article Lex Luthor et al. read the next day, &quot;I spent the night with Superman&quot;, 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&#39;s first few appearances, somehow (we do see him talking to Jor-El about his having been &quot;showing off&quot; and now being &quot;revealed to the world&quot;) 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 posed as Clark 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&#39;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, &quot;mild-mannered reporter&quot;, 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&#39;s personality, dismisses the notion as ridiculous. The skill of Reeve in portraying the identities is demonstrated in this film when Clark is tempted to confess in Lois&#39; 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&#39;s Cut of Superman was released. Most of the new material are smaller sequences with plot extensions, but there are two bigger sequences added as well. 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&#39;s the only DVD release including the Director&#39;s Cut and the theatrical cut as well.
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