http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/superman-the-movie-1978/ movie review and news blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:46:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/superman-the-movie-1978/comment-page-1/#comment-41656 Joe Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:44:42 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/superman-the-movie-1978/#comment-41656 Sorry to deflate your Post-Crisis hype, but Superman: The Movie wasn't a totally true representation of the Pre-Crisis Superman then or now. Krypton and Luthor bore little resemblence to their comic book counterparts and the segments of goofiness in this movie were being criticized before the arrival of John Byrne and the supposed sophistocation he is thought to have brought to the Post-Crisis Superman comics. Superman isn't ridiculously strong in this film. You'll note that he has to grit his teeth and strain to push a boulder in one scene. He couldn't "move entire galaxies with one hand " in the Pre-Crisis comics and the spinning the Earth backwards to reverse time in this film wasn't well-recieved back then either. Sorry to deflate your Post-Crisis hype, but Superman: The Movie wasn’t a totally true representation of the Pre-Crisis Superman then or now. Krypton and Luthor bore little resemblence to their comic book counterparts and the segments of goofiness in this movie were being criticized before the arrival of John Byrne and the supposed sophistocation he is thought to have brought to the Post-Crisis Superman comics.
Superman isn’t ridiculously strong in this film. You’ll note that he has to grit his teeth and strain to push a boulder in one scene. He couldn’t “move entire galaxies with one hand ” in the Pre-Crisis comics and the spinning the Earth backwards to reverse time in this film wasn’t well-recieved back then either.

]]> http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/superman-the-movie-1978/comment-page-1/#comment-996 Superman: Brainiac Attacks - Movie Reviews Blog Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:04:18 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/superman-the-movie-1978/#comment-996 [...] The Superman Animated Series theme has been tossed-out, regrettably. In its absence, we are “treated” to a Kasio Keyboard-rendition of the John Williams’ Superman theme. The music is the cheapest thing about this movie; the whole score feels like it belongs in a Super Nintendo game. While the Movie Theme has always been more iconic than the TV Theme, I always enjoyed that version and it fit the characters a great deal better than a cheap imitation of the John Williams melody. But, again, this movie was made as a tie-in to Superman Returns, which no doubt lead to the inclusion of the Movie Theme. [...] [...] The Superman Animated Series theme has been tossed-out, regrettably. In its absence, we are “treated” to a Kasio Keyboard-rendition of the John Williams’ Superman theme. The music is the cheapest thing about this movie; the whole score feels like it belongs in a Super Nintendo game. While the Movie Theme has always been more iconic than the TV Theme, I always enjoyed that version and it fit the characters a great deal better than a cheap imitation of the John Williams melody. But, again, this movie was made as a tie-in to Superman Returns, which no doubt lead to the inclusion of the Movie Theme. [...]

]]> http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/superman-the-movie-1978/comment-page-1/#comment-995 Superman Returns - Movie Reviews Blog Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:02:42 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/superman-the-movie-1978/#comment-995 [...] Brandon Routh, when all is said and done, just isn’t a very good Superman. An adequate Superman, yes, but a good Superman? No. What REALLY makes Superman in this movie is the use of nostalgia. John Williams’ larger-than-life Superman theme does a remarkable job of hiding Brandon Routh’s inadequacies in the role and brings Superman to life much better than the actual actor. Routh does a magnificent job channeling Christopher Reeves’ Clark Kent, on the other hand. It becomes almost creepy to a degree. A shame he couldn’t do the same with the alter ego. [...] [...] Brandon Routh, when all is said and done, just isn’t a very good Superman. An adequate Superman, yes, but a good Superman? No. What REALLY makes Superman in this movie is the use of nostalgia. John Williams’ larger-than-life Superman theme does a remarkable job of hiding Brandon Routh’s inadequacies in the role and brings Superman to life much better than the actual actor. Routh does a magnificent job channeling Christopher Reeves’ Clark Kent, on the other hand. It becomes almost creepy to a degree. A shame he couldn’t do the same with the alter ego. [...]

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