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  Review by YI JIAN ★★★½ 13

  This is my dad's favorite film he even brought my mom to see it on their first date, 30 years later when this was on TV my mom admitted to all of us that it was a pretty shitty date because my dad was so transfixed by the movie he didn't pay any attention to her at all, what a nerd!!

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  Review by Matt Singer ★★★★ 4

  With apologies to Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, and people who pronounce the word ‘Krypton’ wrong, this movie would be even stronger if you cut out the first 45 minutes entirely and started with the very first shot in Metropolis. That’s when the story really begins anyway. Even in 1978, everyone knew Superman’s origin — or at least enough to understand the rest of the movie.

  The thing Superman still has going for it, even as its cutting edge you-will-believe-a-man-can-fly effects age, is Christopher Reeve. Very few comic book movies feature one performance as good as his Clark Kent or his Superman — and he’s doing both equally well.

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  Review by #1 gizmo fan ★★★½

  Can someone please teach Lois Lane how to spell?

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  Review by adambolt ★★★★½

  now I am not claiming to be an expert but I am not entirely sure if that's how the earth's orbit works

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  Review by Graham ★★★★★ 7

  Boom! That intro music hit me like a hurricane and in an instant I was transported back to the very first time I saw this movie. The very first movie I ever saw at 'The Pictures' with my Dad.

  He was a busy guy and always doing what he could for us. At the time, we really didn't get to see very much of him what with work and one thing and another, so having him all to myself (while my teen sister and Mum went shopping) was a dream for this 9 year old. When we arrived at the local Odeon I had no idea what was happening, but I do remember seeing the huge <S> posters on the…

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  Review by Kevin Tarazi. ★★★★½ 3

  This movie represents exactly what Superman is and I love it for that.

  Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder as Superman and Lois are perfect, the chemistry between them is beautiful.

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  Review by Cinemonster ★★★★½ 5

  During a discussion with friends about Man of Steel the other day, it quickly grew into a discussion about all Superman films. More specifically: Superman the Movie, Superman Returns and Man of Steel. We compared highs and lows and kept coming back to the same question: Why don't the latter two work as well? The answer is very simple. Because Richard Donner is a better storyteller than Bryan Singer or Zack Snyder.

  Neither Singer nor Snyder has demonstrated a consistent grasp of combining visual and story elements throughout their careers. Their projects skew heavily towards one or the other (primarily one for Snyder). Donner, despite a clunk project here and there, has always had command of all necessary elements to…

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  Review by matt lynch ★★★★★ 3

  "That's a bad out-fit!"

  [Extended TV version]

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  Review by Fake Shemp

  I love how Reeve changes so drastically between the two personas, and how he makes Clark such a useless dork 🥰

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  Review by Mark Mooney ★★★★★ 4

  "They can be a great people, Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you... my only son." - Jor-El

  Perfection. Other Comic Book movies pale in comparison and can kiss its red shiny boots.

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  Review by Matthew Noble ★★★★★ 7

  "Do you have a girlfriend?"
  "...if I did, Miss Lane, you'd be the first to know about it."

  I remembered that this movie was good. I didn't remember it being that good. In fact, I'd go so far as to say Richard Donner's Superman is the greatest, most charming, and most joyful comic book movie of the 20th century. If it isn't, I don't know what is.

  Every element of the production is perfect: from John Barry's fantastic design work, to Geoffrey Unsworth's dreamlike cinematography, and especially John Williams' breathtaking score. As a result, this film is captivating in a way few modern blockbusters could ever be, let alone most of the identikit superhero movies that come out now.

  Oh, and did I mention how absolutely bloody incredible Christopher Reeve is as Clark Kent and Superman?
  Because he is.

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  Review by Bryan Espitia ★★★★★ 8

  “You’ve got me? Who’s got you?”

  The classiest, most magical superhero movie. A triumph of old-fashioned spectacle, always earnest, playful but never mocking. Forever iconic. RIP Richard Donner.