Watched this to get in the Holiday mood with some friends. We all had a lovely time.

It's been about two or so years since I viewed this for the first time and I still find new things to appreciate about it after each new viewing around the season.

From the score, to the actors, to the direction, to even the dated mid seventies visuals, everything feels like a genuine sense of care was put into creating the best possible creation of this character for the big screen.

This movie is absolutely wonderful and it makes me sad that most tend to dismiss it due to some of it's more dated elements along with some (admittedly glaring) issues, but whatever, I guess that's life.

P.S: I could watch an entire movie based around Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, and Valerie Perrine's characters.

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!!

Can someone please teach Lois Lane how to spell?

Still a classic despite some unexplainable plot points. A big one is how did Lex Luthor know that kryptonite would be a weakness for Superman? And how did he know that random meteorite in Addis-Abiba was kryptonite?

"Holy mackerel!

Viewed the extended edition, which added greatly to an already classic film.

Despite the outdated effects and sensibilities of the titular and supporting characters, the film still stays true to the core characteristics of each players and therefore still offers - up to this day - a true look on what the Superman character and his world is all really about.

Yeah pretty fun film, obvious classic and I can see why people love it so much but I can't look past those opening 45mins which are borderline unwatchable. The rest of the film definitely makes up for it.

Managed to be everything a Superman film should be, even when the mythic status of the character and inherently comedic spin of its source material worked against it. A distilled and concise introduction and conclusion into who Superman is and more importantly why he matters. Even without the groundbreaking special effects, the triumphant and now iconic soundtrack, and the cinematography that captures the essence of 1930s/50s/70s Americana, this film still stands atop a rock-solid foundation of engaging and fully-realised characters that set the gold standard for superheroes - It's not the 'Super' that's important, it's the '-man'.

Superman is definitely a very important superhero film. 
It has a lot to be thanked for, and rightfully so. 

Reeves is a great Superman & the story is a good comic book origins tale, but this hasn’t aged well at all. This isn’t a film that I grew up watching like so many others did, so I don’t have that love that I really should have for it. 

I’d rather watch Batman 89 hands down, but I’d also much rather watch Man of Steel ahead of it. 

I’m just not a massive Superman fan. 

I will say above all else that the soundtrack is phenomenal, Williams did an outstanding job and definitely helped put this film and character on the map.

I would have rated this higher back in 78 but I am rating it 40 years laters. And the main reason I rated it so low is due to how abysmal the special effects are which is taking away from the story. 

Thank God for Man of Steel.