Superman The Movie

And here I'm doing the very first Superhero movie that was considered to be really ground-breaking and at the time was the greatest comic book movie of all time. It was released in 1978. Also, this is a DC comic book movie like Batman. And I'm actually looking forward to the Batman V Superman movie that's coming out this year. And one more thing, I'm just reviewing this Superman movie and Man of Steel. The reason is because I haven't seen the others and I don't really have an interest to. And also Batman V Superman is the sequel to Man of Steel and I'll be reviewing that when it comes out and when I see it. What's the story? It's starts off on a planet called Krypton that's about to be destroyed. Two parents, named Jor-El and Lara send their son away to Earth. Along with him they give him a green crystal. When he gets to Earth, he gets taken up by a husband and wife named the Kents. They decide to name him Clark Kent, played perfectly by Christopher Reeves. As the years go he realises he has amazing powers. One day the father dies, which is really sad, even though he's only in it for 5 or 10 minutes, we really grow to like him. Anyway, that night Clack goes to the shed and finds the crystal that his parents left him. He decides the next morning to leave and find some answers about who he is. So he goes to the North Pole, I think, and throws the crystal into the snow and it forms in a fortress of ice. Inside he meets a vision of his real father, Jor-El, and he tells Clark his real name, his name, the history of Krypton and what his powers are. He then gets a really dated but iconic super suit which looks kinda dated, but it's probably the best of all the Superman live action movies. Look.

So he flies to a city called Metropolis and gets a job as a reporter at the newspaper place called the Daily Planet where he meets new friends like Jimmy Olsen and future love interest, Lois Lane. While that's going on, a man named Lex Luthor, played by Gene Hackman, plan to do some stuff that I couldn't understand. Anyway, one night, a helicopter that Lois is in begins to fall but Clark turns into Superman and saves her revealing himself to the world. And the rest I won't spoil. So let's go over the good stuff. Firstly, all the cast is perfect, like Marlin Brando as Jor-El, Gene Hackman as Lex Luther, but the best is Christopher Reeves as Superman. He manages to capture the nice and kind-hearted side of Superman while also being a very convincing dorky Clark Kent. He nails all of them. The special effects still hold up for the time. They even manage to pull the audience in even more by killing off Lois Lane at the end only to have Superman fly so fast around the world and that he goes back in time and save her. Even the climax was a lot of fun with trying to get to Lex Luthor and trying to stop the missiles. So yeah, the fact that this was the first real comic book movie is really a huge achievement and it is really, really good. I especially like the look of the film. Yeah, you can tell it's the 70's but you can't tell from the good way it looks. And the ending is a really happy ending. It puts a smile on your face. The entire film actually makes you smile. So yes, it's a great film and definitely check it out if you have the time.