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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
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Editorial Review:
Richard Donner's 1978 epic about the Man of Steel showed how a film about a superhero could be a moving and romantic experience even for people who long ago gave up comic books. Beginning on the icy planet Krypton, the story follows the baby Kal-El, whose rocket ship lands in Smallville, Kansas. He is found there by a childless couple and raised as the shy Clark Kent (the young Kent is played by Jeff East). The film is perhaps most touching in these sequences, with expanses of wheat fields blowing in the wind and with a young man who can't figure out what part in destiny his great powers are meant to play. The second half, with Reeve taking over as Clark/Superman, is bustling, enchanting (the scene in which Superman flies girlfriend Lois Lane--played by Margot Kidder--through the night sky is great date material), and funny, thanks largely to Gene Hackman's sardonic portrayal of nemesis Lex Luthor. --Tom Keogh
Superman - The Movie Reviews:
Superman, the movie, blu-ray...Oops! 
2009-12-09 - Oops! Amazon.com; something went wrong. I know I will love seeing this original Christopher Reeve movie again, but this is the first time for me that you've goofed. Blu-ray was not what I ordered; I've sent it back, hoping that regular DVD format will be re-sent to me. Thanks for listening, Amazon.com. Sincerely and respectfully, Adisa Achaki.
You have to ask? 
2009-12-02 - It's Donner's original Superman movie starring Christopher Reeve in High Definition. What else do you need to know?
A Classic.. 
2009-11-17 - Watched this a long time ago when I was a kid and thought it was great. It wasn't as good as I remember it from way back then but it's still fun to watch and I enjoyed seeing it again.
On a separate note, I purchased this directly from Amazon and the DVD case was broken on the inside when I got it so the DVD was loose and had a bunch of scratches on it :( Could have been poor handling by the mail service though, I don't know. DVD played okay still but I'm mad about the scratches on a brand new DVD!
Bring me the head of Richard Donner! 
2009-11-14 - I know Superman geeks hold Richard Donner in esteem over this tepid "adaptation". Too bad Sam Peckinpah turned this sucker down. I know many people have found it hard to imagine what Sam would have done with this. Let me try: It would take place in El Paso with Clark Kent being some guy on the lam for years. In Peckinpah's "Superman", Kent would not have supernatural powers, only a lot of guns and would be drunk a lot. In flashbacks we learn that in high school he was some put-upon Dustin Hoffman "Straw Dogs" type, who finally goes off the deep end when the bullies who've been giving him hell gang rape his girlfriend Lana Lang. Of course, Lang is shown as sort of enjoying her debasement. He massacres all the bullies and becomes a hit man. On the lam, he meets with a hooker named Lois Lane who's on the run from her sadistic pimp, Lex Luther. There are various hijinks along the way involving bikers, tequila, more gang-rapes, more tequilla, and Kent/Superman killing more of Luther's henchmen. Kent/Superman would be played by Kris Kristofferson or Tommy Lee Jones. Luther would be played by Ernest Borgnine. Luther's henchman Otis would be played by Warren Oates or Alphonso Arau. Lois Lane would be played by either Susan George or even better, Pam Grier. The film would end with another massacre and some depressing 70s era ballad over the end credits (Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" or something similar).
And the saga begins with Superman The Movie
2009-11-09 - 5 of 5 stars for the comic book based movie Superman The Movie. This movie starts the franchise with the destruction of Krypton following sending of its last survivor to Earth. From the landing of his ice craft in the fields to his experiences in high school to his moving to Metropolis and working at the Daily Planet, this movies sets the basic history and story of Superman. An all star cast includes: Reeve, Hackman, Brando, Ford, Perine and Margot Kidder as Lois Lane. This movie has the sequence with Lane in a long gown going flying with Superman. Once Superman is established as a character, we enter the meat of the movie where Superman fights against Lex Luther (Hackman). Helped by Perine & Beatty's characters, Luther learns to use Kryptonite to neutralize Superman. Then he steals a nuke for purposes of setting off a major Earthquake on the west coast to move "ocean-front property" to the east.
A grand movie with sweeping music and visuals, this is a really fun movie and worth watching several times!
