VHS : Superman 1

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- My Second Favorite Superman
After taking my 15 year old son to see the new Superman Returns movie, I decided to purchase this one and Superman II to show him. He really enjoyed both. Christopher Reeve is my second favorite Superman because no one can beat George Reeves in the original Superman TV Show (which my son also loves to watch)but both of these movies are worth watching.

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- And still the best Superman movie.
This is still the preeminent Superman movie. It's still the one against which all others are judged, and rightfully so. It has action and humor, love and tension. Plus, it has the best acting by a bunch of people no one had ever heard of before (except for Gene Hackman and Ned Beaty, of course).

Christopher Reeve got it. He got the characters, both Clark Kent and Superman. In the current Superman Returns, Brandon Routh got Superman, but didn't really have a clue about Clark Kent. This is one of the reasons why this first Superman extravaganza is the gold-standard.

Margot Kidder (Lois Lane) was very much on target with her character too.

Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor was more comical than menacing, but I think it was more entertaining that way.

What I liked was that this movie was taken seriously by those involved. It had humor (the phone booth scene was hilarious to those of us who remember the older days of Superman) but it wasn't campy.

Special effects weren't bad for a movie made in the 1970s and like the promo said "You'll believe that a man can fly!" The effects can't quite compete with what we have today, but I noticed that there weren't any dramatic improvements in Superman Returns.

It's entertaining and you can even watch it with your whole family! What a concept!

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- SUPER BONUS EXTRAS MAKE THIS A SUPER DVD!
My title says it all. This two sided disc is LOADED with special extras. Outstanding commentary track with Richard Donner and amazing extras showing how they made Superman fly, all deleted scenes added to the movie and shown separately, screen tests of various actors trying out for the role of Superman, Lois Lane, etc., just loaded with outstanding extras. I can't say enough about this DVD and what's most amazing of all about this disc is the low price. It could easily sell for triple the price and still be a bargain.

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- Magnificent Movie! A Tribute to Hollywood!
Hello there,

This movie is extra-ordinary! From the beautiful musical score by John Williams to the magnificent performances by Marlon Brandon, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, and the rest of the cast; they all are top-rate! I particularly love Gene Hackman's Luthor: on one side, he is goofy, witty, eccentric, and funny but on the other side; he knows exactly what he wants, he is dangerous and very intelligent!

The story plays out like a masterfully-crafted novel; the special effects are dynamite! (especially for 1978)

This movie is a tribute to Hollywood!

A big thank you to Richard Donner and all the people which made this movie possible! I was six years old when I initially saw this movie and I didn't forget it!

Regards,
Charles Darakdjian

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- Good Memories; Good Movie
After seeing Superman Returns earlier this summer which I really enjoyed especially in the IMAX 3-D version and seeing how the "new" Superman performed, I had to see the original with Christopher Reeves again.

For the time that it was produced in, it was a very good movie. All the major performers did a good job in terms of the characters that they were playing.

I have always liked Christopher Reeves. One of my favorite movies of his is "Somewhere in Time". It is one thing to have the prespective of him as the actor that he was before his terrible accident and what he was after the accident. Either way he was a wonderful person and became a great person that people really could and should be inspired by.

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