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Superman 2 was an ok sequel,except when the 3 villains from krypton made a major attack on a one horse town(what the heck was that all about?).That scene was horrible.Also the John Williams score was completely butchered.The plot itself was pretty good.Lois Lane discovers Clark's secret,falls in love with him,Clark gives his powers up for her,then the 3 kryptonian villians break from the phantom zone and wreak havoc on earth.Clark knows that somehow,he has to get his powers back,and does so through the kryptonian crystal that was put in his rocketship.They have a showdown in Metropolis,and Superman wins.I actually liked this movie alot more when I was a kid than I do now.In the late 1980's,on ABC,I saw the Richard Donner cut of Superman 2,and that changed everything.His version of this film was just awesome(just as good as the first Superman).In the Donner cut,Clark gets his powers back through his father.Jor-El gave up his soul to give his son his abilities back(Marlon Brando kept the producers from using his footage,because of legal issues).The Brando footage was not in the ABC broadcast,I just read about it.The relationship between Clark and Lois,and Lois' trouble dealing with knowing Clark's secret was written better, and had more detail.Also the small town attack is absent(GOOD!!).Unfortunately,the Donner cut is not out for release.Margot Kidder says that she believes the footage still exists.There are petitions on the web to get Donner's version released.Richard Donner,by the way,was the director of Superman and the original director of Superman 2.If you like Superman 2 now,you will LOVE Superman 2:The Donner Cut.
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Spider-Man 2 is a rip-off of Superman 2 (e.g. Superman loses his powers and Spider-Man loses his powers) sans the ending where it looks as if Mary Jane ends up going with Spidey while Lois and Clark in Superman split up!!!
Please release the Richard Donner version as the story would be more complete!!!!!!!
Rating:  -
This film is one of the most painful experiences I've ever had as a Superman fan. The character is just torn to shreds, and is by far the worst defiling a superhero has ever suffered in film.
Why, you may ask?
I flip out with geek rage every time I see Superman give up his powers to live with Lois Lane. First of all, it is the single most selfish, childish thing a person could ever do, and it is not the least bit befitting of the greatest hero of all time. And why would he do it, anyway?! Lois fell in love with SUPERMAN, not Clark Kent.
I could rant on for hundreds of words in regards to Clark Kent picking a fight and even BULLYING a man in a diner for virtually no reason or his inexplicable regaining of super-powers, but its not healthy being as angry as I am writing this. Suffice it to say, this film is just profoundly stupid, offensive, and detrimental to the Superman mythos. But that's just how I feel.
Rating:  -
I first saw this in the theater for in 1981, I recall the audience as a whole actually giving a joyful shout when a graphic at the end of the movie proclaimed Superman would be back soon in a sequel to Superman II. This is not just the faulty remembrance of a child since I was 24 years old when I saw this movie.
Reeve subtlety balanced the strength of Superman with the mild-mannered nature of Clark Kent wonderfully. I was never too fond of Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, but to be fair she played a driven reporter well, so my lack of fondness is superficially driven by me not understanding her physical appeal to another. Gene Hackman played the evil sociopath Lex Luthor with a joyful exuberance.
Those who are overly critical of this film may forget that special effects in 1981 were not up to today's standard. Of course, dialogue in today's movies are rarely up to older film's standards since conversation was more important then in a time before today's brief e-mail mentality where communications disappear with a keystroke into a spiral of computer generated special effects explosions.
Older movies were often journeys. Today's special effects driven movies are roller coasters, taking you nowhere and leaving you exactly where you started when the ride is over. In Superman II, your imagination had to fill in some of the holes, but I never witness today's audiences applauding something in the movie proclaiming the movie hero will be back. That is the standard by which this film should be judged.
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the Man of Steel defeated Lex Luthor and saved many lives including his love Lois Lane, but the fight for truth and justice continues in 1980's SUPERMAN II, This time Superman wishes to sacrifice his earthly powers be Lois' loved one, but it's at time when people need him, the three criminals, General Zod, Non and Urza from Krypton have escaped from their imprisonment in the Phantom Zone after Superman inadvertally released them when removing a bomb into space. They come to Earth to bring violence and power to American cities and only Superman can defeat these villians with the same powers as him. The late Christopher Reeve reprised Clark Kent/Superman, Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor, Margo Kidder as Lois Lane, Jackie Cooper as Perry White and Terrence Stamp as General Zod. It's a spectular, entertaining and even powerful sequel that's as good as the original, III and IV, I hear are not to good. Christopher Reeve is terrific and Terrence Stamp makes a cool super villian as Kryptonian traitor General Zod. It's a high flying, thrilling film that was still Superman as he should be. See these Superman 1&2 before this Summer's Superman Returns. He is the greatest Superhero of all time in my opinon. "Come to me Son of Jor El" "I believe this is your floor"
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