DVD : Superman II

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- The Only Great Superhero Movie Made
Superman II is perhaps the only decent attempt at realistically adapting a super hero to the big-screen. From a brilliant opening sequence, the continuous run of action sequences that follows are conducted with some aplomb by director Richard Donner, which some exellent special effects for 1980 and unnumerable edge-of-your-seat moments.

The film is not overly-serious (Gene Hackman is in fact a great comedy actor too) and the storyline is, for once, excellent. The mid-air battle sequence over Metropolis between Superman and the three Krypton criminals (ie, 3 x Superpeople) makes for genuinely exciting viewing.

I am certainly not a fan of this film genre, as they usually decend into dumbed-down, cartoon-esque movies designed for audiences with the attention span of a goldfish. However, Superman II is a clear exception to the rule that super hero movies cannot be well-photographed, have a half-decent storyline and be genuinely riveting for their audiences.

Superman II thus stands as a classic of its kind (albeit because no other such movie in this genre comes close), so Sam Raimi, look no further for references as to how to make a great super hero flick.

Highly recommended, but please don't watch the god-awful sequels !

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- Great movie From a trouble Production
Most of you know by now Richard Donner was to of shot Superman and Superman II back to back. Production delays and other things happened why this HUGE event was being filmed. You see movies are shot out of sequence. Superman was no exception. When production fell WAY behind and Richard Donnre stoped shooting Superman II and only filmed Superman I. Well when it came time to finish Superman II Richard Donner was fired. On top of that Marlon Brando filed a law suite against the producers. This ment that the Marlon Brando footage that was already filmed for Superman II was edited out. Gene Hackman ( whose scenes were already filmed) was called back for re-shoots. He refused! Any way read more about on the net. This is a review of what the audience ended up with. Wel I must say I was 14 when this was released. When I saw it I loved it. When I just saw it again i loved it just as much. The love story is great. The action scenes hold up. If you have never seen this or "Superman The Movie" you are in for a treat. You do not have to be a comic book fans to fall in love with "Superman - The movie" or "Superman II". In 2006 Warner Brother is to release on DVD the long awaited Richard Donner Version of "Superman II". I for one will be the first in line!

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- Unwelcomed Guests And A Planet In Peril
'Superman II' released in '81 was the best of the four Superman movies starring Christopher Reeve. With the arrival of three super villians also from the destroyed planet Kryton this second installment was geared more to special effects and fighting sequences and less focused on the comedic elements that dominated the first film. Another stellar cast consisting of the same supporting characters from the first film plus the additional new adversaries; Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas and Jack o'Halloran.

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- this movie was 2 super man
superman 2 was almost as good as the first one just a little shorter than the original this movie reminds me of rocky 3 because rocky decide to quit boxing because he was a successful man and he wants to spend more time with his family the same thing for superman 2 he decides to give up his powers and spend the rest of his life with lois lane but then clark and lois went to a restuarant clark stand up to this man who servely beat him because he was flirting with his girlfriend lois had enough of the man beating on clark so she tried to defend clark which made the bully stopping hitting clark i like when superman gets his powers back and take on four evil villans who have the same super powers as him what that meant was he had to outsmart all of them since it was an handicap match which superman did at his home the north pole quoted by the funny gene heckman who played lex luger for the second time and guess what lex was sent to jail by superman for the second time all the goods was delivered in superman 2 the comedy the action and the drama you name it

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- Best Of The Superman Series
This is the best of the Superman movies because of the three villains, played by Terrence Stamp, Sarah Douglas and Jack O'Halloran.

Those three are so good, particularly Stamp, that they make this easily the most memorable of the four films. The scenes with them on the moon, their first encounter on earth and their climactic fight against Superman in the skies above Metropolis are all outstanding.

Once again, Superman goes a little overboard in his romance to Lois Lane (do you believe some reviewers are upset there weren't explicit sex scenes in the film?) Hey, folks, it's just a comic book and it's supposed to be innocent, clean fun. Sorry that turns you off. For the rest of us, this is generally very enjoyable film from start to finish, with no real lulls.

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