DVD : The Complete Superman Collection

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Rating:

- For Superhero diehard fans
This complete set of the Superman series featuring a true real life Superman in the person of Christopher Reeve is very good. Superman The Movie, the first in the set sets the tone for the rest of the series. Superman The Movie is an excellent movie but not as good as Superman II. It is rare indeed that a sequel does better than the original, this was the exeption. Superman II was funny, action packed and better all around than the original which was ana exellent movie as well.

Superman III takes a lot of flack, but I didn't see it as a b ad movie. This time they went into a comedy, slapstick design with Richrad Pryor playing a bumlbing computer geek trying to make synthetic Kryponite which fails to do the job villian played by Robert Vaughn has in mind but has a strange affect on Superman. Now the man of steel has a lust for sex and could care less about saving the world. Superman III was no doubt the weakest in the series, but not as bad as some reviewers have noted.

Superman IV-The Quest for Peace, brings back the original cast in a movie directed by Reeve. This time, they also get back to the original theme of the movie and create a new rival for Superman known as Nuclear Man. This one was better than #3 but not as good as the first 2 Superman movies. Superman 3 & 4 were also better than ther last 2 Batman movies.

All in all, this is a good tape set for all diehard Superhero fans. Enjoy...........

Rating:

- Superman Fans, Look Here!!!
For those of you who are crazy for Superman, this is where you should look for! Have seen many Superman casts over the years but Chris Reeve is definitely the best Superman ever!!!

Not much comment over the settings, but Superman I & II are obviously the better movie than III & IV.

Rating:

- A SUPER-SET OF FILMS THAT BRING SUPERMAN TO LIFE.
Here you have the collection of the four Superman films in one neat package. The first two Superman films were the best with Superman 3 being ok and the fourth a bit of a flop.
Superman The Movie comes fully packed with features with the other 3 only containing trailer and Cast and Crew biographys.

SUPERMAN THE MOVIE focuses on the beginning of Superman how he came to Earth, his powers delevoped and how he grew up facing his arch enemy Lex Luther.

SUPERMAN 2 the best Superman film in the series, focuses on the battle over the Super-villians of Krypton, General Zod, Ursa and Non and the love romance between Lois and Superman.

SUPERMAN 3 focuses on Comedy and the battle between Superman and Super-computer.

SUPERMAN 4 focuses on the polictal side of Superman with Superman ridding the world of nuclear war.

It would be nice to see a special edition versions of Superman 2, 3 and 4. Maybe in the future Warner Bros could get their finger out of their ears and do that.

Rating:

- A new set should be released with aspect ratios of 1.85:1
This collection of the four Superman movies is pretty good overall. Some people though are complaining that the DVDs do not offer full screen formats. Although it is true that you do see more of the film when watching a widescreen version, I can sort of understand why some people prefer full screen. Those who just own a portable DVD player have more have a problem with this widescreen and full screen issue because the screen is usually very small. I've noticed that many widescreen movies that come with aspect ratios of 1:85:1 usually give the viewer the choice between widescreen and full screen. DVDs with aspect ratios of 2:35:1 don't seem to if your watching them on a fairly small portable DVD player. The movie is stretched, but not so far that the black bars are completely gone. Since most movies on DVD are now being shown with the 1:85:1 aspect ratio, you'd think the Superman films would be included. Maybe there are future plans for this.

Rating:

- Two fantastic movies, one enjoyable/dumb movie... and 4.
I cannot believe that there are people writing reviews about this product complaining that it's in widescreen format. If you care enough about a movie series to purchase a set like this, you should care enough about it to want to see the directors' entire vision, and fullscreen will never give that to you.

Okay, enough about that tirade. This is a box set of the four Christopher Reeve Superman films, and if you've seen the movies you know what they are. The first one is the greatest superhero movie ever made (keep your Spiders and your X-folks), with the sole misstep coming in the painful "Can You Read My Mind?" sequence. Superman II was another great movie right up until a closing sequence that got kind of silly and signalled the downfall of the franchise. Superman III was really goofy, but enjoyable in the same way that a cheesy 50s-era sci-fi movie is enjoyable, and Superman IV is the antithesis of the first one -- a terrible movie with only a few good scenes (Clark on the farm at the beginning, Perry White at the end).

The set, unfortunately, doesn't give you all the extras one could hope for. There's a ton of great stuff for Superman I -- screen tests, making-of features, alternate soundtracks (including a mode that allows you to watch the film with only John Williams' beautiful score playing). The other three movies? Zippo. Nada. No features at all.

If you love Superman and you love these films (at least the first two), then get this set. If you don't love all of the films enough to dish out for the moderately-entertaining III and the abysmal IV, you'd do better picking up the individual disks of I and II.

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