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Richard Donner is a good director. He did a fantastic job with the first Superman film. However, what we see here of his work on Superman II, the parts that are not in the version of Superman II that we already know, these scenes aren't just bad. They are TERRIBLE. Some of the scenes are so incredibly bad - Lois' first test of Clark to see if he is Superman - throwing herself off the 56th floor of the Daily Planet? That's ridiculous. At least in the other version, when she throws herself in the river, there is a chance she could swim and safe herself. But she cannot save herself from a fall out of a skyscraper. And the way that she figures it out? With a black marker? That so stupid.
Then, when she finally proves it by calmly shooting the man in the chest with the gun she just so happen to bring with her on this Niagara trip - I just got mad. Why would she, if there was a slight possibility that he might merely be human and she would have killed him... to say that the character of Lois would have risked another person's life just to prove a point makes her unlikeable. They really missed the boat with this.
Richard Lester's version digs into the development of the relationship of Clark and Lois so well. That does not exist in the Richard Donner version. There are so many terrible edits, that the movie seems so very incomplete. The ending itself is perhaps the biggest disappointment of all. Why would he use the EXACT same device used in the first film? Even if it were just for the purpose of having a different ending from the Lester version, it is a tremendous disappointment.
If you love Superman II, skip this version all together. It will only upset you.
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This is a better story than the original II release as it is more tightly linked to the first movie.
Blu-ray version is nice quality experience.
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movie was awesome it was like i never saw superman 2 before well worth it if your into it
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Although the extra scenes(the most notable of which was a screen test) were interesting, I missed 1)the villainous brute testing his laser-eyes on a snake, 2)Superman dramatically flying-off from the Fortress of Solitude after he's regained his powers, and 3)Lois Lane falling into the river at Niagra Falls. This new version had little continuity, and lacked character development. After spending money on this turkey, I'm forced to do so again on the standard version, which I sorely missed. This version would have been a very nice dvd extra to the standard version...alas, it's a complete waste of money on its own.
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Just a couple of comments since there are already 200-plus reviews. Spoilers ahead, in case it matters at this point.
1. This isn't really a "director's cut" since it includes a great deal of footage that was shot by Richard Lester. It's more of a sort of rough template of what Donner's film might have sort of looked like if he'd completed it. That is, to put it mildly, sort of disappointing as a viewing experience. Is Richard Donner such a stellar director that I should spend money to look at his sketch books?
2. Donner spends too much time in his commentary taking digs at Richard Lester, who did nothing but accept the job of directing Superman II after Donner was canned.
3. One of the key points that Donner returns to often is the removal of Marlon Brando from Lester's film. This is odd, because I think by comparison this is one of the things that makes Lester's film far superior. The relationship between Kal El and Jor El is made more poignant and emotionally touching by the *absence* of the father, his attachment to Lois more meaningful by the conversation with his mother. while the reasons for removing Brando have always been attributed to crass commercialism, the fact is that it results in a more artistically satisfying experience.
4. Moreover, removing Brando removes one of the more plodding stretches of Donner's film, in which he feels compelled to explain exactly how Superman regains his powers - just as in the introduction where he felt compelled to explain exactly how the villains were released from the Phantom Zone (which he keeps referring to as the "zone of silence" in the commentary, getting Superman confused with Get Smart? well, it's been 30 years...) Anyway. Lester understands how a light touch can propel a narrative, how every "gap" is not a "hole," how an audience can be trusted to use its imagination to connect the dots. Donner doesn't trust his audience, but thinks he needs to show them every last thing.
In all, a big disappointment, as I purchased this DVD expecting to see a revelatory version of the film. Donner's been complaining about how bad Superman II turned out in Lester's version I had high hopes, but it turns out he was pretty much shooting blanks.
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