Saw the original Superman on the big screen at Alamo. Pretty awesome experience honestly. that opening credits sequence has to be one of the GOAT.
The movie itself is quite good. I love the stuff on Krypton. The Smallville sequence is good, leading to the even better Fortress of Solitude segment. And reeve is stellar both as Supes and Kent. I like how he changes his posture and intonation and just overall mannerism from one to the other.
My complaint would be that, for as serious as certain points are- Brando and the mother sending him off, Fortress of Solitude scene, etc- that grandiose element is undercut by soooo much Hackman/Beatty silliness. Both great actors and they are amusing, but it seriously is like watching a different movie at times.
They just really can’t get Luthor right on the big screen. Eisenberg’s interpretation was ridiculous, but Hackman really is not intimidating in the slightest despite the villain plot involving insane levels of destruction and death. The funny thing too is that Hackman is such a capable actor that he definitely could have played Luthor as charismatic and menacing, but it just wasn’t the way the character was written.
I don’t know if any of you guys watched the animated series when you were young, but I feel that Clancy Brown version should be the way Luthor is depicted in films.
Still obviously one of the better comic book adaptations overall in my opinion. Just a fun film.