SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978)
Featuring: Christopher Reeve; Margot Kidder
Director: Richard Donner
Superman was the first successful comic based superhero movie. After the dismal failure of the 1966 Batman movie (with TV star Adam West) the Hollywood studios were a bit skeptic if this type of flick could ever succeed on the big screen. According to them cinema audiences were not quite susceptible for this type of film. Besides, the technical requirements to make a man fly on screen and make it look real, simply did not exist at the time. In the end it take two Polish-Mexican producers, father and son team Alexander and Ilya Salkind to convince the studio bosses otherwise. And the rest, as they say, is history...
By now the story of the Man of Steel who came from the planet Krypton is so over familiar that it will be totally superfluous to repeat it here. But what is worth mentioning is the impressive ensemble cast the producers were able to gather for this movie. With names like Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman (to name but a few) it is clear that they firmly believed in the potential success of their project. And not only did it bestow luster on the venture, it gave it actual legitimacy. No wonder then that the Superman franchise can today boast with true cult status.
Overall I rate it 3 out of 5 stars.
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Strong little fella, ain't he?
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