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May 02, 2024, 02:54:26 AM  | Superman: The Movie (1978/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia
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Stars:
Marlon Brando as Jor-El
Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor
Christopher Reeve as Superman / Clark Kent
Ned Beatty as Otis
Jackie Cooper as Perry White
Plot:
Richard Donner's big-budget blockbuster Superman: The Movie is an immensely entertaining recounting of the origin of the famous comic book character. Opening on Krypton (where Marlon Brando plays Superman's father), the film follows the Man of Steel (Christopher Reeve) as he's sent to Earth where he develops his alter-ego Clark Kent and is raised by a Midwestern family. In no time, the movie has run through his teenage years, and Clark gets a job at the Daily Planet, where he is a news reporter. It's there that he falls in love with Lois Lane (Margot Kidder), who is already in love with Superman. But the love story is quickly sidetracked once the villainous Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) launches a diabolical plan to conquer the world and kill Superman. Superman: The Movie is filled with action, special effects and a surprising amount of humor.
Awards:
Won:
| Academy Award (1978) | Special Achievement Award (Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic (Visual Effects)) | |
| BAFTA (1978) | Most Promising Newcomer To Leading Film Roles (Christopher Reeve) | |
| Grammy Awards (1980) | Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special (John Williams) | |
| Hugo Award (1979) | Dramatic Presentation | |
| Saturn (1978) | Best Actress (Margot Kidder) | |
| Saturn (1978) | Best Music (John Williams) | |
| Saturn (1978) | Best Production Design (John Barry) | |
| Saturn (1978) | Best Science Fiction Film | |
| Saturn (1978) | Best Special Effects (Colin Chilvers) |
| Academy Award (1978) | Best Film Editing (Stuart Baird) | |
| Academy Award (1978) | Best Music, Original Score (John Williams) | |
| Academy Award (1978) | Best Sound (Gordon K. McCallum, Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Roy Charman) | |
| AFI (1978) | 100 Years... 100 Cheers (2006) | |
| AFI (1978) | 100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) ("Song": Can You Read My Mind) | |
| AFI (1978) | 100 Years... 25 Scores (2005) ("Composer": John Williams) | |
| American Cinema Editors Awards (1979) | Best Edited Feature Film (Stuart Baird) | |
| BAFTA (1978) | Cinematography (Geoffrey Unsworth) | |
| BAFTA (1978) | Production Design (John Barry) | |
| BAFTA (1978) | Soundtrack (Chris Greenham, Gordon K. McCallum, Peter Pennell, Mike Hopkins, Pat Foster, Stan Fiferman, John Foster, Roy Charman, Norman Bolland, Brian Marshall, Charles Schmitz, Richard Raguse, Chris Large) | |
| BAFTA (1978) | Supporting Actor (Gene Hackman) | |
| British Society of Cinematographers Awards (1978) | Best Cinematography Award (Geoffrey Unsworth) | |
| Golden Globe (1978) | Original Score (John Williams) | |
| Saturn (1978) | Best Actor (Christopher Reeve) | |
| Saturn (1978) | Best Costumes (Yvonne Blake, Richard Bruno) | |
| Saturn (1978) | Best Director (Richard Donner) | |
| Saturn (1978) | Best Supporting Actress (Valerie Perrine) | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards (1979) | Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium (Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, Robert Benton) |
Extras:
- Commentary
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurettes
- Scene Access
My Thoughts:
This movie is still great. Beginning with the great opening credits with the fabulous score of John Williams. Christopher Reeve is the perfect Superman.Even though I prefer the "Clark is who I am, Superman is what I do"-Version of Superman, I always enjoyed Christopher Reeve's Clark. I think he played the two characters nicely different from each other. Richard Donner has shown here, that a Superhero movie doesn't need to be campy.
Rating:
(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 13th, 2011)
Member's Reviews
All-Star Superman, a review by addicted2dvd
Title: All-Star Superman
Year: 2011
Director: Sam Liu
Rating: PG
Length: 77 Min.
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English
Stars:
James Denton
Christina Hendricks
Anthony LaPaglia
Edward Asner
Obba Babatunde
Steve Blum
Plot:
Fueled by hatred and jealousy, Lex Luthor masterminds an elaborate plot to kill the Man of Steel - and it works. Poisoned by solar radiation, Superman is dying. With weeks to live, he fulfills his life's dreams - especially revealing his true identity to Lois Lane - until Luthor proclaims his ultimate plan to control the world with no alien hero to stop him. Powers fading, Superman engages in a spectacular deadly battle with Luthor that could truly trigger the end of Earth's Greatest Protector. This startling and gripping DC Universe animated original movie stars the voice talents of James Denton, Anthony LaPaglia, Christine Hendricks and Ed Asner.
Extras:
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
My Thoughts:
As much as I love animated superhero movies... this is the first time I have seen this one. While I sit here typing this review I am still not completely sure how I feel about the ending. But over all I really enjoyed this movie. One thing I like is this actually works for my birthday marathons as well... as a decent sized part of this movie has Superman giving Lois the same superpowers he has for 24 hours for her birthday. Anyway... as I said... I enjoyed this one... glad I finally got around to watching it. If you are a fan of the animated Superhero movies I think you will enjoy this one as well.
My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5
Out of a Possible 5
(From The Movies From Within My Lifetime on May 22nd, 2011)
Member's TV Reviews
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon, a review by goodguy
2x03 The Mousetrap
Synopsis: See Achim's post.
My Rating:
Another episode that I enjoyed more upon rewatching. The opening is especially great, with Charlie & Michelle on the desert road, making stop at a gas station. No words exchanged between them for several minutes, just a little country song playing along, but the emotions between them are almost tangible. TSCC has a knack for these moody and minimalist scenes and it is the main reason I like this show. Also notable just how gorgeous it looks most of the time, in an earthy and completely unflashy way. All things that are pretty untypical for an action show about killer robots - no wonder it got cancelled.
From the early kidnapping climax, we get to a single short scene with highly pregnant Kacy, whom I forgot to mention in the last episode. I've never seen Busy Phillips before and initially I thought it was Mercedes McNab (Harmony on Buffy/Angel) playing the character. Anyway, she again is wonderful here. Oh, and Beast Wizard 7 is hilarious.
Do terminators get bored? Cameron finds the center of the house, determines the timeframe for a paint job, and is eager to kill at least a bird (Maybe later?). That sounds like funny robot, but is has such a wry sense of humor that it doesn't feel out of place. Also noteworthy the perfectly timed "I don't swim" exchange with John much later in the episode.
Charlie's phone call to John and Sarah is another one of many excellent scenes. He is so completely and heart-wrenchingly lost. Top performance by Dean Winters.
Sarah gets to do the reluctant hero thing, angry and tired, lashing out at everyone in frustration. That's a fine line to walk, but mostly it works, even when Michelle is the target (Frankly, I thought it'd be easier. I thought you'd be dead).
After Cromartie's setup succeeds the plot gets a bit messy. Taking an injured Michelle with them doesn't make much sense, nor does the designated meeting point for Cromartie and John. As much as the show succeeds in creating atmospheric and dramatic scenes, it often seems that less thinking went into the plot mechanics. I can live with that most of the time, but sometimes it becomes a little distracting.
The funeral scene at the end, while moving, would be a bit generic, if it weren't for the two cuts to the dinner table at the Connor house, once with the VO from the priest and then again, silent. Great stuff.
As for Weaver and Ellison: I like that they take their time and advance that part of the story slowly. And Shirley Manson already seems much better here than in the first episode. Or it could be Richard T. Jones, who can make almost everything work, reflecting positively on her.
(From Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon on February 2nd, 2010)