Superman - The Movie [Blu-ray] | Kirk Alyn, Vass Anderson

Superman - The Movie [Blu-ray] | Kirk Alyn, Vass Anderson | A Walking Public Service Announcement. Great Looking and Sounding DVD.

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	Superman - The Movie [Blu-ray] Kirk Alyn, Vass Anderson Warner Home Video, 2006 average customer review:based on 420 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Warner Brothers Superman The Movie (Blu-ray)
The story begins with Superman's birth on the doomed planet Krypton and follows him on his arrival to Earth, his childhood in Kansas and his career as reporter for the Daily Planet.

R.I.P. Christopher Reeves.

Can there ever be another Superman. No.
Reeves will always be the man of steel no matter how many times Hollywood tries to remake the movie.
The acting is just so so.
But we didn't see this movie for the acting. We saw it to see what Superman could do.
What couldn't he do?
Awesome story, awesome FX for it's time.
A brilliant movie and a must see/must own.

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A Walking Public Service Announcement. Great Looking and Sounding DVD.

Remember those PSA commercials? For example. I feel so dark inside I feel like I want to cry it's hard to live with a lie (this is a song). Then the girl goes to her sister and says, "I took your necklace". I think it was from the church of Latter Day Saints (if I messed that up and your a member, sorry). No fear Superman is here and he doesn't lie! He does however live one but there are reasons.

What about the PSA about safety in the house and the pot of boiling water with the mean face. The message was KEEP THOSE POT HANDLES TURNED IN, then the pot had a nice smiley face. Or the plug that was a dangerous snake. Superman has you covered he's impervious to heat. Phew. I better get a move on cause I'm pretty hungry. I hanka for a hunka cheese yahoo. Back to the review.

I don't need to go into the plot it's Superman. Entertainment wise it's a fun ride. The score is classic, great, and makes me want to leap tall buildings. The bad guys though and Lex just didn't do it for me. They're bad guys for the sake of being bad guys, period. I'll take Doc Ock and Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Special Edition) personally.

Supreman is still in my top three super hero movies and will be tons of viewers number 1. For me I'll take Hellboy (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray] and Spider Man 2, but the movie was still super.

For home theater enthusiasts this could go in the reference pile. Sound wise crank up the beginning and that song, whoo. Good times. And the picture quality on this was amazing as far as dvds go. This dvd was recognized in Sound and Vision some time ago as a reference disc.

So remember to eat your greens and have a super day.

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You'll Believe a Franchise Can Fly!

Yes, I'm stepping on holy ground here in reviewing the first Superman film, which I last saw back in 1978. Being a geeky comic book guy, I did note in the start that the Action Comics No. 1 had the wrong cover and that the first newspaper named in that comic was a Daily Star not the Planet, but that's trivia.

I believe I saw some new scenes in this Richard Donner version. There were more Marlon Brando parts as Jorel, more arguing with the Council and glimpses of the phantom zone criminals who would be Superman's nemises (SP) in Supes II.

Special effects, very good for the time period. You might note too when we see Clark Kent as a high school kid, when he's racing the train, a little girl (Lois Lane?) shakes her mother to see a boy racing a train. That woman is an uncredited appearance by Noel Neil, one of the 1950s Lois Lanes back when George Reeves wore the cape.

The charm of Christopher Reeves, the script (co-wrote by Mario Puzo of "The Godfather" novels) the silly Gene Hackman (why do they always have to write in Luthor as a goofball?) and I think that was Goldie Hawn as Luthor's girl. Loved the John Williams score and the love theme for Lois as they're gliding across the clouds. Goose bumps, gosh...

Going back in time by spinning the Earth, the tragedy of love lost and regained, boy I don't know what to say about that. Went kinda fast. But we did get the first mentions of Krypton's crystal technology which was used in many later films and in Smallville.

Great nostalgic and historically an important film.

As good: Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut

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Still no edition that Donner would approve

The Blu-ray edition gives you the "Extended Version" edit, without telling you anywhere in the packaging that this is not the original release edit. The added scene where Superman tries to give Marlon Brando's ghost a hug is unintentially hilarious. There's a reason Donner cut it, and the decision to restore it is poor. We already have to deal with the Margot Kidder voiceover during the romantic flying sequence...we don't need to add more groaners to this movie. Donner's already stated he prefers the release version...why can't they give us a good release of that?

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