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- Reviewed in Canada on March 25, 20124 Film Favorites: Superman (Superman: The Movie/Superman II/Superman III/Superman IV: The Quest For Peace)
It was in the spring of 1938 that my pal showed me the first issue of ACTION COMICS, featuring SUPERMAN. If my father could have realized how much collectors would pay for that magazine 30 years later, never mind now. We were wowed out. It seems that none of us kids ever thought of a man running faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a steaming locomotive, able to leap tall buildings. We tied bath towels around our necks as capes and jumped from stairs. SUPERMAN was everybodies' subConscious dream of omnipotence while pretending to be Clark Kent.
Several actors have played the part on radio, Saturday matinee serials, and television. Muscle man Steve Reeves was most memorable until Harry Salkind led an all-star cast with 6'-4" Christopher Reeve as the definitive SUPERMAN, including Marlon Brando as his father, Susannah York as his mother, Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor, and Jackie Cooper as Perry White; Margot Kidder played Lois Lane perfectly, but did not look the part. The overwhelmingly successful SUPERMAN I is the classic story of SUPERMAN's origin, how he got here, and what he stands for: Truth, Justice, and the American Way. For SUPERfans, The Movie is well worth the price of the series; the three sequels are increasingly silly and boring, counting on the excellence of the first to recover the cost of their production. The woefully miscast SUPERGIRL killed the series, along with the career of budding starlet, Helen Slater.
From time to time, an iconic line emerges from the movies. "Play it again (Sam)." "Go Ahead. Make my day." "I'll be back." Lois Lane gave us the unforgetable, "You're holding me. Who's holding you?" as SUPERMAN catches her fall from the top of THE DAILY PLANET.
After 20 years, Bryan Singer brings SUPERMAN back with improved production values, but the cast does not make us forget the definitive classic; Kate Bosworth looks like Lois Lane, but doesn't act the part. The first half of the 2:30 hour film holds the audience with stunning special effects, but the last hour is boring.
The RETURN of SUPERMAN tries to portray his human feelings and emotional conflicts. It doesn't work. SUPERMAN is not human; an omnipotent and invulnerable creature cannot suffer the common angst that makes us human.
