This is a Movie Critics Thread , critics are free to debate their opinions even if it's about the same movie for x amount of pages.

Well, to change the topic I finally saw the first 2 Superman movies last week.

Superman (Extended Richard Donner Cut) - 1978



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_%28film%29

Note this is the Richard Donner extended cut that was included in the complete DVD collection that I saw. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, all the characters felt real - maybe not Lex Luthor - don't know anyone who goes around claiming they're the world's greatest criminal but I do plenty of egomaniacs The chemistry between Lois and Clark/Superman was naturally blissful, the action scenes still-inspiring despite the age and the soundtrack, is truly heroic. The only things I did not like about this movie, well this cut in particular was the dreamy scene where Lois is doing her poetic monologue as Superman flew her around and well, that was about it. That scene was well-intended I guess but came across as real, real cheesy. The inclusion of the incarceration of General Zod at the beginning of the film was an interesting insight into the life on Krypton. *SPOILERS* However, I am somewhat disturbed that Clark let hundreds of people die just to save Lois by using his time-travel technique. Don't know what I'm talking about ? Check this link: http://www.cracked.com/article_19435...diting_p2.html

Overall I pleasant enjoyed this movie, except for that odd flying scene. A good 9/10 from me.

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut



Note that I haven't even seen the original theatrical release of this film yet, just the Richard Donner cut because I heard it was less campy and much darker and more familiar to the first movie. This movie, this cut I should say is good compared to the original. Not as inspiring but it did venture into interesting territory, like *SPOILERS* Lois finding out that Clark is Superman and having our hero face off against 3 villains with the same strength. Perhaps what I loved best was the acting done by the villains, particularly Terrance Stamp who played as General Zod. It was hilarious yet fascinating watching this supreme alien creature mock/pity human weapons and dispose of human resistance so easily and how *again spoilers* his arrogance was what ultimately caused his downfall in the ending of the movie. That was perhaps what I liked best about this movie, I was kind of dissapointed of how Superman was handled though. *Spoilers again* I understand that he wanted to become human so that he could live a normal life with Lois and thus had to give up his powers with red-kryptonite but the fact that Jor-El had a fail-safe to restore his powers in the event Jal-El did give them up did seem like a cheap cop-out. But it was funny seeing Clark get his butt kicked by the Truckie as a human, but then come back as Superman and do his revenge. What I hated most about this movie, and it was of this particular cut was the ending, was when to reverse the problems already caused all Superman does is reverse time AGAIN by spinning the Earth backwards. It just makes any problem on Earth that Superman faces useless as he literally could turn back time anytime anything went wrong.

A 6.5/10 for this sequel. Maybe I should watch the original theatrical release.