Best Superman Film
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Viking Bastard
Adventurer
I've always preferred the second one.
Silver Moon
Adventurer
This is a joke right? I mean, why list anything other than I or II ?
WanderingMonster
First Post
II was my vote, but I'll never understand the whole teleporting thing in the Fortress of Solitude. Since when was that in his portfolio?
Mouseferatu
Hero
I had to go with II. True, they invented a whole bunch of new powers that really made no sense; while not as bad as the "Repair The Great Wall of China Vision" from IV, they still detracted from the movie. But...
It had a believable threat, which the first movie really didn't. And no matter how cheesy the powers were, they still weren't nearly as goofy as Superman turning back time by making the Earth spin backwards. That one scene seriously lowers the entire movie in my estimation.
It had a believable threat, which the first movie really didn't. And no matter how cheesy the powers were, they still weren't nearly as goofy as Superman turning back time by making the Earth spin backwards. That one scene seriously lowers the entire movie in my estimation.
Kai Lord
Hero
The original, by a wide margin. Part II was fun, but a little too inconsistent and disjointed in its quality. Having the contrasting directorial styles integrated into one film just couldn't match the polish of the first.
And the first is just a classic. Krypton exploding, Clark outrunning the train, the majestic Normal Rockwell-esque wheat fields surrounding the Kent farm, creating the Fortress of Solitude, "You've got me? Who's got you!?", the nukes, the earthquake, and of course, reversing the earth's rotation to turn back time.
Gene Hackman was a much more charismatic villain than Terence Stamp, and Christopher Reeve's Superman underwent a significantly more fascinating character journey than in the sequel.
There are a number of great moments in Superman II, but the first was definitely better.
And the first is just a classic. Krypton exploding, Clark outrunning the train, the majestic Normal Rockwell-esque wheat fields surrounding the Kent farm, creating the Fortress of Solitude, "You've got me? Who's got you!?", the nukes, the earthquake, and of course, reversing the earth's rotation to turn back time.
Gene Hackman was a much more charismatic villain than Terence Stamp, and Christopher Reeve's Superman underwent a significantly more fascinating character journey than in the sequel.
There are a number of great moments in Superman II, but the first was definitely better.
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Silver Moon
Adventurer
I had to vote for the first one. I saw it on a trip to NYC in an old-style threatre (huge screen, balcony, etc.) in Times Square that I'm sure was torn down shortly thereafter. If there's ever a film to see on a giant screen it was that one - really added to the experience (although I should have brought sunglasses for the Krypton scenes).
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