While still being one of the best superhero movies of all time, Superman the movie has some major flaws that no one seems to address.
Brando is at his finest in the role of Superman's father, and I'm very sad they couldn't put more of him in this movie. I'm a huge Brando fan.
Reeves does a great job as both Clark Kent and Superman, but he is dragged down by the terrible acting of his co-star as Lois Lane. Most of the time she just screams, and badly at that. Plus, she's not all together a very attractive choice for the Lane character, but she doesn't completely destroy the role, after all she is the woman who never knew Clark was Superman for something like 20 years.
The worst part is the time travel ending. Now, for those of you who don't like to talk about time travel, physics, and paradoxes, you might want to stop reading here.
What really gets me about this is that when superman goes into the past to save Lois Lane there is no mention of the other Superman who has yet to go into the past and save her. Plus, there would be no need for him to go into the past if Lois was safe. So, at best there are two Supermen now running around the world. At worst there is a paradox that leads to nothingness.
Now, even if you believe that people become one person when they go into the past and that the other goes away (poof) there still would be no need for Superman to go into the past because superman stopped the event that triggered the effect.
Thus temporal mechanics cannot explain this situation to my liking.
Overall, the movie is fine, but its a bit too campy to be called the best superhero movie.
Brando is at his finest in the role of Superman's father, and I'm very sad they couldn't put more of him in this movie. I'm a huge Brando fan.
Reeves does a great job as both Clark Kent and Superman, but he is dragged down by the terrible acting of his co-star as Lois Lane. Most of the time she just screams, and badly at that. Plus, she's not all together a very attractive choice for the Lane character, but she doesn't completely destroy the role, after all she is the woman who never knew Clark was Superman for something like 20 years.
The worst part is the time travel ending. Now, for those of you who don't like to talk about time travel, physics, and paradoxes, you might want to stop reading here.
What really gets me about this is that when superman goes into the past to save Lois Lane there is no mention of the other Superman who has yet to go into the past and save her. Plus, there would be no need for him to go into the past if Lois was safe. So, at best there are two Supermen now running around the world. At worst there is a paradox that leads to nothingness.
Now, even if you believe that people become one person when they go into the past and that the other goes away (poof) there still would be no need for Superman to go into the past because superman stopped the event that triggered the effect.
Thus temporal mechanics cannot explain this situation to my liking.
Overall, the movie is fine, but its a bit too campy to be called the best superhero movie.
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