Superman (DVD) Reviews

Wow, I almost feel honored to be writing a review on this film! Superman is surely the Grandaddy of all Superhero films. Its the original and possibly the best. From this one film we got several excellent and a few poor sequals. We got the new adventures of Superman and of course we got Smallville and lots of other bits and pieces. And who ...  Read the complete review

This original superman film was released in 1978 and starred the late great Christopher Reeve, as well as Gene Hackman and Marlon Brando. This film covers a great deal of the superman story from his origins on the planet Krypton to his life on earth as a teenager in Smallville and his life as the mild-mannered and bumbling reporter who ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on The Student Room and Flixster Superman is the original comic book adaptation, and sits alongside X-2, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight as one of the very best. It owes a lot to its magnificent star, the late Christopher Reeve, who "made us believe a man could fly", and of course, Richard Donner's ...  Read the complete review

The Seventies was a dark time in cinema, the main fashion of films at the time was disaster movies such as Earthquake, The Poseidon Adventure or The Towering Inferno. These were films that saw people overcome the odds or attempted to survive by defying nature. So watching the first Superman film again on DVD makes you wonder exactly how easy it ...  Read the complete review

The original Superman in all its glory and, in my opinion, this is still comfortably the best super hero movie of all time. Obviously the special effects are not what you see in the cinema these day and don't even come close to the hit TV series Smallville which profiles the young Clark Kent growing up to become the man of steel, but ...  Read the complete review

On a planet far, far away from earth called Krypton a scientist, Jor-El is unable to convince the planets rulers that Krypton will soon be destroyed, in order to save his planet's race and his planets heritage, he sends his baby son to earth. His son crash lands in a field and is found by a loving couple in Smallville (Martha and ...  Read the complete review

OK, well the start of this and Superman 2 don't tally. Jor-el has nothing to do with Zod's sentence. He is obviously their advocate in court. The Elders pass judgment. Jor-el says nothing, neither condemning Zod or supporting him. There are at least 6 Elders who all say guilty. Even if Jor-el voted, Zod, Ursa & Non would be guilty by majority. ...  Read the complete review

The complete Superman collection DVD is a must if you are a Superman fan. It contains 4 of the movies: Superman the Movie - with restored elements and dynamically remixed digital audio. Superman II - The continuing story of the Man of Steel Superman III Superman - The Quest for Peace There are also tonnes of ...  Read the complete review

Superman is perhaps the most famous of superheroes. Many comics, cartoons, TV series and films have been made of the superbeing from the planet Krypton. This is the 1978 movie which spawned a host of following superman films. The Plot The planet Krypton is under danger of being destroyed by the red sun. Kal-El is sent by his ...  Read the complete review

Superman is one of the best superhero films of all time with Christpher Reeves playing the lead role as Superman / Clark Kent .Its the story of a troubled Planet called Krypton which is in terrible turmoil as rthe planet is about to be destroyed by the impending approach of the nearby Red Sun which leads to two characters Jor-El and Lara seniding ...  Read the complete review

The most famous onscreen incarnation of the DC Comics superhero-cum-American cultural icon endured a lengthy, exhaustive and troubled production. It lasted from sometime in 1975 until just weeks before its 25th December 1978 theatrical premiere. Yet, despite all its behind-the-scenes shenanigans, the film proved a huge success in every imaginable ...  Read the complete review

Superman The Movie: Back in 1978 the world was to believe a man could fly with the release of the multi million-dollar movie “Superman” After Spending years being repeated on TV and re-released on Video over and over Superman has finally been released on DVD and for Warner Bros. A feature packed DVD. (Also available in a ...  Read the complete review

Movies based on comic books are currently pretty hot stuff in Hollywood with every studio looking to get the rights to every superhero the world of ink drawings has to offer. You can hardly blame them because ever since Superman, if a comic book adaptation is done right then it's a very big cash cow. Superman was made over twenty ...  Read the complete review

Comic book to big screen crossovers have been a somewhat hit and miss affair over the years, for every X-men there’s a ‘Swamp thing’ but for me the original has never been bettered. In 1978 the world was made to believe that a man could fly, that man was Christopher Reeve and with the adaptation of ‘Superman’ the ...  Read the complete review

As a bit of scene setting, imagine all the world’s morons filling the Trafford Centre with the biggest queue imaginable, just so they can have Posh Spice sign their copy of her autobiography. I pass them by, hiding a smirk, proposing to browse the DVD section of WHSmith and spend no money. But a moment of weakness overcomes me; as I peruse ...  Read the complete review

There is much to be said about Richard Donner's landmark 1978 film. From its comic book opening to the antics of the Superheroes and Supervillains within this film is obviously an adaptation of what is essentially a children's story, a work of fantasy. However, this adaptation was like none that had gone before it and it influenced all ...  Read the complete review

***DVD REVIEW*** The fact that this movie is on DVD may seem redundant to some people; after all, it has been on TV several times. But even so, this more than 2 decades-old movie is still worth getting on DVD. The extras on it and the clear picture and sound are worth a twenty dollar investment, especially if you like to toss reality to ...  Read the complete review

Being a fan of the superman films, especially 1 and 2, I was pleased to see the release of the Expanded Edition DVD. A number of scenes have been added to the main movie, and the number of special features on the DVD make the purchase well worth the money. To the Movie. The movie on the DVD is the original movie, with ...  Read the complete review

Considering this movie was made in the late 1970s, it presents us with the most perfect Superman ever seen on screen. Christopher Reeve plays both the superhero and his alter ego Clark Kent with great relish, and Clark is still the wimp, whereas later comics turned him into almost as much a superhero as the S-Man himself. Margot Kidder is not ...  Read the complete review

We see planet Krypton just before it explodes. We see clarks real father Jor-El played by Marlon Brando sending three criminals into the phantom zone. After which he meets with the council and is told off for his conviction that Krypton is doomed. He then returns home to his wife and infant son (superman) Krypton explodes and Jor-El sends ...  Read the complete review