Anyone else see this when it came out?
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gd5150 — 11 years ago(January 11, 2015 05:15 PM)
Give me a break no one was in awe. I was 8 and we were all like holy mother of god when will these credits end! They are absolutely endless. Feels like an hour long. 20 years later I found out there was a big fight in Hollywood at the time over film credits being at the beginning or the end of movies. Clearly this was made to mock those fighting for credits at the beginning of movies.
That being said, outside of an excellent main theme by John Williams, this movie is horrible. Watching it today it's utterly embarrassing how bad it is. There is nothing good about this movie. The acting is cheesy. The special effects are laughable. The plots is weak. Nuff said. -
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shangra86 — 10 years ago(April 03, 2015 06:05 PM)
Your an idiot and a bad troll. I'm SURE you said that when you were 8. You hardly remember seeing it. It was a big success. It made 6.5 million opening weekend that's 24 million today. This was way before any digital effects. Everything was models and wires etc.
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davidwatsoncd — 10 years ago(January 02, 2016 08:58 AM)
Too right gd5150! I've just seen it on TV (only seen snatches before), and the overriding impression is the damn starting credits! UNFORGIVEABLE! I thought I'd learnt patience in my 50 years, but jeez! I'm surprised the audience didn't walk out in protest!
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HellboundHero — 10 years ago(February 23, 2016 01:14 AM)
Give me a break no one was in awe. I was 8 and we were all like holy mother of god when will these credits end! They are absolutely endless. Feels like an hour long. 20 years later I found out there was a big fight in Hollywood at the time over film credits being at the beginning or the end of movies. Clearly this was made to mock those fighting for credits at the beginning of movies.
Don't project your sourpuss attitude onto other people. I managed to enjoy the credits even though I was 5 or 6 when I first saw the movie, and I grew up in a time when Hollywood began to phase out credit sequences altogether. -
Richard_Lawson — 11 years ago(January 08, 2015 01:58 AM)
I saw it too.
The opening credits, when the giant S logo appears - the audience was in awe. I don't have the words to describe the emotion that washed over me when that happened. That's something that just can't be experienced watching it at home.
The part I hated was an "intermission" that was inserted just after we see Superman emerge for the first time. The one and only time in my movie watching history that there was an intentional intermission.
I also clearly remember a scene on Air Force One where they talk about the president "eating peanuts", meaning Jimmy Carter. In all subsequent versions of the movie I haven't seen that scene again, but I know it happened.
Watching Superman in the movie theater remains one of my fondest memories. -
willydoe71 — 11 years ago(February 11, 2015 09:05 PM)
I was 7 when this came out, but didn't get to see it at the theater. I had to wait until it came on network television to finally see it, since we didn't have cable. I did see Superman II at the theater though.
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cam_alarcon — 11 years ago(February 27, 2015 08:01 AM)
I was 9 when I watched it as well. The thing I remember the most is John William's beautiful score blasting through the then state of the art Dolby surround sound. It made me teary-eye back then. It still does when I listen to it now.
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pawtrax67 — 10 years ago(February 10, 2016 10:15 AM)
I was probably 11 pushing 12. I was blown away. More by Reeve's excellent and believable acting, and the incredible score by John Williams.
The subtle humour was outstanding as well. Clark getting his coat caught in the ladies room door. The officer worker who sees Superman catch the cat burglar, then going "Nah..". The police sergeant who figures his police officer has to be drunk on duty, then sees a boat with the criminals outside the station, and Superman flying away.
What sold it was Christopher, as a clumsy, humble, no body. Who hides his incredible abilities in plain sight. People say its unrealistic that glasses would hide your identity. But you wear ordinary and almost geeky clothes. Stumble, and fumble around. Act awkward, you would be ignored. You see an guy in a smart suit, nice clothes, walking confidently. But you see some awkward tall dude in glasses, dropping his iPad and talking quietly on the phone would you notice him?
Even his gestures as he was "flying" looked fluid and realistic. Even at times the blatant blue screen he still makes you believe. The pain when he finds Lois. I think that yell even at normal level without microphones, and dolby sound you could hear and feel for 3 counties. A criminally under appreciated actor. -
htownsteve — 11 years ago(March 19, 2015 09:49 PM)
Wow. I'm two years older than most of the rest of you. I was 11 and this was my first theater movie since Star Wars 50 times. At the time, it kicked a$$. In retrospect, it doesn't hold a candle to SW. It's a fun movie, but SW (1-3) is a far superior franchise to SM (1-3). Going off topic, I hope JJ doesn't do to SW what that hack did with MOS.
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kgwrote-854-104240 — 10 years ago(April 18, 2015 12:11 PM)
This was the first movie I saw in a theater around age 8. The never-ending credits didnt bother me-I thought they were coolI was blown away in particular by the approach to Krypton and Clark kicking the football into the sky.