Yeah I didn't like this movie at all, it just had such a different feel to it, than 1, 2 and 3, 3 was way better, especially the evil superman vs the good Clark Kent scene, also I agree with the other person on here that said, Clark and Lana was a nice change, compared to Lois, I thought it was refreshing seeing someone from when he was in high school, Annette O'toole was really beautiful, a lot better looking than Margo Kidder, I thought she did a very nice job in Superman 3

I strongly disagree. Superman III was epic & really good. It's the other films which don't do it for me especially Superman IV which might I add sucks.

Both Superman III and Superman IV are bad films, but they each had separate problems for the most part. Looking back, the only redeemable qualities for the two films is Christopher Reeve.
Superman III was way too comical. Richard Pryor was a talented comedian and a good actor in his own right, but he had no business being in a Superman film. The villains were horrible and the ultimate villain (a super computer) was very lame. The other problem this film seemed to have to me is that Christopher Reeve's/Superman's part in the story seemed to take a backseat to Gus Gorman and the villains way too often for my tastes. In fact, the only real part of the Superman/Clark Kent story that sticks with me in this film is the junkyard scene (which was great).
Superman IV had substandard special effects. The effects look worse in this film that the previous three films, which were filmed 5 to 10 years before Superman IV. The editing was horrible, and that is an understatement. The villains were better than in Superman III (at least from a threat standpoint), but they should have gone the Bizarro route instead of using Nuclear Man. However, Nuclear Man's motives after mortally wounding Superman were no where to be found in the finished film. The whole Nuclear Man taking Lacey into outer space thing made no sense at all. Think about it, Nuclear Man could have decided to try and take over the world and instead he was planning on taking a woman into outer space. Was he leaving earth for good?

It is. Superman 3 was riding high on the success of the first 2, and had a proper budget to accompany the script. The script for 3 however was a pitiful mess. Superman 4 had a promising script that got drug down by the major cuts in the budget made by Cannon. Poor Chris Reeve had signed the deal, so there was no way out of it for him. Superman 4 still has it's charms. I saw it in theatres when I was 7 and loved as a kid. It was not until I was around 17, I saw it again that I realized, how cheap it was. However as I said, it still has it's charms..

I agree, and the intro on Superman III is the worst crap I've ever seen.
I first saw Superman IV as a kid and I still put it on now and then. Even though the movie is really silly, I enjoy it.

I can't really decide which I prefer. I like both, but 3 is probably the one I was most indifferent to until recent years. I have been watching it more often, and have actually grown to like it. I prefer Clark's romantic relationship with Lana than with Lois to be honest. A shame Lana wasn't in 4.
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The bad Superman part was practically the only good thing about Superman 3.
If the junkyard fight saves 3 then the epic Superman/Nuclear Man fight DEFINITELY saves Superman 4.
To me I correlate the badness of Superman 3 & 4 with the consecutive failures of 2 other entries from a favorite film franchise from my childhood, JAWS 3 & 4. With both franchises I think that you can practically flip a coin to decide which bad sequel was worst. All 4 (JAWS 3 & 4, Superman 3 & 4) were bad so it really comes down to picking which was the least bad or the best of the worst. In both cases it was proven that while a franchise can bounce back from the occasional stinker, you give the public 2 in a row and you're done for. We still haven't seen another JAWS film after all these years and they've rebooted Superman twice.
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This discussion is insane. III wasn't that good but at least you can't CLEARLY SEE the wires like you can when Superman and Nuclear Man are flying & fighting IV is really pathetic because of that and because of it's very, very stupid story.

One good scene alone can't save a bad film.

bad superman/junkyard fight saves III though
Yeah, that's about the only decent scene. Too bad it doesn't fit into the rest of the movie.

bad superman/junkyard fight saves III though

A lot of people say Superman IV is the worst one, but I agree in that III is actually the worst one. III has contempt for the Superman character and has the bad campy tone and comedy.