WOW, Richard Lester HATED Superman
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granitodiaz — 11 years ago(July 21, 2014 04:47 PM)
watching this on tv, and can't believe all the corny, stupid humor he put into the movie, he clearly didn't have any respect for the source material
Why the creators of Superman didn't hire somebody else? -
wallacesawyer — 11 years ago(July 25, 2014 07:43 PM)
The Salkinds brought back Richard Lester because they wanted more creative control over the film. Richard Donner and the Salkinds never got along.
I enjoy this film all things considered, but the humor was a bit overdone.
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wallacesawyer — 11 years ago(August 25, 2014 05:38 PM)
what I don't understand is people talk like those were the only 2 directors in the entire world
No, they just happened to be the ones the Salkinds used.
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Passport-To-Pimlico — 11 years ago(August 08, 2014 06:12 AM)
source material
If you're so into source material, my suggestion to you is to read a comic instead of watching this movie.
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d_henderson1810 — 11 years ago(November 22, 2014 05:37 AM)
I think that the scenes Richard Lester changed in Superman II, for the most part, were for the best, and made the movie even better.
However, Superman III does show what happens when Richard Donner has no involvement. -
Bourne1886 — 10 years ago(July 22, 2015 09:25 AM)
No they weren't, Lester ruined it, he had no respect or liking for Superman and it made number 2 so disjointed. He completely lost the meaning of Supermans origin and story from number 1 and all his aditions were meaningless. He refilmed parts just to get a credit but they were worse for the most part. No real effort or responsibility went into the parts he directed and it looked like they were filmed with out any passion. Clark crossing the road and denting the cab for example was so badly done and made no sense. It should have been a deleted scene.
Kidder and Hackman hated Donner being sacked so Kidders part was reduced to a cameo for three and Hackman refused to come back for 2. All the Hackman scenes in the theatrical cut of 2 were filmed by Donner. He didn't trust in Lester and was spot on. If Donner had no involvement in number 2 it would have been even worse and would have been as pathetic as number 3.
If Donner and Mankiewicz had been left in charge of number 2 and 3, the Superman franchise/film legacy would have been much better off as they had a better understanding and presentation of the character and the material!