Who'da ever thought that I would be on my 89th post eh?
Anyways, im just sitting here upset, while jamming to Barbara Streisand's - Poppa Can you Hear Me? I love that movie, Yentl, gets me crying everytime. Thank god for Ipods cause my brother would not appreciate this music.
Anyways, I was going through Netflix movies, and was curious to see that there was Superman IV. I was crazy right? Everyone knows theres like 4 of them right ? Now, remember Im talking about Christopher Reeve's Superman - you know the REAL Ones. Anyways, i couldnt get past the fact that I hadnt seen part three. It totally blew my mind. Then I started reading what other people who actually saw it had to say. Heres what i read:
JB , NC
Inhabitants of the Planet Houston: After the end of Superman II: Triumph of Zod, the son of our jailer, “Superman”, became our slave forever. To further humiliate him, we decided to force him to partake in the worst "movie" we could think of, Superman III. Unbeknownst to us, the movie wound up being worse than even I, General Zod, your Rightful Ruler, had planned. It is so bad, Zod cannot even stand to watch it. The movie even has a silly message, namely, technology is dangerous and you must be careful with it. Yet, as all of you know, the only message you need is this: General Zod is dangerous, and therefore you must KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!
DT 958819
Even if you love the Superman genre, there is no compelling reason to waste your time with this film. Poorly written, bad campy acting, without even the bit of chemistry between Reeves and Kidder of the original film (her role is basically non-existent in this one). This one is really an embarrassment from 1983. We hope this one is deleted from the resumes of Robert Vaughn and Richard Prior. Only item of interest, Annette OýTool, who currently portrays Martha Kent in the Smallville television show, has the role of Laura Lang in Superman III.
nxp 301540
One of the worst films ever produced, directed, lensed, or dreamed up. Destroyed what could have been a decent franchise in my opinion. Every time I see Richard Pryor on the cover I wince. Tragic!
Kerski
In reading the reviews, i kept hearing one thing, and I just had to retaliate. SUPERMAN is NOT a COMEDY. Ever. The fact that this is even being concidered an addition to a Superman collection is as rediculous as Richard Lester directing it. Lester lacks what Donnar had: Magic. When you see the first two films, they are like flying through the air with Superman. You feel loved, appreciated, and that your intelligence hasn't been compromised. Watching Superman Three, however, is like having that same feeling shot out of the sky, rolled into the mud, and spat on. The only saving quality this movie has is Annette O'Toole who did a fantastic job as Lana Lang. However, she played a small part in the film, and what was left for the rest of us fans was complete campy crap.
AV 1609224
Having Richard Pryor be the star of the film was a BIG mistake. Having him be this goof ball computer wiz was redicilous. I thought that the opening sequence credits were funny to a degree, but I think they kinda went overboard. I thought the scens with the chemical plant was decent and the chemistry between Christopher Reeve and Annette O'Toole was good stuff.I also like the Superman splitting in two idea. I thought that scene in the junkyard where bad Sups fights good Clark was the highlight of the movie. The major problem with this film was that the villians and the whole plot about the computer that could control/make weather was just flat out stupid. The end where Superman "fights' the "Ultimate Computer" that was a fricking giant sized arcade game was completely idiotic! It seemed like whoever wrote this film tried to make it both a comedy and an action adventure, so they tried both and the result was a mixed bag. Sure it was hard to top Superman 2, which was easily the best of the 4 films, but common, they dould put more effort into it. If they wanted a computer to be the villan they should have had it be Brainiac. If you haven't seen this movie and are curious, watch the scenes Reeve and O'Toole and the Clark vs. bad Superman scene. Skip the rest!
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Seriously, these are real reviews. So of course instead of heading the advice that is pretty much leading to the same reaction of most people who saw it, I had to watch it to see how bad it was....Man, am i disappointed about this fucking movie. I loved part 1, and 2, and 4.....after watching 3 very painfully, and with many breaks in between, i have to so that it sucks serious ass man. Im talking about, it just really sucked badddd.....Its possibly the worst movie i have ever seen,.....ever.....ever...ever...ever... i think you get the point. I warn you...do not ever watch that movie. EVER....
Its just funny that only Richard Pryor could nick name Super Man "Sup"....i mean seriously....
The only cool revelation about that movie is that in this movie - i found out that Lana Lang is actually Clark Kents mother in the tv series Smallville, I was so blown away when i saw that. It was awesome, the awesome feeling that a Superman comic friek could enjoy...narf....
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