10 Things You May Not Know About Superman III
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- Is 'Superman III' that bad or does it indeed deserve the criticism it gets?? Let's look into 10 things you may not know about this polarizing Superman entry and see if it can shed some light into what went wrong.
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This was my favorite Superman movie as a kid. Still get chills when Clark kills evil Superman then rips his shirt off and reveals his "S" signifying his return.
Junkyard scene is the highlight of the film
Couldn't agree more, wore down the VHS on this one!
First movie is my favorite of the 4 movies. This one is my second favorite. Superman 3 is dope!!
@@holden3 ???
Aaron V, dude I was born in 78, when Superman 3 came out I was 5 and slept in a full Superman costume with a cape!! 😂 I would run around like an idiot with my arms out flying around the house!! This movie was my favorite, that junkyard scene?? Whoooo hoooo!! Saw it in the theater.. best day ever mom even let me stay home from school that day!!
Just want to point out a somewhat childhood trauma; the scene where the super computer turns Webster's sister into a cyborg scared the you-know-what out of me.
William Crowe Me too! When those wires whipped out and wrapped her up it scared the bejesus out of me.
Same here. The shot of the eyes and the sounds, was very scary. Didn't like the bad Superman moments either and the fight with himself in the scrap yard, was always a relief to get that part of the movie over.
William, I remember that too, and it didn't scare me when I was 8 years old in 1984 watching it on VHS tape, but it made my skin crawl watching here transform into that cyborg, real creepy when I was young. so I know how you feel... :-)
Same here it really creeped me out
I heard that this scene inspired the creattive team of Star Trek The Next Generation to create the Borg.
Lois lane was usually a snot to Clark . I love superman 3 because of Lana Lang. Annette o'tool was excellent in the role.
Say what you want but "Superman III" had a PERFECT Lana Lang. She was such a sweet dream of a gal. Annette O'Toole is sooooo incredible and cute and just absolutely nails the character with her performance as Lana. The epitome of a character you truly care for.
I was so in LOVE with Lana Lang when this movie came out!
And she made the perfect Martha Kent on Smallville.
THE SOUNDTRACK IS MAGNIFICENT.
Playful, mischeivous classical!
Like a bugs bunny cartoon!
fun fact she later played martha Kent in the smallville series
Mhm. Lois had those disturbing feminist traits (smoked, drank, was afraid of having a family, etc.). 😒
Used to watch this as a kid, the woman turning into a robot was fucking nightmare fuel.
Louis Tully glad I wasn’t the only one that was terrified of that
when i was a kid the evil/dick superman traumatized me more...i was too young to get why he was acting like that so all i saw was my hero superman act like a twat and whale on Clark
I had to shield my eyes during that scene, lol.
There were 3 things that never failed to scare the shit outta me as a kid, the robot woman from superman, the 'thriller' music video and that fucking medusa from 1981's clash of the titans haha
The movie went from goofy Richard Pryor comedy to disturbing body horror.
As said in Office Space: ‘...An underrated movie, actually.’
I love this movie. Yeah, it's silly by today's standards but there is so much brilliance to it. The evil Superman Vrs Clark Kent battle is one of the most epic scenes ever. Totally love it.
I liked it as well
Sorry, but I LOVE Superman 3, I've got a real soft spot for it.
I think it's just plain good, not a guilty pleasure or anything like that.
I grew up watching it
Things I liked about Superman III:
- Christopher Reeve's overall performance, especially as evil Superman. Totally badass.
- The Smallville scenes. I thought Annette O'Toole and Reeve had really nice chemistry together and I almost wish they had continued that into the fourth movie rather than bringing back Kidder.
- The guy who plays Brad. He nails that character and is funny.
Brad was the original Chuck, the vanishing Cunningham son from Happy Days.
Horicert yes that smallville stuffmade the movie worth it!!!
No way thats Chuck... Cool, he was funny in 3, I loved reverse superman it was like watching ultraman. And the picnic scene where Clark eats the dogfood thinking it was Pate, classic.
The one terrible thing about this movie is when Superman flies off revealing the Calgary skyline including the Calgary C train.. My nephew used to live in Calgary and he pointed this out
BigAL68xyz wow.no shit?remember the tvland mystery spoof commercial.lol
I actually love the movie, especially when Superman and Clark Kent battled at the junkyard it's one of those moments as a kid you know good always wins over evil.
Same here..that junkyard scene was epic!
You are right! The Junkyard Fight Scene saves the movie, and is the one great moment.
+jasona9 Lets be real...as 80s and richard prior corny this movie was...that junkyard scene was epic and memorable to this day. Much more memorable than that new darker superman movie with russel crowe.
I had the comic when I was a kid back in the day and yes it says in the comic Superman vs Superman and the tagline under that tagline is "I have met my enemy and he is ME!" it's pretty much Superman vs his evil self and that Super Computer in the 80's
I love the movie too
I actually loved this movie. It brought some comedy to Superman, and it showed the actual range of Christopher Reeves.
It's Reeve, not Reeves. Even the narrator on the video got it wrong. :o(
Lord, rest all their souls. Good actors and actresses. Amen
I've always loved superman 3. Look at it as ahead of it's time, all the superhero movies today use plenty of a comedic element
Yeah thats true
True but Superman 3 was a little excessive for a superhero movie.
Here's a fun fact. Robert Vaughn was in The Man from U.N.C.L.E TV series as Napoleon Solo; and current Superman Henry Cavell starred in the 2015 in the same role.
And David McCallum, who played Ilya Kuryakin in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. now plays "Ducky" on NCIS (in one episode, somebody asks what Ducky looks like and he is told that Ducky looks exactly like Ilya Kuryakin from the old show). It doesn't have anything to do with Superman, just thought I'd throw it out there FYI.
In the 2015 Man From U.N.C.L.E. Ilya was played by Armie Hammer who would've played Batman in the cancelled Justice League Mortal film opposite DJ Cotrona's Superman.
@@sixfootkiwi6957 would have been good to
I loved Superman 3. As a kid I watched it more than the first 2.
Bro, same
Helen Slater was Supergirl !!!!.
I'm with you. still got love for this film.
Same
I have seen every cinematic appearance of Superman between 1978 - 2017 and I can honestly say that Superman 3 is my favourite.
I have always had a weakspot for Superman 3, sure it's bad but I can't help but like it.
I actually loved it.... Computers and stuff... :)
It wasn't bad, it was a great film that, unfortunately, had some unnecessarily bad stuff in it.
I'm with you, i didn't mind this movie. At first i thought, cool...seeing the funny side of Superman (and evil side) I'm sure before this was written, they thought - lets show people this time how Superman be in a bad guy outfit. It's like, that was a good idea at the time 😂😂😂 I knew when this was made, it's the end of Reeve's Superman...and they should've stop cos Sup 4 was Horrible, a joke. Most definitely ruined the franchise. I bet Gene Hackman wish he didn't go back to that.
II DIRECTx II YES!! You sir or whatever gender you go by (lmao) I too have a weak spot for this movie. They say great minds think a like!!
No matter what the critics say, I love this movie! Eat my ass rotten tomatoes!!
NOTHING is as badass as "Evil Superman" in from any incarnation, this sequence in itself makes Superman III watchable.
Good points: Chemical plant and going back to Smallville, Lana & Clark, and her regret choosing the badboy over him, also how she is genuinely more interested in Clark than Superman, rather than Lois being the complete opposite.
Also Gus embezzling from Websco (even though it was a technicality!) early example corporate hacking (though you're that smart to hack, yet not smart to know NOT to turn up to work next morning in a brand new Ferrari!) and the whole issue with the fuel shortage is like a commentary on society and last, but not least as mentioned, EVIL SUPERMAN and the fight.
Bad points: Almost everything else, the Salkinds were too commercial (you didn't mention the Nike placement or the A-Team), from the silly missile Atari game to Superman battling a Supercomputer (pun intended) with less power than an iPhone by today's standards. Enjoyable overall but I'm a child of the 80s.
I think this movie actually is trying more to tell that Clark is Superman than the other movies in this show did. They were more like Superman is clark. even the short explanation I think once was Superman and his alterego clark kent. WIch in sense is different to other superheroes. Bruce Waye is doing his crime fighting as batman. Peter Parker do the same. But Superman was more or less a nickname of Kal-El, and he was more or less Kal-el that sometimes dresses like a ordinary man. In sense its kinda like the Phantom who also always is the Phantam the walking wraith or what ever he is called in english. Bt sometimes he wanna walk like an ordinarie man and he dresses without his tights and is then called Chris. lol.
But here Clark is more Clark. Clark is even fihting himself. So I think this movie was among the first trying to make Clark Kent that IS superman.
Oddly enough, I loved Richard Pryor when I was a kid, so I actually enjoyed this movie more than most- and the fact that it was different from the previous two movies didn't bother me the least. Superman II is still my favorite overall though.
Yeah, he was in The Toy, which I loved too.
@@jc.1191 The Toy was one of my favorites too
Superman III doesn't look very good... until you watch Superman IV. Then, Superman III doesn't seem so bad.
I love Superman III because I grew up watching it.
I grew up watching it too, but I don't love it... though I will admit it did have some intreasting concepts, like bad boy Superman and good boy Clarke going at it and Superman getting "digitized" at the end and I still have a thing for the blonde bimbo and Miss Tesbacer from the first movie.
The quest for peace is by far the cringier movie.
That is the reason I still love Superman 4. I am of the school of thought that you can love a movie despite (or sometimes because of) its flaws.
Me too
Sammy Lane That doesnt make it good.
Nostalgic goggles can really make trash seem like treasure to some people.
A lot of movies I grew up with doesn't hold up anymore because I ironically grew up and saw their flaws.
Sammy Lane I somewhat agree. I grew up watching this many times as a kid and although I realize now as an adult it's nowhere near as good as the previous movies and was way too comedic, I don't treat it with such disdain as a lot of other people seem to. Now Superman IV on the other hand...
I still like Superman III MUCH better than Superman IV!! Plus, Pamela Stephenson as Lorelei is quite easy on the eyes too.
Simon Bergeron Yeah she was hot, ohhh!
We best agree to disagree, as 3 is FAR worse than 4 as far as characters/story go, IMHO...;)
Oooo yesh 👀
i can't believe how many people actually like this movie for some reason, y'all know this was Batman and Robin before Batman and Robin right? thats how bad this movie is. Superman 4 may be cheap and bad but at least it tried to be a superman movie Lex Luthor comes back, it actually has a super villain for Superman to fight. Lois lane has a bigger role again. it's not a 2 hour slapstick routine.
@OSCAR and EMMY i have watched it and it's a complete farce
The movie grows on you the more times you watch it. As a 10 year old, this movie was hilarious. I will always love its uniqueness.
I feel it important to point out that "Reeves" sounds more like you are referring to "George Reeves" who played Superman on TV, vs "Christopher REEVE" who played Superman in the films.
I'm one of those who really enjoys this one, never saw the 4th and only seen the first 2 maybe once or twice to my recollection. This was always my favourite, until Man of Steel came out.
Either he's taking the piss calling him "Reeves" or he's just one of these guys who can't help but add an 's' to last names.
He can't say Mxyzptlk right either or he's taking the piss again.
It's a Mandela effect. I remember Reeves myself. Christopher Reeve sounds off to me.
REEVE! not Reeves!
DW3010 , yes and "Kara," not "Clara."
+DW3010 Thank you! I can't begin to describe how badly that irritates me.
Kara damn it!!
He's confused with George Reeves, the actor who played Superman in the 1950's tv series.
Yeah his English and knowledge of pop culture is questionable. He said Atari was 10 bit lol
Here's a criticism of this video that many people seem to get confused. George REEVES was the star of the 1950s Adventures of Superman television series.
The star of the first 4 Superman films was Christopher REEVE.
Very true. Even before George Reeves there was Kirk Alyn.
But you still have to admit, the coincidence in names is more than uncanny.😒 Later hatred of the role. Difficult post SM casting. And untimely deaths.
Also Mxyzsptlk is pronoinced Mix, yizz, spit, lick
😂😂😂😂 "...a comic book adaptation of a movie adaptation of a comic... That's some Inception shit right there!"
I fell out laughing at that line!
I liked the first 3 superman movies...... I was like 9 it was all we had.
Richard Pryor was still better than Rob Schneider in Judge Dredd and his relationship with Superman was a better ❤️ story than Twilight.
Rob Schneider was the best thing in that movie.
Rob kinda fit in Dredd movie
I liked the Dredd remake with Karl Urban, much better.
Agreed but I wouldn't call it a love story instead it's more like interesting commentary
First Superman movie I remember watching. Loved it. Even now to me, it holds up. I'm not saying that this movie doesn't have its problems, but it's not nearly as bad as people say it is.
Its Reeve not Reeves. Reeves was the guy in the 50's TV show.
There's only one memorable line in Superman III: Vaughn says to Prior: I asked you to do one thing: to kill Superman, and you couldn't even do that one simple thing for me.
I always thought that was a great line. I still quote it from time to time.
There was no " for me "
As a small kid 2 things feared me the most while sleeping, The Terminator and robot lady in Superman 3.
I still enjoy it to this day, and will watch every year or two... has clever villainous plot. Reeve played a great evil Superman and Im in love with Annette O’Toole
Mee too
So basically the red kryptonite in Smallville (the tv show) is like the kryptonite in this movie.
Yes except Smallville is total garbage
Each color, rather movies, tv or books should have the same effects, itd be weird if blue had no effect in the books, but caused him to turn homosexual or splits him in two, yes theres a kryptonite that turns supes into a homosexual. It would make story lines in movies and tv even more confusing to watch trying to keep all the colors in order for three differant mediums.
Well the kryptonite in this movie wasn’t real kryptonite it was artificially created and they messed up the formula
@@jameswhite-aldworth2804 ...If you say so 🤔
Millions love it....so.
This movie was an odd departure from what came before, but I still love it. Love Richard Pryor’s role, Lana Lang, the Lex Luthor stand-in, and good vs. corrupt Superman.
This is the best analysis on this movie, I have ever read/heard.
"Superman III is the strangest Superman film ever"
Except for Superman IV that is...
And that god awful Batman vs Superman vs Everyone Else film.
@@lofthouse23 BvS is great
The Lana stuff isnt bad. Then she became his mom.
i love the leaning tower scenes and if i remember correctly they used the f word in french
It was actually Italian. The word was "stronzo," which means excrement. So yeah, still a foreign cussword.
Lol Bad Superman was so evil, he straighten the Tower of Pissa LOL. 80's cheese at its finest
Tony Danza as Supeman. I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or cry from laughing. I just hear his "Ay, yo Angela." from Who's the Boss being shouted out to Lois and Lana.
Richard Donner quote here when asked about this movie . "Superman was not the star of his own movie"
But Richard Donner was good friends with Richard Pryor, whom he directed the previous year in The Toy
Im sorry, but it was still a Superman movie. When I watched it as a kid I didnt say oh supes is in a Richard Pryor movie no it was Superman III with Richard Pryor.
As a kid, I didn't hate this one but it couldn't keep my attention either. I've always liked the bad superman sequence however. The first movie is good, the second one in Richard Donner's cut is even better. I love 'Man of Steel', but Christopher Reeve will always be the real Superman ;-)
MadMan's Creatives IMHO the only good thing about the Donner cut of II was Marlin Brando. I feel like the Metropolis battle was too chaotic with characters just randomly flying around that it didn't make any sense.
The underground battle wasn't as fleshed out as the Lester cut either. I liked all the individual grunts and groans of the two Kryptonians having it out under Metropolis in the Lester cut. The Donner cut just looks uninteresting in comparison.
I respect your opinion but NOOOOO
Its ALL about cavill
David Nicholson Terrence Stamp, who played Zod, saw a screening of Donners cut, and said it was finally the film it was supposed to be. They removed the silliness of the original cut, and restored old takes of certain scenes to create something close to what it was meant to be. I prefer the Donner Cut.
samuraigundam0079 Well, it's just my opinion.
Loved superman 3 as child and loved the dark side of superman.
To be honest I love this movie as cheesey as it maybe.
Evil Superman gave that chick one hell of a super-banging.
CthulhuChow he sure did
😂LOL Yup 😂
I don't think any condom would be strong enough.
As she did admint it. later in the same movie
His arse was a blur 😂
I actually loved this one as a kid. The best part was the good Superman vs Kent fight in the junk yard. Keep it up, Minty.
wstine79 that was epic
I loved the Dark Super aspect of Superman. That was my favorite character of the movie growing up.
Awesome vid. Your Inception line was CLASSIC! LOL THx
"Its Superman 3! I have to get some cigarettes and some KFC!!!!" lmfao
Remember, Superman's problems in Superman III were caused by TAR!!!! LOL
Richard's character couldn't decypher the missing element in Kryptonite, so he substituted tar and created Super-Dick, the Unfriendly Superman!
I gave Superman III a serious try when the series was briefly on Netflix earlier this year. I have to agree, it’s not as bad as everyone says.
On a side note, my brother had to go to the hospital so we were babysitting his kids, and I had the Superman movies playing, coz my brother loves Superman, and it was the best thing to play at that time.
Fantastic video, by far one of your best, great work.
I have been watching your reviews for some time now. This is one of your best. Keep it up.
my biggest problem with it was that there was no super villain!! they really dropped the ball here. They could have used BRAINIAC or BIZZARO
Yeah but this makes sense. The comics in the 80s made lex Luthor a businessman
I think, during the rewrites of the script, the braniac / killer computer idea sort of lingered but was sort of merged into one and the source material became unrecognisable - if you mentally call the computer (and cyborg villain in the climax) Braniac, it makes more sense in an "early 80s hollywood, medium budget so poor fx, superheros are silly so don't worry about being faithful to the source material" type way.
So you're saying you like Nuclear Man?
@@PetePuebla I'm talking about Superman 3, not 4 dude. Nuclear man has nothing to do with my statement.
@@Rendezman562 ummm..you said Superman IV and you mentioned supervillan.
The Swedish version of Superman III actually has a title. It's called "Stålmannen går på en krypto-nit", which is a little hard to translate, but I'll give it a shot. Stålmannen translates to "The steel-man" which is the pretty lame original "swedification" of "Superman". Nowadays we use the english original-name for the character.
". . . går på en krypto-nit" is a pun. The swedish expression "gå på en nit" means "have a loss" or "have a setback" usually ensued by an outside force. By adding "Krypto" to the "nit" we get the reference to Kryptonite.
It's fitting, however because Superman does have a setback ensued by the false kryptonite.
Oh, By the way, Minty. Love between cousins is not considered incest in Sweden. Cousins are allowed to have relationships and even marry each other.
Tommie Jönsson It's also legal in the U.S., too.
We have that in America to we call this place of wonder Alabama.
You left out the best scene with the leaning tower of pizza. 😲
The funny thing is that dark Superman's costume looks more like Henry Cavill's darker colored suit in the modern movies.
This is one of my favorite Superman movies. I thought it was fun and the imagery of the villain turning in to the robot freaked me out as a kid, but I was intrigued.
Oh. I forgot about the Superman alter ego. I thought that was a great sub plot and kind of inspirational when you think about the strongest man in the universe and as a kid would think of as a wholesome role model, still had inner demons to battle and overcame them in the most bad ass way.
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Was good when Gus Gorman came good at the end. He knew Superman was good and didn't want to see him hurt
Growing up, I was never that versed in comics. But as an adult, I can view the super computer as an interpretation of Brainiac and the dark version of Superman as an interpretation of Bizarro.
But that may be stretching a bit.
I Agree With Bizzaro!
But Replace Brainiac
With Metallo; As Braniac
Was Alien in Origin &
Obviously A Genius,
Whereas Metallo Was A
Cyborg (Insaine & Had A
Kryptonite Heart Implant?)
I'm not gonna lie, as a kid, this was my favorite Superman movie.
Its still better than Superman 4 !
This is my favorite film out of the series. Evil superman is awesome af
I never understood Superman 3 as a kid, I just thought it was cool to see him do bad things.
Sorry to hear that I hope you're better!
Even as a kid I thought it was sketchy that Superman could lift a continent in Superman the movie, but somehow compute cables with no moving mechanism could hold him down.
Now this is fair! Way better than the generic 10 facts method, your version really has a well founded intro and outro. The audience really get the chance to feel present in the video.
Time well spent!
My favorite Superman of all the movies. Saw this in the cinema as a kid and loved it and still do. Reeves and Prior are two of my ‘80s faves, so this had it all for me. Never realized it was so hated, apparently!
I loved Superman III as a kid. And I still do. The fight with himself is epic. It's also cleverly done, in the way that it is never explained if it actually happened or if it was all in his head, like an internal struggle that was played out or a hallucination caused by the Krytonite. I also love the over the top 80's slapstick which works in this film, and provides much needed comic relief from the serious dark stuff. I also liked that a lot of it was Richard Pryor's story.
"Reeve", sir. George Reeves was the classic tv Superman. This mistake happens as much as people mispronouncing Luthor as "Luther" though, so... whatever. LOL!
Now that I think about it Superman follows the same pattern as the Batman movies, where 1 and 2 are considered good, the 3rd one not so good and the 4th one almost unwatchable
batman and robin? hah that was even worse than Superman 4
jrag1000 ummmm???
I don't know why people hate this movie. I think this is one of the best Superman movies in the franchise. It feels more like a comic book I grew up with. Then any of the other movies. Plus the computer scene at the end. When I was a kid, that was terrifying.
11th thing you might not know or have noticed: Giorgio Moroder added "Original songs." He's sort of a legend and the thought of John Williams and him on the same soundtrack is fantastic. Gonna have to go back and give this one a review.
It left a legacy, one that was homaged in Office Space and everyone I've ever met is tempted to try the scam.
The only thing i liked about this movie is Evil Superman. Technically this movie's version of Bizzaro
Liked your analysis of the themes concerning addiction and indulgence. I've watched this movie a few times for laughs, and never thought about these underlying messages. Good catch. Well done video too.
Pryor was good in "The Toy" though I agree he's better when not having to do pg but he can still do it decent.
Loved him in that and superman 3!
Who is this Christopher Reeves of which you speak?
Excellent video and spot on with your analysis of this movie. There is a lot wrong with it but it will always be loved. The junkyard scene is up there with the best Superman moments.
I was twelve at the time so they had me with the computer and video game stuff.
Plus - bad Superman was cool.
Minty is a movie encyclopedia and I love his positive outlook. SM3 is not Shakespeare in the park, but it's good fun!
Can you do a video on Hear No Evil, See No Evil. Also with Pryor. Nice Vids. Watched about 10 so far.....
Oh and yes the Johnny Walker bottle Superman is drinking is like an advertisement to driink only that brand and Superman destroying the other bottles means don't drink those other liquors LOL XD
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That was my understanding.
Always loved Superman 3 as a child growing up. Superman 4, now that one, I just didn't get.
That evil superman scene is the best in the whole movie. Clark Kent vs. Evil Superman.
Minty, both you and I saw this movie's TV version growing up. Yeah, mum and dad had that on tape, and been such a long time since I watched it, almost wondered if I had imagined stuff like the opening in space.
It's Kara, *not* Clara! And it was Christopher *Reeve* not Reeves. I'll let that one slip because you may be thinking of George Reeves.
Superman 3 is one of the great examples of going against the golden rule of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it "
The Salkinds along with Richard Lester killed the golden goose.
Personally this was always my favorite one.
It scared the heck out of me.
Mine too!! I was born in 77 and I loveit
Wow. I liked some parts, but superman 1 and 2 are amongst the best sh films period even by todays standards.
@@Drazlyn '78er here. The part when the lady got eaten up by that computer stuff scarred me for life.
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Then, there was the Badman-Superman I really, really disliked him. I think I cried. Haha.
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Superman II: During the fight scene outside the Planet building, people are walking out of a KFC.
It's not a good movie neither is Superman 4 but I would gladly rewatch them over the blandness that is Superman Returns
Really....Returns was a breath of fresh air....it had been far too long since Superman appeared on the big screen.
I'm still traumatized by the robot lady, I remember watching it at the theater and running out screaming from the theater. Apparently I'm not the only one who suffers PTSD from the robot lady, bc there is a Facebook group devoted to helping people conquer their fear lol
The Robot Lady at the end scared me so much when I was a kid. I was about four years old, and I remember being horrified by her. She still makes me nervous.
The film was good , the problem was Way to much Richard Pryer dominating the movie and way to much slap stick rather than a theme like the first 2 movies
Pryor isn’t the problem for me. A villain nowhere near the quality of Hackman as Luthor is more problematic.
It was enough pryor and superman, slapstick was cool dont forget how funny ned beatty..batty...otis was from superman 1. The only problem for me and once again I was like 9 when it came out was no big name villian, if brainiac was in it or Luthor and brainiac it wouldve been better. Before the supes movies we had that weird spiderman and horrible capt america movie.
Superman 3 was indeed the turning point in the Christopher Reeve Superman series. The first 2 films were not without their flaws, especially the 2nd one.
However, Superman 3 is clearly a different type of movie, and its flaws are on a whole new level. There are certain aspects of this movie though that are still very good, and make Superman 3 worth watching at least once including:
-Christopher Reeve himself. This is the best he/Superman ever looked on film. The exploration of Superman's dark side is a compelling aspect of the plot, and the climactic junkyard battle between Clark & Dark Superman is still the closest we've ever come to seeing Superman vs. Bizarro on the big screen.
-Superman 3 also contains some of the coolest, "hero moments" for Superman himself including the photobooth gag and car rescue in the intro, the frozen lake rescue of the chemical fire, and the scene where he stops the thresher from killing Lana's son.
-Richard Pryor is a confusing inclusion, but his presence isn't what ruins the movie. It's mostly fine for about the first half or so. After the aforementioned Clark vs. Dark battle though, Superman 3 quickly becomes very hard to watch. The computer battle is nonsense, and the actual villains in this film come off like a poor man's version of the Lex Luthor, Otis, and Miss Tessmacher trio, and anyone who is an imitation Ned Beatty at best never really had a chance.
But lets face it, didnt lex in sense turned to in a sense a Webster character in the more modern superman. I mean I remember Lex to be a Supervillain almost looking like Brainiac in this video. lol. But suddenly he was rich, and openly a normal company, but in the dark he is more a maffia boss. Its just the money that makes him super dangerous because he is filthy rich. Then we have Gene Hackmans lex, that doesnt really seem to be rich, he just take stuff, and did build stuff without money somehow... Or made smart bank jobs maybe. Also not a super villaine, more of supergenius.
Thats what Ive been trying to say the Pryor wasn't technically a villian, the lack of a good villian is what hurt the movie.
I liked Superman III when it came out. I think your right about the PG- Pryor. Computers were all the rage and seeing Richard Pryor out do his computer teacher and then figuring out how to pocket all the half bits of change was enthralling.
Lately I’ve been so into this franchise, it’s so bonkers. Never paid any attention when I was a kid but now that I’m 34 I’m all in.
I'm actually watching this on a magical machine!
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Technically that's not incest because even though Brainiac might have been LIKE a father to Kara, they WERE NOT RELATED
This was filmed when I was 6. The scene where Richard Pryor is dressed as a general and gives Superman the green kryptonite was filmed in Red Deer, Alberta Canada. I remember it as a scary event. We were in the group of people watching the presentation. I was freaking out because I thought the Americans were invading and had taken over my town. There were US flags everywhere and the giant US flag in the background of the stage was on one of the city's movie theatres. Superman was a small side note. Even today when I watch this movie my stomach turns at that scene. But I still lived this movie. Even the worst Superman movie is still great as it is a Superman movie period. Love your stuff Minty.
I was a kid when this came out, I loved it, it was my favourite Christopher Reeves superman film, still is, it was funny, clearly aimed at kids.
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whoop dat trick I’m English mate, favourite 👍🏻 #don’t be a dick