What were they thinking when there hiring Richard Lester? Richard Donner had everything going great until they hired Mr. Lester and fired Donner for "creative differences"(?). I can see what Mr. Lester was trying to do when he brought along his humor to this movie, but let's face it, Superman is a man of steel, camp humor just isn't the name of the game in for a movie like this. It might have worked for his Beatles films, but this isn't a movie about kid rock n roll bands.
The overall humor is so bad, it even seems that the movie is making fun of itself! Camp humor is exactly what Richard Donner wanted to avoid. Richard Pryor is the same clumsy, humorous character he plays in all of his movies, but combining his elements with a Superhero capable of dishing out all the goods, just doesn't seem plausible, even though, this my personal favorite Pryor movie.
Without any much of a star studded cast with the, exception of Christopher Reeve himself, this is a very unbalanced movie all around, though it pleased me when I was little, this movie is like watching paint dry now. The special effects were a nice try, but are way out of their league. However, if you want to spend time to watch this, go ahead, this is actually a great film for all ages, just don't take anything seriously.
The overall humor is so bad, it even seems that the movie is making fun of itself! Camp humor is exactly what Richard Donner wanted to avoid. Richard Pryor is the same clumsy, humorous character he plays in all of his movies, but combining his elements with a Superhero capable of dishing out all the goods, just doesn't seem plausible, even though, this my personal favorite Pryor movie.
Without any much of a star studded cast with the, exception of Christopher Reeve himself, this is a very unbalanced movie all around, though it pleased me when I was little, this movie is like watching paint dry now. The special effects were a nice try, but are way out of their league. However, if you want to spend time to watch this, go ahead, this is actually a great film for all ages, just don't take anything seriously.