It was the only superman film to be helmed by two directors. Many of the scenes shot by second director richard lester who had been. The top 20 action movie villains of the 80s tvovermind. This film was too much about superman and lois lanes relationship, and lex was just another bad guy in the movie. A storyline like this featured in a 1985 story of the incredible hulk where bruce banner was separated from the hulk who was now out of control and on the rampage. The 20 best superhero movie villains apr 27, 2018 consequently, superman cannot really appeal to his emotions. The film features a cast of christopher reeve, richard pryor, annette otoole, annie ross, pamela stephenson, robert vaughn, marc mcclure, and gavan o. Superman ii, iii and iv are all in widescreen, but they lack 5.
Ranking his movie villains, from weakest to strongest. The quest for peace, for superman iii, despite its total goofiness, is still a hit. Things you didnt know about superman iii screenrant. She has a fascination with authoritativeappearing badges and is driven by perversions and unreasoning hatred of all mankind.
The film features a cast of christopher reeve, richard pryor, annette otoole, annie ross, pamela. Jun 20, 2016 ah, the abysmal superman iii, the film whose only compliment is, not as bad as superman iv. Yes you read the title i love superman iii it is my childhood movie, i grew up watching this film and it was the first film i saw as a kid. Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with lois lane, unaware that three kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering earth. After viewing this, i came to wish that otoole would return in a future superman movie rather than margot kidder. Industrialist ross webster wants to use an advanced computer system to take over the worlds oil supply only superman stands in his way good guys. Speaking of bad guys, superman is in lanas living room after the ceremony when an emergency call comes in that a truck is perched precariously on the edge of a bridge and the driver is in danger. The theater release of superman iii ran approximately 2 hours and 5 minutes 125 min.
Superman iii 1983 gus gorman gets drops off at the. When you cast richard prior to play one of the bad guys you know its going to be so uneven and it was, poor effects and there was little action, i did like it. While superman ii does not hold up to the tests of time as well as its predecessor, 1978s superman. At the end of the day, part iii is like a bad episode of your favorite television show. But superman feels an odd twinge and then decides theres no rush. Which, i should stress, is not meant to imply that the comics or the film is bad thought it is easy to make the argument that superman iii is a bad movie. Ross webster, who is determined to control the worlds coffee and oil.
With gene hackman, christopher reeve, margot kidder, ned beatty. Ross webster is the main villain played by robert vaughn in superman iii, written similar in tone to lex luthor in the first two superman movies. Here are 15 villains superman has never fought in a movie but he might soon. Jan 24, 2011 speaking of bad guys, superman is in lanas living room after the ceremony when an emergency call comes in that a truck is perched precariously on the edge of a bridge and the driver is in danger. So a third movie was wisely ordered up, and its superman iii that many feel brought about the end of a good thing. It is the third installment in the superman film series and the last superman film to be produced by alexander salkind and ilya salkind. But thank god for christopher reeve, i love every scene that hes in, especially where the good superman fights the bad superman, thats fantastic. For this reason the film is surrounded with controversy since original director richard donner had completed, by his estimation, roughly 75% of the movie in 1977 before being taken off the project. The computer comes alive superman leaves computer cave 02. Superman iii is a 1983 superhero film directed by richard lester, based on the dc comics character superman.
Ultimate collectors edition box set is a mammoth collection of five superman movies, a bonus sixth movie, an expanded edition of one film, a longawaited directors cut of another, two featurelength documentaries, all of the max fleischer superman cartoons, a rare television pilot, and enough bonus. Superman confronts rosscomputer takes overgus fights ross 02. After beating arch enemy lex luthor twice, superman meets a new villain. With christopher reeve, richard pryor, margot kidder, jackie cooper. The plot involves the usual scheme to control the earth. Super movie monday superman iii, part 2 hero go home. Except this time out, things dont tie up very neatly like they did in superman ii. David newman, leslie newman, jerry siegel, joe shuster. Jun 28, 2016 supermans first live action film appearance was in the movie serials or weekly chapter plays superman 1948 and atom man vs superman 1950, with kirk alyn in the lead role. Lois lane has been extremely limited done in this movie and the main villain is this time portrayed by robert vaughn. When you consider all the superman bad guys who remain unused, it is totally insane that, for superman iii, they just made up a generic evil rich guy. Just as in superman iii, superman straightens the leaning tower of pisa. A young boy, once again played by actor aaron smolinkski, caught supermans secret identity in a. Spiderman 3 was just a bad movie slightly redeemed by the belltower scene.
Superman iii 1983 gus gorman gets drops off at the coal mine. Superman iii is a 1983 superhero film directed by richard lester, based on the dc comics. Each film has their own charm to it, but each film lost a little quality. Ive always been disappointed with superman iii because of the fact that richard pryor and the other three bad guys seem to take over the movie, and stop it from feeling like a proper superman film. Apr 29, 2019 forget tying the action of superman iii to a larger, allencompassing d. It is one of my personal favorite superman movies of all time. Why is steppenwolf so bad in justice league that lack of a human connection bleeds into the final product. Time after time, lois would denigrate clark while regaling superman, but lana could see the goodness in both. Ultimate collectors edition box set is a mammoth collection of five superman movies, a bonus sixth movie, an expanded edition of one film, a longawaited directors cut of another, two featurelength documentaries, all of the max fleischer superman cartoons, a rare television pilot, and enough bonus material to keep a supes fan busy for the better part of. It is a sequel to the 1978 film superman and stars gene hackman, christopher reeve, terence stamp, ned beatty, sarah douglas, margot kidder, and jack ohalloran. The kryptonian superhero has come up against a lot of bad guys in the past, but zod is especially dangerous because 1 hes a better fighter than superman, 2 he has the same power set, and of. However, gus was not the real villain of superman iii. Diamond stingthank you superman superman gusclark gives lana diamond ring 01. Reviewers on its 1981 us release praised the film as more fun than the original, a more exciting thrill ride.
Superman iii had lofty expectations, but only managed to limp into mediocrity. Taking its cue from the delineated storylines in superman ii, the movie takes off in two directions the machinations of the bad guys and clark kents high school reunion with everything and everyone coming together for the finale. After the bird and the plane, its superman when it should be superman. Nonetheless, bad superman makes superman iii a surprisingly accurate recreation of cheesy superman stories from the 1950s and 60s. The superman curse refers to a series of supposedly related misfortunes that have plagued creative people involved in adaptations of superman in various media, particularly actors who have played the role of superman on film and television. The bad guy in the movie was ross webster, played by the always slimy robert vaughn. This film has a really bad reputation in certain circles some fans have even produced amateur reedits to improve it.
Superman iii feels like the work of people deeply ashamed to be making a superhero movie in the first place, but particularly embarrassed to be making this juvenile romp. Clarks been invited to his highschool reunion, so goes in order to write. He was the original bad guy in mind for superman iii, the aborted superman reborn. They then move in on earth, taking it over, but little do they know who they will have. Essentially recreating supermans origin story while inserting superman iis bad guys, zack snyders first goround with the kryptonian is a typically selfserious, lumbering affair. Superman iii serves as a reminder that studios have been getting superman egregiously wrong for a very, very long time remove the wildly successful, influential and beloved first two entries in the superman liveaction saga. Rendered sick by imperfectly synthesized kryptonite, a surly, evil superman commits mischief, vandalism, and causes an oil slick. Man of steels final battle is supermans best movie moment.
Feb 21, 2019 superman iii usually gets a lot of stick but the best part for me was clark kent being separated from superman who was now an evil, stubbled sociopath wearing black boots. Superman iii is the only movie thats also its own porn parody. Superman iii 1983 is very extremely underrated bashed hated film and i am going to defend this film today. Overall, man of steels final battle is supermans greatest moment on film. However, iii and iv are not as bad as you may remember.
A third appearance from christopher reeve as clark kentsuperman. Once again, superman is there and saves paris by throwing the bomb into outer space. Superman iii was pull your eyes out and drop them in acid awful. Superman ii is the 1980 sequel to the 1978 feature film superman. Superman ii is a 1980 superhero film directed by richard lester and written by mario puzo and david and leslie newman, based on the dc comics character superman. Superman iii 1983 gus gorman gets drops off at the coal. Its full of vivid colours thats why its so good when evil superman ends up in a slightly darker suit, the kind of suit that would just be fucking standard now and grandiose sets hi, welcome to my underground cave with a sentient super computer. That is in no way an indictment of what came before. This is a list of fictional supervillains appearing in dc comics who are or have been enemies of the superhero superman. She has the same superpowers as superman and zod and sports short hair. Supermans first live action film appearance was in the movie serials or weekly chapter plays superman 1948 and atom man vs superman 1950, with kirk alyn in the lead role. Debating the top 5 superman movie villains syfy wire.
Last year marked the 35th anniversary of richard lesters superman iii, and after recently revisiting the film on bluray i was struck by a number of similarities between it and joel schumachers batman forever. Superman iii may be a terrible movie, but i admire the way the filmmakers stuck to their guns. The curse is frequently associated with george reeves, who starred in adventures of superman on television from 1952 to 1958, and died of a gunshot wound. Were ignoring superman iv which is awful and superman returns in which kevin spacey merely does a gene hackman. Man of steels third act and final battle is supermans greatest movie moment.
Superman ultimate collectors edition dvd talk dvd movie. Movie superman ii the richard donner cut show more show less. All the bad guys take off in mini hot air balloons to their. However, this is one of those cases where i just dont see what everyones on about. Theres a clear victory for the good half of his personality, though.
It has christopher reeve is not only his best, most authorative, most heroic, and most ripped superman performance and with the best wig, he also plays the best ever evil version of a hero. The film casts a clearly bored reeve as a clark kent who wows his boss with the lamest pitch in the world. Webster, played by a reliably slimy robert vaughn, has no real motivation other than making as much money as possible, so much so that he tries to destroy the country of colombia to take over the coffee industry. Unfortunately, the explosion releases the three bad guys,general zod terence stamp, ursa, sarah douglas, and non jack ohalloran imprisoned in the first superman movie. The film was released in australia and mainland europe on december 4, 1980. New adventures of superman 19661970 while it may seem unfair for bud collyer to be the only superman voiceactor to make a list devoted entirely to guys. Awful movie from start to finish full of terrible gags, poor acting and dialogue, the plot was so bad, when you cast richard prior to play one of the bad guys you. It contains three distinct sections, each of which speaks on one aspect of supermans character.
The came superman ii, and the world kneeled before zod. Yeah okay, i know superman iii is one of my favourite films ever but like, im just struck how much of an accurate comic book movie it is. Oct 21, 2019 beating bad guys to a pulp doesnt always work, especially when the bad guy is an opponent whos equally as strong if not stronger than the hero. Unlike most heroes, superman s adversaries exist in every known capacity. This is a list of fictional supervillains appearing in dc comics who are or have been enemies.
Maybe its because i first saw it at a young age, but i think superman iii is a tremendous popcorn movie. Full of hope, brimming with spectacular action, and challenging the character in a unique way, zack snyders scifi superhero epic made the perfect superman third act. The movies scenestealing guest star, richard pryor is thieving and helping the bad guys one minute, admiring and helping superman the next. Jan 14, 2019 superman iii 1983 gus gorman gets drops off at the coal mine. The guys plan on watching a superman movie marathon. Synthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits superman in two. There were enough problems in this movie to sink the superman film franchise ten times over which included a cockamamie plot involving synthetic kryptonite fused with tobacco, an awkward metaphorical duel with evil superman and clark kent, and a vast array of wetnoodle villains with the otherwise. Several of superman s opponents most notably darkseid and brainiac are or have been foes of the justice league of america as well. Apr 28, 2018 nonetheless, bad superman makes superman iii a surprisingly accurate recreation of cheesy superman stories from the 1950s and 60s. Ok, so we know via a host of easter eggs in batman v superman that darkseid is going to be a major part of the dc extended universe.
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