Artur Machado Again I say: a movie of superheroes does not have to be totally serious, but also does not have to be totally stupid. Christopher Reeve, who truly portrays Clark Kent/Superman and even an Evil Superman, is the only redeeming factor of this disgrace, along with Annette O'Toole who plays Lana Lang, Clark's high school crush. Richard Pryor may be a great comedian, but here he's just an idiot who somehow goes from vagabond to computer genius, and villains are nothing threatening. Only the beginning of the movie with a sequence of stupid scenes á là Mr. Magoo sets the tone for the rest of the two hours, which clearly is no good omen.

ryanskywalker-87402 It's hard to quite know where to begin with Superman III, the start of a decline in quality that sadly tarnishes Christopher Reeve's run as the world's most iconic superhero. Do we take on the move from the epic battle of good and evil displayed in the first two films, to the high camp, low comedy farce the Salkind's employ here? Or perhaps the fact this is clearly designed more as a vehicle for Richard Pryor than the eponymous Man of Steel himself? Or the actual story, a now hilariously outdated mesh of computer-based warfare that's about as low rent a source of villainy against Superman as you're likely to find? Lets just say that it's quite astounding Hollywood managed to later make a worse Superman movie than this one.It wants to be a comedy with elements of super heroism and comic book lore, but Richard Lester - taking the reins fully here - alienates immediately with a woeful opening farcical physical 'comedy' credit sequence that is more Benny Hill than DC (even Benny's long time stooge Bob Todd crops up!). It doesn't get much better than that, frankly - even with Pryor, who most would agree on his day was up there with the comic best, but he's saddled with a crutch of a character in Gus Gorman and a poorer script giving him little room to improvise, not helped by the fact he gets way way too much screen time (yet Margot Kidder gets two scenes as Lois Lane, mainly there to explain why she's not in the film! The real reason apparently was the Salkind's reduced her role after a spat). Throw in the dependable Robert Vaughn as a rent-a- smarm almost-Lex Luthor-but not, and Pamela Stephenson as a shrill bimbo henchwoman and you have a recipe for absolute annoyance. The biggest crime, beyond these characters, is the plot takes FOREVER to get moving and then goes almost nowhere - building to a hilariously contrived way of exploring 'Bizarro' and duplicating 'evil Superman'. The junk yard battle between Bizarro & Clark is probably the highlight, but its over before it begins and it's not zero in the way of real depth truly exploring what the darker side of Superman truly means (he spends most of it getting drunk and messing about, like the awful Pisa gag, which can quite frankly pisa-off).Does this one have any redeeming features? Well there's Reeve, the poor fella, making the best of what he must have known was bad - as ever charming and warm in the role, but despite a poor script he makes a decent go of the five@o'clock shadow Bizarro & it's a shame that darker element wasn't better explored, as Reeve gives it possibilities. Equally, his dynamic with Annette O'Toole (who just looks gorgeous throughout) as Lana Lang works, to some extent almost as well as his chemistry with Kidder, and its this relationship that keeps the piece just about on the rails - even if that too isn't explored to the depth it deserved. Beyond that, there's almost nothing to make sitting through this worthwhile.You sense Superman III was made not to truly advance or explore the character himself, but rather for other reasons - working with Richard Pryor, blending comic nonsense with 'new' technology - and it really does show. The era this was made is no excuse - even though we were years away from comic book movies on film truly growing up, there was no excuse for such a leaden, plot less, unfunny campathon as we are given here. The real tragedy? It gets worse from here...

ivo-cobra8 Superman III (1983) is very extremely underrated bashed hated film and I am going to defend this film today! It is one of my personal favorite Superman movies of all time. 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. Since I saw half of the second film Richard Lester version. Christopher Reeve will always be Clark Kent Superman for me no one else can replace him I don't care what anyone says. I kept wining to my parents that I want to see Superman movie and in the video store a lady video store owner gave me Superman III on VHS when I was a kid and it was the only movie she had. Superman III is MILES way better than crappy lame Zack Snyder's Man of Steel and Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice I hate those movies. I find this film enjoyable, well-done, and extremely underrated. The effects & technology are extremely dated (especially the computers), but this is still a decent, well-done film. Plot: Synthetic kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel. Thing's I love in this movie, why I gave the most highest rating in this film and why I am defending it:Christopher Reeve is and always will be the only SUPERMAN! No one could play Clark Kent/Superman like Christopher Reeve, If anyone could be Superman, It is Christopher Reeve! The opening sequence with the "fools of Metropolis" was amusing, in a slap-stick way; this intentionally reminded me of some of the old slap-stick routines from years before (Laurel & Hardy; Three Stooges; etc.). And, sure, a lot of Superman III was comedic, but a lot of this was just in line with the Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) character. Superman/Clark going back to Smallville for his high school reunion & running into Lana Lang (Annette O'Toole), etc. Very cool sequence, and I liked seeing Superman return to his "roots". Also, based on the reunion you get an idea of the character's ages - i.e., the reunion said "Class of 1965" & since the film came out in 1983 (and supposedly was set in "real time), then Clark & his class-mates were all around 36 years old at that point.This film focus more on Lana Lang, Clark's first love, Lois was Clark's eternal Love but Lana was his first love. Annette O'Toole was perfectly as Lana Lang after long 18 years Annette was cast as Martha Kent in Smallville. In Superman: The Movie Lana Lang was played by actress Diane Sherry and she only had a cameo scene and than she disappeared from the rest of the film. Here we find out more about Clark and Lana's love! I saw Clark and Lois in the first two films but now we see more Clark and Lana's love story. Superman save's Ricky (Paul Kaethler) Lana's son in the corn filed from the tractor that scene was really serious, the kid could have been seriously crushed, it that could have happened in real life. This film was filmed and released in year of 1983 the year that I was born. This was my first Superman movie and it is my childhood film, I love it to death and I will always cherished. The whole sequence where Superman was exposed to the "Red Kryptonite" (though they didn't call it that in the episode) and became dark/somewhat evil. They did a great job of transforming Superman/Clark to look dirty/unshaven/burned out (even his costume was darker!), and not only disinterested in helping others - but also being somewhat malicious as well. I especially liked the battle that Superman had with his good & bad selves in the junkyard; I'm guessing this battle may have been metaphorical. It was also interesting on another level, because we saw what would happen if Superman had been evil instead of good. That scene was also used in Smallville Season 2 Episode 4: Red Clark was exposed to Red kryptonite and he evil. Richard Pryor as the scam artist Gus Gorman was good and hilarious the same time - obviously, because of his inclusion many fans probably dismissed the film as a comedy; however, his presence brought a light-heartiness to the film that was reminiscent of the comedic Ned Beatty character from Superman I & II. Christopher Reeve was perfect as Clark Kent/Superman he acted brilliant his character, he is the only Superman and superhero for me.This is Richard Lester original version film and he didn't had to re shot scenes from Richard Donner. The rest of the actors did a solid job and I really didn't had any problems with them. Robert Vaughn was a great villain I am glad the franchise had a new villain in all films Lex Luthor was five time the villain in all Superman franchise movies.Ross Webster was a great villain and the scene where Vera (Annie Ross) becomes a robot and she becomes evil really scares me. Brad Wilson played by Gavan O'Herlihy: Lana's former boyfriend, the character from the first film also returns in the first film he was played by Brad Flock.Superman III is a 1983 British superhero film directed by Richard Lester, based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is the third film in the Superman film series and the last Superman film to be produced by Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind. I love this film to death and it is my second favorite and the last good Superman film.

Uriah43 Although he seems to be a nice guy "Gus Gorman" (Richard Pryor) is essentially a bum. He manages to scrape by on unemployment and when he does get a job he doesn't keep it for very long. Then one day he notices an ad offering training for computer programming and he discovers that he is a natural at it. Soon he finds low-level employment working for a multi-national conglomerate and becomes dismayed when he gets his first paycheck. However, his income changes dramatically when he ingeniously comes up with a plan to acquire the small percentages normally rounded up by the computer and subsequently transfers them to his payroll account. Unfortunately, this penny shaving technique is caught by the accountants who immediately inform the CEO by the name of "Ross Webster" (Robert Vaughn). Yet, rather than being angry, Ross is so impressed with Gus' ability that he talks him into a scheme to hack into other computers in order make a fortune for him and his small group of conspirators. While all of this is going on, "Superman" (Christopher Reeve) has assumed his alternate identity as "Clark Kent" and gone back to Smallville to attend a high school reunion and while there he gets caught up in a relationship with "Lana Lang" (Annette O'Toole). Now, initially I had high hopes for this movie. Unfortunately, film seemed to get side-tracked by repeated (and mostly unsuccessful) attempts at humor and numerous sub-plots which only served to detract from the movie as a whole. On that note, at times it seemed like Gus Gorman was the main character rather than Superman. But that's just my opinion. In any case, while I don't consider this movie to be necessarily bad, I must admit I was somewhat disappointed and because of that I have rated it accordingly. Average.