Kirpianuscus It remains one of the most fascinating slices of my childhood. The fascination is the same. The same the emotion. And the believe than Christopher Reeves remains the best Superman. Sure, after decades, it could be seen as naive. But its freshness is yhe same. Like the noble moral message.

George Taylor The first third of this movie is one of the best origin stories of all time. It's when Superman gets to Metropolis that it gets creaky. The plot, Luthor dropping california into the sea, isn't really Superman worthy. And his powers aren't up to snuff. Superman can't catch two missiles? The entire spinning the earth backwards is a lame idea, I can't believe it took what, five screenwriters? But Superman himself, as portrayed by Chris Reeve is great - for it's time. Still worth watching, warts and all.

Rachel I rewatched this for the first time in many years, after the original release.The way Christopher Reeve is able to convey two separate characters is unsurpassed.Highly recommended.

ulyssesgammahose I hate to be the bearer of bad news....but the new 3 hour cut is not worth watching. It just makes everything longer for no reason, it's clear why the extra scenes were deleted in the first place, and a lot of it actually detracts from the film. The most worthwhile additions are: Superman saving Miss Tessmacher from Lex's pit of big cats; more on Lois' interview with the Native American; and more disaster movie action during the earthquake.But most of it is just padding and jokes which fall flat. The scenes of the Metropolis cops pursuing Otis? This is now twice as long, for no real reason. There are longer establishing shots. There's stuff we don't need to see, like Clark and Lois getting a taxi after the alleyway mugger incident. And so on. We get a lot more of Lex, Otis and Miss Tessmacher messing around, and most of it is simply not very good. The whole sequence of them changing the nuclear codes and encountering the soldiers on the bridge is now much longer, and full of gags, but ruins the underlying danger of what's happening. In fact that sums up my feelings on the 3 hour cut as a whole; I thought it would make the film seem more epic, but it actually makes it more of a comedy. The only addition which is funny is when Otis follows Lex around, trying to squeeze the water out of his robe. The best thing about the 3 hour cut is that is shows you what a film editor does. By looking at this and then the normal version or the Donner cut, you can see that by trimming the fat, making everything more succinct, clearer and pacier, you can create a better movie.