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 enlarge | Actors: Margot Kidder, Christopher Reeve
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: Video
List Price: $9.98
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Rating:  419 reviews
Sales Rank: 14673
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Special Edition, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Edition: Remixed and Restored Print
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 143
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0790759357
UPC: 085392109036
EAN: 9780790759357
ASIN: B000059XY7
Theatrical Release Date: December 15, 1978
Release Date: May 1, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 A Walking Public Service Announcement. Great Looking and Sounding DVD. June 25, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Remember those PSA commercials? For example. I feel so dark inside I feel like I want to cry it's hard to live with a lie (this is a song). Then the girl goes to her sister and says, "I took your necklace". I think it was from the church of Latter Day Saints (if I messed that up and your a member, sorry). No fear Superman is here and he doesn't lie! He does however live one but there are reasons.
What about the PSA about safety in the house and the pot of boiling water with the mean face. The message was KEEP THOSE POT HANDLES TURNED IN, then the pot had a nice smiley face. Or the plug that was a dangerous snake. Superman has you covered he's impervious to heat. Phew. I better get a move on cause I'm pretty hungry. I hanka for a hunka cheese yahoo. Back to the review.
I don't need to go into the plot it's Superman. Entertainment wise it's a fun ride. The score is classic, great, and makes me want to leap tall buildings. The bad guys though and Lex just didn't do it for me. They're bad guys for the sake of being bad guys, period. I'll take Doc Ock and Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Special Edition) personally.
Supreman is still in my top three super hero movies and will be tons of viewers number 1. For me I'll take Hellboy (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray] and Spider Man 2, but the movie was still super.
For home theater enthusiasts this could go in the reference pile. Sound wise crank up the beginning and that song, whoo. Good times. And the picture quality on this was amazing as far as dvds go. This dvd was recognized in Sound and Vision some time ago as a reference disc.
So remember to eat your greens and have a super day.
 How about the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL version... please! June 20, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Dear Warner Home Video: How about taking a page from the Blu-Ray releases of "Blade Runner" and "Close Encounters"..? - Feel free to dole out all the the extended or director's cut versions you have... But PLEASE INCLUDE THE ORIGINAL THEATRICAL VERSION. Do really expect fans of this movie to sit down with VHS or laserdisc, if they simply want to see the 1978 classic???
 Still no edition that Donner would approve June 19, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Blu-ray edition gives you the "Extended Version" edit, without telling you anywhere in the packaging that this is not the original release edit. The added scene where Superman tries to give Marlon Brando's ghost a hug is unintentially hilarious. There's a reason Donner cut it, and the decision to restore it is poor. We already have to deal with the Margot Kidder voiceover during the romantic flying sequence...we don't need to add more groaners to this movie. Donner's already stated he prefers the release version...why can't they give us a good release of that?
A Good Movie Back in '78, But Don't Waste Your Money June 13, 2008
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
I remember watching this movie at home and thinking wow, this is great! However, I was 12, the special effects were good for the time and I had nothing to compare it to (remember,I was 12). Anyway, this movie came free with my PS3, so no harm, no foul, let's see how it looks... The transfer is not that good, especially the early scenes with Brando. But that's not the only problem. Unfortunately, for me, I've seen Batman Begins, X2, Iron Man, Spider Man, just to name a few. When comparing current comic book based movies now, with Superman then, it's not even a contest. Gene Hackman and the rest of the cast did what they were supposed to, ham it up. I mean, it's a comic book, right? I'd compare Superman with the first Batman with Jack Nicholson, another really bad movie. The Donner take on things, compared to Christopher Nolan, Bryan Singer or, hell, even Brad Bird, is hokey, pure and simple. I don't get how Margot Kidder ever got the part as Clark's love interest. The special effects are cheesy (especially the Mr. Roger's neighborhood that almost gets washed away when the dam breaks. I know this is heresy, but face it, the movie has aged badly and noone should fork out any money for the blu-ray version if they already have the DVD. Even then, go rent it first. If you're honest with yourself, you'll realize that your tastes and expectations have changed, for the better.
 Better than Super? Not likely! May 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
You would be hard pressed to come up with a better introduction of Superman to the big screen. Under the direction of Richard Donner, Superman flies not only on film, but in our imaginations. This is not the first attempt at a live-action Superman, and it is far from the last, but with a lot of work, it was the first realistic portrayal of the man of steel's powers. They knew going in that sub-par effects work would kill the magic of this movie, which is why they spent more R&D on making Superman fly than on any other single element of the movie. In the end, the tag line in the advertising boiled it down succinctly: You will believe a man can fly.
Superman speaks to the most basic part of the human imagination. He is what we all wish we could be, both in body and in spirit. He is perfectly good as well as perfectly formed. But if we couldn't believe in his powers, we would never be able to be pulled completely into the fantasy.
A perfect hero, however, requires a perfect villain. Gene Hackman brings the right amount of charisma to the cruel and villainous Lex Luthor. You know he is planning the deaths of millions, but there is a part of you that almost roots for him because you just love to watch him berate his underlings.
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