{"id":50518,"date":"2017-07-02T13:53:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T17:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=50518"},"modified":"2017-07-02T14:00:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T18:00:47","slug":"superman-the-movie-still-soars-after-all-these-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=50518","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Superman: The Movie&#8221; Still Soars After All These Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pUwxH4SM9Rg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Released on December 15, 1978, <em>Superman: The Movie<\/em> was the first modern comic book movie&#8230;and it&#8217;s still one of the best! Director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Richard%20Donner%7C629025&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Richard Donner<\/a> skillfully brought the Man of Steel to movie screens in a whiz bang adventure that starred the late, great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Christopher%20Reeve%7C159889&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Christopher Reeve<\/a> (still and always the best Superman) as the Last Son of Krypton. Posing as bumbling Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent, Superman falls for acerbic ace writer Lois Lane (a scene-stealing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Margot%20Kidder%7C717193&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Margot Kidder<\/a>) while trying to halt a deadly plan by notorious criminal Lex Luthor (played with scenery-chewing aplomb by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Gene%20Hackman%7C214321&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gene Hackman<\/a>) to kickstart an earthquake that could kill millions. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mff_superman_canfly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"469\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mff_superman_canfly.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/mff_superman_canfly-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A visually stunning masterpiece whose tagline accurately predicted that &#8220;you&#8217;ll believe a man could fly&#8221; is a defining example of the power of comic book movies as pop cinema. This is an effort in which all of the pieces &#8212; the engaging story, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=john+williams&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Williams<\/a>&#8216; unforgettable score, masterful supporting performances from the likes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=marlon+brando&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Marlon Brando<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=jackie+cooper&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jackie Cooper<\/a> &#8212; came together perfectly to pay tribute to the source material while still standing on it&#8217;s own (or should that be flying on its own?) as superb cinematic experience. Can you read my mind? Because I&#8217;m thinking it&#8217;s time to watch this classic once more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Released on December 15, 1978, Superman: The Movie was the first modern comic book movie&#8230;and it&#8217;s still one of the best! Director Richard Donner skillfully brought the Man of Steel to movie screens in a whiz bang adventure that starred&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9744,"featured_media":14011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6761,1457,1550,6762,1624,6763,6760],"coauthors":[5618],"class_list":["post-50518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-articles","tag-christopher-reeve","tag-comic-book-movies","tag-gene-hackman","tag-jackie-cooper","tag-marlon-brando","tag-richard-donner","tag-superman-the-movie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Superman: The Movie&quot; Still Soars After All These Years - MovieFanFare<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You&#039;ll still believe a man can fly whenever you watch &quot;Superman: The Movie&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=50518\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Superman: The Movie&quot; 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