[freepertoo]

I know this is a tad off topic, but he mentioned Spiderman 2 as one of the best superhero movies ever...for me (different decade, but we’re talking ‘ever’ here) Richard Donner’s “Superman” (the first one) still holds that honor for me.

[Richard Kimball]

Superman was a unique movie for it's time. I thought it was a weirdly disjointed movie. IIRC, there were three directors. The first director did the childhood scenes, and treated it like a Christ movie. The second director did the middle, where Superman was introduced to Metropolis. He created the ditzy Lois Lane, "there's only one 'p' in 'rapist,'" and the laughably horrible flying sequence with Lois and Superman. The third guy did the climax at the end, which was like a Japanese monster movie.

Christopher Reeve was the best cast Superman ever. He had the looks, the build, and could play the character as ridiculously noble and naive without making him goofy.

It was definitely the best super hero movie until the current crop came up. I think the best was the Dark Knight, although there's something about the Batman movies that Batman is generally the weakest character. Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldham made the movie and Christian Bale didn't screw it up. "How about a magic trick?"