I’ve seen it. I much prefer the Lester version. That ending Donner had in mind was awful. The comic touches Lester brought were a nice addition. The Lex Luthor scenes in the first film were campier than anything in the sequel.
>> The Lex Luthor scenes in the first film were campier than anything in the sequel.
I’m not a huge fan of Hackman’s Luthor — not evil enough, too much of a used car salesman. Kevin Spacey (Superman Returns) and Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville) do much more justice to Lex Luthor.
>> I’ve seen it. I much prefer the Lester version. That ending Donner had in mind was awful. The comic touches Lester brought were a nice addition.
To each his own I suppose. I thought Lester screwed up the final fight at the fortress pretty bad ... the big cellophane “S” didn’t make sense (Superman can’t do that), and I don’t really go for campy humor in superhero movies. They tend to be better when taken seriously.
I also like Lois’s attempts to “out” Clark — jumped out of the hotel window, shot him with a “blank”, etc. Worked better than the Niagra Falls and the Clark just falling face-first into a bonfire (Clark isn’t REALLY clumsy, he’s faking ... why would he dive into a fire?).
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