3. Superman III (1983) Most people will argue The Quest for Peace killed Superman. I say go one movie back and just watch the fiasco known as Superman III. Producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind had already made bad decisions with the franchise when they fired Richard Donner from finishing Superman II and hiring Richard Lester, disgusting series stars Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, and Gene Hackman. That final film was a mix between Donner’s more respectful approach to the material and Lester’s injection of slapstick comedy. Superman III would become the true vision of its producers: Corny jokes, lame villains, and useless celebrity casting. The latter was proven true with the inclusion of the legendary Richard Pryor being cast as a computer programer who gets caught up in a Lex Luthor wanna-be’s plan to kill the Man of Steel with a supercomputer. The film’s only saving grace: The Superman Vs. Superman fight in the junkyard. Besides that, truth, justice, and the American way was shit on by greed.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 08:02:52 +0000
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