SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978) Movie Reaction! | First Time Watch! | Christopher Reeve | Gene Hackman

[@maryrichardson1318]

I saw this movie on a first date with a guy, when it came out in 1978. In march we will celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary.

[@thedefinitionisthis]

Gotta say... That's hell of a way to kick off a long and happy relationship/marriage. Happy Anniversary in March!

[@KeoTower]

Congratulations, that's a huge accomplishment.

[@Achara]

Awwww…that’s so sweet! Happy anniversary in advance! ❤

[@Xfactor444-x4n]

Wow! What a great memory. CONGRATS 🎉

[@klass_1221]

I was a little tike. 5 yrs. old. But I remember this was my 1st movie theater experience! *I learned that I watched Star Wars the year before. But I Don't remember that! 😅 Even as a child. I smiled looking at someone flying and helping people. Thank you and RIP, Mr. Christopher Reeve. 8:10

[@staceyward777]

This is why for a whole generation of us, Christopher Reeve is Superman. Period.

[@jwb932]

I grew up with Christopher Reeve as Superman in the theater and watching reruns of the old TV show with George Reeves on TV. So I actually love them both.

[@stevenoconnor5693]

Agreed

[@PeterVall]

Besides Reeve which he was awesome, I liked Brandon Ruth & Henry Cavil. Because they came close looking like him. Just saying.

[@WastedPo]

Christopher Reeve is perhaps the most perfect casting ever for a comic book character. I'm convinced that the main reason these 70s Superman movies continue to be remembered as benchmarks for Superman adaptations are due to Reeve's performance, and John Williams's timeless score.

[@micpar2]

And how beautiful the origin scenes of Smallville and the Fortress of Solitude looked too.

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

Pity it went completely off the rails for 3 and 4. But even in those awful movies, he was still did as well as possible.

[@lowlifelenny]

I'd go one further and say it's the most perfect piece of casting for an established character ever. Reeve is magnificent.

[@Bat-Twenty-Two]

And Richard Donner's direction, not afraid to put Reeve in a comic accurate suit.

[@pacmon5285]

Extremely strong statement given castings like Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine....

[@GhoulishGrinMedia]

How wonderful it is to see after all these years young ladies still fawning over Christopher Reeve. We still love you…rest in peace. ❤💙

[@THOMMGB]

@@GhoulishGrinMedia Time means nothing, because when you got, you got it.

[@hyuduthinkur]

Ladies, gents, etc. Superman is super hot and transcends the "laws" of attraction ❤

[@spikedpsycho2383]

Reeve didn't PLAY superman, He was Superman

[@xenablossom4682]

In film and real life, God bless him.

[@mikealvarez2322]

For me it was also George in the 1950s.

[@steve8510]

George Reeves yes

[@iuripaiva5988]

Reeve...a true super hero !

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

Henry is a better

[@mattfolmer7481]

Finally! A reaction where someone actually understands the whole Clark/Superman dichotomy and understands that the glasses are only part of the disguise. You don't know just how refreshing it is to see people get it right off the rip.

[@mian6788]

Never understood why people get so upset when someone points out that (even though Reeve really manages to highlight the different mannerisms of his two identities) it's obviously unrealistic for Clark's acquaintances to not instantly recognize him when they see superman. It's still a great movie. This unrealistic aspect doesn't detract anything. When watching superhero films, you can't expect realist cinema. Regardless, I agree, great reaction.

[@joshuacampbell7493]

RIP Christopher Reeve 🙏. You were the best Superman 🦸‍♂️.

[@steve8510]

Add an s to the end of Reeve and you are correct

[@V0ltron]

​@@steve8510the OP is correct. It's Christopher Reeve.

[@steve8510]

@@V0ltron He's wrong, it's a sympathy vote

[@I_love_DBZ]

@joshuacampbell7493 Still is tbh

[@traydaniel0403]

R.I.P. Christopher Reeve his wife Dana Reeve Brooke Ellison (whom he directed about her life) and his roommate, friend/brother Robin Williams

[@willingexile3374]

Ladies getting all giddy over Christopher Reeve is always a sight to see. Such great casting, not only for Superman, but for Luthor as well - all subsequent live-action portrayals draw inspiration from this movie. Richard Donner landed the gig after directing "The Omen" in '76. He also directed "The Goonies" and the four "Lethal Weapon" movies (so far). He already shot most of the second movie but a tiff with the Salkinds got him fired.

[@TTM9691]

That's why the Donner Cut of Superman II, which is unfortunately still not ideal since it has to recycle footage from this first movie, is the only one of the sequels worth watching. Even as an 11-year old kid, I didn't love Superman II.......until a couple of years ago, when I saw the Donner Cut. Having Brando in it was a huge plus (but again, the Salkinds didn't want to pay Marlon for two movies), and there's way more Lois/Clark/Superman stuff, much of it better written. There's also more Gene Hackman, if I remember correctly. I'm SURE that if Donner had finished Superman II his way there would have been a scene with Hackman and Brando together. Once Donner got fired, Hackman quit........which I love. PS: You forgot to mention the best Richard Donner of 'em all: "Nightmare At 20,000 Feet", one of the greatest episodes of The Twilight Zone, if not THE greatest episode of The Twilight Zone!

[@willingexile3374]

@@TTM9691 It would be nice that there will be a definitive cut, using most of the Donner cut but using the Lester ending. Gene Hackman "reportedly" didn't want to do Superman III (claiming villain fatigue), and Lois Lane was written out as a love interest in that movie as well. Lots of missed opportunities in that movie, they could have done an origin story for Brainiac. The Salkinds denied any bad blood but I bet there was. I wish Superman IV was never made at all, it was so bad even Christopher Reeve regretted doing it, he thought the producers could follow through on his ideas for the movie, but they had such a shoestring budget. This is why the Brandon Routh movie used the continuity from the first two movies only.

[@originalrockhead]

To this day any actor who plays Superman is still compared to Christopher Reeve; that's how high he set the benchmark. And he is still the only actor (so far) to legitimately pull off a different persona between Superman and Clark Kent. I am still psyching myself up to watch the Christopher Reeve documentary as I know it is going to absolutely wreck me emotionally.

[@michaelceraso1977]

yes be ready wth tissues, as there are numerous scnes of chris & his wife dana and then more of his adult children and their remembrances. Robin williams was a true friend right to the end

[@toodlescae]

Yeah. It's both joyous and heartbreaking. I cried the whole time.

[@bt3519]

Agreed. No one has been able to play Clark Kent since Reeve. Henry was a good Superman but a terrible Clark. He was the same person. He didn't change anything about himself.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

@@bt3519 Reeve looked HEROIC. Cavill just looked like a hunk of meat.

[@TheJuris1973]

I think the closest is actually Tyler Hoechlin from the TV show

[@thomaskadlec1925]

These two hosts are a good pairing. Their personalities compliment in an entertaining way.

[@AnthonyRocco-f8c]

Pretty ladies

[@pierrewillful]

Speaking of pairing ..😅 🤪🍈🍈

[@adrianomoraes5992]

The main problem with all the other actors is they never had this charisma. Reeves says "I am a friend" in such a wholesome earnest way that you immediately believe him. That kind of charisma doesn't come as ofter every generation.

[@Logan_Baron]

There are so many parts of the movie that could be cheesy to the point of rolling your eyes IF it weren't for Christopher Reeves making the wholesomeness seem real. Superman is a wholesome character. Making him dark was a mistake (though having him border on dark, or even crossover to a bit of darkness only to choose pureness in the end can work). Many of the other actors are good actors. And Routh has good charisma, but not the same way. Though he found other characters that match his charisma. I think Superman is a hard character to do a movie of and to cast. And if you can't do it right (like they did here) just don't do it. You don't HAVE to make a Superman movie. Batman is one of my favorite characters, but I think you can do it a dozen different ways and still make a worthwhile movie. Superman is just tougher to do right, and they did so perfectly here, that it would be okay to just leave it at that.

[@oneutawstreet]

You mean Reeve. George Reeves played Superman in the 1950s.

[@MGrayl-ib5fo]

*Reeve

[@Kainlarsen]

They did a fine job, but Reeve just knocked it out of the park so completely that, any time anyone thinks of Superman, they see his face.

[@shect1]

Reeve's seamless switch from Clark to Superman was so great, it was like two completely different characters.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

@@shect1 They ARE two different characters.

[@Tconl]

I love Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. It's got a great Lois, a great Lex Luther and a realy great Perry White and AMAZING Clark Kent parents. Even Clark Kent/Superman are pretty good. But the switching between and like not seeing the difference (for people in that world) is much more believable here then in that series.

[@georgec7894]

I remember watching this as a child in the theater. That's one great memory I will never forget

[@russellkellett9535]

Now this is what you call a movie

[@JedHead77]

Fun Fact: The actor playing the jewel thief climbing the building later played Thomas Wayne (Bruce’s dad) in Tim Burton’s Batman (1989).

[@darthken815]

I'll be damned. Never knew that.

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

Really!? Wow cool

[@dupersuper1938]

So sad...turning his life around, making a fortune and starting a family in 11 short years only to be gunned down like that...

[@chrisbrass8930]

​@@dupersuper1938😂😂😂

[@markmcgee2417]

When Batman came out it had the largest city set made for a film. The largest one before it was in Superman.

[@larryhinson947]

A few years after his accident, the Smallville show that shows high school and first adult years of Superman, that brought back Christopher Reeves as a paralyzed scientist. Class act for Warner Brothers.

[@TTM9691]

That's really cool, I didn't know that! So happy to hear that!

[@homerkenobi1914]

@@TTM9691yeah and he plays a character who knows that Clark has superpowers so he's in on it. It adds great weight to it bc obviously we know who Reeve is

[@NelsonVlog66]

Rest in peace Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Larry Hagman, and Ned Beatty. Larry Hagman appeared as the army soldier who was talking about mouth to mouth. He was best known for his roles as Major Tony Nelson on I Dream Of Jeannie and JR Ewing on Dallas.

[@PhenomProductions-tn5fj]

He was also in The Rockford Files,

[@1sotrue]

Richard Donner director deserves a honorable mention

[@TimeVextorX]

​@@PhenomProductions-tn5fj The episode with Ned Beatty is one of my favorites.

[@PhenomProductions-tn5fj]

Brennan!

[@suproliver]

Also RIP Susannah York. Who played Lara. Superman's Kryptonian mother. -OG

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

This is the blueprint for all other comic book origin movies. RIP Christopher Reeves & Margot Kidder

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

Blue print for adaptation of a comic character period

[@r.e.tucker3223]

Christopher Reeve is perhaps the most perfect casting ever for a comic book character. Reeve's performance + John Williams's timeless score = Superman Perfection.

[@r.e.tucker3223]

He really doesn't rewind time. Like the Flash, he travels so fast he can seemingly be in two places at once.

[@victorsixtythree]

11:31 - in a deleted scene, the little girl on the train says she saw a man running as fast as the train and her mother says "Haha, Lois Lane you have a writer's gift for invention!" And the girl's mother and father are played by Noel Neill and Kirk Alyn. Kirk Alyn was the first actor to play Superman in two Superman movies from the 1940's. Noel Neill played Lois Lane in those movies as well as in the 1950's "Adventures of Superman" television show.

[@r.e.tucker3223]

Yup. Beat me to it.

[@plothole181]

@@r.e.tucker3223 The issue with that scene was that Lois is older than Clark, but that little girl was clearly (significantly) younger than the teen Clark running along the train.

[@TimeVextorX]

In 1986 me and my aunt my Father's young sister took me to The Superman Convention in Cleveland. I met Noel Neill and she shook my hand and I saw Kirk Alyn I was ready to talk to him and get an autograph but I had to leave wish I could had more time.

[@TimeVextorX]

​@@plothole181 You got to remember Clark doesn't age as normal humans he's like a immortal his aging is slower.

[@plothole181]

@@TimeVextorX He may not, but there is no way that the 1978 Lois Lane was under 30 years old and they actually state the passage of time in the movie, assuming that Clark's dad dies and Clark leaves for the fortress when Clark is around high school age, the oldest that Clark can be (by Earth standards and not counting his time in the pod) is 30 years old when he goes to Metropolis. Assuming that little girl was 7-10 years old when she was on the train (I'm not good with spotting children's ages, but that kid was pre-pubescent), Lois would have to be 19-22 in the movie and there *definitely* is no way that this Lois is even under 30, let alone 22.

[@toyman65]

Rest in peace Christopher Reeve. The very best Superman ever.

[@chuckhackett4493]

Fun fact: The guy who played Jimmy Olson also played Marty's brother Dave in Back to the Future.

[@terrylandess6072]

@24:09 We see an actor whom made his biggest mark playing cops, here, Lethal Weapon, Demolition Man and several others.

[@cbhunts7732]

Omg I didn't know that. And I've seen that movie so many times thanks for the information

[@jsharp3165]

"I always wear a suit to the office." It always killed me that Marty's siblings still lived with their parents in the new timeline even though they're all so successful.

[@billallen1307]

Never had caught that.

[@Heffro2010]

“Why am I always the last one to hear about these things?”

[@philosopher0076]

How Reeve handled and fought his years of being physically paralyzed after breaking his neck in the horse riding accident...He was a real SUPER......MAN. RIP Sir. God Speed to you.

[@duhpizzaboi]

The greatest Superman of all time. Will never be beat. Rip to the legend 💔

[@russellkellett9535]

There will never be a better Superman/ Clark Kent then Christopher Reeve never

[@maryk77]

Agreed 100%!!

[@lonelyboy1977]

Of course there will.

[@BarelyEinstein]

Christopher Reeve is the Superman everyone compares to, not because of his performance but because he was the closest to the real thing.

[@LukeMaynard]

As a young kid, I thought rewinding time was awesome. As a teen, I thought this was the stupidest thing in the world because just making the world spin backwards wouldn't actually turn back time at all, it would just mess with gravity and make everybody fall over. Then, a couple years ago, I figured out what's acutally happening here, and it's not as stupid as I thought it was for my whole adult life. Superman isn't turning back time on Earth at all: he's pushing HIMSELF backward in time. It's a thing that he only does at huge risk to himself, and maybe to spacetime, and it's not something he does because he's infinitely strong or fast: it's because he's ultimately the son of one of the greatest scientists of a futuristic alien world. Let me explain: At the beginning of the movie, Superman's mom doesn't understand why Jor-El has chosen Earth: "They're primitives, thousands of year behind us." I just thought this was a dig at humans, ha ha we're so primitive. But no, Jor-El was looking at a late Stone Age Earth, or an early Bronze Age Earth at best: a planet in an alien galaxy is so, so far away that even the light it can perceive from Earth took many, many years to reach Krypton. The little "books on tape" we hear as baby Kal-El is being rocketed to Earth actually touch on the whole idea of general relativity, which Jor-El, as an astrophysicist who basically built his baby an interstellar spaceship on the down-low in his garage, would certainly have known. The ship that carries baby Kal-El to Earth takes at least three or four years, given the size of the toddler who emerges. But it's a principle or relativity that as a vehicle approaches the speed of light (which can't normally be exceeded, according to Earth science), time passes more slowly for those on board the ship than for the rest of the universe around it. So when Clark comes of age, accesses his father by way of cool AI, Jor-El says, "by now you will have reached your eighteenth year, as it is measured on Earth. By that time, I will have been dead for many thousands of your years." The trip to Earth was actually a 2,000-3,000 year trip, completed at a speed as close to the speed of light as Kryptonian super-science could make a ship go. So the baby ages 3 or 4 years, and by the time he lands, the "primitive" Earthlings have aged out of their caves, learned to use tools, and progressed to the point htat they're starting to build rockets and computers of their own. Jor-El is basically firing blind: he has no idea what Earth-human culture will look like by the time baby Clark arrives. So Superman is taken through 12 years of education by a Kryptonian super-scientist specializing in astrophysics. That's the background for all of this. When Lois asks him the question, "How fast can you fly?" and he honestly doesn't know, that's foreshadowing. What we actually see evidence of is, his natural flying speed on Earth DOES have limits. Luthor calculates "even you with your great speed couldn't stop both," and he's kind of correct: Within the atmosphere, with air resistance, Superman is struggling a little bit to catch up to that first missile, which would cap out at around 15,000 miles per hour (that's CRAZY fast, but not infinitely fast). Enter relativity. Superman thinks long and hard about what he's going to try, then flies up out of Earth's atmosphere, then puts himself in tight orbit around it and starts accelerating, as fast as he can go, by steering his flight into the natural "fall" of his orbit, and letting the planetary gravity do the rest. Another factor of relativity, per Einstein: the faster you go, the more mass you have. The more mass you have, the stronger gravity gets. The stronger gravity gets, the faster you fall. The faster you fall, the faster you orbit. It creates an effectively infinite loop, and like anything else in physics, once you approach infinity, stuff starts to get screwy. The little bit of "magic," I guess, the part where science gets goofy, is that we're pretty sure with our simple Earth science that you can't actually exceed the speed of light, which is (in theory) what it would take for Superman to break the time barrier. But our science does not take into account whatever weird alien physics give Superman his ridiculous powers. If we can write a guy who shoots heat from his eyes and lift a train, the little problem of relativity's theorized limits is pretty easy to handwave away. What we see in the film is not the rocks rolling back uphill and the world rotating backwards: we're seeing the world, which never actually went backwards, from Superman's perspective as HE moves backwards through time, effectively co-locating himself in the past. For a very brief period of time--and here's where spacetime gets screwy again--there are two versions of Superman. One of them is busy stopping the Hackensack missile. And while he's dong that, this other Superman from the future rockets into the world and prevents ALL the disasters caused by the second missile, not by stopping them one at a time, but by stopping the second missile before it lands. That's why Superman isn't racing back to pull Lois out of the car before the crack appears and swallowes her up. The crack isn't even coming, this time around, because Superman has stopped the second missile. Where the second Superman goes, now that they both exist in the same world, is anybody's guess. Maybe Kryptonian super-science tells us what happens when you fracture spacetime itself to save one person. But it's an extreme use of Superman's power. And the thing I really like about it, thematically, is that it's something he can only do by combining the mass and gravity of the Earth--his new home--with the super-science taught to him by his father--the intellectual wealth of his old home. It quietly makes the argument that no, Superman isn't a Kryptonian. Kal-El, the baby who came here, is a Kryptonian. But the thing we call Superman is actually the child produced by two different worlds--Krypton, his father and Earth, his mother. I know it's all goofy. Even if the screenplay was this smart, the filmmakers who made it might not have fully understood what they were doing. I'm sure past a certain point, realism collapses and none of it matters anyway. But the movie is even more beautiful once you find a way of looking at its dramatic climax as something that's (a)SUPER-POWERFUL and (b)deeply moving in other ways. Thanks for making me walk my brain through all of thi again. It was a great reaction.

[@Rogge73]

Oh… ok

[@curtquinlan9870]

LOL...I highly doubt they were thinking about the science of general and special relativity when they were writing/creating that scene for the movie. Your explanation does give the scene a few ticks off of the b.s. meter though...just a little.

[@williamgraham9419]

I remember seeing this movie in the theater when it first came out. At that time, nobody had ever seen anything like it. Ground breaking Special Effects. They were completely successful in actually bringing the comic book version of Superman to the big screen.

[@greigclement9081]

Although Christopher Reeve was famous as the first blockbuster movie Superman, George Reeves was Superman on TV in the 1950s for six years and got quite famous himself.

[@longfootbuddy]

yeah, people forget or dont know that a lot of people knew him as superman.. and dare i say, preferred him to reeve.. but, whats even stranger, is both their last names.. whats up with that

[@waynezimmerman1950]

@@longfootbuddy And later Ben Affleck would play George Reeves in Hollywoodland(2006), about how the Superman label both saved and severely restricted his career. The irony is that George invested all his positive energy in making the myth real for for the kids who idolized him. As a 60s kid I was absolutely caught up in the reruns and devastated by the tragedy which came later.

[@TedLittle-yp7uj]

@@waynezimmerman1950 George Reeves was a good actor who never really managed to become a star in movies. In my opinion, his best outing is in "So Proudly We Hail" (a very badly neglected but very good movie) from 1943, which, funnily enough, contains a reference to Superman.

[@simondawe8774]

He also looked like he was approaching or in his fifties

[@PhenomProductions-tn5fj]

Same as Adam West was the first Batman and TV Batman, then Michael Keaton was the first Movie Batman

[@kevinpauley-dadbodstyle2935]

There are two scenes that will always be my "go-tos" as to why this movie is the best are Superman saving the cat from the tree and when it tells the warden that "we're all part of the same team". These scenes truly show how Superman is supposed to be - he cares about EVERYONE, no person or problem is too small, and he believes himself to be one of us, not a god or lord, just a man who wants to do his part to help his fellow man. Christopher Reeve is so perfect in this role, nailing every trait Superman should have, that it will be damn near impossible for anyone to ever do it better. I'm so glad you enjoyed this film!!!! It's a true classic!

[@kevinburton3948]

50:08 This is by far my favourite moment of any Superman film... He is lifting the *FREAKING TECTONIC PLATE!* He is *SUPERMAN!*

[@keithbk]

Superman: The Movie hits the right balance of nostalgia, optimism, humor, and heroism. Most modern Superman movies are action films first and miss the parts that make this movie a classic. And if I'm ever drowning and one of you ladies save me and choose to give me a kiss, I probably wouldn't make a fuss.

[@El-Toro-Nica]

I don’t know if I’m sharing too much, but growing up Superman meant the world to me. I gravitated to the character and looked to him for my moral compass. He didn’t look like me, but he was a refugee like me. Very inspirational character, Christopher Reeve’s performance set the standard!

[@Rando_M_Person]

Fun fact - When the actor playing younger Clark kicks the football into space, he did not break his toe and scream.

[@scottredding7357]

“I understood that reference.” - Steve Rogers

[@gibbletronic5139]

Take that, Viggo...

[@cybergeek11235]

@@gibbletronic5139 pretty sure Viggo'd have VASTLY preferred a football :p

[@csf7773]

Yes girls, now you understand why every woman on earth fell madly in love with Christopher Reeve. The perfect Superman. Love your reaction to him...he makes you melt.

[@fgrillo29]

I was four years old in 1978. My parents took me to the theater to see this and I was obsessed. I had the John Williams score on vinyl and played it while wearing a Superman suit and running around the house. Christopher Reeve was the first live action Superman I saw on screen. I grew up with the animated Super Friends cartoons. I love this movie so much. I can't wait to see what James Gunn can do but, Christopher Reeve will always be "my" Superman.

[@green_acres_7240]

The reason we have ANY superhero movies is due to this film and this performance. Brilliant. Chris Reeve allowed himself to be totally vulnerable. Lines that would seem sappy or embarrassing to many actors, he leaned into it with total honesty. It’s a completely truthful performance that depicts all that Superman and Clark were originally intended to be.

[@SkywalkerDavis]

"Don't thank me Warden, we're all part of the same team.....Goodnight" I absolutely loved these movies as a kid. At the end when Superman flew into lower orbit and smiled at the camera, you couldn't tell me things weren't going to be alright. 😂

[@renzero9206]

The best way I've ever heard Superman described is this - Superman is the hero superheroes look up to. He's that damn "good" in the purist sense of the word. This film is so iconic. From Williams fantastic score, to Reeve's legendary performance. Yes, Mr. Reeve is THE Superman, for all time. The way he changes his performance from Superman to Clark is brilliant.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

@@renzero9206 I guess it's the same way MCU superheroes look up to Steve Rogers/Captain America. Makes a lot of sense.

[@prashant-bm4fp]

​@@eatsmylifeYTand Captain America look up to Superman

[@eatsmylifeYT]

@@prashant-bm4fp Uhm, no.

[@prashant-bm4fp]

@@eatsmylifeYT yes Superman is the inspiration for every superhero, almost in every part of the world. I am not talking about fictional characters interacting with other fictional characters.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

@@prashant-bm4fp Uhm, no. In your first comment, you said "Captain America look (sic) up to Superman". Where in that statement does it mean "I am not talking about fictional characters interacting with other fictional characters"? Is English even your first language, or are you just too intellectually challenged to insult?

[@angelkanul4415]

Love your reaction, Christopher Reeve is the best Superman ever!

[@michaelcoffey1991]

My favorite duo doing one of my favorite Superhero films. Kristen said it best it is timeless and still holds up. Loved this reaction :) Ty both

[@kendric2000-q3d]

Christopher Reeve was my Superman, I saw this in the theater when I was 11 and my mind was blown. it was everything you saw in the comics. :)

[@VengeDracul]

Christopher Reeve is my Childhood Superman. No one else matters. Christopher Reeve smile is awesome. He smiles you will smile too. RIP Christopher Reeve. My Superman.

[@nigelmcphearson]

Watching you both crushing on Chris Reeve is too wholesome!

[@Lokeydin7]

I was primarily raised by my mother and grandmother. At 13:27 when Clark's mother yells, "Jonathan" its eerily exactly like my grandmothers voice perfectly, who died back in 1993. It always sends a chilly down my spine and to give it a kicker, my first name is Jonathan.

[@ioannisv.5858]

I feel so sad that the new generation cannot see this wonderful movie in theaters, they dont make movies like this anymore

[@jayeginn5963]

Christopher Reeve was so good-looking and fun loving. His life story is so sad after such a great start. After his horrifying horse riding accident in 1995 that left him a quadriplegic, he passed away in 2004. In one of his first interviews, I think on Larry King Live, after his accident he answered a question about what happened to him with this (paraphrased) "Some people fall out of a window on the sixth floor and only have a few scratches. Others trip over their shoe laces and have a fatal fall." His and Robin Willams' friendship was everything the definition of friendship should be. In his accident, he apparently fell straight on the top of his head and his first 2 vertebrae were crushed by the weight of his entire body. Basically his injury could be compared to being decapitated because his skull was no longer attached to (the rest of) his spine, but was only attached to the rest of his body by skin, veins, arteries, muscles and nerves. You can hear him tell it in his own words here kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYm8d32bZ96Iaa8 It's a miracle he survived at all.

[@manueleckroad9086]

I could never hate anyone who is opening up their mind and experiences to new things, especially movies and entertainment. So very glad you two reacted to this favorite film of mine. Thank you for this channel. Love it!

[@milkiassamuel780]

This movie truly is magical 🤩🥹❤️💙🦸‍♀️ Christopher Reeve truly was the real-life Superman as he not only understood the importance of the character but also embodied Superman both on screen and in real life as when he was asked what Superman means to him, he described Superman as "a friend" someone to be there for us no matter what and be the helpful compassionate shoulder that we lean on when things get too tough or hopeless. This movie truly invigorated the public interest in superheroes in cinema. It brought about a whole new generation of CBM, and it's very fitting that Superman was the one to kickstart it all because Superman was the first superhero to create a whole new genre.

[@THOMMGB]

You both should Watch Christopher Reeve’s next film, Somewhere in Time. You’ll adore the love story, the music and the Grand Hotel. Promise.

[@Skye_Writer]

YES! And Chris always said that Jane Seymour -- who was more famous than him at the time -- was so sweet to him, so kind and helpful. They literally are BEAUTIFUL to watch together. I used to wish that he would show up in a guest spot on Dr Quinn when she was doing that show, but it was just a couple of years after the show premiered that he had the accident.

[@conniegaylord5206]

Yes a must and he used a watch instead of turning the world backward. I watched Superman on Saturday afternoon in the fifties. The original Lois Lane was on the train in the beginning. ❤❤❤

[@danielpitti6030]

Oh, God! I cried a river with that one!!!

[@RobTheWatcher]

John Williams‘ Superman theme gets all the praise but his Krypton and Smallville themes here are also absolutely beautiful.

[@Bat-Twenty-Two]

A lot of people attribute the Star Wars soundtrack to him but it's Superman first and foremost to me, especially the Fortress of Solitude.

[@markosmatrozos4175]

It seems that Kristen is watching all the franchises in this channel. She's been through Harry Potter, John Wick, Transformers, Mission Impossible, Fast and Furious, Middle Earth, Marvel and now DC. I'm not complaining though, I'm enjoying her journey

[@RobTheWatcher]

Ladies you are killing it with these reactions lately. CinePals is taking over the Reactionverse and rightly so. Best content, best quality, best reactions.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

That opening with the soundtrack when Superman’s crest appears, man, chills, still. Loved it in ‘78, it’s still THE Superman for many of us.

[@alwaysbam]

This is the definitive Superman. ❤❤❤ I was so excited to introduce this movie to my son. ❤❤ I literally bought my son a Kneel Before Zod shirt when he was 3

[@CyclopsScott]

Your squeals at the glasses off stand up bit? Perfect :D

[@BatmanFan76]

This movie really set the stage for so many superhero movies to come. Like, this was the first ever movie based on a majorly popular superhero. Even though I’m more of a Batman kind of guy, I do find every single moment of this movie iconic.

[@robertrouse4503]

Except, no other character arrived for 11 years.

[@Zaxbox]

Batman has a movie before this one. Totally cheesy but fun to watch.

[@giannisksanthopoulos4300]

Probably only in USA because here in Europe we laughed at this movie. Such a stupid movie only to satisfy stupid people

[@adrianomoraes5992]

​@@giannisksanthopoulos4300 So why are you coming down from your high tower to hang out with the stupid people enjoying the film? Did you drop your pearls or come to tell us how much better and more sophisticated you are? The way out is right there. You don't like her nobody asked you to come.

[@333Ocsis]

@@giannisksanthopoulos4300 Taking a shot at a whole country while speaking for a whole region of the world? You're either really confident or just a complete prat.

[@banninglobmeyer4015]

To answer the "can't rewind time", Jor El specifically states "you are forbidden to interfere with human history" 2x in the movie. The cloud scene before winding back time includes Jor El and Jonathan Kent's voice, and then his own...to show he was making his own decision, after weighing the restriction of Jor El and the potential that Jonathan Kent gives him.

[@cdrcluster9282]

Yes, exactly! And may have influenced the timing of what lead to Part 2;of the story with General Zod and his near demise.

[@banninglobmeyer4015]

@cdrcluster9282 agreed depending on the version of Superman II, in the Donner cut of Superman II the New Jersey Rocket he launches into space is what breaks the Phantom Zone and releases them.

[@JollyJeff]

Watching this movie in the theaters on a huge screen back in 1978 was fun. The beginning bit with the comic book shocked the audience because it only took up a small part of the screen. But when the camera moved up the building and over the globe of the Daily Planet the screen expanded and then the credits popped out of the screen as it were suddenly a 3D movie. It was pretty cool.

[@briantercheria9668]

I saw this at a drive in with my parents at 7 years old. It was the first time a big budget had been thrown into a comic book character story. The tag line for the movie was" Your will believe a man can fly". 7 year old me did.

[@FenrirSylerfeng_9651]

This is one of the most faithful representations of Superman, managing to withstand the passage of time and proving to be a masterpiece of superhero films. Oh, about Superman's vision, he has more than fifty vision spectrums, which is quite useful for him in many situations.

[@Lon_Suder]

Best Superman movie ever made. R.I.P. Christopher.

[@DaneofHalves]

Achara and Kristen are so much fun.

[@reginaldfrempong6644]

39:46 that is acting above the range of the Oscars and Golden Globe. The transition from Clark to Superman.

[@Ghost-un6oe]

This was a treat watching this again with you two!

[@mythdusterds]

I love this reaction video.

[@spikejr3113jr]

Fun fact Christopher Reeve had to wear a metal cup under the superman suit for modesty, Margot Kidder would flick it in between takes to make the crew laugh because it would make a loud ting sound. One of Supermans creators Joseph Shuster was born in Toronto Canada and The Smallville scenes were filmed in Alberta Canada, Superman has a connection with Canada just as much as he does with the USA. Christopher Reeve gave his blessing to Tom Welling when he gust starred on the show Smallville.

[@Skye_Writer]

Chris also guest-starred on the series, and I bawled like a damn baby when I saw it. Tom was the first person in a long time to bring that same feel to the character that I had from the movie.

[@-M0LE]

If you love smallville check out talkville

[@Enturbulant]

Love Christopher so much in any role. I think we overlook how great Margot Kidder was as Lois. She really knocked it out of the park in her own right.

[@longfootbuddy]

nah, she was a terrible choice

[@rnw2739]

​@longfootbuddy No she wasn't, she was the perfect choice. Every subsequent Lois has been utterly forgettable and bland. None of them could ever come close to the passion Margot brought to the character, particularly in 'Superman II' when she goes for and attacks Rocky in the diner, after he has battered Clark. You don't know what you're chatting about.

[@longfootbuddy]

@@rnw2739 nah, they shouldv got a woman with some class.. you dont know what youre chatting about

[@TheBlond49]

The most Iconic Superhero of all time, and Legendary casting/performance.

[@marioaguileraiii8181]

I’m glad you ladies are watching the classics! They don’t make films like this anymore! Great acting, great writing, no CGI !

[@danimation88]

That intro will never not be awesome

[@russellkellett9535]

The best Superman with the best suit in the best Superman movie

[@erinhansen2110]

Anyone who has seen Christopher Reeve as Superman understands why there can never be another Superman. The same is true for Marlon Brando as his father and to a lesser extent Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor. Superman II is equally great as well! You've got a new subscriber. :)

[@rnw2739]

Please! Christopher Reeve, certainly but Marlon fking Brando?!!! The sap who had to have idiot boards and wanted to play Jor-El as a giant bagel? You must be insane. That hack could be replaced by any other actor easily and the film would loose none of its impact.

[@TedLittle-yp7uj]

A point that most people miss is that the article Lois is writing when we first meet her is tabloid journalism: "how do you spell massacre," "there's no z in brassiere." As much as she has a crush on Superman, of course she is going to publicize his weakness.

[@ITPalGame]

11:37 that's the original Lois Lane from the 1950s TV series. 41:34 the officer here played the major in the "I Dream of Jenie" comedy TV series in the 1960s.

[@RobONeill-b5e]

He was also JR in Dallas

[@goofballpaul576]

Would you know if the reporter @34:17 is Lyle Waggoner?

[@ITPalGame]

@goofballpaul576 I don't know who that is

[@paulonius42]

​​@@goofballpaul576 Not even close to being Lyle Waggoner. Not remotely. It's Keith Alexander.

[@burnnfly]

Just as an FYI … The woman sitting next to the little girl who sees Clark Kent running next to the train, was Noel Niell, who played Lois Lane in the Superman TV series in the 1960s.

[@leonardobraynen1524]

Huh. How about that!

[@tehawfulestface1337]

This is still my Superman. I still choke back tears when Jor-el says goodbye to his baby. I was thrilled when Glenn Ford was cast as Jonathan Kent. My childhood hero in Westerns. His role was short, but I felt that young Clark was raised right by one of my heroes. Jonathan’s death was heartbreaking. When Superman dons the suit the first time and flies towards the camera, I am a crying mess!

[@longfootbuddy]

yeah, some of the both dad bits were touching

[@Luboltz3301]

My favorite movie of all time. When he catches that helicopter with one hand, still looks as good today as it did the first time I saw it. Amazing film.

[@mikedignum1868]

Saw this at the cinema back in the day in London...This was my Superman. The robbery at 22:09 was used again in the first Wonder Woman film. Did you notice a very young Larry Hagman?

[@THOMMGB]

And a very young Cliff Claven from Cheers?

[@realbadger]

Hagman was far younger when he was in _I Dream of Jeannie..._ 😉

[@paulonius42]

Do you really think these two very young women know who Larry Hagman was?😂

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

1:03:21 Mark! "Can You Read My Mind?" was an award-winning hit song on the radio back then! 😊

[@8967Logan]

I always thought this was a better way for his father to die than in the latest version. It's more understandable that he couldn't stop a heart attack than that he couldn't have run to his father and saved him from a tornado.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

59:29 Mark! Hehe! Superman has his blonde cousin Supergirl and/or Power Girl depending on which Earth. Superwoman has read hair! She's a history professor from the Future who traveled to the past to learn who Superwoman is as the last one with a secret identity and was surprised to learn that she's who she is looking for! 😂

[@candicelitrenta8890]

In the 50's there was a Superman tv show with George Reeves. That was the first one I remember, but it was treated like a kids-based theme. This one here with Christopher was the first attempt in the movie world with it

[@michaelwatson266]

Christopher Reeve is my Superman. The little theater in my small town didn't show this movie until probably 1983 or so, so I was around 6 years old when I saw it. I still remember being amazed and thinking that he could really fly. Brandon Routhe did a great job bringing Mr. Reeve back to life in Superman Returns. Henry Cavill is a great Superman. But this will always be my Superman.

[@mikefetterman6782]

Those of us in the 70s also were watching George Reeves play superman in reruns from the 1950s tv show.

[@longfootbuddy]

have you ever seen that 40s looking vintage cartoon? i dont know if it was actually from the 40s, or if it was just made to look like that, but it was cool whatever it was called

[@coffeemachtspass]

Something I love about this movie is how leisurely they take the development. Half of the movie has gone by before you even see Reeve in the costume, but it really doesn’t drag. The movie feels epic because it builds like Lawrence of Arabia or Spartacus. Some young directors could learn from it.

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

I've liked the Supermen who have dawned the cape since, but for me, the best will always be Christopher Reeve.

[@russellfrancis6294]

You must now watch Superman II. Thanks for this.

[@banninglobmeyer4015]

The thing to remember is Reeve is the last actor to play him that knew how to fly, he was an award winning pilot. When you see him flying the movie, his movement is accurate for the result, it's what made us all "Believe a man could fly!"

[@joycegibbs5267]

best Superman without a shadow of a doubt. The music is amazing !!

[@EleventhCubFan]

The one that started it all!

[@SPEEDPAINTER1]

48:53 Achara's silly uptight reaction is a total generational thing in our current culture. I've grown up with this movie, and I assure you, this kiss doesn't make her Bill Cosby! She kissed him as a thank you for going out to save her mother, but also an apology for her participation in Luthor trying to kill him. I've seen alot of reaction videos on this movie, and so many young people act like she spiked his drink at a Diddy party. This isn't a Metoo moment, ladies. Relax!! 😆😆😆

[@rnw2739]

I agree entirely and have to say that I think such ludicrous comments are mainly for the camera. Reactors just HAVE to let all viewers know they are perfect people at all times. One of the most cringe worthy examples comes when reactors watch 'Blazzing Saddles'. The first time the N-word is uttered, they gasp theatrically and pull an 'I am aghast!' expression, usually holding it for 5 seconds, then announce that the character who uttered it (Lyle) should be executed!!! Jump to 30 mins later and all other N-words they hear reduce them to hysterical laughter - no longer are they showing disgust or feigning indignation....

[@SPEEDPAINTER1]

@@rnw2739 Oh wow, I've seen the gasps at the N-word at that movie, but I missed their later transformations. I'll go back and check a couple of those. I'm a 50 year old man, and the micro-offenses young people experience blows my mind. I can't imagine young people today growing up in the 70s or 80s. I don't think they could survive a week! Hahaha

[@The_Phantasm]

While Lex Luthor is considered one of if not the greatest villain in comic book history, this film came out before the character was reinvented as a ruthless businessman in the comics and is one aspect that didn't have a lasting impact unlike the rest of the movie which is iconic.

[@marcodesousalago3703]

...Um dos melhores filmes e um dos melhores reacts, valeu garotas...😊🌹🌺

[@miorandmior]

Smallville explained all the gaps in this movie perfectly. Best superman coming of age show ever. Best lex Luthor, lex luthor/Clark kent/superman dynamics at least

[@merchillio]

He really physically transformed between Clark Kent and Superman, it’s impressive

[@trhansen3244]

I saw the before and after. He must have put on at least 30 lbs of muscle.

[@RoamingAstro]

Fun fact: movies 1 and 2 began a one big script, but they realized they couldn't present all the story in a single movie. So, they divided the story into 2 scripts. 😊

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

57:14 Mark! Oh! "Rewinding Time"! It requires him to be sufficiently emotionally motivated to get the adrenaline to do that and the death of Lois typically does it for him. Otherwise, for Time Travel, he makes like the Starship Enterprise, and creates Time Warps so he doesn't change anything as he travels to the Future and back. 😊 Like when he visits the "Legion of Super-Heroes" in the 31st Century!

[@christopherkim7549]

Christopher Reeve's reaction to Lois' death was incredible acting by him.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

@@christopherkim7549 The Superman death scene in "The Death of Superman" comics is a fantastic contrast to the scene you're talking about.

[@tabazail]

The squeals sent me!!🤣I've had a crush on that man since I was 5 and those scenes still make me blush