SUPERMAN (1978) MOVIE REACTION!! First Time Watching!

FINALLY! And we mean FINALLY...Coy Jandreau gives his Movie Reaction, Commentary, & Review for 1978 Superman: The Movie! Before Henry Cavill was Zack Snyder's Man Of Steel, there was Christopher Reeves, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman (Lex Luthor), Lois Lane (Margot Kidder), Jimmy Olsen, & MORE!
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[@Scottred77]

Definitely watch Superman 2, both Versions. Superman 3 has one great scene and the less said about Superman 4 the better 😂😂

[@josbtheonlinebartender2002]

I'll take it as a compliment! For sure you don't know about me... Is classified

[@straak]

And you call yourself a comic book guy. TURN IN YOUR NERD CARD, MAN! How did *you* of all people get this far in life without having seen SUPERMAN THE MOVIE (1978)?!!! If this weren't Greg's channel I would have down voted you on sheer principle.

[@jerbearschannel2208]

The green crystal was not Kryptonite, Kryptonite is remains of the planet

[@Prkwon]

@@Scottred77 still superman 4 is still better than some dceu...

[@PrettyGoodSamuel]

The scream from Superman after finding Lois dead is just so good. Unforgettable.

[@andreasmith3638]

My ABSOLUTE favorite scream I wish someone would do a Top 10 Male Screams of all Times… This should be #1

[@Trecathlus]

Chris Reeve's acting in that scene is masterful. I can hardly fathom where inside of himself he found that performance.

[@hawkzulu5671]

1 of the Greatest scenes in comicbook movie history.

[@tempsitch5632]

Still get chills and I saw this when it came out as a kid and a hundred times after when we got a vcr. Great rage acting.

[@raymondloya175]

Yes well said 👍🏼😎

[@Dylan-kd3lf]

I just want to say how amazing John Williams is at creating legendary scores fuelled with so much emotion. Superman feels hopeful Indiana Jones feels adventure Harry Potter feels like wonder Imperial March feels dreadful. A represent the themes of their films almost perfectly.

[@PeteOliva]

He is truly the GOAT when it comes to scoring films. But he's also just a great composer, on par with the greats of history IMHO.

[@Geohillierneo]

He had such a knack for creating iconic themes. Superman, Star Wars, Jaws, ET, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Home Alone, Harry Potter, Close Encounters, every one of them is iconic and instantly recognisable

[@danielpitti6030]

Jaws feels HORROR!

[@nikoslangas]

AND JAWS AND JURASSIC PARK...

[@Johnadams20760]

@@PeteOliva he truly is. so bach is the greatest of al lboroque composers, mozart the greatest of all classical, beethoven the greatest of all Romantic, well Wiliams is the greatest of all 20th and 21st centruy music particuilarly for movie scores, but he also wrote many regular pieces like concertos and symphotis and other such things. he also wrote many of hte olypimc thmes we hear and the NBC nightly news theme

[@bigwave44]

For a 50 year old, who grew up with Marvel Comics. This still stands as one of my favorite origin story Comic Book Movies. The cast, John Williams soundtrack and its tone make for a great movie to me. RIP Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder

[@lorenepperson2678]

Also Jackie Cooper Who Played Perry White & Glenn Ford Played Pa Kent Phyllis Tarter Ma Kent Marlon Brando MorsEl. Oh Director Richard Donner Made Movie & Also Ned Beatty. Played Otis This 🎥 Had A Good Set Of Stars & Up And Coming

[@IChooseJesus9091]

And Gene Hackman played Lex Luther...

[@ChakatStripedfur]

@@lorenepperson2678 Marlon Brando played Jor-El, Kal-El's father. There is no Superman character named Mors-El.

[@adamstephens6050]

Superman not mariole?

[@giggabyt78]

not 50 yet only 46 like me

[@VictoryArtz]

People forget how wholesome Superman can be. The rooftop interview is ICONIC For how it demonstrates his character.

[@danielmorency2242]

The green shard at the beginning of the movie isn't kryptonite. It's just a special green crystal with the sum of krypton's knowledge. Sort of the backbone used for building the fortress of solitude.

[@kdonig84]

Yes, Plus even if it was Kryptonite, the fragment would be in its pure form from the planet, without becoming radioactive from the red sun exploding? I think that's how that works.

[@danielmorency2242]

@@kdonig84 (radioactive)... :D

[@joeblankenship377]

Krypton flash drive

[@phiferbb10tmjagP]

A bit of an oversight, but making also green I think was the problem. Not for the time clearly, but for a today's audience.

[@jonathanpowell7256]

@@phiferbb10tmjagP Yeah. They should've made the shard any other colour instead.

[@richardtbrown756]

It's actually 44yrs old..... An absolute classic and still stands the test of time: musically, visually, emotionally and storytelling. They really don't make them like this anymore ❤

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

It's pretty crazy. It always some how looks like it was made yesterday, the thing never ages. Prolly why every Marvel movies copy it constantly. The difference is This actually looks like the comic book, whereas MCU doesn't look anything like the comic books

[@jingleballs9935]

⁠​⁠@@paulpolpiboon9535besides guardians

[@Chris-oc4sn]

Lol.. yeah he missed an entire decade there.. as a person born in 77 I wish he was right..😂😂

[@Wolfhunter5607]

@@paulpolpiboon9535 guardians looks like comic books come to life so i’m guessing so will Gunn’s Superman movie prolly

[@DS9Sisko]

You made a lot of references to what it must have been like in 1978 and I’ll sum it up: at the end the entire audience stood up and cheered each name as the closing credits rolled. To this day, even with its faults Superman the Movie remains a brilliant film. It is also the only movie theme I know each note from beginning to end. So glad you enjoyed it.

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

Btw I'm sure there must be some faults as you mentioned, but barely. It's a superb adaptation of ACTUAL Comic Books. Release it in theaters today and it looks brand new! Completely modern somehow immortal in always looking like it was made only yesterday

[@westboundno8]

I saw it then too - amazing film. Modern Superman films are cynical, hackneyed rubbish. They stand for nothing.

[@ajivins1]

You should see the theme and the applause it gets at The BBC Proms!

[@BoboftheOldeWays]

I’ve always read the sudden ability to go back in time as the first time Superman had ever pushed his limits. He had no idea whether it would work, but he was so distraught over failing to save Lois that he was willing to go farther than he’d ever gone to try and save her.

[@Flibble42]

I agree, Clarke did not know his full potential, and the grief over Lois pushed him over the edge, Nice that in Superman Returns they report him as moving at close to lightspeed.

[@TenMillionYearProgram42]

I always sorta head cannoned it as he flew faster than light, and if time slows as you approach light speed, exceeding it reverses time. Idunno for shit if that actually checks out with Einstein, but it works in my brainbits. Interesting point imo, light can travel around the earth about 8ish times per second, and if you count his laps, it’s not far off that.

[@nancyscogin7549]

It still chokes me up when I see Christopher Reeves. Best Superman for me.

[@elbirrioso]

Who's Christopher Reeves???

[@jamesanderson6373]

*Reeve

[@tomstanziola1982]

I was 16, and saw this on it's first night premiere in our town. It was nothing short of MAGIC!!!! 👏❤️

[@ChristianKrogh-Denmark]

People need to understand, that the reason Chris Reeve is the best Superman/Clark (by_FAR!) is NOT because he was the first big-screen version of him, and thus we have to show respect (cause that’s BS) It’s also not cause he’s sadly passed, and thus we have to show him respect that way. It’s NON of that. Reeve is the BEST because he’s the only fucking one whom truly distinguished his Clark and Superman! Those two persona’s are worlds apart, the way that Reeve brilliantly plays them two. Cavill might have the muscles, but he is so far from the class-actor that Reeve was. Reeve’s Clark is so charming and geeky, in the best possible ways. From the way he talks, walks, combined with that slightly more “hunched” over way of standing; he’s just amazing. When he’s Superman he straightens his back, his voice gets deeper and his entire demeanor changes. He’s absolutely MAJESTIC in the role. Even in Superman 4, which is atrocious, Reeve is still incredible in it. Hands down, Reeve is the definitive Superman.

[@flatebo1]

The 1940s Max Fleischer Superman cartoons/Superman radio serials pioneered the transition from Clark to Superman. "This looks like a job for Superman" with an octave drop in the middle of the sentence. Reeve adapted that by adding a full posture change to distinguish the Clark/Superman duality.

[@FRIESENBERGG]

Looking at the set photos for the new superman, David could be a contender with how much his Clark looks different from superman

[@ChristianKrogh-Denmark]

@@FRIESENBERGG I would agree. David also seems to have that geeky charm over him, judging from scenes in different films/shows I’ve seen him in. Fingers crossed 🤞🤗

[@kjek1]

I loved this reaction so much. Love the respect you showed the movie and the fact you kept it in the context of the time it was made too.

[@mr_reborn]

I don't know what it was like in 1978, but I know what it was like in the 80s watching it on home video. It was the classic then that it is today. And it'll never be beat. For that exact reason, the hopefulness, the warmth. It's everything you don't get anymore, but everything we so desperately need nowadays.

[@benjaminscott8198]

The Superman scream is one of the most gut wrenching screams. All they were missing was his glowing eyes

[@harleyadam4813]

Even now.....today.....almost 45 years later.....I hear that music and all the hair on my body stands on end. One of the greatest comic book movies of all time. No.....one of the greatest movies of all time, PERIOD.

[@WebSpyder777]

7:02 You missed the cameo from Noel Neill on the train as Superboy runs past. She was Lois in the 1950s Adventures of Superman.

[@shadow-gr4iw]

Still to this day Christopher Reeve is the only actor to portray Superman and Clark Kent to absolute perfection. This is still the best superman movie of all time, the cheesiness fits with Superman's character so well that I have no words to describe how amazing this movie is

[@jeffthompson9622]

I think that Spell-Correct has sabotaged you by turning "portray" into "Trey."

[@shadow-gr4iw]

@@jeffthompson9622 thanks and i really have to stop uses the microphone

[@jeffthompson9622]

@@shadow-gr4iw It happens to me typing on my phone. I wonder how many times I've failed to notice.

[@shadow-gr4iw]

@@jeffthompson9622 it happens to the best of us. More times then not

[@elbirrioso]

REEVE. HE LEFT THE S ON HIS SHIELD

[@wendywoodruff2871]

I remember going home in a dreamy daze after this movie. ❤️💙❤️💙 Christopher Reeves is the Man!

[@cluman1]

John William's score took the movie to another level. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Superman's intro saving Lois and helicopter is the best super hero intro ever done.

[@sharonmcmurrick3853]

This movie was the moment I first fell in love with movies. ❤️ I love everything about this movie; even now it makes me feel all the feels.

[@neonsky24]

This was the start of it all for me! Compare to flying with CGI in man of steel this was the best flying ever to me and still is! Is was so graceful like dancing.

[@hoodwinkiez]

Oh Coy, Reeves set the standard for all other Supermen in media. As a child, I lived less than a mile for our $1 theater, when those were still a thing. I walked to the theater every day, I was seven, to watch this movie for a straight month. It helped shaped my childhood and the kind of person I eventually grew up to be. His conflict, between what his two fathers taught him, often tear me up a bit. And remember, he didn't just save Lois. He stopped that second rocket entirely. Nobody even remembers all that happened in California except Superman and the audience.

[@AdmrlLocke]

If you look at the closeups of the star, Rao, you see actual streamers of fire. It was the first time a star ever looked real. They set a fire in a circular metal trash can and filmed it from above. It was awesome!

[@99annanic]

And we’ve never had a more perfect Superman film since then.

[@petersmacklin]

His “ability” to change is done in a fade away. Remember how his changes were drawn in that era? It’s homage to the comic.

[@NicholasMcClure]

Yeah the green crystal wasn't actually Kryptonite - the harmful stuff only became harmful after the explosion of Krypton which made all the pieces radioactive. This was placed in his spaceship before as a recording device.

[@JeffersonMills]

Great reaction! I saw this in the theater Christmas Day 1978 when I was a 13-year-old comic collector, and you’re right, it was mind-blowing!

[@RANDassociatesinc]

Yes, I saw it opening weekend in the 70s. It was mindblowing. And it’s only gotten better with time!

[@christopherklipstein2597]

This was what inspired Nolan on Batman Begins. The casting of great actors. There’s an interview he did with Richard in The Dark Knight Trilogy set where he told him how he was inspired by Superman.

[@pandareverse]

I've seen the movie as a young boy in the cinema and it was mind-blowing. Watching Coy's reaction is just so great! Wholesome fun and the magic is still here...

[@doinitwell67]

I remember seeing this movie when I was 11 with my family, seeing it at the Mann's Chinese Theater. It stays with me till this day and don't let me here the John Williams score. Nostalgia city.

[@scottlette]

This is still the best superhero movie ever made.

[@veronikahk1826]

I was 10 years old. Hungarian. New Years Eve this was playing on a czeck TV with subs.. I never forget the feeling watching this as a child.

[@luketelfer]

One of my all time favourite movies, I had a smile on my face just watching your reaction. Great video!!

[@dtdurr]

The zeal, excitement , and insight you provide have been such an awesome addition to the channel. Keep up the great work.

[@Kevmaster2000]

My favorite version of this movie is the full 3 hour extended tv cut. Fun fact: In that version, the last frame of Superman flying towards the camera is at exactly 1 hour (ending act 1, the origin). The very next frame at 1 hour 1 second is the shot of Metropolis (starting act 2 and the main story).

[@scottkendall7789]

Superman the movie didn't come out 34 years ago, it came out 44 years ago, in 1978. 45 now that it's 2023

[@2nd3rd1st]

Pa Kent's heart attack was "heart breaking"? See, this verbose creativity is why Coy earns the big bucks at Reel Rejects!

[@DoctorVell]

May Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder rest in peace. My wife and I met her about 6 years ago and we had a great 10 minute conversation about her life and career before and after Superman. She was surprised when we did not ask for an autograph but we told her that she was a delight and the conversation was more important to have. To me I still will stand by that, autographs are important, but hearing stories is more so, keeps it more alive for me and my wife.

[@baruchavraham1939]

I saw this in the theater in 1978. It was unlike anything I had ever seen before with the exception of Star Wars. It definitely wasn’t Adam West’s 1960’s Batman or Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman. When he saved Lois from the helicopter 🚁 crash the hair stood up on the back of my neck. It was one of the best movies of the 70’s and a special memory from my boyhood. I remember how we talked about this movie 🍿 🎥 in school for weeks. Christopher Reeve is Superman for so many millions. He’s the watermark all those that have followed him have to aspire to be.

[@karlmaxey]

The superman theme song is THE number one theme song and it hasn't been beaten

[@josealmeida2842]

The actor playing young Clark is not Christopher Reeve but played by Jeff East. Reeve however did overdub for East’s lines so it is Reeve’s genuine voice you hear. , Plus makeup fixed East’s hair to make him look like spiting image of Reeve!

[@sanneannelies843]

People in the comments finding is so weird that cory did not see this, but let me tell you I know a lot of people who have never seen it and even some who thought brandon routh was the first one. It happens, if you do not have the interest or people in your life who do and pull you in, you can miss a lot of this stuff. I have that with some music/artists. Lets enjoy the reaction😄 Also my favorite superhero❤️

[@clarissathompson]

I get what you're saying, however, Coy is a comic book expert, it's his living and Superman is easily the most iconic of all superhero comics. I don't think it's that strange that we are all amazed that he had never seen this Superman film.

[@tomchris60]

Exactly. Which is why Coy was embarrassed. You can't be an "expert" and post a video ranking the 25 best comic book movies without having seen Superman- the blockbuster that started it all.

[@merchillio]

That movie will always be the benchmark to which all other Superman medium will be compared. Reeves played the Superman / Clark dualities perfectly.

[@VinSiTeo3]

Gosh I love Christopher Reeves as both Clark and Superman. He portrays both so well. I will say the Tyler Hoechlin is doing a fabulous job in Superman and Lois. He is quickly becoming my favorite modern Superman.

[@willEMG0905]

I'm late, but the Superman and Lois TV Show is just crazy good, my personal favorite CW Show.

[@jamesanderson6373]

*Reeve

[@TheZeroAssassin]

He can only fly so fast in atmosphere, without causing massive issues. But flowing up into orbit, no atmosphere to wreck, can go for broke speed-wise

[@jmctigret]

Can’t believe you never see this? Crazy. I saw this at the movies as a little kid and even had the lunchbox. Seen it many times on reruns through the years.

[@ave9889]

He did not know that she was in trouble. He had to save the majority first

[@garethdennis5785]

I love this movie! It's actually 44 years old and I first watched this as a very young child, so for me nostalgia glosses over the cracks and flaws. Please post a Superman 2 reaction as I really enjoyed this one

[@y4uriteme]

I can't imagine seeing this after watching modern superhero films. As someone who watched it as a child, I think it definitely plays differently without modern effects and Conventions to compare it too. I never questioned the mid air costume change, and simply assumed it was done ar superspeed. I I never questioned his inability to save Lois, assuming he was saving Jimmy or someone else at thr same time. I was confused by the time travel. Like many, I thought he had reversed time. The rest of the films are where the powers get weird. Lex came across as campy and too comedic (even to a child), but still felt sinister. Unfortunately, the films never get the villains quite right. Overall, I do prefer this Superman over others. He feels much more in line with the core aspects and themes of the character, in my opinion.

[@flatebo1]

The subtitles on this video are hilarious. "You will about all before me material. I swear it. Both you, and then one day, your ass!" "I tell you that we must evacuate this plan immediately." "Who am i?" "Your name is Khalil."

[@AdmrlLocke]

Brando and Hackman got paid more than Chris Reeve for this movie too! Many big name stars wanted the role of Superman, but Richard Donner decided that audiences see "Dustin Hoffman playing Superman" or "James Caan playing Superman." By casting an unknown actor, Donner was able to just give us Superman. Others who wanted the role included Neil Diamond, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Brolin, Lyle Waggoner, Christopher Walken, Nick Nolte, Jon Voight, and Perry King. Lyle Waggoner was the good-looking straight man on the Carol Burnet Show, and went on to play Colonel Steve Trevor in the Wonder Woman TV show. Walken finally got into a superhero movie as Max Shreck in Batman Returns. 😀

[@cjc2]

I saw this movie when I was 5 years old. I still remember the feeling I had watching this for the first time.

[@Mactalisker..]

The Kryptonite that arrived with him on the ship had not been radiated by the explosion of Krypton is what I always believed to be the reason it didn't affect him.

[@davidmarsden192]

I remember sitting in a theater watching this when it first came out. My little 9 year old mind was BLOWN. LOL

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

Superman is difficult because he is just SO OVERPOWERED. Reeve is just so vulnerable and clean cut and yet smoldering. Considering all the jacked, tanned, chiseled superheroes - you just cannot not fall in love with him and tho he's a BIG man he is not abnormally big.

[@bigvelvetdog]

Loved seeing you watch this for the first time. For once I have more knowledge than the experts of the modern hero films. LIKE: - Reeve's voice dubbed for young clark, The train cameo's 🙂, green crystals are not kryptonite.... The film still gives me goosebumps. I saw it in a theater just a few years back for an anniversary showing and I highly recommend viewing it that way if you get the chance. However, its all down hill from here but S-II is still pretty good. Can't wait to see your reaction to S-IV thought LOL.

[@christopherleodaniels7203]

I was in high school at the time, and if you think today is cynical, you have to remember in the 70’s we’d just had a President resign in disgrace, we’d just left Vietnam, and ten years before we had major assassinations abruptly changing history. So, it showed up THEN as a challenge to cynicism - as did Star Wars a year and a half earlier. And it really really really worked. I showed it to my niece about three years ago, and she said, “This is nothing like I expected, but I’m falling for it hard.” Of course it would work now. It just did… with you.

[@TimGildersleeve]

Oh man. You are in for an absolute treat. Chris Reeve is 💋🤌.

[@Jazzybleu1]

Another Fun fact the actor who played Jimmy is the same actor who played the police officer on the field in Justice League.

[@krissolet]

i remember seeing this in the early 80's or it might of been in the late 70's at a drive-in movie theater when movies were great like this one...with my still great friend. it was great seeing it at a drive=in cause you never know when or if he is going to come off the screen to save the day... and it's a great movie...All i have to say about him reversing the time like he did was because of his anger and anger has a well it plays a much larger part. you know when he was younger and his earthly father died and he was unable to save him through his heart-attack.

[@glennwelsh9784]

Gene Hackman refused to shave his head to play Lex. So it was written into the script that Lex wears wigs to hide his baldness, and they had Hackman wear a bald cap with a wig on top for that last scene. The green crystal that Jor-El sends with Kal-El isn't kryptonite, and I think it was a mistake to make it green because many people (like Coy) could easily mistake it with kryptonite. They could've just made the crystal a different color to avoid the confusion, but didn't for some reason.

[@Hyapatia77]

I was nine when this came out. Killing Lois freaked me out so much I had to skip it when the scene ran on tv eventually. Wonderful film. Just beautiful. I always read Supes changing in midair as a wipe- so fast you can't see it since he does the quick change in the rotating door as well.

[@thenerdywave2007]

Great Reaction Coy, I’m so surprised that Coy never watched this before

[@scottmoore1614]

It’s about time you saw it!!! Sheesh! I was eight years old when “Superman The Movie” came out. I’d seen “Star Wars” a year earlier. It was an amazing time. This film is really what started it all, as far as big budget superhero films. Man, it’s so epic. Christopher Reeve is perfect as Superman and Clark Kent. No one has topped his performance, imho.

[@superbat6442]

That smile he gives us at the end....best end to a superman movie.

[@erickraven7161]

Great reaction! I really like both versions of Superman II, but I think you should watch the theatrical cut since it's the "official" version and (in my opinion) has the best performances. The Donnor cut is great but it's incomplete and mixes a lot of different "cuts" together that don't always cohere. I'd recommend watching it after the Lester theatrical cut. You should definitely watch Superman III. I think Christopher Reeve looks the best in that film and Annette O'Toole as Lana Lang is really good. You can skip 4...it's about tied with Batman and Robin.

[@theawesomeman9821]

I like Superman. Unlike other super heroes he's never killed people, and by "people" I mean humans from planet earth.

[@KnayaMayor]

When he mentioned the he wasn’t fast enough to fly through the mountain but fast enough to make time reverse sort of got to me. My theory is Louis’ death brought out the rage to trigger that speed and even disobey his father’s rules. They should make a “What If” he didn’t save her lol.

[@isrj01]

Before that we only had "special effects" from Superman from the 50s, Adam West's Batman and Wonder Woman from 1975. When this film came to cinemas, it was a sight for sore eyes.

[@jeanpaulmedellin]

I think this movie captures exactly how a Superman should be. The biggest power of Superman is his ability to inspire other to be the best they can be, to be optimistic despite how the world is around. I think that's the quality that's lacking in his recent movies (no shade on Cavill, I think he was perfectly cast) and Superman i literally, a beacon of hope, not grittiness. There's an animated movie called Superman vs The Elite that captures exactly that, they should use that as a blueprint, because if Marvel could adapt Captain America into the movies by keeping the character to its core values, Superman would be something amazing to see at the cinema.

[@pookhahare]

The first night sequence is some best stuff in a movie ever.

[@SPACEKNOCKERZ76]

Snyderverse John Kent would’ve been cool with every kid on that bus dying.

[@StellarAvenger]

Can't believe you've never seen THE superhero movie that pretty much kicked off the genre.

[@genohawthorne1965]

My childhood movie growing up in the 80's

[@southblossom7805]

No knock on the modern Superman, it represents our current state of despair and cynicism, but Reeves Superman is a perfect representation of a hero that’s supposed to inspire hope. And the John Williams score is a chefs kiss. I grew up on these old movies. It has a special place in my heart. My dad took me to everyone and we had a blast. I hope you guys enjoy it too. ❤

[@TheFury12684]

I think this is both true and untrue. Remember, the 1970s in the USA was a period of deep intense cynicism. By 1978, Watergate and Vietnam left a deeply divided, distrustful and suspicious nation. This is alluded to when Lois says 'you're going to end up fighting every elected official in this country'. What Donner grasped and the recent iterations don't is that there is no point making a Superman movie without hope. Superman can be a solution to cynicism but the character doesn't work as a cynic himself.

[@RANDassociatesinc]

The lady on the train in the blue was the original Lois Lane from the George Reeve era.

[@les4767]

Yeah, it's kind of weird that he could fly circles around the Earth so fast to reverse time...and not be able to catch both rockets or get to Lois in time to save her in her car....However, I think that added rage grief of having her die gave him the extra speed and uncovered his turning the world backwards powers. That's how I made peace with that scene.

[@adamkennedy9014]

Hits different when you’ve grown up watching it as a kid

[@tonytheriault1186]

Every time I see Jor-El, I think ‘mr. suitcase’. It makes sense if you know enough of the production history.

[@torpedoboy4]

Great review, and I'm super happy you finally saw the Model T Ford of superhero films! I'm 48 years old, so Christopher Reeve is my definitive version of Superman. "Superman the Movie" is definitely number 1 for me.

[@sleezye100]

The green crystal was not kryptonite. It was part of the planetary’s memory and knowledge when he throws it to the north and it builds a replica of krypton in the center is the knowledge base that that Crystal provided

[@TTM9691]

This was a SUPER special reaction. The fact that you are such a Superman aficionado makes this reaction one of the very best. I learned a lot! I saw this in the theatre when it came out, and it was great. Regarding Hackman: you have to understand what we were expecting. The Batman series from '66. (Which I still love). And we were shocked to get an origin story! Never in a million years did we think that every few years they'd reboot every superhero and retell their origin stories. Every time I see origin story, I think of Superman '78. Anyways, Hackman and Brando were the first cast and the idea that these two heavyweight actors were going to do Superman was almost shocking. They're the ones that got this movie made, the star power of those two actors. And sure enough, every superhero movie since has stunt casting of the villains and minor characters, another legacy of this movie.

[@mattkylie6723]

19:08 they continued this version with more in-depth explanation in the Smallville series!!! … which was equally as colourful and full of hope!! but society wanted a more dark incarnation of Superman

[@surjitbadhan68]

Christopher Reeve my all time hero...🥰🥰🥰

[@robertchapman1543]

Yes wanna watch you watch Superman 2 now

[@markanthonyleo1705]

Superman movies 1& 2 are top 10 iconic superhero cinema.

[@kevinpanozzo306]

I think easily the best thing about the first Superman movie is Christopher Reeve. So good as both Clark Kent and Superman.

[@mischiefmakerstudios9900]

Actually, I believe the scene when he leaps out the window & suddenly his super suit appears, I believe like in the comics, he’s using his super speed so he is moving so fast you can not see him change into his super suit, so he is using a super power in that scene.

[@AdmrlLocke]

Marlon Brando invented the idea that the S didn't stand for Superman but was instead the House of El family crest.

[@johnmunro897]

This was one of the first films I ever saw at the cinema as a kid, shortly after Star Wars. To me at the time it was on the same level. A tent pole cinematic experience. I'd love to know which 25 (?!!!) comic book movies you put above it (especially considering they all come in its wake)...

[@HelluvaBossFanEst2003]

7:30 RIP Jonathan

[@HelluvaBossFanEst2003]

Yeah That's Is So Sad He Died Of Heart Attack

[@FaithQuest49]

Something did stop SuperMan from getting to Lois. It was his promise to lexes GF to help her mother 1st. The promise scene was meant for that reason. To me, it showed how honest he was even though his love interest was in distress. He made a promise he kept it and lost his girl for it. Until the scream I'll always remember!

[@starclone4]

Now that's a true classic !!!!

[@RyanJohnson-dj8qd]

Coy needs to rank his favorite Superman after this

[@kennethmiller9346]

Fun fact the actor who played teenage Clark went on to do the greatest American hero TV show.

[@Swenglish]

I watched the expanded cut last night (having seen the theatrical cut or possibly a TV cut when I was a kid). Two things that hit me as probably making sense to the screenwriter but not being conveyed very clearly visually: 1: Superman changing clothes mid-air. It was probably meant to be quickly taking off his suit and tucking it away, leaving the Superman outfit underneath, but it was done as a dissolve. 2. Superman going back in time. It was probably meant to be breaking the light barrier and then slowing down, but comes off as changing the turn of the Earth like a record and then changing it back, confusing generations of audiences.

[@32ndspecialist]

Christopher Reeve will always be the best Superman to me! All others aspire to be as good.

[@juancantu9239]

For a second there, I was actually questioning my own age. Lol! Glad you liked it.