Watching Superman: The Movie 1978 for the first time

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After watching Man of Steel I decided to go back and finally watch through the 1978 Superman movie. I had seen bits and pieces of it when I was a kid when it was rerun on TV but I never actually truly sat down to watch it from beginning to end. So I don't have any nostalgia for it but I wanted to see if I could enjoy it despite its age.

Thankfully the movie is actually quite enjoyable. I can now understand why people still have much love for this movie and most of it holds up quite well. Christopher Reeve is an excellent Clark/Superman and Lois and Luthor's roles are done very well. The chemistry between the main cast is the best part of the movie, including young Clark with his parents.

Lex Luthor and his underlings remind me of the Adam West Batman show, but in a good way. Otis is the bumbling villain sidekick and Luthor is a bit too campy and humorous but it works very well in the context of this movie.

Overall I liked the movie and think it holds up well. I'll have to watch Superman II next.

My only gripes:

- Some scenes went on way too long. The Superman/Lois flying sequence was too dragged out for my tastes, same with Jor El explaining Clark's past during that full sequence with the stars and a voice over.

- Luthor with hair. Yeah I know why he had it, but its really weird seeing Luthor with hair for the entire movie when I've always known him as being bald.

I'm going to watch Superman II in a few days hopefully its as good.