A classic

Nowadays, Marvel is pretty much ruling the box-office, the super-heros have become the new cash-cow and you wonder how long this new trend will last. In fact, almost 40 years ago, they had already released a big blockbuster in this genre (it was in fact the most expensive movie ever made at the time and it remained so for a decade) and it was a huge success at the time. It is rather surprising that even though the Superman franchise was really successful, they didn’t launch some other franchise around some other super-heros. Apparently, they were waiting for the technology to catch up to be able to create something visually acceptable. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, it was definitely groundbreaking and I certainly thought it was pretty cool when I was a kid but, to be honest, the whole thing feels rather dated. I mean, sure, the whole thing still looks decent, especially after all these years, and it was quite entertaining but I never thought it was really amazing though. The issue I always had was actually with Superman is that the guy is pretty much invincible (except for the good old Kryponite so the options are rather limited), rather bland and actually pretty boring, especially compared to the much more interesting Batman with his borderline sociopatic behavior. To conclude, even though I’m not a huge fan of this movie, it is pretty much a classic and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10