1st watched 5/27/2001 - 6 out of 10 (Dir-Richard Lester): Campy, but fun entry in the Superman series. In this episode, Lex Luthor is not near as menacing as a threesome jailed by Superman's father and finds themselves on Earth to take revenge upon Superman and takes it out on the good old USA as well. The special effects are not top-notch if you compare them to today's standards, but the movie works because we know it is based on a comic-strip character(this is not supposed to be real, people). This is similar to the impact of other comic book movies like Popeye and Flash Gordon, where the filmmakers don't try to make everything seem real because it's not. A little romance between Superman and Lois Lane also adds to the appeal.
Review of Superman II
