Christopher Reeve: Superman Movies (films, script, action, actors)
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Am I the only person in America who found Margot Kidder's portrayal of Lois Lane unattractive?
I am not speaking of the woman herself, but if the way she acted. The way she smoked with her cig hanging limp out if her mouth as she spoke. The way she talked incessantly. The way she was annoying, rude, and crude. I imagine she was trying to play her as a "tough nosed" woman of the world reported who had to mix it up with the boys.
But to me she just came off as the kind of woman you might find at some skid row dive bar.
I could never see what it was that Superman found attractive about her.
I thought she just mailed it in. The main problem I found was how every thing just seemed to happen in a few minute stretch. IMO, even though I didn't like Man of Steel and the nonlinear format didn't work as well as say The Watchmen or Batman Begins (my least favorite of the Nolan films,) it was a better film than the silly 1978 Superman was.
I liked it. It had the wittiest script (by Mario Puzo) of any superhero action flick I've ever seen.
You know we are talking about comic book characters, don't you? These "dark" treatments where we are supposed to be taking things seriously don't work for me at all because we're still talking about comic book level depth. A serious comic book movie to me is akin to marveling over the tallest midget.
I can only enjoy a superhero flick when it isn't taking itself seriously, maybe if I was still 14 years old...
Lois and Superman....Just Another Fly By Night Affair?
Am I the only person in America who found Margot Kidder's portrayal of Lois Lane unattractive?
I am not speaking of the woman herself, but if the way she acted. The way she smoked with her cig hanging limp out if her mouth as she spoke. The way she talked incessantly. The way she was annoying, rude, and crude. I imagine she was trying to play her as a "tough nosed" woman of the world reported who had to mix it up with the boys.
But to me she just came off as the kind of woman you might find at some skid row dive bar.
I could never see what it was that Superman found attractive about her.
I totally agree, the way she was portrayed was so not the Lois Lane I had loved in the comic books for years prior. I was so disappointed, it really ruined the movie for me. I too could not see one reason he would be attracted to her.
Am I the only person in America who found Margot Kidder's portrayal of Lois Lane unattractive?
I am not speaking of the woman herself, but if the way she acted. The way she smoked with her cig hanging limp out if her mouth as she spoke. The way she talked incessantly. The way she was annoying, rude, and crude. I imagine she was trying to play her as a "tough nosed" woman of the world reported who had to mix it up with the boys.
But to me she just came off as the kind of woman you might find at some skid row dive bar.
I could never see what it was that Superman found attractive about her.
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I'm not a Superman fan. But, yeah, as a kid, I thought she seemed a little harsh (brash?), lol. But maybe that's how they wanted her to play it.
But I always found Margot Kidder to be one of those actors that had something you wanted to watch. I don't know what it is. That "it" thing, I guess. She also has that unique voice.
I liked it. It had the wittiest script (by Mario Puzo) of any superhero action flick I've ever seen.
I've always found Puzo an extremely over-rated writer. He is remembered more fondly than he deserves, thanks largely to Francis Ford Coppola, who took a very mediocre book (The Godfather), and turned it into one of the greatest movies ever. People watch The Godfather and think Puzo was a great writer. Try reading The Godfather some time --- or any of Puzo's other books. They are mediocre at best, and most are just downright bad.
As for the original Superman, I like the first half hour of the movie, and I love Christopher Reeve. The rest of the movie is pretty dumb and VERY 1970s. And not the good stuff from the '70s. All the stuff we'd like to forget.
As for Superman II, again Christopher Reeve was brilliant. Those moments of the movie that focus on Clark/Superman are really good. The rest ... laughably bad.
Bryan Cranston recently commented that great acting can lift bad writing ... but only so far. A great actress like Meryl Streep can take a C-level script and lift up to B-quality. But not even the greatest acting in the world can lift a D-script to A-status. That's kind of how I view the old Superman flicks. Reeve is really, spectacularly good. But the writing is so, so, so bad.
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