Greatest Movie Ever: Superman
| By Jordan Hoffman June 14, 2011 |
Greatest Movie Ever: Superman
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A spaceman who flies and always tells the truth? That I'll believe. That a woman on a reporter's salary can afford a penthouse with a giant garden right off of Columbus Circle? How gullible do I look?
Rock! |
It's cool enough that Lex Luthor puts the pieces together and decides to steal Kryptonite, but how awesome is it that the African scientist that has it looks like a badass member of Sun Ra's Arkestra?!?!?
The Greatest Criminal Mind of Our Time |
Without fail, every time I watch Superman and get to the part when Ned Beatty and Gene Hackman pretend to be house-moving hicks and Valerie Perrine sneaks under the missile-bearing truck to fiddle with the controls, I say, "oh, yeah, I forgot about this."
Costa Del Lex |
Look closely on Lex Luthor's map of oceanfront property after the destruction of California and you won't just see Otisburg, but Teschmacher Peaks. Peaks. Heh heh, I totally get that.
Ratzenberger Sandwich |
Before Cliff Clavin was Pixar's good luck charm he was in both Superman and Superman II, playing two different radio operators. In the sequel, he'll be working for NASA, but here he is working for the Armed Forces missile testing group.