Even minor players, such as Perry White (Jackie Cooper) have great lines and characterisation thrusted upon them. This was still in the days when films were properly constructed to allow for a genuine build-up, a fully-formed middle and a proper end. 20% of this movie was shot alongside the 1978 vehicle and so we get reminded in this sequence of the three Kryptonian villains, about to be accidentally released by Superman in a h-bomb explosion. These involve Superman as a baby being sent from the destruction of his home planet and are cleverly spliced together so as to avoid having to pay Marlon Brando any more royalties. The theme music, a startling Star Wars sound-a-like by John Williams, fades to edited recaps of the previous film.
Superman 2 movie reviews for kids series#
But Superman II was the series at its' peak. Of course, Superman had his own "Batman and Robin" in the guise of "Superman VI: The Quest For Peace", a movie made four years after the third and with seemingly a fraction of the budget. The less said about "Batman and Robin" the better. The Crow was a good example of the "graphic novel" set, and the Batman series did well under the underrated Michael Keaton, but floundered under the flat Val Kilmer and increasingly childish set-pieces.
Certainly, the Superman films are tongue-in-cheek but never so that they're disrespectful to their content or their audience. Other superheroes have floundered at the box office, and maybe this is to do with lack of affinity between the makers and the source material. Such innocent, almost niave, filmmaking, it personifies the term "family entertainment" and is, simply, great fun to watch.
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