Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Niceguyeddie616

I recently bought this with some of my christmas cash, and I have to say, I don't know if I'll ever want to watch the original version again. All the scenes with Marlon Brando are worth the price of purchase alone, and the acting somehow improved a little.

Does anybody else own or have seen this movie? If so, what do you think of it?

Edit: I couldn't find any clips, but heres a fan review of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcJTKJ4W8-E

Hensler

It sucks.


Balls.

Niceguyeddie616

Have you seen it? How does it suck?

Sars_Boy

nah dude that's just hensler.

Hardtarget

it's ok. I would say as an overall movie the Lester Cut is better, but if Donner had been allowed to end Superman 1 the way he had wanted and been able to film everything he wanted for Superman 2, then his vision would have been better.

A month or so ago I bought the huge ass Ultimate Collector's Edition of the superman movies. 14 Discs of awesomeness. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes superman, some of the documentaries are fantastic.

Garlic Bread

I like Superman but do not like the movies.

Hardtarget

Keith wrote:

I like Superman but do not like the movies.

Way to suck Keith.

Oolong

I need to watch the original cut again to make certain, as my memories were playing tricks with me, but I finished the Donner cut feeling like it was inferior to the original version. I think the ending alone is probably going to keep me from changing my mind, but I haven't watched Superman 2 in a while, so I'm going to check it out again soon.

[spoiler:d2131d0aec]The movie ends exactly the same way as the first one does, with Superman doing the Magic Spin-Around-The-World-To-Selectively-Change-Time trick. It was lame but sorta charming in the first movie. It's unacceptable two films in a row.[/spoiler:d2131d0aec]

Saph

Oolong wrote:

I need to watch the original cut again to make certain, as my memories were playing tricks with me, but I finished the Donner cut feeling like it was inferior to the original version. I think the ending alone is probably going to keep me from changing my mind, but I haven't watched Superman 2 in a while, so I'm going to check it out again soon.

[spoiler:6d6443086a]The movie ends exactly the same way as the first one does, with Superman doing the Magic Spin-Around-The-World-To-Selectively-Change-Time trick. It was lame but sorta charming in the first movie. It's unacceptable two films in a row.[/spoiler:6d6443086a]

It wasn't supposed to be in the first movie. Donner had a different ending in mind.

SatanIsMyMotor

The Donner Cut is far better than the original. Magical kiss? No thanks.

Hensler

Niceguyeddie616 wrote:

Have you seen it? How does it suck?

The Brando stuff is pointless rehash, as is almost everything that's added. Almost everything new in this cut is stuff from the first movie - the Lester cut is just a lot more fun to watch and continues the story better overall.

Niceguyeddie616

Jor-el taking away Superman's powers and giving them back makes a whole lot more sense, they just cut Brando out of the film because they wanted to save money, which is stupid when you have a really big star like Brando. And I like how they made the villians darker instead of turning them into a joke like they did in the Lester cut. Also, II was originally supposed to have the time travel ending,

[spoiler:805c4b7cfe] Superman I was supposed to end on a cliffhanger, the beginning of the Donner Cut was pretty much how the first movie was originally supposed to end. [/spoiler:805c4b7cfe]

Another thing that makes the Lester cut look so bad was that compared to the Williams score, the replacement score sounded like a high school marching band.