I was 9 years old when it came out. My father was a big Superman fan. S I remember sitting in the theater transfixed when the musical score began. Good memory!
shareYeah, I was in my mid-20s. At the time the effects were pretty good. I too remember thinking the credits were way too long. As someone mentioned, the football kick young Clark did was pretty awesome.
The entire theater burst out laughing when Clark went to the 'phone booth' to change into Supe.
I was twelve when I saw this on its initial cinema release. I was blow away by it. The effects were impressive. A good script and Richard Donner's direction had a good understanding of the subject.
And yes, I did believe a man could fly.
You can't palm off a second-rater on me. You gotta remember I was in the pink!
Me! I was 23. Seems a long time ago.....
If there aren't any skeletons in a man's closet, there's probably a Bertha in his attic.
Nine years old when I saw it. It was awesome. I don't recall being bored by the credits like some others here. I remember thinking "This music is awesome... like the Star Wars theme only better somehow."
I loved just about every aspect of this movie - and still do - except the time reversal. But by the "time" that happens the movie is almost over so you just roll with it. Christopher Reeve was Superman.
I grew up with the old George Reeves TV series, and went to see this at age 28 with high expectations. I wasn't disappointed. I loved every minute of it, so much so that I prefer the longer director's cut.
As to the "turning back time" question, that was very much a part of the '60s-'70s comics, with both Superman and The Flash travelling in time on a semi-regular basis. I was glad when they removed that in the late 1980s comics, but for a movie in 1978 it was part of the mythology. I just live with it.
My late dad took me to see it. I didn't get everything that was going on (I was also your age), but I was amazed by it. It's one of the best memories I have of my dad and me.
shareI was also 9 when it came out and saw it twice in the cinema.
The opening score is one of the best I've seen yet. I actually believed a man
can fly. Man of Steel with all its fancy cgi doesn't hold a light to this.
RIP Christopher Reeve, you were the best.
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I was actually working in the local movie theaters when this came out. I worked as the camera operator/etc. with my best friend at the time. There were two walk in theaters and a drive in!!! It was a great way to work and go to Junior year High School at the same time.
I also worked there with the airing of "Star Wars", "Grease", "Up in Smoke", "Saturday Night Fever" and last but not least "Alien" as well as a ton of other epic late 70's movies.
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I got to see this recently and I actually had tears in my eyes a couple of times:
"Peter Pan flew with children Lois"
having the memories brought back.
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