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This one’s my favorite! Richard Pryor saved the movie with his hilarity!
Philbot
2025-07-09 21:02:06 +0000 UTCIt was Xerox that gave the world the first graphical interface and mouse. Apple and Microsoft copied it.
Mark Walsh
2025-04-08 04:31:36 +0000 UTCLana Lang. Lois Lane. Lee Luthor. Peter Parker. Reed Richards. Steven Strange. Matt Murdock. Scott Summers. Jessica Jones. Susan Storm. J. Jonah Jameson. Bucky Barnes. Bruce Banner. Otto Octavius. Wade Wilson. Guy Gardner. Billy Batson... Anyone notice an incredibly LAZY trend here?
Owen Madden
2025-04-05 19:38:50 +0000 UTCWhat about a cat?
Owen Madden
2025-04-05 19:20:37 +0000 UTCRichard Lester is a master of combining physical comedy with more serious subject matter, but it doesn't work here. He was pigeonholled into using Pryor per studio mandate & he has no place here. Better examples of Lester's genius can be seen in films like "Robin & Marion," "Royal Flash," & "The 3/4 Musketeers."
Owen Madden
2025-04-05 19:19:32 +0000 UTCNope
Josh (Target Audience)
2025-04-04 19:41:31 +0000 UTCIn case you didn’t know, Pryor’s speech in the general’s uniform was an allusion to George C. Scott’s monologue in “Patton” (1970).
Aramis Calcutt
2025-04-03 23:35:42 +0000 UTCIt was Apple Macintosh that gave the public a graphical interface. Microsoft Windows came years later.
Aramis Calcutt
2025-04-03 23:18:37 +0000 UTCAlex wouldn’t date a woman with a dog?
Aramis Calcutt
2025-04-03 22:53:22 +0000 UTCDid you notice that in the chemical plant fire scene, when Superman changed clothes in the back of the police car, the cop in the front seat was Josh!
Aramis Calcutt
2025-04-03 22:41:56 +0000 UTCI remember as a kid finding the junkyard fight terrifying for how sadistic Superman was, especially feeding Clark into the metal grinder and eagerly awaiting the bloody chunks coming out the other end. Also Very getting "assimilated" was nightmare fuel. Reeve really was at his physical peak in this film though. The first 2 were filmed back to back so I guess he had a few years to work out in between. Beyond that it's just too schlocky for me. The whole Superman video game sequence, the clear 80s influence of "computers and lasers can do ANYTHING". Also nobody gonna question how Clark can sneeze hard enough to turn a bowling ball into a cannon shell? I actually prefer the story of 4, even if the execution is shit.
Timothy Nikiforovs
2025-04-03 22:01:16 +0000 UTCThat would've helped make the film better for me. Overall, I was unimpressed with this film except for junkyard fight scene and bringing in Lana Lang.
Collin Freeman
2025-04-03 12:54:15 +0000 UTCThe main things I liked about Superman III were Lana Lang and the fight scene between the Jekyll-and-Hyde-Clark Kent and Superman in the junk yard. The tar-kryptonite reminded me of possible effects from red kryptonite in the comic books at the time. Other than that, it was very "meh" to not-good for me.
Collin Freeman
2025-04-03 12:52:01 +0000 UTCMan, this movie feels so much longer than two hours. Always watched this one along with the first two films growing up, but when I first revisited it in my teens its oddness and strange tone was so jarring. I still think the junkyard fight is pretty fun, but oooh boy the comic gags are painful. Superman IV is even worse, but at least it's 35 minutes shorter.
captveg
2025-04-03 04:46:57 +0000 UTCAll I'll say is the statement "I may like Superman 3 more than Superman 2" can be entered into evidence at the trial of Star Trek 6.
Ken R
2025-04-03 03:37:56 +0000 UTCI read somewhere that originally, the supercomputer at the end was supposed to be Brainiac. Apparently, it got removed in rewrites.
tyranusfan
2025-04-03 03:37:10 +0000 UTCLana Lang was indeed in the first Superman movie, in the Smallville teenager sequence, but played by a different actor. Margot Kidder was benched in this movie in retaliation for publicly speaking out against the firing of Richard Donner from Superman 2. I first saw this film at a drive-in, when I was 3 years old, in a double feature with James Bond’s Octopussy. Robo-Vera terrified me and gave me nightmares for weeks. The next film in the franchise is 1984’s Supergirl - followed by Superman IV in 1987. It sounds like you’re skipping Supergirl for now, but hope you get back to it someday. Who knows, it might even be waiting in your PO Box this very instant.
Matt Everkoul
2025-04-03 03:21:09 +0000 UTCI really love this movie! It’s obviously not as good as Superman 1 and 2…but when I was a kid, and a lot of my friends were hating on it, I always defended it. I love Richard Pryor and Annette O’Toole in the movie. I love the chemical plant sequence and the evil Superman plot thread. I understand why they went with Clark Kent in the junkyard scene so that audiences wouldn’t be confused, but I always wished it had been Good Superman vs. Evil Superman on screen. And I love the whole Super Computer sequence. I just have to say that this movie has the greatest line in any Superman movie ever…”I ask you to kill Superman and you’re telling me you couldn’t even do that one simple thing!” I remember that got a tremendous audience laugh in the theatre in 1983! I just got through watching the movie with you guys and it was a good time! I wish I could give you some promising words ahead for Superman IV…but you’ll find out on your own in due course!
Raphael Gaytan
2025-04-03 03:06:40 +0000 UTCThe kid looking for buster tripped and hit a rock, that's why his head was bleeding. You can see the rock when they first show him laying in the field.
tyranusfan
2025-04-03 03:06:28 +0000 UTCI don't know why people are so down on this movie. It's full of clever dialogue, Robert Vaughn is a good villain, it's funny. I've always liked this one.
tyranusfan
2025-04-03 02:50:49 +0000 UTCSuperman III is my favorite “bad movie that I love”. I love the dynamic between Clark and Lana Lang. The story of reconnecting at the hs reunion is cute. I love how this is a bit of a “flip the script” from the love story of the first two movies. Where Lois loved Superman, Lana loves Clark. I actually love the dynamic between Webster, Vera, and Lorelei. The fact that Lorelei is actually the smartest one in the room is some of my favorite humor in the film. I actually love all of the Richard Pryor humor…the drunk Smallville computer sequence has always made me laugh. The problem is that I feel like it’s just in the wrong movie. What I really love about this movie is everything from the Junkyard Fight through the end. Even rewatching it with you guys the supercomputer set still impresses the hell out of me. It’s always been a favorite of mine and I think it holds up extremely well. That speaks to the power of practical sets! Glad to see you guys getting some fun and enjoyment out of this. For me, it’s the end of the Superman films. Yep, there’s nothing more after this!
Column Meanie
2025-04-03 02:03:04 +0000 UTCThe “steal the fractions of a penny” scheme that they invented here will go on to be used in multiple movies and real life thefts.
John Pierce
2025-04-03 01:15:52 +0000 UTCAt 45, I have to agree with you. She was nightmare fuel for me as a kid.
Brian Moore
2025-04-03 01:06:22 +0000 UTCI was exhausted by the amount of sequences in the first hour. Also, I was hoping the RoboWoman at the end was going to move on to better things.
Patrick Smith
2025-04-03 00:00:18 +0000 UTCI watched this a lot as a kid but knew it was bad even then, but I can have fun with it now. Lana and Brad were the characters from the teen segment in one. Besides the Lois cameo, the kid at the photo booth in the opening is the kid that played Clark as a toddler in the first movie.
Jonathan
2025-04-02 23:45:58 +0000 UTCI’m not surprised that they left the theater, this was a tough movie for me to watch, especially after the first 2.
Anthony Picard
2025-04-02 23:35:25 +0000 UTCFor people of a certain age, the three most traumatic moments of childhood are a certain death in Neverending Story, a jump scare in Pee-Wee’s big adventure and the woman in this getting computerized.
John M.
2025-04-02 23:32:28 +0000 UTCI saw this movie a million times as a kid on TV without ever seeing the first two, so I have a soft spot for it. The lady getting turned in to a robot kept me up many nights.
EnigmaticPenguin
2025-04-02 21:31:41 +0000 UTCAs a kid this was kinda odd to watch, and now as an adult it's a little cringe. I didn't know who Richard Pryor was and of course was too young to see all the bad writing. But the big thing I remember are the Evil Superman vs Clark Kent fight, which to a kid was incredible to watch. Also as a kid when the machine turns a minion into a robot that scared the hell out of me and gave me nightmares. Christopher Reeve will always be my Superman. However, I met him through movies seen from a child's perspective. As a kid, I enjoyed all four movies. As an adult, I rarely watch III and IV
Firekrys FWO
2025-04-02 21:25:55 +0000 UTCOne of the first films I remember seeing people just get up and leave. You'll forgive me if I just skip to the end for your comments and then ignore this one.
Alan Thompson
2025-04-02 20:54:39 +0000 UTCThis was a tactical error. Don't go any further.
Ken R
2025-04-02 20:13:41 +0000 UTCThis will be interesting. Lol
startrekiborg
2025-04-02 19:54:06 +0000 UTC
