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Seeing Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent reminds me how good he was and how I miss him.
I love Cavill but sorry he failed his acting of CK. With or without the costume he plays as Superman.
Best superman line I've seen is from the CW version.
"Hey! Nice suit!"
"Thanks, my mom made it for me!"
Superman and Lois is so underrated. The stigma around the CW DC shows is well earned, but it really doesn't deserve to be grouped in with them. In fact it made a point of distancing itself from them by explicitly stating it's not part of the Arrowverse.
There's a lot going on in that show really doesn't get the credit it deserves. Particularly watching Clark Kent be a father is aces.
I still lament the loss of the Dragonriders of Pern series that they were going to do but f'd up.
This scene always comes to mind when I think of Reeve's performance: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tNUu6Lf9mVU
For me its the "General, care to step outside?" scene (and Zod's reply line).
That, any scene with his unique smile.
Still better than Brandon Routhe. Sorry Brandon, I'm sure you're a nice guy, but your Superman sucked
Nah, Brandon Routhe was fine, it's just his Superman is written incredibly passive, and he was more or less being told "You're Christopher Reeves Superman so...do that. We're not going to give you any material that comes close to what Chris got to work with, but, ya know, still do it. "
It's just such a bizarrely written movie in the first place, I have trouble blaming anyone in it for their performances. Well... except for that one guy we don't talk about anymore.
That's a really good point. I didn't notice until you said it, but yeah, he plays Kent and Superman exactly the same.
Well it was a more serious movie, for a more serious time, than the original Superman movie, so to expect that kind of goofy Clark Kent type of acting wouldn't be realistic.
Yeah goofy Clark Kent has not been a thing for a while in Superman media, anyone expecting that in a modern movie is showing their age a bit.
Well to be fair, I'm that age as well. I actually saw that movie in the theater.
But yes, it's not for modern audiences, they have different tastes now.
I don't see the issue with him playing both characters the same. That's as valid an interpretation as any, and much more in line with modern Superman.
The idea of Clark as a bumbling mild-mannered reporter as part of his disguise is very dated.
Eh, Christopher Reeves switching between demeanors as Superman and Clark Kent is timeless.
How did he fail? Honestly asking.
The stache
Thought that was post-editing shenanigans?
That was Henry Cavill being called back for reshoots after principal photography had already wrapped months before. By that point he was already working on another role, and the mustache was part of it. He made a perfectly understandable decision to say "I'll do reshoots and help you fix this dumpster fire you made, but I'm still committed to this other role, so fix the stache in post".
Yeah kinda but the guy could have still just shaved it
No, he couldn't. He was reshooting those scenes after he'd already started production on another movie. One in which his character had a mustache. That was absolutely not on him, it was on the directors for not being competent enough to make a decent movie the first time around.