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is SII back to being considered the best movie?


Superman IIs placement on the recent Empire Superhero movie poll got me thinking:
http://www.empireonline.com/features/greatest-superhero-movies/p6

back in 80s and some of the 90s SII was considered the best. there was just no question it was the best one due to the action, the love story, losing powers etc. STM was liked but it wasn't revered as a classic like it later became. then STM love took over as being the best during the mid 90s/00s due to the increasing reverence of anything Brando had done, and most of all due to all the Richard Donner II stuff coming out on the new invention called the internet and people realising they'd missed out on something far better (where as STM didn't have any of that). But since the Donner Cut came out in 2006 and wasn't that great and its clear for the most part the Lester stuff has the better performances, scenes etc (maybe they should've had the best of both versions and not so biased towards Donner, or maybe if they'd just had all the 'new' Donner stuff in the deleted scenes section), and now that people don't seem mind abit of camp fun stuff (thanks in part to Marvel) I think the original Lester SII is back to being considered the best one (but not the Donner Cut which didn't really work and is really just a glorified DVD extra not so much a proper alternative version of II).

so now the general consensus is probably II,I,III,IV (with MOS coming after STM and SR maybe after MOS, however for me id much rather rewatch III or IV over them)

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I still prefer STM, but I like that SII was ranked higher than MoS.

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1. Superman II
2. Superman
3. Superman III
4. Superman IV - The Quest for peace
5. Man of steel
6. Superman returns

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STM is a classic but so is II. Its close. Maybe STM beats it in the 'classic' status but I think II has it beat in the 'what's the best superman film?' question

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SII is far from the best superhero movie now. It wasn't made in a way that would date well.

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true. neither were the others though

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1. Superman
2. Superman II
3. Superman Returns
4. Man of Steel
5. Superman III
6. Superman IV - The Quest For Peace

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01. Superman II (theatrical version).
02. Superman Returns.
03. Superman and the Mole Men.
04. Superman the Movie.
05. Superman II (director's cut).
06. Superman III.
07. Superman IV.
08. Supergirl.
09. Superman the Musical.

So bad I will never see it ...

10. Man of Steel.

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ha

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No.

In fact, Superman IV is even better than this.

Before the Internet, it was (at the time) a fact that this movie was better than the original.

I can assure it is not.

Also, the first Superman actually kind of sucks.

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