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Ok, so this is just a terrible movie, but for some reason I accidentally just watched it again. My issues with this movie were so numerous that I felt I had to make a blog entry.
1) Whenever Superman flies around in space, his cape clearly blows in the wind. Following on from this, (so I'll keep it in the same point), the following impossiblities in the vacuum of space occur: i) Superman and Nuclear Man talk to each other in space. ii) Superman also talks to some Russian cosmonauts from outside their space station. iii) Superman's flight, punches, etc, all make clearly audible sounds. iv) Nuclear Man takes Lacy up into space (and Superman returns her to earth). She is apparently completely fine after having this experience with no space suit.
2) After Nuclear Man destroys a section of the Great Wall of China, Superman is able to put the whole thing back together, good as new, with blue beams from his eyes. Where on earth did this power of telekenesis / stone masonry come from all of a sudden? Superman has never been able to do this before.
3) Superman wanders into a global summit and declares to the world's heads of state that he intends to destroy all the nuclear weapons on the planet. Everyone cheers together and there is much rejoicing... Now, considering this is the 80s and the Americans and Russians are so distrustful of each other and considering disarmament talks have continually collapsed in this story, how is it that when Superman walks in, flashes his smile and gives a 30 second speech, the whole world is right behind it with absolutely no questions? Even if everyone suddenly feels compelled to trust the governments of the world because Superman says it is Ok, is everyone (including Superman) really so stupid as to not even consider the possibility that some tyrant / rebel, would not just start manufacturing his own nuclear weapons following this, with the intention of holding the world to ransom.. or worse?
4) I guess this is the case with most Superman movies, comics, etc, but the laws of physics are broken time and again when it comes to Superman's ability to move things around. I can accept that Superman is strong enough to move the Moon, but the surface of the Moon would not be able to withstand the immense pressure it would be put under without breaking apart. Superman would either burrow straight into the surface or just destroy it. On a similar note, there is no chance that Superman and Nuclear Man could hold up the Statue of Liberty horizontally by holding onto one end, without the thing just breaking... These things are absurd.
5) Talking of the Moon, if Superman did move it like he did, the effects back on earth would be catastrophic. Tides would be completely changed. There would most likely be resulting tsunamis. Possibly whole cities or countries may be swept away by changing sea levels.
6) Once again, Superman takes Lois out flying in her lacy dress. At no point does she even complain of the cold. They fly above snow capped mountains at one stage, going at quite a speed. She probably wouldn't even survive the cold and the lack of oxygen. On the subject of flying, there is also another breach of the laws of physics in that Superman would not be able to hold her hand and have her fly along side him. She would just dangle beneath him or be dragged behind him.
7) What are the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building and the World Trade Centre doing in Metropolis?
You know what, there's more of this, but I can't bring myself to carry on any longer. It's no wonder the film is so hated, even if it weren't for the budget cuts and the 45 minutes that were cut from the original edit... Whoah, now I'm starting to get into movie-critique mode. Apologies.
