Topic: Cinema
Tonight I watched the newly released "Superman II: The Donner Cut" tonight. I've been wanting to see this ever since I (years ago) discovered that the bulk of Superman II was shot at the same time as Superman: The Movie, but that Director Richard Donner had not been brought back to finish II, and instead, Richard Lester (A Hard Day's Night) reshot huge portions for the film.
This DVD makes a best effort to reconstruct the film that Donner intended. It's far from perfect, and many compromises had to be made because some portions of the original script never got shot, BUT, flawed as it is, it's a vast improvement over the theatrically released Lester version. The campiness and goofy comedy is downplayed or eliminated. The opening is completely different, and things set up in the first film are paid off; previously unusued Marlon Brando footage materialized at last.
As a film buff, it's fascinating to see two versions of the same material, and how different the versions of the film are.
Super!
