The common criticism leveled against Superman III is that it “disrespects the legend!” This phrase has popped up on countless websites (and in Wizard magazine’s tribute to Superman). This criticism basically ignores a good twenty plus years of Superman’s history (1940s to the late 1960s) in which the comic books were fairly ridiculous. It also ignores the many issues of the Superman spin-off, Lois Lane, in which the title character constantly tries to manipulate Superman into marrying her. This very notion that Superman III disrespects the legend is a bit hyperbolic. This is not say that Superman III is a good movie, but it’s hardly the abomination that so many fans make it out to be. It’s certainly no more “disrespectful” to the legend than Man of Steel ( the scene where Clark Kent stands by and watches his dad get killed by a tornado is the moment I realized that this was a Superman I didn’t want to watch). Superman III is a truly unique super hero movie – again, t
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