Superman
I have certainly watched a fair few films and shows involving caped heroes but the 1978 Superman film was quite a glaring omission and needed rectifying fast. This was the massive success directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve in the leading role, and I went into this not knowing quite what to expect. I had found the 2006 version to be rather average and the 2013 version to be overly frenetic with a heavy reliance on action. Thankfully, this would prove to very different... The story here sees Superman as a child on his planet before its destruction as he sent away in a pod to Earth where he is taken by the Kent family who raise him as their own. He grows-up living a normal life until a green crystal brings him to the Fortress of Solitude where he learns of his past and there be becomes the hero we all know today as he fights against the criminal mastermind, Lex Luthor. There is something so wonderfully charming about Donner's adaptation and it is the resul...
