12 Weirdest Moments From Superman: The Movie

There ’s a blade young picture show retelling Superman ’s ancestry , coming to theaters this weekend . But we ’ll always have a tender place in our hearts for Superman : The Movie … even though bits of it are hella flaky . Here are the 12 eldritch moments from Superman ’s first ever movie .

1) Brando’s valium acting

It ’s kind of groovy that they were able-bodied to get Brando to be in this movie at all , but yeesh . He seems kind of out of it , particularly in the scenes with Lara and baby Kal . He ’s doing sort of a Shatnerian thing of train a long … pause … between words . But he just seems too mellow for a guy wire who ’s sending his only Word off to a uncivilised planet .

2) The Enforcer guy

I think this guy is only on the extended Blu - ray gash . The Kryptonian council institutionalise him to check Jor - El . He look pretty badass , and there ’s a flock of talking about how he ’ll all screen out Jor - El out . And then WE NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN . He ’s like the Boba Fett of the Superman moving-picture show .

3) Kal-El listens to books on tape

While Kal is flying to Earth , he make great deal of instruction in his space capsule , include stuff like “ You ’re flying through six different galaxy , and each one of them has its own laws of space and time . ” Which , I do n’t do it what that intend .

And even though he ’s learning about the cognition of 28 dissimilar galaxies — and Jor - El later says he will have been dead for thousands of years by the metre Kal - El reaches Earth — most of the lessons are about China and Albert Einstein :

Maybe they just want to have a baby pilot through cosmic clobber , because they still remember how cool the final reel of 2001 was .

afterward , when Kal - El is almost grown up , he get down a second line , endure a dozen years this time .

They pilot through different wandflower ( in his mind , I pretend ) and it take them a whole twelvemonth just to understand the human heart :

4) Clark goads Pa Kent into having a heart attack

First Clark bug Pa Kent about not knowing his place in the world , and Pa Kent tries to cook up a reason out of thin air why Clark might be here on Earth , then just pay up :

“ I dunno . A reason , ok ? ”

And then Clark forces Pa , who we ’ve been told has a huge heart circumstance , to go jog .

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This leads immediately to Pa ’s fatal nitty-gritty attack .

5) The first reaction to Superman’s public appearance

For some reason , a pimp is hanging out at the Daily Planet function , with a couple of ladies in hotpants , and he gets the very first comment on Superman ’s costume .

6) Random authority figure gives Superman some approval

Almost the last shot of the picture is this prison warden intoning , “ This country is secure again , Superman . Thanks to you ! ”

7) Superman causes child abuse

The fille whose kitten Superman saving gets audibly smacked by her mamma for “ telling lies ” about flying men . What ’s really sorry is that Superman can probably still hear what ’s go on down there , thanks to his super - hearing , but he just does n’t care that much .

8) Miss Teschmacher’s Best Moment

She has some great outfits in the movie , but this is the best one . notice the big cigaret bearer , and sparkly cape . Also , she sasses Lex with entire aplomb .

9) PINK!

Plus he apply his fake clumsiness to execute this petty maneuver :

10) The “Flying Around the World” Solution.

Leaving away that Superman breaks some arbitrary rule about violating history — there ’s just the fact that after this , he can use his “ flee back in time ” powerfulness to prepare any disaster before it happens .

Also , after Superman deliver Lois , he leaves her standing on the same road she died on the first time around — and she stands around near her motorcar for a very prospicient time , because he did n’t rag to monish her that this stretchiness of route is about to break loose any minute . ( He did n’t go back in time far enough to dispose of the missile , just far enough to get Lois out of her car . )

11) The Clouds Yelling at Superman

When he ’s about to fly around the humankind and make prison term go backwards , he hear Jor - El ’s representative warning him that this is a bad idea . The mode he glance around as if he thinks the existent swarm are yelling at him is kind of amazing .