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domarzione* Watched the 'Richard Donner edition' of Superman II last night. It's a better movie than I remember the original being, mostly for the improved narrative and cutting of a bit of the slapstick. The gap in time between shoot and reshoot is still completely glaring -- Christopher Reeve got buffer, Margot Kidder got more unhealthy-looking -- but, overall, still so much fun. Also, Christopher Reeve, gracefully and gently reminding us who is the original and best.
With all due respect to Terence Stamp and his obvious joy in the role, I would kill for a Superman versus Zod movie that was Reeve versus Michael Shannon. We have the technology, people!
* They're murmuring about casting for a new Batman in the announced Superman-Batman movie and... Ryan Gosling? Really?!? He's totally not my cuppa as far as male attractiveness goes and I guess that's part of why I'm boggling. Also, I think I've only ever seen him in Drive, where he's about as blank and inert as a wall and I can't envision where Bruce's inner intensity would come from. The other names being mentioned are Josh Brolin and then Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the latter presumably because of The Dark Knight Rises.
With all due respect to Terence Stamp and his obvious joy in the role, I would kill for a Superman versus Zod movie that was Reeve versus Michael Shannon. We have the technology, people!
* They're murmuring about casting for a new Batman in the announced Superman-Batman movie and... Ryan Gosling? Really?!? He's totally not my cuppa as far as male attractiveness goes and I guess that's part of why I'm boggling. Also, I think I've only ever seen him in Drive, where he's about as blank and inert as a wall and I can't envision where Bruce's inner intensity would come from. The other names being mentioned are Josh Brolin and then Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the latter presumably because of The Dark Knight Rises.
