ace531

As someone who enjoys spoofs and stupid comedies (Airplane, Airplane 2, Top Secret, Scary Movie) I found myself so disappointed with this movie. It's like someone said "I want to make a funny movie" except they have no sense of what comedy actually is. Apparently according to the makers of this film the essence of funny is jerky body movements, speeding up the film, making nonsense noises as you talk and being loud. There is nothing here to laugh at. I walked into this movie without knowing anything about it, watched it all the way through hoping it would make me laugh at least once, and being terribly disappointed at the waste of time it ultimately was. Don't watch this, don't give the film wasters that made it any incentive to every make another.

This is another example of how the third movie in a series is often the best but is over looked by so many. It follows the same pattern as movies like Star Trek III, Nightmare on Elm Street III, and Rocky III. Although the third installment of a series is often the best, it is most times the least shown and the most hated by many people.

Richard Pryor gave a classic performance as the unemployed bum turned computer whiz. Although many critics seem to hate much of his work, I don't think he made a single bad movie until Another You, which was a great Disappointment. His antics make me laugh over and over no matter how many times I watch him.

I do think that the scenes involving the chemical plant fire were unnecessary. Do we really need that much of a reminder of what a super hero he is? But other than that it was a spectacular film.

It was a breath of fresh air to see Clark's love interests move beyond the tired old path of Lois Lane, and although Lex Luthor is your classic Bad Guy, it would be unbearably monotonous for him to be involved in EVERY attempt to take over the world.

All in all I give it a 9 star, minus one for the unnecessary scenes that made some of the beginning drag more than needed.

I am the kind of person who looks at the critic's reviews of a movie and disagrees with everything they say, but this movie is a BIG exception. Although this movie may have some elements to it that would make a satisfactory movie to the average viewer, it is a slap in the face to anyone who is a fan of Hubbard's work. The only similarity to the book is a very broad generalization of the plot and the character's names. There are so many things wrong with the movie that I don't have the room to list them here. I understand that the book was too long to make a movie out of the entire novel, but even only going as far into the story as it did left out too much to make this a worthwhile venture. Considering the fact that Travolta is a Scientologist, I am surprised he wished to insult Hubbard's memory with this complete waste of time and money.