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 Verfasst am: 03 Nov 2006 16:53 Titel: Superman 2 - The Richard Donner Cut |
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Ich bin schon sehr gespannt darauf, was Warner Bros. mit dem "Superman 2 - The Richard Donner Cut" abliefert, denn ich liebe den ersten Teil der Reihe, fand aber immer, daß der zweite dem ersten nie das Wasser reichen konnte. Im Dezember wird ja bekannlich die neue Fassung mit dem Material, das Richard Donner vor seiner Kündigung drehen konnte, in Deutschland veröffentlicht (in den USA bereits im November). Eine erste Kritik des Donner-Cuts gibt es bei Blue Tights:
| Zitat: | Donner Returns - The Donner Cut Reviewed
Posted by Justin on 11/03/06
It's a story as old as time itself - a visionary director is hired to make a movie or two, and after a disagreement or twenty with the producers, he's fired between films, and another director is brought in to not only finish the second film, but to reshoot a huge portion of it. About a quarter of a decade later, the original director is allowed to restore his initial vision for a special DVD release.
You've never heard that story, you say? That's because it's never happened before. Thanks to the persistent letter-writing from Superman fans the world over, Warner Brothers has finally allowed director Richard Donner to revisit his original vision for Superman II, and the results are staggering. Tonight I had the privelage of heading into Hollywood to see Superman II:�The Donner Cut in a theater packed with fans and a plethora of Superman Alumni - Geoff Johns, Richard Donner, Tom Mankiewicz, Marc McClure, Sara Douglas, Jack O'Halloran, Bryan Singer, Sam Huntington, Guy Dyas, and Brandon Routh (who asked me to tell all of the BlueTights.net readers hello!). There were even amateur Superman familiars there like Jim Bowers, Scott Cranford (Metropolis' Official Superman), the Hollywood Superman, and more. Be warned - here there be spoilers.
The film is noticably different from the Richard Lester version of Superman II that the world has known for over two decades. It really is a much weightier film, but also far funnier. Many of the film's lines remain the same, but their setting changes. Marlon Brando is re-enstated as the rightful moral guide for Reeve's Kal-El. The fight between General Zod and Superman is far more epic. Every last second of celluloid was absolutely refreshing.
After a brief montage of events from Superman: The Movie (which also account for the Phantom Zone villains being released by a blast from a nuclear weapon tossed into space by Superman), we're treated to a brand new opening sequence, and one that's absolutely charming. You may have seen it on the web by now, and if you were at ComicCon this last summer, you were a fool to miss it. From the very beginnig of the Donner film, Lois is putting together the fact that Superman and Clark Kent are one and the same. As a part of her search to get him to admit the fact, Lois throws herself from a window of the Daily Planet. In an effort to keep his secret, Clark quickly finds a solution that doesn't require a costume change. When it's all said and done, not only does Lois Lane end up face-down in a cart full of melons, but it provides a far more charming "I know that you're Superman" than Lester's Niagra Falls equivalent. In fact, it's some of my favorite Margot-Lois material from all of the films. She's downright adorable.
With the Niagra Falls scene cut down, Lois needed another way of discovering Clark's biggest secret, and to do that Richard Donner and Producer Michael Thau had to dig out the original screen tests for both Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder. You see, they never actually filmed the scene before Donner was fired, but they DID use it to field both actors for their respective roles. Aside from some slight fuzziness, it's almost impossible to tell that the scene was pieced together in this way. It's a remarkable scene in which Lois Lane gets the upper hand on Superman. Once again, it's a very charming scene for Lois, and I couldn't be happier about it's inclusion.
Much of the general arrival of the trio of Supervillains remains the same, but Donner did drop the wierdness of terrorizing the small western town that raises British children. Instead, we're only treated to the fight with the military troops that arrives, complete with some new special effects. Taking out some of the oddities, like arm-wrestling and white finger beams, has significantly helped to establish these characters as a serious threat. And if all of that wasn't enough, Sara Douglas still looks gorgeous.
Woven inbetween all of this is a largely unchanged (but slightly bulked up) Lex Luthor prison break that takes him to the Fortress of Solitude. It's now that we get yet another fantastic treat. In the original Superman: The Movie, the father-son relationship between Reeve's Superman and Brando's Jor-El was essential. For budgetary concerns, Brando was dropped from Lester's Superman II entirely and replaced with Superman's mother Lara, played by Susannah York. All of that is gone, and Donner has re-introduced Marlon Brando's iconic Jor-El. His over-sized holographic head (and sometimes his entire body) speak to Lex Luthor as though he were Kal-El. This thread is picked up again later in the film when, after the silver-sheeted tryst we've all come to love, we're treated to even more footage of an emotional scene between Superman and the long-dead patriarch of the House of El. The lines are identical to the ones Susannah York read, but everything else is simply more epic. Reeve displayed, as with most of his re-inserted scenes, a magnificently emotional, strong performance that Lester's version simply didn't capture in it's entirety. Oh, and you get to see Margot wearing just socks and Superman's shirt. It was awesome.
When the big action finally does roll around, Donner once again removed all of the goofiness and replaced it with a more epic feeling. The throw-down between Superman and the Supervillains has several minor bits cut out, and a few more minor bits put in, but overall it manages to feel far more threatening to the general state of Metropolis than the version originally released.
I don't want to ruin the whole movie for you, but expect to be treated to an all new Superman movie experience. With the restoration of magnificent performances by Reeve and Kidder, the restoration of almost 15 minutes of Jor-El footage, the addition of some great Lex Luthor humor, Superman II: The Donner Cut is everything fans have waited for and more. While I must admit that I felt a little bit cheated by the ending (Superman turns back time again - just far enough that the events of the film never actually happened), The Donner Cut is a fantastic piece of film, and will be a decidedly worthwhile addition to any Superman fan's DVD collection. In fact, I can't really ever see myself having any reason to watch the Lester version again. No offense to Richard Lester intended, but Donner just gets it. Mr. Donner, thank you for revisiting your film and bringing fans a new classic...
I leave you with one final thought, but know that what I do now, I do for the sake of the people of the world...
KNEEL BEFORE ZOD! |
Jetzt freue ich mich noch viel mehr auf diese Schnittfassung.
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| Verfasst am: 05 Nov 2006 11:13 Titel: Re: Superman 2 - The Richard Donner Cut |
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| 4LOM hat folgendes geschrieben: | Ich bin schon sehr gespannt darauf, was Warner Bros. mit dem "Superman 2 - The Richard Donner Cut" abliefert, denn ich liebe den ersten Teil der Reihe, fand aber immer, daß der zweite dem ersten nie das Wasser reichen konnte.
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Ich habe "Superman" damals - 1978 oder 1979 - im Bochumer Kino Atlantis gesehen. Kennst Du den auch noch vom Kino her?
Also, damals als Kind hat mich der Film natürlich gross beeindruckt. Heute wäre das wohl nicht mehr so...
Habe vor zwei oder drei Jahren mal eine Viertelstunde vom ersten Teil im TV gesehen und es ist mir richtig ins Auge gesprungen, wie völlig anders die Fantasy- und Science Fiction-Filme in den 70er Jahren erzählt wurden, wenn man sie mit den heutigen Filme der Gattung vergleicht. 
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| Verfasst am: 10 Nov 2006 11:58 Titel: Re: Superman 2 - The Richard Donner Cut |
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| Ingo hat folgendes geschrieben: | [Ich habe "Superman" damals - 1978 oder 1979 - im Bochumer Kino Atlantis gesehen. Kennst Du den auch noch vom Kino her?
Also, damals als Kind hat mich der Film natürlich gross beeindruckt. Heute wäre das wohl nicht mehr so...
Habe vor zwei oder drei Jahren mal eine Viertelstunde vom ersten Teil im TV gesehen und es ist mir richtig ins Auge gesprungen, wie völlig anders die Fantasy- und Science Fiction-Filme in den 70er Jahren erzählt wurden, wenn man sie mit den heutigen Filme der Gattung vergleicht.
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Im Kino habe ich ihn damals nicht gesehen, denn da war ich gerade mal zwei Jahre alt. Mein erster Kinobesuch erfolgte erst 1982 mit "E.T. Der Außerirdische". Ich habe den Film jedoch einige Male im TV gesehen, ihn aus der Bücherrei auf Video ausgeliehen und ihn dann noch das ein oder andere Mal auf DVD angechaut, zuletzt kurz bevor "Superman Returns" in die Kinos kam. Er fesselt mich immer noch und ich halte ihn weiterhin für eine der besten Comicverfilmungen, auch wenn er die Ernsthaftigkeit heutiger Adaptionen vermissen lässt. Aber gerade diese zur heutigen Zeit andere Erzählweise, die nicht gegeben Hektik, machen den Reiz für mich aus. Außerdem zählen die Szenen von Clark Kents Kindheit und Jugend und auch die Szenen auf Krypton für mich mit zum besten, was je in einer Comicverfilmung zu sehen war ... und bei John Williams Score bekomme ich jedesmal eine Gänsehaut.
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