The Anticipation is Palpable
June 27, 2006 by John in Entertainment
I was never a big follower of the big blue bird’s comics (I was more of a Marvel fan, Spiderman and the Hulk, mostly), but when “Superman: The Movie” debuted in 1978 I was eleven years old and absolutely captivated. To trott out the old slogan, I really did “believe a man can fly.”
I’ve rediscovered a tiny bit of that excitement in anticipation of tomorrow, the big premiere. I’m not excited enough to go to the midnight showing, but I’m definitely eager to see the new movie. All preliminary reviews and clips seem to indicate a really good movie, possibly even great, although some have complained about a few of the plot points surrounding Lex Luthor’s latest scheme - mostly that it’s not epic enough.
One of the big things for me in the original movie was the music (I still have the soundtrack on vinyl). Maybe it was because I was still in band. Maybe it was because John Williams is a movie music god. I listened to some free online samples of Ottman’s adaptation of the classic Williams score for the new movie and this might be one of the few non-Star Wars (::cough::Williams::cough::) soundtracks I buy.