[wbassett]

Excellent review Wayde.

I liked the Donner cut much better than the original. I think it was the camp in Lester's version that turned me off. Not that there aren't campy moments in Donner's, there was just something about the slapstick attempt at comedy in Lester's that I didn't like.

I particularly liked the more ruthless Zod in Donner's cut, and was surprised to see him use a machine gun to mow people down when they took over the White House. It was cold and brutal, but at the same time like watching a kid play with a something that isn't a toy but they are still fascinated with it because they have never seen anything like it before. It was touches like that though that made Zod a more formidable villain in my opinion.

Also the 'kiss' ending is gone. Seeing that they completely changed the ending and feel of the movie, which in some ways doesn't mesh with the first movie (in other ways though it is more of a continuation than a sequel) I would love to see a Donner Cut of Superman the Movie to go along with this version.