Superman III

Superman III (1983)

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Stupidity: When Clark is fighting Evil Superman in the junkyard, Evil Superman looks up and sees a huge magnet directly over Clark and Clark notices it too. Evil Superman uses his heat vision on the chain causing it to heat up then break dropping the magnet on Clark. Clark had plenty of time to get out of the way before the chain snapped but he just stands there when it finally falls on him.

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Suggested correction: Isn't it implied that the junkyard battle is all in Superman's head? "Clark" acts timid, indecisive, and overall strange during the scene because the scene is the manifestation of his identity crisis, and we all sometimes act in ways that make no real-world sense in dreams.

Anson Gordon-Creed

The battle all in Superman's head? When good Superman flies off, the physical signs of the battle are visible behind him.

Agreed. This battle was certainly not in Superman's head.

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Suggested correction: It's pretty clear the town made a big deal of Superman's visit. There was a parade, a brass band, and the Mayor gave him the key to the city in front of a sizable crowd. It's not unreasonable to think Gus and Webster learned ahead of time, especially considering Webster ran an operation there.

Other mistake: Towards the end of the movie, when Superman drops Gus off at the coal mine, Gus begins talking with the coal miners about him and Superman. He then rips open his shirt (as if he had a Superman costume on underneath). How did Gus know that Clark Kent tore his shirt like that in order to change into Superman, or keeps his suit under his clothes at all? The only people who know this fact are the ones who have seen the transformation from Clark to Superman, i.e. the audience.

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Ross Webster: What will it do?
Gus Gorman: Anything I tell it.
Ross Webster: What will it do for me?
Gus Gorman: For you, it will do anything you tell me to tell it to do for you.

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Question: Why was Lex Luthor absent in this movie? Not only he didn't appear but wasn't even mentioned. Did Gene Hackman refuse to reprise the role in this movie?

Answer: There were rumors that Hackman was angry with the Salkind Brothers (the producers) for firing director Richard Donner, though Hackman later disputed saying that. His explanation, though he may have been downplaying the real reason, was that he had a number of other movie projects at the time, and he also did not wish to continually play the same villain in an ongoing movie series.

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