Classic Movie

'Doesn't it give you kind of a, a, a... shudder... of electricity through you to be in the same room with me?'

Superman (1978)

So what happens?
Jor-El’s nipper, or “Clark” as he is now called, grows up with a shit side-parting, harnessing his ridiculous powers but ultimately growing frustrated at having to hide them from his meatheaded, shouty little peers. However, when his adopted father carks it from what appears to be a heartache in his wrist, Clark wonders up to the North Pole, throws a gently glowing green stick into some snow and emerges flying in a Spandex suit with a bright red cape ready to stop bolshy journalists falling off buildings and save the world from the destructive intentions of a brilliantly self-interested megolomaniac with a maverick wardrobe and enviable underground lair.

Why’s it a classic?
Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor is just fucking brilliant (To Otis: “Do you know why the number two hundred is so vitally descriptive to both you and me? It's your weight and my I.Q.”). and the thunderingly awesome soundtrack looms large over the entire proceedings. The goody protagonists are equally inept (for a newspaper journalist, Lois Lane has the worst spelling ever), vacuous (Kent deliberately and cuttingly so*), and quite annoying (see previous). But what about that soundtrack! And Lex! And Jor-El!
Come on, it’s a bona fide classic and we’re having it all day long. And if Supes does his revolve the Earth backwards thing today, we’ll happily watch it again tomorrow.

(Quote about Superman’s view on the world from Bill in Kill Bill Vol. 2):
“Now, a staple of the superhero mythology is, there's the superhero and there's the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. When that character wakes up in the morning, he's Peter Parker. He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man. And it is in that characteristic Superman stands alone. Superman didn't become Superman. Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red "S", that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears - the glasses, the business suit - that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent. He's weak... he's unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race. Sorta like Beatrix Kiddo and Mrs. Tommy Plimpton.)