Marlon Brando makes takes this from being a comic book character to a an entirely different dynamic in the whole movie - I can't think of a better person for this role and I think he was worth every penny
@aigomar I think fans of comics (like yourself) realize that a key part of the mythos of Superman is about Jor-El. He was a man of science who gave his only son to us. Superman only exists in our minds; and we should try to be like him.
Marlon Brando could be a complete asshole, I don't think anyone could disagree, but he did the job here. Maybe he liked Superman, I don't know. Maybe he just mailed it in. Either way, it works.
@pluto4847 Are you somehow irritated by what I said? I simply said I liked Marlon Brando's performance in this movie. I was a little kid when this came out, and it is a great memory. Superman is a favorite icon of mine, and this movie (and Christopher Reeve) will always have a place in my heart. Is your last name Luthor, by any chance? BTW, addressing your questions- I don't know or care if he eats, dies, craps, farts, or whatever- Superman is AWESOME
Marlon Brando is my favourite actor, I never heard a voice like that! He is such a good actor & this is such a good scene, even though it is fiction it just touches you in a special way
Marlon Brando is my favourite actor, I never heard a voice like that! He is such a good actor & this is such a good scene, even though it is fiction it just touches you in a special way
@Amysuris - I could not agree with you more. I wish Hollywood would go back to making movies just like this...hands down the best Superman movie ever made.
I wonder what exactly Clark Kent was doing while he was in training to become the Man of Steel during those 12 years. He enters that area as an 18-year-old boy, and then he leaves as a 30-year-old man by flying away for the first time as Superman. I always was left wondering if he actually spent a decade plus two more years doing everything he needed to- or did he just listen to what we only saw and then discover 12 years had actually passed after the speech he was given by his father was over?
@hottgirl924 Well, this is the only story I know of where Clark Kent disappears for over a decade and reappears as Superman. I guess that was their way of saying the Man of Steel is who he actually is and Clark Kent is just someone he pretends to be so he can work a job and spend time as a regular human. Most other versions have him actually go to college and spend years studying so he can be prepared for his journalism career after he graduates. I have seen all live-action stories for Superman.
The answer to this, is there is only one true superman made by God. A man prepared to be the superman in this world. This movie is a parabol of the truth. The truth is is that to obtain this state of being, superman being an average being, or in real life just you or me, spent time with the Father( God) who taught him who he was destined to be, and how to get there. So he, or you could say the one and only true existing superman, was just a normal human, yes doing his normal things. So yes.
@JLC31383 He's literally taken away on a journey into another realm where he becomes the student to his father. So in fact, his question of "who am I?" is a loaded question. He essentially takes the masculine journey / warrior training the way Bruce Wayne did or Luke Skywalker. Or even the hobbits in Lord of the Rings. In each of the cases there is a father figure answering the question of "who am I" for the 'son' and providing knowledge, discipline and virtue.
This film is the standard at which all superhero films are compared to. Yes it is dated, but the story and the acting is bar none. It still holds up to today and is better than some superhero films to date.
@MMZERO9 You can see shades of this film in Batman Begins and the first Spider-man film. They really did a good job with Superman the Movie, and it remains one of the top comic book movies of all time.
It will be great to see a veritable great movie of superman during this decade. In 2006, I did not like Superman 5: the returns. Even if superman 4: the quest for space was not great, the presence of Reeve make it watchable. Finally the clasics remains superman 3, superman 2 and the original.
Quite honestly, I thought this movie was silly. After the first two acts, it started feeling more like a Looney Tunes cartoon than a serious Superman movie.
But this speech is the redeeming feature. It's really motivating, and even a little sad.
@TheSUPERMANFAN1 how old are you? 10 years old that is why you only know superman at a certain degree? stop calling yourself supermanfan1 if you only know smallville. superman 1 and 2 are classics and nothing beats a classic.
@emanon929 okay, okay hold on here i didnt do anything wrong ecept for expressing my opinoin, i am a die heart superman fan jst like evey body else hear sooo why cant we jst all stop arguing and agree tht superman is beast! okay who cares what other ppl think about the movies or comics we all have our opinoins about evey thing and thts our opinoin from some one elses point of view and if they veiw tht frm tht persective then okay who cares its jst 4 fun! y cant we jst all get along here?!
@TheSUPERMANFAN1 What do you know? Who are you anyway to tell us that Superman sucked!!! Without director Richard Donner and the Salkinds, where would Superman be? You know, your just a sourgrape!!!! Nobody wants a sourgrape. If you have nothing good to say, please shut your mouth...
A thousand years?? Wasn't it said that Krypton exploded in the 1947 and it took Baby Kal-el three years to get to Earth?? I mean when he landed he looked about three and it looked to be the 1950s the way Jonathan and Martha Kent were dressed. On Krypton Superman's mother called Earth a primitive society like it was in the Stone Age era at that time. Contradictory or just confusing to me??
The way I saw it was that 1 year in Krypton time was 1000 years for us. So by the time baby Clark landed at age 3 it was 3000 years ago that Krypton exploded
@bjoh249 distance in space in measured by lightyears.....please go refer to your physics book regarding this and that will lessen your confusion.... regarding us being primitive, technically if there was such a planet like that existed and they have the means to travel in space and study cultures of different galaxies, then their society is that advanced compared to ours...hence primitive...
The symbols are very cool in this scene. Brando comes in with the mask, and as the Father symbol, imparts the knowledge of mankind and the universe in 5 minutes that supposedly lasts for 13 years. When the impartation is complete, Kal-El understands his immortality, and the powers manifest. Superman comes in like a modern angel ready to fight for truth...justice....very cool stuff.
OF course it is. because this is the when superman became superman.. this when he learned who he is why he's here. This is the true begining of superman..
No. The whole point is that Krypton actually was great. It was a far superior cosmic race. Far far more technologically and spiritually advanced. They just made a fatal mistake and got destroyed.
The hope is that Earth too can become a cosmic force and fulfill its potential. That is the allegory contained within Superman and within each one of us, or at least the ones that contain the spiritual code.
The Batman craze is in right now, but when I look at the turmoil in the world today, I don't see Batman (no disrespect at all). From about the 4:25 mark on says it all; the world needs Superman.
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I always found it strange that Jor-El had time to stand in front of a camcorder long enough to make over 12 years worth of training videos for young Superman.
5 minutes and 19 seconds of perfection! More power and emotion in this scene than the whole of Superman Returns! I love this! And it is defo Reeve doin the flying!
yep.They even had to hold up cue cards at the side of the camera for him.Listen to the pause when he says" here, in this....... fortress of.......solitude"....funny!
Really? I thought the pauses looked natural. Like he was trying to think of the best phrase to describe this place. If he really did just forget them, then it's a tribute to his acting ability that he made it seem naturalistic.
Look, I'm sorry - I dont take my entertainment so seriously, that I have to defend anything. I just enjoy the show, and so do many millions of others, or it wouldnt be on the air for so long.
Besides - what difference does it make? Rebooting something doesnt delete what came before. You can always watch the original star trek shows even though they just rebooted it... you can always watch the original superman films, even though this is on...
If you watch the behind the scenes on the DVD Richard Donner says it was Christopher Reeves, and they said they didn't even expect him to do it and the entire film crew cheered after he did it, and I think you can kind of tell it's him anyway, he did his own flying in every other scene, why not this one.
Some interesting comments there but when all's said and done this is still a fabulous piece of cinema..superb acting,great effects and beautifull music...luv it
Lois Lane gave him the name, "Superman" - "Oh, what a super man." - after he got the tights, right? He's from the planet Krypton. His family name doesn't have an "S" in it, does it?
So my question is: What does the "S" on his tights stand for?
If I remember correctly, the S symbol is the family crest of the House of El, as they were nobility back on Krypton. The fact that it just happens to resemble an Earth S is a happy coincidence.
Yeah, it's just the family shield. Check out Smallville, there are lots of Kryptonian insignias and stuff in thast show, and a lot of 'em look like the S, with the 5-cornered triangle.
People always say that Kryptonians are more advanced than we are, but I don't think so, or at least we are not that far away:-
a) They can send a ship thousands of light years away - well, if they can do it and it is scientifically possible, I bet in around 100 years we could as well - we landed on the moon only around 55 years after discovering flight!!
b) They can build things with crystals - big deal!!
c) They can have a Marlon Brando holograph/computer - big deal!!
Orginally they wanted to used Brando's face althrough the scene with him speaking, but nothing fx wise work. So they decided to use the space footage that was made up from macro
underwater footage instead. I think it works much better.
Jor- El knew the earths sun would give his son the advantage he needed to survive. His intellect was far superior than any earthlings. He would look like one of them but he would not be one of them. His father felt his son would best benefit by comming to earth.If look at the beginning of the movie Jor El s wife questioned the reason of sending Kel- El to earth because the people of earth are so primitive. thounds of years behind Krypton. this is other reasons why he was sent to earth.
yes, superman was sent to earth because his planet was doomed, but also because Jor- El wanted his son to use his powers to help the people of earth. His sarogate dad, Jonathan Kent said " son you are here for a reason" ,Part of Superman's destiny was to find himself and as Superman put it " Im here to fight for truth justice and the american way." "Their a great people Kal-El they only lack the light to show them the way, for this reason I have sent them you my only son.-Jor El.
Further, perhaps this means that beings from Krypton have extraordinary long lifespans. But it seems that Kal el has been aging very quickly for a Kryptonian. This may mean therefore that the superpowers that Kal el has on earth come at a very high cost - the length of his life.
The line was likely a mistake, either by the script or by Marlon Brando. If not, then Kal-El's ship experienced time dilation, where inside the ship, only 3 years passed, while outside, thousands of years passed.
Also, Superman has a very long lifespan due to his powers, atleast in the modern comics, but he grew up at a normal rate, like a normal human, so that wouldn't explain his aging slowly througout the thousands-of-years trip to Earth.
Lex Luthor says later in the movie that Krypton blew up in 1950 which is how he knew to find the kryptonite, showing another contradiction in the movie as i think Krypton was meant to be further away than a few light years. This was before the comic reboot so there were massive inconsistancies perhaps the movie errors were references to that.
I don't think the error has anything to do with the comics. The ship in the comics was capable of faster than light travel by entering warp or something, so there would be no time dilation. I really don't know how Jor-El could have been dead for thousands of years, he referenced Einstein in one of his speeches and, as you said, Lex said Krypton blew up in modern times, not the distant past.
Oh, well that's not an error, that's deliberate. They do that sortof thing in lots of ongoing series, whether it be a comic series, a cartoon, or a movie series (like James Bond). They want it to be an ongoing series and aging the characters puts a limit on how long they can continue the series. If they aged the chracters, lots of superheroes would be retired or dead by now, unless they kept rebooting the series and starting over.
He might not age, I dunno, it depends on what the writers decide. In some stories, he's nearly immortal while in others he's much longer lived than humans but still will eventually die. Anyway, that's not the point, most of Superman's supporting cast and villains do age, which would put a limit on how long the series would continue. That might be an interesting concept though, showing Superman's continuing adventures in the future with a new supporting cast and rogues gallery.
There is clearly a mistake here - Jar el says that he has been "dead for many thousands of your years" surely then Kal el is "many thousands of years old at this point being his 18th year as it is measured on earth"
sound familliar,... for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. puzo the author stole this concept and based his version of superman after jesus christ.
"the human heart is more fragile than your own...."
Well, at least in the begining it explains how Superman can cope with being "the last one."
Also to me it makes logical sense that an advanced, more "mature" alien race would be more emotionally resilient than us. I mean, to be able to travel through space, is not exactly a job for an emotionally fragile "child" race.
while I might get a lot of flak for this, I thought "Supergirl" was better; it was much darker and I thought that witch was way, WAY more evil than Luthor. Ultimately though, what actress could you find willing to do it with that "mid western blonde farmer's daughter" look?
A better way to look at it might be not so much that the others are crap (maybe/maybe not) but that this one was just so damn good and difficult top. It will probably be done eventually, but not in the foreseeable future.
It is inevitable that peoople will continue the attempt -- it is bold to do so, in most cases.
the entire scene is a work of art. The way they cut it together just sends shivers up my spine. e.g. Brando talking at the end, the shot of superman in the distance and the music kicking building up just sends SHIVERS people. FUCKIN SHIVERS!
I decided to look for this clip after listening to the Superman Returns soundtrack. There is a track on there called "Superman Returns". It's the one where after he saves the plane he says the line: "Statistically speaking, it is still the safest way to travel." And then the tune starts and straightaway I thought of this scene and I love it so much. It is literally the birth of Superman!
The ending continues to give me goosebumps, even after all these years.
"They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be; They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, I have sent them you, my only son..."
If he has been dead many thousands of years, how can he know about humanity and human history? Organized civilization has only been around for about four thousand years.
If it it took thousands of years through Kryptonian time travel to get to earth, how could Jor El have intricate knowledge of humanity?
if u listen & stop being an ass... you would hear him say 18 years as measured on earth... & dead 100's of your years... meaning the years he speaks of could be minutes or days....thats why it was written like that...did u think you would be able to dis credit marlon brando ....
best scene ever. except for those who dont have the patience to listen and understand about superman. the end part is to good when he flys away for the first time!
Marlon Brando makes takes this from being a comic book character to a an entirely different dynamic in the whole movie - I can't think of a better person for this role and I think he was worth every penny
cyberdo1 1 year ago
Marlon Brando's voice and John Williams' music made this wonderful scene magical and mesmerizing.
kataisa3 1 year ago
How can Jor-El in this movie be any different from the Jor-El in John Byrne's "Man of Steel" comic series?
aigomar 1 year ago
@aigomar I think fans of comics (like yourself) realize that a key part of the mythos of Superman is about Jor-El. He was a man of science who gave his only son to us. Superman only exists in our minds; and we should try to be like him.
TheGoldcountry 1 year ago
12 years of education, who needs college, sign me up for Jor-El's Course 101! LOL
E6589B 1 year ago 2
Marlon Brando could be a complete asshole, I don't think anyone could disagree, but he did the job here. Maybe he liked Superman, I don't know. Maybe he just mailed it in. Either way, it works.
TheGoldcountry 1 year ago
@TheGoldcountry
Ok please give the basics on superman?
Is his race a cousin of the humans?
What is Superman's official race?
Does he have to eat?
Do supermen eventually grow old and die?
Please tell me my son. THat's a little Jorell Humor--HA! I made a funny.
But anyway, please tell me all you know about the above.
Thank You: Pluto4847
pluto4847 1 year ago
@pluto4847 Are you somehow irritated by what I said? I simply said I liked Marlon Brando's performance in this movie. I was a little kid when this came out, and it is a great memory. Superman is a favorite icon of mine, and this movie (and Christopher Reeve) will always have a place in my heart. Is your last name Luthor, by any chance? BTW, addressing your questions- I don't know or care if he eats, dies, craps, farts, or whatever- Superman is AWESOME
TheGoldcountry 1 year ago
@TheGoldcountry
No my last name is not Luther. I have a great admiration for Superman.
I remember in 1985 my father went to a business Banquet, and met Christopher Reeve in person.
I still have his autograph to this day. Its laminated.
It says, 'To my Pal Matt. Christopher Reeve.' It was a real blessing to have that.
pluto4847 1 year ago
Marlon Brando is my favourite actor, I never heard a voice like that! He is such a good actor & this is such a good scene, even though it is fiction it just touches you in a special way
danetrader 1 year ago
Marlon Brando is my favourite actor, I never heard a voice like that! He is such a good actor & this is such a good scene, even though it is fiction it just touches you in a special way
danetrader 1 year ago
I Just had a baby boy. It's amazing how viewing this now is a very emotional experience. What a beautifully wise speech.
chachachaheyheyhey 1 year ago
I listen to this and I figure, Star Wars soundtrack, eat your heart out.
JannieRosen 1 year ago
Modern movies don't have scenes like this anymore. Today's audience is sadly A.D.D.
Amysuris 1 year ago 6
@Amysuris - I could not agree with you more. I wish Hollywood would go back to making movies just like this...hands down the best Superman movie ever made.
petev23 1 year ago
there aint a fucker alive who could pull you right in the way Marlon Brando does in this scene. What a genius
kjek1 1 year ago
am i the ONLY person who gets goosebumps when they hear this speech?
harveydents 1 year ago
what film is this from?
dannysmith12386 1 year ago
@dannysmith12386 ahahahahahahahaahah
harveydents 1 year ago
@dannysmith12386
Superman: The Movie. Christopher Reeve's first movie as Superman.
14DaveHunter 1 year ago
I wonder what exactly Clark Kent was doing while he was in training to become the Man of Steel during those 12 years. He enters that area as an 18-year-old boy, and then he leaves as a 30-year-old man by flying away for the first time as Superman. I always was left wondering if he actually spent a decade plus two more years doing everything he needed to- or did he just listen to what we only saw and then discover 12 years had actually passed after the speech he was given by his father was over?
JLC31383 1 year ago
@JLC31383 Never thought about that. Good Question. Stab in the dark, I reckon he was actually gone for those 12 years.
hottgirl924 1 year ago
@hottgirl924 Well, this is the only story I know of where Clark Kent disappears for over a decade and reappears as Superman. I guess that was their way of saying the Man of Steel is who he actually is and Clark Kent is just someone he pretends to be so he can work a job and spend time as a regular human. Most other versions have him actually go to college and spend years studying so he can be prepared for his journalism career after he graduates. I have seen all live-action stories for Superman.
JLC31383 1 year ago
The answer to this, is there is only one true superman made by God. A man prepared to be the superman in this world. This movie is a parabol of the truth. The truth is is that to obtain this state of being, superman being an average being, or in real life just you or me, spent time with the Father( God) who taught him who he was destined to be, and how to get there. So he, or you could say the one and only true existing superman, was just a normal human, yes doing his normal things. So yes.
superpayaseria 1 year ago
@JLC31383 He's literally taken away on a journey into another realm where he becomes the student to his father. So in fact, his question of "who am I?" is a loaded question. He essentially takes the masculine journey / warrior training the way Bruce Wayne did or Luke Skywalker. Or even the hobbits in Lord of the Rings. In each of the cases there is a father figure answering the question of "who am I" for the 'son' and providing knowledge, discipline and virtue.
DieselVR6 1 year ago
This film is the standard at which all superhero films are compared to. Yes it is dated, but the story and the acting is bar none. It still holds up to today and is better than some superhero films to date.
cwell510 1 year ago 3
@cwell510 Even Chris Nolan swears by this movie as inspiration for his version of Batman.
MMZERO9 1 year ago
@MMZERO9 You can see shades of this film in Batman Begins and the first Spider-man film. They really did a good job with Superman the Movie, and it remains one of the top comic book movies of all time.
cwell510 1 year ago
@cwell510 That is so right i think Batman begins took inspiration from this but had a more gritty edge whilst superman is full of hope!
jzd4rma 1 year ago
It will be great to see a veritable great movie of superman during this decade. In 2006, I did not like Superman 5: the returns. Even if superman 4: the quest for space was not great, the presence of Reeve make it watchable. Finally the clasics remains superman 3, superman 2 and the original.
vouboume 1 year ago
Quite honestly, I thought this movie was silly. After the first two acts, it started feeling more like a Looney Tunes cartoon than a serious Superman movie.
But this speech is the redeeming feature. It's really motivating, and even a little sad.
Wh3nYour3Strang3 1 year ago
@Wh3nYour3Strang3 Your entitled to give your opinion. This is my opinion.................... YOU ARE AN IDIOT. How about that.
hottgirl924 1 year ago
@hottgirl924 Okay... What button did I press? There's no need to get mad just because I didn't like the movie.
Wh3nYour3Strang3 1 year ago
William's music always gives me chillbumps. This is definitely some of Brando's best work as an actor.
MasterJediDude 1 year ago
ohhh how I worship the first two movies in this series! They are magic.
kingdisney 1 year ago
A great scene. Spiritual and down to earth.
1dschamp 1 year ago
It sucks if they ever do a reboot, they wont have Brando...
Duane422 1 year ago
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TheSUPERMANFAN1 1 year ago
So many parallels. Not only to christianity
just4funzees 1 year ago
and dude who r u to tell me ta shut my mouth ure not my parents and if u have nuthing nice ta say sweetmervs please shut ure mouth!
TheSUPERMANFAN1 1 year ago
okayyy mabey this movie wasnt my favorite so wat no need ta get pickey! but no matter wat smallville is da best! now u happy?!
TheSUPERMANFAN1 1 year ago
@TheSUPERMANFAN1 how old are you? 10 years old that is why you only know superman at a certain degree? stop calling yourself supermanfan1 if you only know smallville. superman 1 and 2 are classics and nothing beats a classic.
emanon929 1 year ago
@emanon929 okay, okay hold on here i didnt do anything wrong ecept for expressing my opinoin, i am a die heart superman fan jst like evey body else hear sooo why cant we jst all stop arguing and agree tht superman is beast! okay who cares what other ppl think about the movies or comics we all have our opinoins about evey thing and thts our opinoin from some one elses point of view and if they veiw tht frm tht persective then okay who cares its jst 4 fun! y cant we jst all get along here?!
TheSUPERMANFAN1 1 year ago
fine they were okayyy but they wernt my favorite. sallville is still da best!
TheSUPERMANFAN1 1 year ago
this movie sucked! every one knows tat superman is wayyyy more buffer than christopher revees!
TheSUPERMANFAN1 1 year ago
@TheSUPERMANFAN1 What do you know? Who are you anyway to tell us that Superman sucked!!! Without director Richard Donner and the Salkinds, where would Superman be? You know, your just a sourgrape!!!! Nobody wants a sourgrape. If you have nothing good to say, please shut your mouth...
Sweetmervs 1 year ago
@Sweetmervs And dude who r u to tell me to shut mouth ure not my parents and if U hav nothing nice ta say can U please shut ure mouth!
TheSUPERMANFAN1 1 year ago
@TheSUPERMANFAN1 I have the right to say anything. Stop whining....
Sweetmervs 1 year ago
@Sweetmervs shut the fuck up and im not whining u pice of shit!
TheSUPERMANFAN1 1 year ago
those movies sucked! superman is wayyyyy more buffer than christopher revees!
TheSUPERMANFAN1 1 year ago
A thousand years?? Wasn't it said that Krypton exploded in the 1947 and it took Baby Kal-el three years to get to Earth?? I mean when he landed he looked about three and it looked to be the 1950s the way Jonathan and Martha Kent were dressed. On Krypton Superman's mother called Earth a primitive society like it was in the Stone Age era at that time. Contradictory or just confusing to me??
bjoh249 1 year ago
@bjoh249 It was either A: a goof or B: a deliberate reference to how convoluted Superman history had become at this point.
Starman117 1 year ago
@bjoh249
The way I saw it was that 1 year in Krypton time was 1000 years for us. So by the time baby Clark landed at age 3 it was 3000 years ago that Krypton exploded
PeterMok5 1 year ago
@bjoh249 distance in space in measured by lightyears.....please go refer to your physics book regarding this and that will lessen your confusion.... regarding us being primitive, technically if there was such a planet like that existed and they have the means to travel in space and study cultures of different galaxies, then their society is that advanced compared to ours...hence primitive...
loislaine9999 1 year ago
The symbols are very cool in this scene. Brando comes in with the mask, and as the Father symbol, imparts the knowledge of mankind and the universe in 5 minutes that supposedly lasts for 13 years. When the impartation is complete, Kal-El understands his immortality, and the powers manifest. Superman comes in like a modern angel ready to fight for truth...justice....very cool stuff.
actwealthy 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading this. Haven't seen it since I was a child, and forgot most of it.
Jslk 2 years ago
I saw this movie in 77 78. it was splendid.. it's still a ball to watch now. they make movies like they used to.
jason75 2 years ago 3
This is why I make Movies.
Rjackman84 2 years ago
i bet he could get some wicked HD on those crystals
patriot52326 2 years ago 2
One of the greatest scenes in cinematic history. Period.
Melekith135 2 years ago 5
Best scene in the entire movie.
Also- there is a real life giant crystal cave
It is Spectacular
aldernagon3 2 years ago
OF course it is. because this is the when superman became superman.. this when he learned who he is why he's here. This is the true begining of superman..
fear241318 2 years ago
Superman > Jesus
bated321 2 years ago
exactly!
ipepruf 2 years ago
i think clark needs to put his neck colar down a tad bit my god lol, he looks like someone off of star trek.
DerrickSilk 2 years ago 2
Superman Is my hero!!!
Edryan2055 2 years ago 2
and my
is the best hero
angelSarcastico 2 years ago 2
Love this part...
roaminggator 2 years ago
They can be a great people Kal El. They wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way....
We can be great in the future. Or go the way of Krypton..
TomthatiscalledTom 2 years ago 27
Well, just tell me which planet I can rocket to to gain superpowers and I am so there. :-)
th0th 2 years ago 10
@th0th No planet...just take a trip inside.
elpanameno872 1 year ago
No. The whole point is that Krypton actually was great. It was a far superior cosmic race. Far far more technologically and spiritually advanced. They just made a fatal mistake and got destroyed.
The hope is that Earth too can become a cosmic force and fulfill its potential. That is the allegory contained within Superman and within each one of us, or at least the ones that contain the spiritual code.
dimitraeus202 2 years ago 2
wow :O
rumrunners2 2 years ago
if they was so smart, why'd they died!! omg
Alfrunk 2 years ago
Can I have some of that sh*t you've been smoking? I'll bet it's good stuff!
EzrinJem2 2 years ago
I like this comment. It's the bomb.
superpayaseria 1 year ago
2:52 John Williams sure knows how to set the mood for the space sequence in this scene.
PJSkins26 2 years ago 3
excellent work by Brando
davidaud777 2 years ago
Just sit back and watch a master at his craft...
MARLON BRANDO !
adonisofthemodernage 2 years ago 5
This Is an excellent scene.
Truly!
simba282 2 years ago 4
The Batman craze is in right now, but when I look at the turmoil in the world today, I don't see Batman (no disrespect at all). From about the 4:25 mark on says it all; the world needs Superman.
silverstar71784 2 years ago 4
This is one of my favorite scene's in the world. The combination of john williams makes it brilliant
zelander911 2 years ago 3
Great scene.
Kal1938El 2 years ago 2
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I always found it strange that Jor-El had time to stand in front of a camcorder long enough to make over 12 years worth of training videos for young Superman.
torchkit 2 years ago
why ppl have give you a negative comment i dont know its exactly true lol
Cottam89 2 years ago
planet krypTON, not Kryptin
Anatriman 2 years ago 4
5 minutes and 19 seconds of perfection! More power and emotion in this scene than the whole of Superman Returns! I love this! And it is defo Reeve doin the flying!
mickfriday 2 years ago 3
exactlly this scene is the basises for the entire superman films...... its how he became superman... and who he really was...
fear241318 2 years ago
is that sound glitch on all the DVD's and print transfers? Where he says "break the boundaries..." I even remember that on the old VHS
pookie67 2 years ago
class!!
thanqualhighseer 2 years ago
i love the way Brando's legendary pauses in this scene were down to him forgetting his lines.
propergeezer31 2 years ago
lol, is that true?
Archeryjames 2 years ago 2
yep.They even had to hold up cue cards at the side of the camera for him.Listen to the pause when he says" here, in this....... fortress of.......solitude"....funny!
propergeezer31 2 years ago 2
Really? I thought the pauses looked natural. Like he was trying to think of the best phrase to describe this place. If he really did just forget them, then it's a tribute to his acting ability that he made it seem naturalistic.
Anarquistador 2 years ago
why did jor-el die?
davidinfo13 2 years ago
red sun destroyed thier planet
uwmatt 2 years ago
he wanted his son to live .and he wasn't allowed to leave or stir a ruckus on his planet so he made sure that one of them got out alive.. ..
fear241318 2 years ago 2
I am glad that someone is preseverning this peice of film
mcbridk 2 years ago
Chris Reeve flies away.
Jedi862001 2 years ago
And they dont use it on every smallville object. Your criticism makes zero sense.
hcvang 2 years ago
Smallville sucks in general...sorry
chrissup19 2 years ago
disagree
hcvang 2 years ago
How so?...it's a decent show...but as a Superman mythos...it sux
chrissup19 2 years ago
Deffendin´ a crappy tv show that is into REBOOTING myths left-and-right makes zero sense...
diuga1 2 years ago
Look, I'm sorry - I dont take my entertainment so seriously, that I have to defend anything. I just enjoy the show, and so do many millions of others, or it wouldnt be on the air for so long.
Besides - what difference does it make? Rebooting something doesnt delete what came before. You can always watch the original star trek shows even though they just rebooted it... you can always watch the original superman films, even though this is on...
hcvang 2 years ago 2
Are yall talking about SMALLVILE?
Anatriman 2 years ago
is it jeff east who flies away or christopher reeve?
zainnnzy 2 years ago
I believe it was Dianne Wiest who flies away.
Wushu17 2 years ago
If you watch the behind the scenes on the DVD Richard Donner says it was Christopher Reeves, and they said they didn't even expect him to do it and the entire film crew cheered after he did it, and I think you can kind of tell it's him anyway, he did his own flying in every other scene, why not this one.
chrissup19 2 years ago 3
It was Reeve dude...
chrissup19 2 years ago
absolutely.
hcvang 2 years ago
Reeve.
diuga1 2 years ago
Some interesting comments there but when all's said and done this is still a fabulous piece of cinema..superb acting,great effects and beautifull music...luv it
wolf2323 2 years ago
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jor-el: "protect and save humans, but don't interfere with human history"
kal-el: "wow, thanks for being so clear, creepy disembodied head hologram of my dad..."
spaceawesome22 2 years ago
Lois Lane gave him the name, "Superman" - "Oh, what a super man." - after he got the tights, right? He's from the planet Krypton. His family name doesn't have an "S" in it, does it?
So my question is: What does the "S" on his tights stand for?
Marine0431S4 2 years ago
If I remember correctly, the S symbol is the family crest of the House of El, as they were nobility back on Krypton. The fact that it just happens to resemble an Earth S is a happy coincidence.
Anarquistador 2 years ago 4
Thank you. I had always wondered the answer to that question. Now I know.
Thanks again.
Marine0431S4 2 years ago
Yeah, it's just the family shield. Check out Smallville, there are lots of Kryptonian insignias and stuff in thast show, and a lot of 'em look like the S, with the 5-cornered triangle.
hcvang 2 years ago
So how long will it be when the Smallville producers asks this guy to guest star in an episode? lol.
JACKOSTiNKERBELL 3 years ago
People always say that Kryptonians are more advanced than we are, but I don't think so, or at least we are not that far away:-
a) They can send a ship thousands of light years away - well, if they can do it and it is scientifically possible, I bet in around 100 years we could as well - we landed on the moon only around 55 years after discovering flight!!
b) They can build things with crystals - big deal!!
c) They can have a Marlon Brando holograph/computer - big deal!!
lordprotector1 3 years ago
Millions of lightyears, tho you do wnder why they only have one ship on the planet lol.
Starman117 3 years ago
Superboy!
KissJill 3 years ago
I like Brando's speech here, more than his Contender speech in On the Waterfront.
lllexoduslll 3 years ago 2
The "Take a Dive" speech. Beautiful.
EAP775150 3 years ago
Orginally they wanted to used Brando's face althrough the scene with him speaking, but nothing fx wise work. So they decided to use the space footage that was made up from macro
underwater footage instead. I think it works much better.
TIPTON340 3 years ago
Best scene from any superheroe movie ever made.
tempusfugit68 3 years ago 3
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silverstar71784 3 years ago 7
Jor- El knew the earths sun would give his son the advantage he needed to survive. His intellect was far superior than any earthlings. He would look like one of them but he would not be one of them. His father felt his son would best benefit by comming to earth.If look at the beginning of the movie Jor El s wife questioned the reason of sending Kel- El to earth because the people of earth are so primitive. thounds of years behind Krypton. this is other reasons why he was sent to earth.
veeseee128 3 years ago
yes, superman was sent to earth because his planet was doomed, but also because Jor- El wanted his son to use his powers to help the people of earth. His sarogate dad, Jonathan Kent said " son you are here for a reason" ,Part of Superman's destiny was to find himself and as Superman put it " Im here to fight for truth justice and the american way." "Their a great people Kal-El they only lack the light to show them the way, for this reason I have sent them you my only son.-Jor El.
veeseee128 3 years ago
Further, perhaps this means that beings from Krypton have extraordinary long lifespans. But it seems that Kal el has been aging very quickly for a Kryptonian. This may mean therefore that the superpowers that Kal el has on earth come at a very high cost - the length of his life.
lordprotector1 3 years ago
The line was likely a mistake, either by the script or by Marlon Brando. If not, then Kal-El's ship experienced time dilation, where inside the ship, only 3 years passed, while outside, thousands of years passed.
LeadCeno 3 years ago
Also, Superman has a very long lifespan due to his powers, atleast in the modern comics, but he grew up at a normal rate, like a normal human, so that wouldn't explain his aging slowly througout the thousands-of-years trip to Earth.
LeadCeno 3 years ago
Lex Luthor says later in the movie that Krypton blew up in 1950 which is how he knew to find the kryptonite, showing another contradiction in the movie as i think Krypton was meant to be further away than a few light years. This was before the comic reboot so there were massive inconsistancies perhaps the movie errors were references to that.
Starman117 3 years ago
I don't think the error has anything to do with the comics. The ship in the comics was capable of faster than light travel by entering warp or something, so there would be no time dilation. I really don't know how Jor-El could have been dead for thousands of years, he referenced Einstein in one of his speeches and, as you said, Lex said Krypton blew up in modern times, not the distant past.
LeadCeno 3 years ago
Noi meant the error was in reference to the millions of errors in the comics (like superman not having aged a day since 1938 that sort of thing lol.
Starman117 3 years ago
Oh, well that's not an error, that's deliberate. They do that sortof thing in lots of ongoing series, whether it be a comic series, a cartoon, or a movie series (like James Bond). They want it to be an ongoing series and aging the characters puts a limit on how long they can continue the series. If they aged the chracters, lots of superheroes would be retired or dead by now, unless they kept rebooting the series and starting over.
LeadCeno 3 years ago
True, they're going to have to do it again soon.
Starman117 3 years ago
True but how do you know that superman would age. His cells could just keep regenerating while ours dimish.
thejordy07 2 years ago
He might not age, I dunno, it depends on what the writers decide. In some stories, he's nearly immortal while in others he's much longer lived than humans but still will eventually die. Anyway, that's not the point, most of Superman's supporting cast and villains do age, which would put a limit on how long the series would continue. That might be an interesting concept though, showing Superman's continuing adventures in the future with a new supporting cast and rogues gallery.
LeadCeno 2 years ago
jor-el says he will age slower than humans...
hcvang 2 years ago
There is clearly a mistake here - Jar el says that he has been "dead for many thousands of your years" surely then Kal el is "many thousands of years old at this point being his 18th year as it is measured on earth"
lordprotector1 3 years ago
maybe he was in stasis while he flew from krypton to earth. There are in seperate galaxies after all.
bated321 3 years ago
FATHER!!!!
lordprotector1 3 years ago
Not exacctly like jesus dont get me wrong but the concept of sending a savior to help a problematic planet.
veeseee128 3 years ago 2
superman wasnt sent to save mankind he was sent here so he could grow up here and survive kryptons destruction
Gahlaxy 3 years ago 3
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sound familliar,... for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. puzo the author stole this concept and based his version of superman after jesus christ.
veeseee128 3 years ago
"the human heart is more fragile than your own...."
Well, at least in the begining it explains how Superman can cope with being "the last one."
Also to me it makes logical sense that an advanced, more "mature" alien race would be more emotionally resilient than us. I mean, to be able to travel through space, is not exactly a job for an emotionally fragile "child" race.
stardingo747 3 years ago 2
while I might get a lot of flak for this, I thought "Supergirl" was better; it was much darker and I thought that witch was way, WAY more evil than Luthor. Ultimately though, what actress could you find willing to do it with that "mid western blonde farmer's daughter" look?
stardingo747 3 years ago
this is the best scene in any superman movie. Journey to the man of steel.
baleheads 3 years ago 2
Best superhero movie ever!!
Harlo76 3 years ago 6
This is better then the crap they made in 06. What the hell were they thinking?
2199 3 years ago 5
A better way to look at it might be not so much that the others are crap (maybe/maybe not) but that this one was just so damn good and difficult top. It will probably be done eventually, but not in the foreseeable future.
It is inevitable that peoople will continue the attempt -- it is bold to do so, in most cases.
daleroes 3 years ago
Truer word have never beeb spoken.
2199 3 years ago
I agree.....this is one of my most favorite scenes from the film. Fantastic metamorphisis on how a Superboy becomes Superman.
paintballknight12 3 years ago
the entire scene is a work of art. The way they cut it together just sends shivers up my spine. e.g. Brando talking at the end, the shot of superman in the distance and the music kicking building up just sends SHIVERS people. FUCKIN SHIVERS!
psygodnp 3 years ago 7
i love marlon brandos voice in this scen
8005219319n 3 years ago 2
It is annoying that such an advanced and powerful civilisation had to be destroyed, what a waste. I wonder if earth will ever be that great.
omegakurt20 3 years ago
One of my fondest childhood moments was watching this scene for the first time.
TheLaughingMagicain 3 years ago 2
Brando could read a phonebook and it would still sound grand and epic.
EpoBot 3 years ago 14
Lmao
elrin1 3 years ago
I decided to look for this clip after listening to the Superman Returns soundtrack. There is a track on there called "Superman Returns". It's the one where after he saves the plane he says the line: "Statistically speaking, it is still the safest way to travel." And then the tune starts and straightaway I thought of this scene and I love it so much. It is literally the birth of Superman!
Noelg26 3 years ago
The ending continues to give me goosebumps, even after all these years.
"They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be; They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, I have sent them you, my only son..."
ArkUnwound 3 years ago 4
It seems more relevant in todays times for me...as a kid it was great but now I can appreciate it even more at times.
Especially with a few drinks.
Great scene.
scoobdogg187 3 years ago 2
As a species, we're not showing much evidence of our 'greatness' these days
TomthatiscalledTom 3 years ago 3
If he has been dead many thousands of years, how can he know about humanity and human history? Organized civilization has only been around for about four thousand years.
If it it took thousands of years through Kryptonian time travel to get to earth, how could Jor El have intricate knowledge of humanity?
KierenMan 3 years ago
It's one of those things you shouldn't think too hard about.
AirLancer 3 years ago 5
if u listen & stop being an ass... you would hear him say 18 years as measured on earth... & dead 100's of your years... meaning the years he speaks of could be minutes or days....thats why it was written like that...did u think you would be able to dis credit marlon brando ....
buffdawg 3 years ago
1000'z
buffdawg 3 years ago
Maybe the crystal has been absobing Earth informastion sicne Kal-els ship first landed.
VUC3N 3 years ago
It's a movie!! not einstein theory on time travel
MAYERS13 3 years ago 2
this is what i keep waiting for in "Smallville"
PeterParker2Spidey 4 years ago 6
ME 2 BUT THEY KEEP PUTTING IT OFF
kslaya354 3 years ago 2
Best superman scene ever, my favourite as a kid
holmatro07 4 years ago 2
best scene ever. except for those who dont have the patience to listen and understand about superman. the end part is to good when he flys away for the first time!
asm786 4 years ago 6
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no wonder they cut this out...if I saw this when I was a kid a would of be bored sh*tless
ACNC1 4 years ago
Uh that says a whole lot about you're generation then. I say this because as I kid I remember seeing this part and I thought it was neat.
Selvokaz 3 years ago 4
I don't know about you ACNC1, but when I was a kid I didn't need explosions and car chases every minute to keep me watching. I saw this when I was