Richard Donner just passed away.

With full bias but a lot of reasoning, I just want to say that SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE is the best Superman movie. Because it IS SUPERMAN. It’s not Superman through a post-9/11 lens (MAN OF STEEL). It’s not Superman but he’s kind of useless without his powers (SUPERMAN II). It’s not Superman through the nostalgia of 1978 (SUPERMAN RETURNS). It’s not Superman with Richard Pryor because Superman isn’t popular enough (SUPERMAN III). It’s JUST SUPERMAN.

Nearly 40 years later and Hollywood KEEPS trying to make Superman better than what he already is. Donner just accepted the character on his own terms and delivered.

RIP.