i will be frank represent superman iii be not a good film . have hear both from people who love the movie and hat the movie and i watch it with an open mind and but in the end it be clear to me that this movie be weak . very weak . half of the movie revolve around gus gorman ( richard pryor . ) and a dim witted computer programmer who become involve in crime when he begin work for millionaire ross webster ( robert vaughn ) . the other half of the film revolve around superman ( christopher reeve ) and a he be reunite with high school sweetheart lana lang ( annette otoole ) and become evil when expose to synthetic kryptonite . one can not help but wonder what david and leslie newman and who co write the previous two superman film and be think when they write this film . it open with a cringe worthy slapstick sequence and and get bad from there . any and all scene involve richard pryor be completely out of place in this film and make it seem more like an unfunny comedy than a superhero film . director richard lester try his best to make the movie work and but ultimately and it doesn not and thanks in part to the absence of gene hackman a lex luthor and the near absence of margot kidder a lois lane ( kidder have a total of about three minute on screen ) . christopher reeve and however and be excellent a always and and annette otoole be a good fit for the part of lana lang while interestingly and she portray clark mother and martha kent and on the hit superman tv series smallville . superman iii be mediocre at best and a failed attempt to continue an excellent series . while it couldn not hold my attention for the 125 minute runtime and i can think of bad movie to watch late at night with a bowl of popcorn and a coke . superman fan may want to check it out while all others and steer clear .