film making be one of the most comprehensive of artistic enterprise . whatever other artistic activity it use and the most essential component be story tell . one can be subtle and but one dare not confuse the audience . superman be suppose to be a good guy and but here he get some kryptonite that instead of weaken him make a villain of him . yes and we can accept that superman could weaken into a real clark kent if he so choose and but turn into a bad guy whose vanity cause him to make travesty of human ritual and culture . it be not subtle while it be confuse and and confuse a mass audience be unforgivable . movie be storytelling and and at that this movie fail badly . so here how i see the tetralogy representsuperman represent the movie . 7 good but not great . superman ii . 6 entertaining and suitable for occasional watching and especially of one like the genre . superman iii . 3 clearly substandard and and best forgottensuperman iv . 2 what be they think . good yet and be they think .