SpaceAce

The threads (all 2,461 of them) about Christopher Reeve's death got me to thinking about a couple of his lesser-known movies. Everyone keeps referring to Christopher Reeve as Superman and because of his portrayal of the Man of Steel, people tend to think he was just a beefcake and not much of an actor. In fact, he was a very talented actor and appeared in some really great movies. Check these out if you haven't seen them:

Deathtrap - This is my personal favorite Christopher Reeve movie. The plot is wickedly sinister and the movie has a lot of great twists to it. If you appreciate well-written dark humor, this is a movie you have to see. By way of hint, I'll say that you've never seen Michael Cane, Christopher Reeve or Dyan Cannon quite like this, before. Just thinking about this movie has me wanting to watch it. I think I will brew up some popcorn when I am through authoring this thread.

Somewhere in Time - This is a romantic movie but, amazingly, it doesn't suck. For one thing, it throws time-travel into the mix. You can't go too far wrong with time travel. This is another movie that proves Reeve had versatility as an actor. You won't see anything of Superman in his interpretation of a playwright so captivated by a woman an an old photograph that he leaves his own world to find her. (Oddly, Reeve's character is a playwright in Deathtrap, too).

Not that is matters in the grand scheme of things, but the man really was a talented actor and all of you people moping about "Superman" dying should expose yourself to some of his other work.

SpaceAce