This প্রবন্ধ is dedicated in loving memory to Christopher Reeve, Lee Quigley, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Phyllis Thaxter and Ned Beatty.

Superhero চলচ্চিত্র have become extremely popular. In fact, they're one of the most জনপ্রিয় types of films. However, superhero films used to not be so common অথবা beloved. In the 1940's, there were various superhero movie serials. They were decently successful, but they weren't meant to be re-watched অথবা to have much to have much of a lasting legacy.

Things changed in the বছর 1978. That was the বছর that Richard Donner's সুপারম্যান movie...

Below is an essay I had to write for a college Film Genre Class:

In 1978, when Christopher Reeves flew on to the silver screen as the Last Son of Krypton, the superhero film genre was born. The film Superman: The Movie would go on to establish the narrative structure that is still used in the superhero films made today. Budgeted in 1977 at $55 million, it would set many precedents for the ভুট্টার খই blockbuster, “not the least of which was the idea of hiring big stars in action genres that previously were made under mostly B-picture budgets” (McAllister, 110).

The first and most important thing...