History YMMV / SupermanIII

* TheyJustDidntCare: The film's so called plot is one of the dumbest stories ever committed to cinema.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: It is not clear exactly how much Ross buys into Loreli's [[ObfuscatingStupidity airhead act]]. Most of the time he seems entirely fooled but in one scene she winks at him while Vera isn't looking, suggesting it might be a game the two are playing.

** A meta example is Annette O'Toole playing Lana Lang here and later playing Martha Kent in Series/{{Smallville}}.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Usually considered the worst ''Superman'' film by fans. Most will concede that ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' is worse in technical quality, but will gladly accept its whole-hearted (if ''very'' {{Anvilicious}}) attempt at a message over this film's broad comedy and Richard Pryor's spotlight stealing antics.

* NightmareFuel: It [[SpecialEffectsFailure looks silly years after]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuSsSwg9MXs&feature=related but a certain scene in the climax]] was certainly this. People who haven't seen the movie may even be familiar with it. If you don't want to click the link: [[spoiler: the computer the villains built turns against them, and as they flee, it catches Vera. It ''pulls her inside its workings and turns her into a robot'']]. This scene likely scared more children than any other scene in the entire series, not helped by the fact that it's easy to not notice that [[spoiler: she returns to normal once the computer is destroyed]].

* NightmareFuel: It [[SpecialEffectsFailure looks silly years after]], but Vera Webster's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuSsSwg9MXs&feature=related hideous fate]] was certainly this. People who haven't seen the movie may even be familiar with it. If you don't want to click the link: [[spoiler: late in the film, the computer the villains built turns against them, and they all evacuate quickly. Vera is the straggler, and the computer decides to get revenge by PULLING HER INTO THE MACHINE and TURNING HER INTO A ROBOT.]] This scene likely scared more children than any other scene in the entire series.
** In the novelization, she returned to normal once the computer was destroyed.

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** The "junkyard fight" between Superman and Clark Kent sometimes comes off as this. That doesn't stop it from being the best scene of the movie.
*** Except that it's the pivotal moment where Superman turns good again.

** The opening sequence doesn't belong with the rest of the movie. Too much slapstick.
*** But it wouldn't be out-of-place in a ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' movie.
* HilariousInHindsight: "You can't run two programs at once". Your computer is doing it right now.
** A meta example, Annette O'Toole playing Lana Lang later playing Martha Kent in SmallVille.

* NightmareFuel: It [[SpecialEffectsFailure looks silly years after]], but Vera Webster probably qualifies as TheWoobie by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuSsSwg9MXs&feature=related this scene alone]]. People who haven't seen the movie may even be familiar with it. If you don't want to click the link, here goes: [[spoiler: late in the film, the computer the villains built turns against them, and they all evacuate quickly. Vera is the straggler, and the computer decides to get revenge by PULLING HER INTO THE MACHINE and TURNING HER INTO A ROBOT.]] This scene likely scares more children than any other scene in the entire series.

*** And it wouldn't be out-of-place in a ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' movie.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: It [[SpecialEffectsFailure looks silly years after]], but Vera Webster probably qualifies as TheWoobie by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuSsSwg9MXs&feature=related this scene alone]]. People who haven't seen the movie may even be familiar with it. If you don't want to click the link, here goes: [[spoiler: late in the film, the computer the villains built turns against them, and they all evacuate quickly. Vera is the straggler, and the computer decides to get revenge by PULLING HER INTO THE MACHINE and TURNING HER INTO A ROBOT.]] This scene likely scares more children than any other scene in the entire series.

* NightmareFuel: Vera is pulled into the computer, and forcibly turned into a cyborg under the computer's control while screaming in terror. Aside from the EvilTwin element, the rest of the movie is so lighthearted that this makes it [[MoodWhiplash even more scary]]. She looks pretty silly ''after'' the change, but the transformation scene itself is terrifying.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: It [[SpecialEffectsFailure looks silly years after]], but Vera Webster probably qualifies as TheWoobie by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuSsSwg9MXs&feature=related this scene alone]]. People who haven't seen the movie may even be familiar with it. If you don't want to click the link, here goes: [[spoiler: late in the film, the computer the villains built turns against them, and they all evacuate quickly. Vera is the straggler, and the computer decides to get revenge by PULLING HER INTO THE MACHINE and TURNING HER INTO A ROBOT.]] This scene likely scares more children than any other scene in the entire series.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: It [[SpecialEffectsFailure looks silly years after]], but Vera Webster probably qualifies as TheWoobie by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkIAHjkODWk this scene alone]]. People who haven't seen the movie may even be familiar with it. If you don't want to click the link, here goes: [[spoiler: late in the film, the computer the villains built turns against them, and they all evacuate quickly. Vera is the straggler, and the computer decides to get revenge by PULLING HER INTO THE MACHINE and TURNING HER INTO A ROBOT.]] This scene likely scares more children than any other scene in the entire series.