SUPERMAN (1978)
I was nine years old, and my mom, a friend and I took a bus (they came once an hour) all the way to Barrington Street in downtown Halifax to line up for Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel. I still remember the scene where high-schooler Clark Kent used his super speed to shock the football bullies, who thought they left him in the dust only to find him waiting by a fence as they drove home. “Yes!” I thought, fully engaged with what was on the big screen, as well as a big pop and a big bag of popcorn. Bad Guy Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) was pretty funny, and Superman’s squeeze Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) was … I can’t remember what I thought of her when I was nine years old. Superman II was a better movie, but I’ll never forget the hour-long trek into town with my mom and my buddy.