Reeve's Superman movies have not aged well at all

The first one is the template for the modern super hero movie. I will conceded the next three are not good. However Man of Steel was a poorly executed mashup of 1 and 2

But the performance by Chris Reeve is still the bar for Superman IMO. Or any performance for any superhero really. He completely embodies the character.

Disagreed.

Also disagree.

But I was a kid when Superman came out and loves 1 and 2 as a kid. For me, this is the definitive Superman. I think the acting and writing is strong enough that the movies hold up despite the visuals being dated.

I admit I like these films but hate the end of the first one where Superman flies at the speed of light to reverse time. And they originally wanted that for the 2nd one which would have been worse.

I think the reason for that is bad physics actually. And bad physics is caused by:

1. Limits on past day visual effects,
2. Limited understanding of how physics work (this is on cinema industry rather than the scientific knowledge of physics in the 70s).

I was about 7 years old when i saw Superman lay in front of the train to complete the missing tracks and the train just passes through. I remember being impressed at the thought of such a strong character, but also realizing how stupid the scene was. This means the filmmakers didn't have as much grasp on physics as a 7 year old boy from 70s. And that movie is filled with such idiocy.

While some superhero movies still has ridiculous physics, they are much better now and we are more trained to spot unnatural physics happening in games and movies.

The original is better than today's comic book movies.

Explain because I feel like this isn't true.