Superman and the Mole-Men certainly doesn't hold a candle to at least the first two Christopher Reeve-helmed Superman movies, but it isn't a bad little film either. More a plot attempt to sell a television series to a network than an actual film, Superman and the Mole-Men certainly has a made-for-TV feeling to it.
It takes its subject matter more seriously than the Superman films that followed, but that doesn't make this film inherently bad, either. It's good if you're looking for a fun way to spend an hour. It's not game-changing in its field in retrospect but, as the first "film" adaptation of a DC property, it does manage to hold up relatively well. I enjoyed it, and I would absolutely watch it again.
Ultimately, the thought this short film left me with was that Christoper Reeve was vastly superior in the man-in-tights role.
It takes its subject matter more seriously than the Superman films that followed, but that doesn't make this film inherently bad, either. It's good if you're looking for a fun way to spend an hour. It's not game-changing in its field in retrospect but, as the first "film" adaptation of a DC property, it does manage to hold up relatively well. I enjoyed it, and I would absolutely watch it again.
Ultimately, the thought this short film left me with was that Christoper Reeve was vastly superior in the man-in-tights role.