Superman 1

Let me preface by saying Superman I might be one the greatest movies of all time.  But still, there are a handful of issues SOMEONE in that production studio had to have stopped and thought about before dropping that.

To begin with, the most obvious moment of contention, turning back time.  Im not even going to get into the problems with the physics and how making the world reverse its rotation would actually kill everyone on the planet instead of turning back time.  No, Im going to be charitable and just grant them that Superman does in fact have that power.  But if he were to do that in this particular case, how come every single thing goes back to how it was except for the fact that there is a nuclear warhead flying straight for the San Andreas fault.  Lois comes back to life, Jimmy is all good by the Hoover dam, but that bombs destruction is somehow negated.

Also, when Superman flies into the core of the earth the realighn the fault line, how come the earth just flies straight back up from where it fell onto itself.  I thought all he was going to do was hold the two pieces together so that California didnt fall into the ocean.  Plus, if he did actually push that dirt back up to where it was wouldnt there at least be a scar.  Now, I realize that this was made in the 70s and all they really had as far as special effects was playing the footage of them creating the earthquake in reverse, but come on...

Also, let me stand very clear in the fact that little oddities of old movies are one of the best parts about them.  They were awesome stories that did not have to focus completely on special effects to make them seem  believable.  But for me, the bitching about these little issues is still one of the joys of watching them, so I stand by the fact that these are not complaints, only observations. 

Now that I got off on that tengent I forgot my other points.  I think I have a real paper to write so I should probably go do that.