Cult Icon Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Since my favorite superhero trilogy has ended, I thought about all the superhero films I've seen: Out of 5 Clearly, there are two standouts Batman Begins- 4.5 The Dark Knight- 4.5 The Dark Knight Rises-3.5 History of Violence-3.5 Road to Perdition- 3.5 Blade- 3.5 The Mask- 3.5 Unbreakable-3 The Avengers-3 Sin City- 3 Blade 2- 3 Iron Man-2.5 Punisher War Zone- 2.5 Watchmen-2.5 Men in Black- 2.5 30 days of night- 2.5 Spiderman- 2.5 Spiderman 2- 2.5 300- 2 X-Men Origins: Wolverine- 1.5 Blade Trinity- 1.5 I've seen more, but not the entire film so I can't rate it. Here are Wiki lists of superhero movies: http://en.wikipedia....language_comics http://en.wikipedia....superhero_films Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahi Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I just like to rate my favourite superheros of the really few films I've ever watched,so sorry for so short list,X-men,x2,x-men3,the last stand,5.5(I was amazed by the amount of brilliance there)another one/not my heroThe Mask.3.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickiala Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Avengers-4 Batman(1989)-3.5 Batman Returns-4 Batman Begins- 3 The Dark Knight- 4 The Dark Knight Rises-4.5 Captain America-5 The Crow-3 Road to Perdition- 5 ( I didn't know this was from a comic book) GhostRider-2 Green Lantern-2.5 Hulk-2.5 Incredible Hulk-3 Iron Man-2.5 Iron Man 2- 1.5 Kick-Ass-2.5 League of Extraordianry Gentlemen-3 The Mask of Zorro-5 Legend of Zorro-3 Spiderman- 2 Spiderman 2- 2 Superman-3 Superman Returns-3.5 Thor-3 300- 2.5 X-Men-4 X-Men 2-4.5 X-Men Last Stand-3.5 X-Men First Class-1.5 X-Men Origins: Wolverine- 2.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergenius Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Ghost World (2001) is the only one I've seen that I would call great and a personal favorite as well. I won't say Superhero movies can't be entertaining, just not really worth remembering once they are over. Mostly because there have been too many of them for too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 ^ Really enjoy the contributions guys I find most comic book/superhero movies to be 2 or 3 star films. Marvel- in particular has never really catch my interest as I find their characters to be too paper-thin and implausible. So much CGI that the film becomes artificial in temperament. That's why my picks for 3.5 and higher were films that attempted to obtain a degree of realism... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaronOfFratton Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 For me, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World was an almost flawless evocation of a comic transferred to film - and tons of fun to boot. Similarly Sin City captured the essence of Frank Miller too. But as an X-Men aficionado, nothing could beat seeing the various interpretations of those characters on screen. The films may not have been the best (X-2 really being the only "good" one) but nevertheless I get stupidly excited every time I hear about and see a new one... The upcoming The Wolverine being set in Japan has truly made my inner-geek happy!Familiarity with the source material helps, so it is difficult to be dispassionate about that element. That said Howard The Duck was all kinds of shit and bore no relation to the bizarrely enjoyable comic it came from. Out of the various Batman films, I'd go with Batman Begins to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 Have you seen 'The Avengers' Baron? I'm not a fan of the concept itself but this film was very, very true to the comic. An enthusiast would give it 5/5 rather than the 3/5 I experienced.Sin City- and I think we've talked about it before- was very true to the comics as well, and nearly frame by frame in some areas. So was Frank Miller's 300. As for the Batman films, I saw Batman Begins first, loved it, but I couldn't bring myself to watch Batman 1989 or Batman returns in full. They were just inadequate compared to the Nolan series. Maybe I'm not enough of a batman comic-book fan to appreciate them, but that's what happened.For me, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World was an almost flawless evocation of a comic transferred to film - and tons of fun to boot. Similarly Sin City captured the essence of Frank Miller too. But as an X-Men aficionado, nothing could beat seeing the various interpretations of those characters on screen. The films may not have been the best (X-2 really being the only "good" one) but nevertheless I get stupidly excited every time I hear about and see a new one... The upcoming The Wolverine being set in Japan has truly made my inner-geek happy!Familiarity with the source material helps, so it is difficult to be dispassionate about that element. That said Howard The Duck was all kinds of shit and bore no relation to the bizarrely enjoyable comic it came from. Out of the various Batman films, I'd go with Batman Begins to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaronOfFratton Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 The Tim Burton Batman films (and let's not even bring up the Schumacher ones ) rode a fine line between the campery of the '60s TV series and the burgeoning era of the "serious" graphic novel. It's difficult now - after superheroes became serious business, and the success of the Nolan films - to appreciate how cool and groundbreaking Batman was. Here you had an actor of the calibre of Jack Nicholson playing The Joker, a comic book character. This was the start of Hollywood looking at these 'kids things' being able to make big bucks. It is, very definitely though, a Tim Burton film - and your enjoyment of it will depend on how much you like his style. Yeah, I really enjoyed The Avengers. Again, I'm more Marvel than DC, and have more familiarity with those characters. A lot depended on the believability of the CGI Hulk - and he was nigh on perfect. It had plenty of humour and big set-pieces and didn't have to suffer any 'origins' business as it had all been taken care of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 ^Interesting to hear of the history, and of what was seminal. A product of its time!As far as Marvel goes, I like the Blade concept and The Punisher 'Max'. A proper Punisher movie has yet to be made- If an origin film is made, it would have to be rated R (not something that producers would like) and have to start from Frank Castle's childhood down into his services in Vietnam, and then the loss of his family. It would be difficult to get the ball rolling since two Punishers have been attempted in the last decade, and both have failed.DC comics: Just Batman, and only very selectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I re-watched Batman ’89 just the other week (initial memories of it were pretty vague as I hadn't seen it for years previously). I think it’s very much of its time but, with the exception of a distinctly naff sequence in which Jack Nicholson and his gang chuck paint over assorted works of art to the sounds of Prince, it's also slick, stylish and just generally good fun to watch. Pretty much everything you'd want a blockbuster movie in 1989 to be. As the Baron already said, if you like what Burton brings to the table, you’ll like it. It seems to me that the public perception of the two Burton Batmans (Batmen?) changed after the subsequent Joel Schumacher efforts were billed as sequels. Not only did Batman & Robin tank so badly (save for Michael Gough’s turn as Alfred, and of course, Arnie’s never-ending barrage of excruciating ice puns ) that it made the production of another good Batman film appear an impossible task, it also tarred the Burton movies with the Schumacher brush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbot Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 ^ Ghost World (2001) is the only one I've seen that I would call great and a personal favorite as well. I won't say Superhero movies can't be entertaining, just not really worth remembering once they are over. Mostly because there have been too many of them for too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael* Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 ^ I forgot about V For Vendetta. Definitely one of the best adaptations, and what a sharp shock it was to see such a dark future located in such familiar surroundings.An honourable mention for Watchmen too, if I may. It wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea at the time of release and of course, it’s not as good as the book (when is it ever? ) but it improves greatly with repeated viewings. The opening sequence depicting the transition from the 'Golden Age' of superheroes to the period in which the story takes place was genuinely one of the best things I've ever seen in a movie.Also, +1 for both Ghost World and Scott Pilgrim. Both huge favourites of mine for some time now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 Now that I've seen the new superman:Batman Begins- 4.5The Dark Knight- 4.5Man of Steel- 3.5The Dark Knight Rises-3.5History of Violence-3.5Road to Perdition- 3.5Blade- 3.5The Mask- 3.5Unbreakable-3The Avengers-3Sin City- 3Blade 2- 3Iron Man-2.5Punisher War Zone- 2.5Watchmen-2.5Men in Black- 2.530 days of night- 2.5Spiderman- 2.5Spiderman 2- 2.5300- 2X-Men Origins: Wolverine- 1.5Blade Trinity- 1.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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