...now for the best comic book movie, and the winner is...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:36
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It takes no time at all for me to answer.
Superman, The Movie.
Great writing, acting, MUSIC, editing, effects, ect. Richard Donner crafted an epic masterpiece of humour and drama that has not been equaled to this day.
Spider-man, huh? Close, very close, but the man of steel wins, I think.
Or does he?
Mine is just one vote.
You just described the exact contents of my purse Chrisisall
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Ehh. I think X-Men 2 is better than either of them.
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I'm gonna go with "Road To Perdition" with "Sin City" as a close second...
Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."
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Is that based on a pre-existing love of the comic book, or do you just like the movie on it's own?
Kal-El Chrisisall
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I would say "Sin City" (panel for panel, and word for word in a lot of areas) or "Ghost World". But "best" is subjective...are we talking most enjoyable? Best acted? Best cast? Closest to the story, look, and feel of the comic?
I still vote for "Sin City" 
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HHHmmmm....
I can't REALLY argue with "Superman," although it's all these years later and I still remember being traumatized by the opening credits, which were like, nine hours long.
1979(ish) brought us Superman, 1989 brought us Batman (also quite superior, as was "Batman Returns"), and 1999 brought us Spider-Man. I'll go to my grave saying Spider-Man was crap, but "Spider-Man 2" was way, way better than it needed to be. Just thumbs up all the way around. And no one wore their underwear on the outside of their costume.
"Road to Perdition" is another good vote, except the talent of the director far outweighed the talent of the guy who adapted the screenplay.
"Sin City" was a little TOO exact for my tastes, though still a good movie. I dunno, maybe that one needs more time to find its place in cinematic history. Can I vote for "Sin City 2" yet?
(Qs)
p.s. oh! does it have to be live action? cuz if not, I'd like to vote for "Cowboy Bebop."
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Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Is that based on a pre-existing love of the comic book, or do you just like the movie on it's own?
A little of both. I am an X-Men fan, but I think X-Men 2 was a very good movie on the own. I'm also a Spider-Man fan but I didn't like the movie so much (although it was better than the 2nd). I'm not too big of a Superman fan, granted, but except when I saw them as a kid I didn't much care for them - I especially dislike the whole 'I'll use my powers to fly back in time and Save Lois' thing.
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I can say Serenity cant I? 
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I gotta go with Tim Burton's Batman, but I've yet to see either of the new Spiderman movies.
SergeantX
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