...now for the best comic book movie, and the winner is...

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:36
VIEWED: 5255
PAGE 3 of 3

FIRST PAGE PREV PAGE 1 2 3

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by manwithpez:
OH! Hellboy was an awesome Superhero movie...I wonder why no one's mentioned the first Men In Black. I thought that one was funny, but that's me.

Comic Book movie - American Splendour

Superhero Movie - Spiderman. It had flaws, but it was my childhood comic writ large.

"I threw up on your bed"

MANWITHPEZ

Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:34 PM

I stand by the statement that Spider-Man is a Superman movie in the wrong costume. Spider-Man 2 was a vast improvement, but Peter took his mask off more than Daredevil does over in his book. It was crap!

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..."

MANWITHPEZ

Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:51 PM

And, holy shit, I can't believe I forgot about "From Hell" Make that one number one!

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..."

BATMARLOWE

Sunday, April 17, 2005 5:35 AM

Comic Book Movie: GHOST WORLD (but I haven't seen AMERICAN SPLENDOR)

Superhero Movie: SUPERMAN II

ROCKETJOCK

Sunday, April 17, 2005 6:58 AM

The Incredibles. Hands down. Okay, so it's not actually based on a specific comic book, but there's no denying that it's a comic book movie -- and a damn fine one. It also manages the trick of remaining "family friendly" while addressing serious adult themes.

It's odd. Pop-Psyche always pigeonholes superhero fiction as "Male adolescent power fantasy", usually in order to dismiss it; but in the last three months I've had the good luck to read two novels which prove you can use the tights-and-capes set to reflect adult concerns.
Nobody Gets The Girl by James Maxey (Phobos books, 2003) uses comic-book scenarios to examine issues of guilt and responsiblility; while Superfolks by Robert Mayer (original publication 1977, reissued 2003 by About Comics) anticipates The Incredibles by presenting the life of an involuntarily retired superhero facing a mid-life crisis. I highly recommend both.

"Do you know what the definition of a hero is? It's somebody who gets somebody else killed." -- Zoë Warren

CHRISISALL

Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:36 AM

Superman II is a great film just waiting to be put back together! When (and if) Richard Donner puts back several KEY scenes that Richard (D'oh) Lester hacked out while finishing it, and fixes up some of the awful FX shots, it will be the truly great movie it should be. Until then, it is just a painful-to-watch mess.

Smallville smasher Chrisisall

FIRST PAGE PREV PAGE 1 2 3