Redo of an old thread: Best Superhero movies- lots more to choose from now...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Thursday, December 11, 2008 00:00
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Ok writing this as an: insomniac somnambulist
No particular order and baring in mind this is a genre I struggle with the most - after musicals...
Flash Gordon (The black and white, Larry 'Buster' Crab serials)
The Rocketeer (I just love the atmosphere in this film and it has a beautiful score)
The Shadow (Never would have thought Alec Baldwin watchable)
Batman Returns (Michelle Pfieffer, Danny Devito and Danny Elfman's music)
Superman II (The late great Christopher Reeve out numbered by his own kind - How will the man of steel prevail?.... Brains!)
I suppose I've based this on repeat viewing. I would conceed that the latest Batman (Batman-Dark Knight) is arguably the better film, but it's so accomplished I feel little need to re-watch it. Except maybe the wonderful scene with the Joker blowing up the hospital with such comic glee dressed as a nurse! Classic!
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Originally posted by Storymark:
You might want to track down the "Hybrid Cut" then. It is a fan-edit, cutting together the two "official" versions of the film. The most solid version of Superman II as far as I'm concerned.
I saw this on the fanedit site and thought about downloading it. I think I will now that you say you like it.
Cheers mate.
"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."
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If you guys like the Hybrid cut, you might also want to check out Superman: Redeemed. It's another fan-edit from the same editor, in which he essentially creates a new Superman film useing the "A" plot from Superman 4, the "B" plot from Superman 3, and the Paris sequence from Superman 2 (which is absent from the Donner and Hybrid cuts).
It's not great by any means, as it's a bit slow and meandering. But it's far better than Superman 3 or 4 were on their own, and is interesting to watch as an experiment in editing.
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