Bestest superhero/comic book movies of all time

POSTED BY: chrisisall
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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:03 AM

My top pick: Superman The Movie.
But Iron Man was absolutely awesome.
Batman Begins was riviting.
Incredible Hulk was truely engaging.
Spider-man was emotionally charged beyond expectation.

What is your favourite?

Or do you dismiss superheroes as being removed from your reality, a figment of the desire to see some sort of messiah rescue us from ourselves? An elusive and unrealistic Neo in our Matrix?

The deep-ish Chrisisall

FREMDFIRMA

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:11 AM

Tank Girl.

They somehow managed to stay true to the surreal ridiculousness of the comic, even in a movie medium - not to mention casting Lori Petty as TG and managing to convince L7 to do part of the soundtrack was pure genius.

Ice-T as an ex-cop ripper was comedy gold, too.

-F

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:12 AM

Yeah, that was great. But if we're going THERE, The Crow was supreme in the dark, indy world IMO.
Then there's Ultraviolet & Immortal. B-coolness.

The laughing Chrisisall

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4:37 AM

Crow.
Batman Begins.
Superman.
Not comic book, but Last Action Hero is one of my faves.
If Col Steve Austin counts as superhero, that's in too. It started as a movie from the Martin Ciadin novel.

BIGRICHARD

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:50 AM

Batman Begins/Dark Knight - Excellent dark takes on Batman. All around brilliant films.
Hellboy - Both films are excellent comedy/action films.
Sin City - Great fun, unique.
Superman the Movie - A classic.
The Crow - only the first one though...
Iron Man - perfect fun filled summer blockbuster.
30 Days of Night - Lots of people disagree, but I really enjoyed this.

JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:00 AM

My top 20

1Oldboy
2A History of Violence
3Ghost World
4Diabolik
5Akira
6Ironman
7Men In Black
8Superman II Donner cut
9Spider-Man 2
10The Crow
11X-Men 2
12From Hell
13Hellboy
14Road to Perdition
15Batman Begins/Dark Knight
16The 300
17Batman Returns
18American Splendor
19Watchmen
20Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

BIGRICHARD

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:06 AM

I wish to add History of Violence...

good call JaynezTown!

MUTT999

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:56 AM

Blade.

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AURAPTOR

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 1:33 PM

I was very pleasantly surprised at how well Iron Man was made. When I heard it was coming out, I feared MAJOR flop, mainly because I wasn't sure they'd be able to make the transition and 'update' the character. What a friggin awesome movie.

The first Spiderman was extremely well done as well. Some 'purest' have mentioned having issues w/ how Mary Jane was cast, but I think Kirsten Dunst is a perfect 'girl-next-door' babe.

However, my favorite in all these is X-Men. Such a monumental list of characters and sub plots to deal with, I think what was brought to the screen was fantastic.

Batman gets a definite honorable mention.

The first Superman movie only gets a nod from me because of Gene Hackman's performance.

" Miss TESMACHER !! "

The T.Rex they call JANE!

ZEEK

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 1:33 PM

Ironman and it's not even close. The rest make way too many concessions to be "real worldy". Super heroes are supposed to be over the top out of this world stuff. I think movie goers are cool with it. So, let's just go all out.

I would love to see an X-men reboot where they stay much closer to the comics.

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