Thespeckledkiwi
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The Dark Knight...was a mixed bag. It was good but man, they really rushed Two - Face's development and should have kept it one villain instead of pushing for two. That really hurt the movie for me.
Best Superhero Films of the Decade
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I don't know. He wears a costume, hides his face behind a mask, and even has a origin story to explain his special abilities. Sounds like a comic book superhero to me, albeit a somewhat unusual one.
^ He's a riff on a superhero but I don't think he was ever intended as a superhero. But we'll have to disagree.
I think I mentioned Blade Trinity in my post. Meant to say Blade Bloodlust, the second one. Del Toro's pair of Hellboy movies probably deserve a mention too.
I think I mentioned Blade Trinity in my post. Meant to say Blade Bloodlust, the second one. Del Toro's pair of Hellboy movies probably deserve a mention too.
The Oxford Dictionary of American English defines superhero as "A benevolent fictional character with superhuman powers." The comic book version of V may not meet this definition (his benevolence is ambiguous, I understand), but the movie version does.
V for Vendetta really was brilliant, but I don't really put it in the same category - not really a typical comic book superhero.
For my money - The Incredibles, Iron Man, Batman Begins & The Incredible Hulk (in that order) were the best.
For my money - The Incredibles, Iron Man, Batman Begins & The Incredible Hulk (in that order) were the best.
I have seen Watchman,Wolverine,and Ironman as well as both Batman Begins,The Dark Knight.
In ranking the best to worst
Best
I.Ironman
2.Wolverine
3.Batman Begins
4.The Dark Knight
5.Thunderbirds
6. Fantastic Four
Worst
1.Watchman*because of the violence,and nudity of Dr.Mathattan in some scenes.
2.Daredevil
3.Fantastic Four,and The Silver Surfer
That's my list
Signed
Buck Rogers
In ranking the best to worst
Best
I.Ironman
2.Wolverine
3.Batman Begins
4.The Dark Knight
5.Thunderbirds
6. Fantastic Four
Worst
1.Watchman*because of the violence,and nudity of Dr.Mathattan in some scenes.
2.Daredevil
3.Fantastic Four,and The Silver Surfer
That's my list
Signed
Buck Rogers
The Dark Knight
X2
Spider-Man 2
Batman Begins
Fantastic 4
Iron Man
Punisher
This is indeed a good decade for superhero movies. Up to this point the only really good ones had been the first two Supermans and the 1989 Batman, as far as I'm concerned. No one ever seemed to be able to put together a decent superhero movie.
X2
Spider-Man 2
Batman Begins
Fantastic 4
Iron Man
Punisher
This is indeed a good decade for superhero movies. Up to this point the only really good ones had been the first two Supermans and the 1989 Batman, as far as I'm concerned. No one ever seemed to be able to put together a decent superhero movie.
Ratings? What are those? Superheroes are kids stuff.
::wanders off to take his 5 year old cousin to see Watchmen::
Excellent point. I have a belief that if Schumacher had total creative freedom, his Bat-films would have been much warmer received.
However he didn't. And, much to his later dismay, he didn't put forth the effort to stand up to the studio. He just went along with it (something in the B&R DVD he openly regrets).
Personally, I think no matter who was the director of the then-Batman 3 & 4, those films would have been terrible given the studio's demands for a lighter film and then an even more lighter film.
Schumacher also originally wanted to do an adaptation of Batman: Year One but the studio wanted a sequel. Schumacher has done some genuinely terrific, moody thrillers like Flatliners, Phone Booth and Veronica Guerin. I'm totally convinced he could do a dark and gritty Batman film if he was allowed to.
This is even more bizarre than the inclusion of Thunderbirds in your top 5 of the best movies ...
But that was straight from the graphic novel . . . .
I admit I'm puzzled by the people who are objecting to the bleak tone and adult content in WATCHMEN. It's not like they were adapting SHAZAM! or ARCHIE . . . .
Complaining about the violence and nudity in WATCHMEN is like complaining that there are too many vampires in DRACULA. It's WATCHMEN. What did people expect?
I've really never been a superhero fan and I let most of the decade's many superhero pics pass me by, though I gahter the genre has now come of age.
The ones I'd put at a top of the list would be the surprising, unlikely, darkhorse candidates of The Incredibles, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight... hah. Originality!
To put that in context the other films of the genre I saw were Hulk (the Ang Lee one, a misfire), Superman Returns (stolid, but solid) Iron Man (this is a much better movie when it's Robert Downey being a jerk, and rather tiresome in its superhero formula) and the Hellboy pictures (I actually liked the first better, but wasn't a huge fan of either). I also caught the beginning of the first X-Men movie on TV once, but I was so bored out of my mind shortly after Hugh Jackman went to mutant camp that I switched it off.
Aside from the first Hellboy film and Superman Returns there isn't a film there I'd call more or less good without any qualifications - but even still, the Nolan Batman pictures and the Pixar superhero event were two thoroughly entertaining features and I'm not surpsied that these three showed up in a lot of other lists.
Maybe they wouldn't have liked the original to begin with?
It makes no sense as a criticism from a fan of the comic, but if you're not a fan it could make sense.
The ones I'd put at a top of the list would be the surprising, unlikely, darkhorse candidates of The Incredibles, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight... hah. Originality!
To put that in context the other films of the genre I saw were Hulk (the Ang Lee one, a misfire), Superman Returns (stolid, but solid) Iron Man (this is a much better movie when it's Robert Downey being a jerk, and rather tiresome in its superhero formula) and the Hellboy pictures (I actually liked the first better, but wasn't a huge fan of either). I also caught the beginning of the first X-Men movie on TV once, but I was so bored out of my mind shortly after Hugh Jackman went to mutant camp that I switched it off.
Aside from the first Hellboy film and Superman Returns there isn't a film there I'd call more or less good without any qualifications - but even still, the Nolan Batman pictures and the Pixar superhero event were two thoroughly entertaining features and I'm not surpsied that these three showed up in a lot of other lists.
Maybe they wouldn't have liked the original to begin with?
It makes no sense as a criticism from a fan of the comic, but if you're not a fan it could make sense.
T'baio,
I did enjoy the nude scenes with Silk,and Nightowl,and don't get me wrong I love a good nude scene eventhough it was a sub-plot to move the movie along.
Signed
Buck Rogers
I did enjoy the nude scenes with Silk,and Nightowl,and don't get me wrong I love a good nude scene eventhough it was a sub-plot to move the movie along.
Signed
Buck Rogers
Greg I did not read the graphic novel,because of my current lack of income( I can't afford it)
Buck Rogers
I hate to be a dick, but you can afford to see a movie but not a (comic) book? What has the world come to?
Similar to the people that blame B&B for Trek. People just can't get over things. I don't get it at all...
Perfectly reasonable. Not everybody has the time or the resources to read every single comic. But didn't you have any idea what it was about? Or that it was a dark, adult take on superheroes with plenty of nudity and violence? It's a pretty famous book, and there was a lot of advance publicity on the movie. (Plus, there was that R-rating.)
I mean, I've never read MOBY DICK, THE GODFATHER, or TWILIGHT, but I pretty much know what they're about and what to expect from any movie version . . . . .
Just curious.
