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Preus

07-12-2007, 11:08 PM

Mine are Batman Begins, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Spider-Man 3, & Superman II in that exact order. I enjoyed Batman Begins & Rise of the Silver Surfer the most out of those four though. I felt that Rise of the Silver Surfer improved on what the first F4 film messed up with especially when it came to Dr. Doom. Batman Begins is the best Batman film to date & told Bruce Wayne/Batman's origins to absolute perfection.

The Batman

07-12-2007, 11:09 PM

Superman: The Movie.

The Zapper

07-12-2007, 11:21 PM

I voted other. Batman Mask of the Phantasm. Not sure if you wanted to include animated movies, but I've never seen a better Bruce Wayne on film. Batman Begins was great, but Phantasm edges it out.

Pól Rua

07-12-2007, 11:37 PM

Rocketeer. No contest.

Preus

07-13-2007, 12:55 AM

Tobias March

07-13-2007, 02:27 AM

I guess you mean American Superhero movies, cos I can think of one or two Japanese movies that would count. Plus Danger: Diabolik ;)

Personally though I reckon Guillermo Del Toro has nailed the comic to film transition better than most. I have to go with Hellboy - it's not the best film ever, but it's one of the more faithful adaptations out there, despite some changes. The central actor suits the main character to a 't', in fact many of the cast members were excellent choices. Plus there's a nice mix of extreme cartoony action and real drama.

My pet peeve with certain superhero films is this attempt at 'realism', to make them palatable to 'mainstream audiences', which begs the question: what the hell are they doing watching a superhero film if they're looking for realism!!

Albert

07-13-2007, 03:27 AM

I voted other. Batman Mask of the Phantasm. Not sure if you wanted to include animated movies, but I've never seen a better Bruce Wayne on film. Batman Begins was great, but Phantasm edges it out.

I'm with you here. The Year: One feel of it, and the characterization of Bruce make it tops. I loved that Bruce had to deal with the fact that, after a while, he was actually healing from the death of his parents. I've never seen a more human Bruce portrayed.

But, since we are going with Live action, I went with Spider-man 1 & 2.

lboinyamouf4sho

07-13-2007, 03:41 AM

spider-man 1-2 for me, just barely over batman begins. batman was as good as either movie but i'm just more of a spidey guy.

Thorlief

07-13-2007, 04:31 AM

SM2 because it's a nearly flawless superhero movie

jesse_custer

07-13-2007, 07:55 AM

Preus

07-13-2007, 02:46 PM

Aunt May's speech was great, it should not be on that list. It was basically telling us she knew Peter was Spider-Man. I loved that park. As far as Jack Nicholson's Joker goes, I loved it, he did a great job. That's my favorite version of the Joker to date beside Mark Hamil's animated Joker.

Black Atom

07-13-2007, 02:48 PM

Begins, despite being based on a superhero, only narrowly qualifies as a "superhero movie". There are Bond films that would better qualify.

jesse_custer

07-13-2007, 02:51 PM

It was basically telling us she knew Peter was Spider-Man.

Which takes the often entertaining conflict of Peter trying to hide his identity from Aunt May, and also the fun that ensues from May hating Spiderman.

Black Atom

07-13-2007, 02:52 PM

2) Revealing Spidey's secret identity to all those people. It didn't make the film any more interesting to do this. It's almost as if the filmmakers wanted you to go, "Whoa, they didn't go there!" But then you realize, "Wait, this doesn't do anything for the story at all."

His identity wasn't revealed to anyone. To the people that saw him, he was just a guy, which was the whole point of the scene. Reinforcing the everyman aspect of the character.

Dreadstar

07-13-2007, 03:00 PM

Superman.

Chris Reeves. Missed perfection by 10 minutes and one deus ex machina plot device.

jesse_custer

07-13-2007, 03:04 PM

His identity wasn't revealed to anyone. To the people that saw him, he was just a guy, which was the whole point of the scene. Reinforcing the everyman aspect of the character.

It's just a cheap way of reinforcing that aspect. I think Parker's personal problems emulate that idea well enough without having several people see Spiderman without a mask.

The fact is that maybe his name wasn't revealed, but if any of those people ever saw Parker, they would remember. You wouldn't forget the face of someone who saved your life. So yes, in a way his identity was revealed.

hugh45

07-13-2007, 08:34 PM

I went w/Sincity.I never read the book,but love the style and writing of
it. My next is V,Spidey I/II,Supes II,X-Men I/II, 300.

OPPSS!! Unbreakable

Preus

07-13-2007, 10:51 PM

It's just a cheap way of reinforcing that aspect. I think Parker's personal problems emulate that idea well enough without having several people see Spiderman without a mask.

The fact is that maybe his name wasn't revealed, but if any of those people ever saw Parker, they would remember. You wouldn't forget the face of someone who saved your life. So yes, in a way his identity was revealed.

Spider-Man has been caught with his mask off plenty of times in the comics so it wasn't a big deal to me. He's not a celebrity or one of the most recognizable people in the world so it's not like they're going to go tell & everyone's going to know who he is. It's not that big of a deal.

stealthwise

07-13-2007, 11:02 PM

Da Fug?

I like Batman Begins, but I had to vote for OTHER and give a huge shout out to The Incredibles, which is easily the best superhero ever made, animated or live action.

It's the only film I've seen that truly GETS the genre, and it's funny, filled with action, and just awesome from front to back.

chetes

07-13-2007, 11:06 PM

Pixar's The Incredibles.

Preus

07-14-2007, 12:09 AM

Yeah, I love that film, it is one of the best superhero movies ever. I just wish that a sequel would be made to give the family some new adventures but the game is probably as close as we're ever going to get for a sequel.

StoneGold

07-14-2007, 12:30 AM

If you count the Incredibles, can you count Robocop?

Preus

07-14-2007, 01:15 AM

No, just no.

Tobias March

07-14-2007, 04:08 AM

If you count the Incredibles, can you count Robocop?

Don't see why not, seeing as it qualifies as the only successful superhero satire out there.

esthere

07-14-2007, 05:37 AM

Hi,
My favorite movie is X-Men in which I like the Wolverine.I really like the movie and apart from this I like Superman too.These are my favorite comic movies.

Toku King

07-14-2007, 06:01 AM

1. Spider-Man: No contest. This movie was beyond anything ever seen before in a superhero film. Not even can the second match.

2. Spider-Man 2: Almost as good as the first one, this is one of the most impressive movies I have ever seen. The entire film was brilliant.

3. Incredibles: I watch this movie so many times that it's unbelievable. Pixar at its best.

4. Ultraman The Next: This movie was really good. It took Ultraman to a whole other level. You really felt for the characters, and the fight scenes were perfect. I remember hearing that 96% of all critics that reviewed it gave it an A- or higher. No wonder why.

5. Spider-Man 3: An odd choice to many, but I really loved this movie. Definately the worst of the three, though, but still immensely entertaining toe the point of watching it over again with no problem.

6. Hellboy: Incredibly well done, and always had you on the edge of your seat no matter what. Absolutely awesome film.

7. Kamen Rider The First: While not groundbreaking in any way(in fact, very hollow), it has some of the best superhero fight scenes I have ever seen. First versus Spider was one of the best fights in movie history.

8. Ubreakable: Dark movie that really gives us a very beautiful look at superheroes.

9. Super Inframan: Hilariously bad movie to the point of pure fun. Everyone with a sense of humor for bad movies should see it. More entertaining than most science fiction films.

10. Mask Of Phantasm: Joker at his best. The laughing scene at the end was brilliant.

Alex

07-14-2007, 06:03 AM

Begins, despite being based on a superhero, only narrowly qualifies as a "superhero movie". There are Bond films that would better qualify.

A supervillian stole a machine that would turn the cities water, which had fear posion put into it, into steam, which would make the city go crazy and destroy itself.
And he was stopped by a guy in a bat costume, with gadgets and a batcave and a batmobile.

Grazzt

07-14-2007, 06:27 AM

A supervillian stole a machine that would turn the cities water, which had fear posion put into it, into steam, which would make the city go crazy and destroy itself.
And he was stopped by a guy in a bat costume, with gadgets and a batcave and a batmobile.

Actually, that almost sounds like it could be a Bond movie plot, excepting the bat costume and bat motif on the gadgets and cars.

Hell, the batmobile in Begins probably had fewer gadgets than your average Bond car.

And I'll vote for The Incredibles. Pixar meets the Fantastic Four meets the Watchmen. What's not to love?

scottv

07-15-2007, 07:34 PM

Mine are Spider-Man 1, Batman Begins and Spider-Man 2... in that order. I was completely let down by Spidey 3 but I just saw Transformers last week and I loved it and thought that the summer movies had redeemed themselves but then I saw Harry Potter the next day and was let down once again.

Deep_Sleeper

07-15-2007, 07:49 PM

I'm gonna have to go with Spider-Man 2.

If we were counting any superhero movie, the best one would have to be The Incredibles.

barking_frog

07-15-2007, 10:43 PM

I've gotta go with Unbreakable. It stripped the whole superhero mythology down into a very tiny kernel and gave us a really, really great story that never stepped outside the boundaries it set for itself.

My observation about The Incredibles was that it should've been the Fantastic Four movie. It was certainly a much better Fantastic Four movie than the Fantastic Four movie was. ^.^ Brad Bird did The Iron Giant AND The Incredibles -- two of the greatest movies of their respective kind. I'd love to see him do a (e.g.) Lee/Kirby property. Imagine what he could do with an Avengers movie, possibly set in the 60's since he seems to be able to work such magic with 50's/60's era concepts?

As far as the classic choices:

Barring Unbreakable, I'd probably have to vote for Spider-Man. The first two did everything right for me. Even the third one was pretty good, though it certainly took some shortcuts.

I liked the Burton Batman a whoooole lot better than Batman Begins. I loved Bale's Batman, but that movie seemed to rely on absurd coincidence even moreso than a Dickens novel. The Burton film worked for me beginning to end, except for the bit where the Joker shoots down a military-grade aircraft with a long-barreled handgun.

And Superman, of course, was nearly perfect except for the dreadful ending. Superman Returns worked for me as well, but it was almost more of a tribute to Donner's vision than it was its own film.

After Spider-Man, it's a toss-up for me between the Burton Batman film and the Donner Superman film.

Preus

07-15-2007, 11:52 PM

If Donner would've done Superman II, it could've ended up much better & would definitely be my favorite superhero movie of all time. Too bad those idiots fired him & we got a film with a bunch of inconsistences.....

Ilash

07-16-2007, 04:49 AM

The Incredibles. I know it's not based on a comic (well, not directly) but it is a superhero movie, no?

Perry Holley

07-16-2007, 06:18 AM

Incredibles, with Mask of the Phantasm as a close second.

If we're limited to live action films, I would say Mystery Men (no, seriously, it's the only superhero film I know of that actually feels like a comic book story, instead of just a movie that merely happens to have superpowered people in it), and perhaps Unbreakable.

Alex

07-16-2007, 06:21 AM

Actually, that almost sounds like it could be a Bond movie plot, excepting the bat costume and bat motif on the gadgets and cars.

Hell, the batmobile in Begins probably had fewer gadgets than your average Bond car.

James bond isn't a superhero?
Especialy now, the opening of Casino royale looked like SpiderBond.

Preus

07-16-2007, 10:52 PM

The Incredibles. I know it's not based on a comic (well, not directly) but it is a superhero movie, no?

Some of the superhero movies that you all are naming didn't cross my mind at the time I made the poll. Btw, there are only so many options that can be added to the polls here anyway. If there were 20 spots available I probably could've added more of the movies you all wanted to be on this poll.

The Zapper

07-16-2007, 10:59 PM

Some of the superhero movies that you all are naming didn't cross my mind at the time I made the poll. Btw, there are only so many options that can be added to the polls here anyway. If there were 20 spots available I probably could've added more of the movies you all wanted to be on this poll.

You put an other option, so you got nothing to be sorry for man.

Preus

07-17-2007, 12:21 AM

Yeah, I guess so.

So, I was thinking about checking out '300", it looks like a good movie. Should I grab the DVD?

Outsider

07-27-2007, 08:33 PM

X2's my favorite. The X-Men trilogy is my favorite superhero film franchise, and X2 is the best of the three.

Tim Burton's 1st Batman film and Batman Begins are probably next for me. Didn't really care for the Spider-Man films (especially 2).

MaxofSteel

07-27-2007, 10:15 PM

Surprisingly, I'm gonna have to say Batman Begins. It's the only superhero movie I have no problem watching over and over again.

MaxofSteel

07-27-2007, 10:16 PM

Yeah, I guess so.

So, I was thinking about checking out '300", it looks like a good movie. Should I grab the DVD?

If you like a good action flick with lots of epic scenes of ass-kicking violence, then I recommend it. :)

1_2_3[Kasady]

07-28-2007, 03:15 AM

Christopher Cross Is God

07-28-2007, 12:00 PM

For live-action, probably Tim Burton's Batman. A lot of people hate Nicholson's performance for some reason, but I thought he did a good job of representing all of Joker's sides: the articulate side, the maniacal side, the angry side, and the humorous side. I just can't see how you could hate the scene where he shoots classic actor Jack Palance about eight times. That was classic Joker and also a cool nugget for film fans.

Edit: I liked the first Spiderman film despite its minor flaws, but Spiderman 2 really got into some bad territory.

Its mistakes include:

1) Underemphasizing Doc Ock. Alfred Molina was brilliant for this role, but he only got half as much screen time as he deserved. Highly disappointing.

2) Revealing Spidey's secret identity to all those people. It didn't make the film any more interesting to do this. It's almost as if the filmmakers wanted you to go, "Whoa, they didn't go there!" But then you realize, "Wait, this doesn't do anything for the story at all."

3) Aunt May's speech about heroes. God, that was terrible screenwriting, acting, direction, pretty much everything. I can appreciate an underlying theme to a movie, but we don't need it shat all over our faces. Lay off the pipe.

4) Still lacking one-liners. In fact, I believe the first movie had more one-liners than this one. Pathetic. The movie would have been a lot better with more wisecracking humor from Webhead.

5) Peter Parker walking down the sidewalk to dumb music. Too cutesy. Why not show us how Parker feels without resorting to overdone and corny film techniques?

But overall, I thought it was decent. Just not up to the original's level.

I hated the original Batman films, and when the first Burton one came out, I tried so hard to like it (I was a young teen at the time), but even then I could tell I was forcing myself to enjoy the movie.......I'm surprised you say a lot of people didn't like Nicholson's portrayal of the Joker. In my opinion, that was the only positive aspect of the film, Nicholson's fine performance. Well, Burton's typically interesting sets/special effects were alright, but I didn't care for his vision of Batman, overall.

I mostly agree with your complaints on Spiderman 2......And there were small things which really irk me with Spidey 2, such as Octavius having Spiderman by the throat with his tentacles, yet not squeezing Spidey's neck. Wasn't Doc Ock's crazed objective to kill Spiderman? He had the opportunity there. I've told people about this in person, and their response is normally, "Well, they couldn't kill Spiderman off".......Which I find to be an inane response. They simply shouldn't have had that moment on film, it was just stupid.

My favorite superhero films (barring animated films) are:

1) Batman Begins
2) Spiderman 1
3) Blade II
4) Sin City
5) Hellboy
6) X3
7) X2
8) Superman (original with Reeves)
9) Spiderman 3
10) Spiderman 2

A lot of people seem to hate X3, but I don't see what all the complaints are about. Had good action scenes & special effects......Wasn't that great a movie, but it was fun to watch. I really don't think the previous X-Men movies were anywhere near as good as people made them out to be, so I don't find X3 to be that much of a disappointment compared to the whole series.....And my 6-8 selections, I don't like THAT much, but just included them because I think they're not bad. And Superman was a great film for its time, but I honestly cannot watch that movie today. I rated it above Spidey 2 & 3, but I'd rather watch Spidey 2 & 3 a hundred times, than watch Superman a handful of times.

Astonishing X-Fan

07-28-2007, 12:20 PM

In no particular order, Batman Begins, Mask of the Phantasm, and The Incredibles.

Kyle_Ion

07-29-2007, 12:38 AM

I have a couple of Favorite Superhero Movies. I like both Fantastic Four movies and all of the batman movies like batman begins.

I Must Break U

07-30-2007, 07:56 AM

i voted for baman begins. But my favorite is Tims Burton's Batman! I voted for begins because i was so damn tired of Joel Schumacher's "batman", and i was happy to see batman return to its dark roots. I like Tim Burton's Batman because it was the first time i was introduced to batman, a was like 8 when it came out!

Matthew E

07-30-2007, 09:11 AM

Here's my list, ordered as well as I can get it:

1. The Incredibles
2. Unbreakable
3. Spider-Man 2
4. X2
5. Superman Returns
6. Spider-Man
7. Batman Begins
8. X-Men
9. Superman II
10. Superman: The Movie
11. Rocketeer
12. Batman
13. Sky High
14. The Specials
15. X3
16. Mystery Men
17. My Super Ex-Girlfriend
18. Condorman

The rest of the field: Superman III, Superman IV: The Quest For Peace, Batman Returns, Batman and Robin, Batman Forever, Fantastic Four, Meteor Man, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl

Haven't seen it: Spider-Man 3, Fantastic Four II: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Daredevil, Catwoman, Elektra, The Hulk, Blankman, The Phantom

Oh, and one more thing: I keep hearing about how The Incredibles are... equivalent? A ripoff? An homage? to the Fantastic Four, and I disagree strongly.

Okay, true: the superpowers of the two groups correspond in a loose way. Both groups wear... let's call them uniforms. And both groups have family relationships in them. And there's the Underminer thing. But that's pretty much as far as it goes.

The personalities of the characters are different. Who, in the Incredibles, has the personality of Reed Richards?

The nature of the groups are different. The Incredibles are a traditional suburban nuclear family, a 2.5-kids-white-picket-fence kind of family where the dad comes home from work at night and they have steak for supper. The Fantastic Four are an extended family of space-age adventurers.

The themes of the stories are different. The themes of 'The Incredibles' include (but are not limited to): the nuclear family, the role of the exceptional individual in society, hero-worship, and the nature of specialness. The FF has been around long enough that I'd be surprised if they never touched on any of these, but are they typical themes for the FF? I suspect they are not.

Basically I don't think it's a good comparison. If you want a more interesting comparison for 'The Incredibles', try the Schwarzenegger movie 'True Lies'.

Astonishing X-Fan

07-30-2007, 11:06 AM

I dunno, they're not a FF ripoff but I think they can be considered a "homage". I think it's pretty clear that there's meant to be some love for the concept of the FF in there. It doesn't have to be exact to be a homage.

Matthew E

07-30-2007, 11:17 AM

I think it's pretty clear that there's meant to be some love for the concept of the FF in there.

That much, I can agree with.

scottv

07-30-2007, 06:27 PM

I just saw Transformers for a 2nd time and I think that it surpasses my other favorites.

TheKerrMan

07-30-2007, 10:40 PM

It is a Three way tie between V for Vendetta Hellboy and 300

Deadpooligan

07-30-2007, 11:11 PM

Rocketeer. No contest.

Yes! Man, that movie poster has been hanging on my wall a month after my first birthday. My eldest cousin managed to snag one from the theater he worked in back in the day. Awesomeness.

If I had to rank a top five?

1. The Incredibles
2. The Rocketeer
3. 300
4. Orgazmo
5. Transformers the Movie / Transformers (2007)

Indigo Al

07-31-2007, 08:24 AM

The Dr. Strange movie I have in my mind.

Preus

08-24-2007, 11:33 AM

Okay, now that I've seen the movie, "300" is tied with "FF2: Rise of the Silver Surfer" as far as my favorite superhero movie goes.

Legato

08-24-2007, 07:09 PM

The Incredibles is one of the rare Superhero Films that I actually had fun watching. My Super-Ex Girlfriend is a highly underrated Superhero film.

I never get tired of watching Mystery Man, now that is a superhero movie that deserves a sequal.

Shellhead

08-24-2007, 07:37 PM

Hellboy is my favorite, but Sin City was also excellent. The Incredibles was definitely my favorite animated comic book movie, though Mask of the Phantasm was a close second.

To be honest, I have been disappointed by most comic book movies. The compromises that the studios make to attract large audiences generally result in the movies being dumber than the source material. Matters aren't helped by predictable Hollywood obsessions with stereotypical elements like the lengthy origin scene or the romantic interest. Many of the most popular superheroes have an origin that could be easily covered in under two minutes if the writers wanted to do that, leaving them time to tell (or re-tell) much better stories.

And I have an imagination, so I don't need to see live action versions of my favorite comic characters, especially when they can potentially come across so much better in an animated format. None, absolutely none of the Batman movies have ever been as good as an average episode of Batman: the Animated Series. Batman Begins was okay, but I agree that it didn't feel particularly like a Batman movie except for the costume.

rilokyle

08-24-2007, 08:08 PM

X2- hands down.

Rabid Trekkie

08-24-2007, 10:40 PM

I voted Batman Begins, my favorite live action superhero movie. All the rest change position depending on what I feel like at the moment. If we're talking any super hero movie though, then I got to go with Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.

But then again I've loved Batman since I was a four year old in the hospital and the local cable station showed the Adam West Batman movie during the hype over Batman Returns.

DC/Marvelfan

08-26-2007, 02:30 AM

Batman 1989, it really captures the spirit of Batman, when I watch it I just know that is Batman, not some guy in a dull suit that is too tight around the mouth with a forced dark voice who sounds like he talks like a mouth full of spit in a dull plot with one villian who won't keep his mask on, and another who is lacking major qualities that made him cool in the first place.

Batman Returns is my other fave, followed by Batman Forever, Superman 1, 2 The Donner Cut, SupermanReturns ( I like it 'cause they finally got Lex right ),Spider-man 1,2 and 3, and FF: ROTSS.

Nate Grey

08-26-2007, 09:49 AM

This list is kinda limiting. Are these films YOU like and you just wanted to see if everyone agreed with you? :confused:

There's so many to choose from, but after all this time, still Blade 2.

Preus

08-26-2007, 12:04 PM

No, these are the ones that came to mind while I made the poll. It's not like you get a lot of options when it comes to posting polls. If the limit was 25 then I'd have been able to put many more movies on that poll.

Johnny_Luck

08-26-2007, 01:55 PM

If We are talking Straight up how they went from comic to movies then FF and FFROTSS come up as 1 and 2. The lines they said, they way they interacted with one another, the backstory were perfection. I really honestly think that people who hate these movies do so because they don't either like the fact that he history of the biggest piece of overrated crap villain doom was changed or that it has more gadgets and characterization then actual use of powers and fist fights.

That being said my overall favorite in terms of quality hero movies would be

1. Spider-man 2
2. Spidey 3
3. X-men 2
4.X-men 1
5. Spidey 1
6. FF:ROTSS
7. FF
8. Blade Trinity
9. Batman Forever
10. Batman Begins

Blade II is the god awful one you want to skip if you ever watch the Blade Series, Hit 1 first as its pretty, good but Trinity is better.

X-men 3 forced way too much Kitty Pride and Iceman and had too little Rogue for my liking. Though it be about 11 or 12 on the list.

Black Atom

08-26-2007, 03:37 PM

Preus

08-26-2007, 04:09 PM

"300" is a comic book movie to me & it's a great one too.

I'm hoping "The Incredible Hulk" can top all of the other superhero films. Either that or "The Dark Knight". I look forward to both.

ultimatespyder20

08-26-2007, 04:29 PM

Batman Begins - no contest.

Alec

Preus

09-09-2007, 02:09 AM

I'm hoping that the next Superman movie will impress us. Superman Returns is a favorite of mine but it definitely could've been much better.

Syzygy

09-09-2007, 03:09 AM

What, no fans of Mystery Men? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Men)

As a supervillain, Cassanova Frankenstein has real class!

zuludelta

09-09-2007, 03:34 AM

If we're talking purely about live-action films based on comic book superheroes and not movie-only superheroes (The Incredibles) and/or animated features (Batman: Mask of the Phantasm) and non-superhero comic book movies (like Sin City, Ghost In the Shell, and Ghost World), here's my list:

1. The Crow (the one directed by Alex Proyas starring Brandon Lee, and not the crappy sequels, although I'm not entirely sure that the character falls under most people's definition of "superhero")

2. Spider-Man 2

3. Spider-Man

4. Batman Begins

5. Blade

6. Hellboy

7. X2: X-Men United

8. X-Men

9. Dark Man

10. Batman Returns

barking_frog

09-09-2007, 10:31 AM

What, no fans of Mystery Men? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Men)

As a supervillain, Cassanova Frankenstein has real class!

Mystery Men has been mentioned in the thread half a dozen times.

The Mutt

09-09-2007, 10:33 AM

It's The Incredibles, but from that list I'll pick Spidey2.

Green Goblin

09-09-2007, 10:43 AM

I agree with Mask of Phantasm its a great film but of that list PI picked sSPiderman films and the x- films

mgs

09-09-2007, 10:03 PM

so far: X2, blade 2, spider-man 2, sin city, first donner superman, first keaton batman...

Edit: oops, Men In Black is not a superhero movie. I'll take it off my list.

mattx110

09-09-2007, 10:32 PM

300 and Sin City, while comic-based, aren't superhero movies. V for Vendetta is questionable as well.

There's one thing, in my opinion, that keeps The Incredibles from being great, and it's the fluctuating tone.

V is pretty superheroey (sic). he's got a superhero origin (as well as a bit of a supervillain one). it's just a very serious toned one, which makes you go "sci fi political thriller?". the hero works against the tone of the rest of the story.

and the incredibles is pretty good. all comedies need to be serious or they're just a series of jokes. there's nothing behind it to bring you into the characters. i can't remember if they lapsed between the two to make it alarming, but i liked it at the time.

Fatguy

09-09-2007, 10:55 PM

X2 was my favorite, followed by Spider-Man 2. Its a shame both franchises dropped the ball so drastically with their 3rd movies.

Chiasm

09-09-2007, 11:57 PM

Snubbing the the first two X-men movies while putting something up there like Fantastic Bore: Rise of the Craptacular Surfer is extremely disturbing. The only comic book movies worse than FFII are X-men: The Last Stand, FFI, Hulk, Batman and Robin, and Superman IV. Every other movie at least has something redeemable about it even its something as blaise as Jennifer Garner getting a semi lesbian kiss in Elektra.

Dom

09-10-2007, 12:25 AM

Rocketeer. No contest.

I want to make love to you.

The Rocketeer and Unbreakable are the only 2 movies close to showing how to do superheroes in film.

Either you go all out campy, or you go all out serious. You don't get to pick both.

jwd

09-10-2007, 12:47 AM

Superman: The Movie

"You've got me? ... Who's got you?!?" :eek: :)

Matthew E

09-10-2007, 07:47 AM

I voted for 'other', and by 'other', I meant 'The Incredibles'.

Sam T.

09-11-2007, 01:09 AM

Spider-Man 1 and 2...the best ever!

Black Atom

09-11-2007, 01:52 PM

There's really only one thing, for me, that keeps Incredibles from being perfect, and it's the mixed moral messages in the film. It seems to want to make these semi-serious statements about being different/special but doesn't really commit to it.

zhimple

09-12-2007, 12:05 PM

spider man 3 and batman begins.

i love spider man. With great power comes great responsibility:)

batman begins best ever:)

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Preus

09-14-2007, 12:08 AM

Rise of the Silver Surfer was spectacular.

Shanks

09-14-2007, 12:37 AM

you shoul have all the spidermans as a whole. since all of them were epic. i vote spiderman(counting as all of them)

Preus

09-15-2007, 05:53 PM

Yeah, I should've just done that but it's too late now.....

Superman Returns was good, my favorite scenes were between when Superman lifted up New Krypton & when he caught the Daily Planet globe.

Spidey-kid1

09-16-2007, 09:29 AM

I voted for Spiderman 1/2, Spiderman 3, FF: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and Batman begins.

I enjoyed Spiderman 1 the most because of the green goblin fight scenes and story line. It was awesome.

Toku King

09-16-2007, 10:28 AM

"Spider-Man" hands down. One of my all time favorite movies since I first saw it in theaters. Heck, it single handedly got me into comic books.

Guy1

09-16-2007, 10:32 AM

Out of the one's specified, I would probably have to go with Spider-Man 3.
Outside of the those though, I would probably go with either Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love or Kamen Rider Faiz: Paradise Lost.

Preus

09-16-2007, 05:59 PM

Lol, anybody have Ghost Rider as a favorite?