The worst superhero movie EVER?

[Etrigan]

Batman and Robin. That was so bad it was funny.

The first Spiderman was rubbish. The second one was SOOOOOOOOO much better.

[Chou Blaster]

Turkish Spider man vs Turkish Captain America.

Makes no sense.

[leg end]

Hulk was awful IMHO, a major letdown.

[CHEYENNE-BLACKBIRD]

Hulk was awful IMHO, a major letdown.
theres no way in hell its the worst superhero movie ever.......

[Chou Blaster]

theres no way in hell its the worst superhero movie ever.......


The film I listed makes Hulk look like Super Man2.

[The Batman]

well i don't know about every comic book movie but i do know from the one's that i've seen that Batman and Robin is probably the worst.

[davids]

Superman wearing a powder baby blue suit. Flying by moving the camera real fast and of course the singing!

[The Fury]

Worst Superhero movie ever.

Probably the Justice League TV movie crap. *Shivvers*

[anthony!]

Have any of you seen the Captain America movie from the early 90's? It starred J.D. Salingers son as Cap!

It. Was. Horrible. Easily the worst comic movie of all time, because it fails on literally every level.

Batman and Robin is runner-up. It so bad its embarassing. Hard to imagine you could f-up a character as awesome as Batman, but there it is!

-A!

[GreenHornet]

The direct to underground/bootleg Fantistic Four movie
Paid $11 for it on Ebay and curse the day I did that

[Loren]

The film I listed makes Hulk look like Super Man2.

I haven't seen it, but based on these reviews (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181947/usercomments), I'm more than willing to believe you.

Here's one review excerpt:

"You know this film is going to be amazing when - BEFORE THE OPENING CREDITS - Spidey buries a girl up to her neck on the beach, then gets two blokes in a boat to reverse the outboard motor blades into her face."

Loren

[johnny mo]

Have any of you seen the Captain America movie from the early 90's? It starred J.D. Salingers son as Cap!

It. Was. Horrible. Easily the worst comic movie of all time, because it fails on literally every level.

Batman and Robin is runner-up. It so bad its embarassing. Hard to imagine you could f-up a character as awesome as Batman, but there it is!

-A!

Yes. There's no way I could take the Red Skull seriously as a villain when he sounds like Chico Marx. "Hey boss, I'm'a gonna geta thata Capitan America..."

And it was all downhill when Clooney whipped out the Bat credit card...

[EZMOHR]

You know, The Hulk might be the worst, because it is such a major disaster on all levels. After Batman Forever, everyone kind of knew Batman and Robin would suck. The Hulk had a lot going for it and was just awful.

[Artemis1]

Have any of you seen the Captain America movie from the early 90's? It starred J.D. Salingers son as Cap!

It. Was. Horrible. Easily the worst comic movie of all time, because it fails on literally every level.

That movie wasn't the WORST, but it's bad. The major problem was Red Skull. He sounded Italian(and he said he was German), his daughter was irelevant, and he didn't have his "dictator of the year" thing down. He did look cool before the stupid makeover thing, though. A bad one was "Batman and Robin". I don't really care about it being close to the comics, it was just lame. So the worst one's(from what I've seen) are B&R, the Hulk(Very annong movie. Wasn't really bad, but it's one of the worst COMIC movies.), Captain America, GI Joe: Valor vs. Venom, ect.

[Greg Hatcher]

Have any of you seen the Captain America movie from the early 90's? It starred J.D. Salingers son as Cap!

It. Was. Horrible. Easily the worst comic movie of all time, because it fails on literally every level.


Pfui. You only say that because you never saw the Reb Brown Cap.

http://captain-america.us/captainamericatv/captv3.jpg

There was also the Cathy Lee Crosby Wonder Woman, the Rex Smith Daredevil, the David Hasselhoff Nick Fury, Generation X vs. Matt Frewer... I mean, come on now. Fans of my generation sat through countless hours of crappy superhero movies, hoping that this time, THIS time, it wouldn't suck. We were always wrong. Put in that kind of hard time and then you all can come whining to me about Batman and Robin. I assure you, next to the Nicholas Hammond Spider-Man or -- my personal favorite -- the Dr. Strange movie, (http://www.docstrange.com/newsnreviews/drsmovie.asp) Batman and Robin looks like High Art.

[Artemis1]

I heard "Doctor Strange" was a good movie.

[Greg Hatcher]

I heard "Doctor Strange" was a good movie.

Truthfully? I really love it, I own it on VHS in fact, and when I was 15 or so and saw it on TV I was blown away...but I cannot tell a lie; it's pretty bad. The script is good, from Phil DuGuere who went on to do one of the better-received revivals of Twilight Zone... and everyone AROUND Dr. Strange is great, especially Sir John Mills and Jessica Walter. But Peter Hooten as Doc is, well, awful. So is Anne-Marie Martin as Clea. They are bad, bad, BAD actors.

And Dr. Strange just should NOT have a Mike Brady perm.

Don't get me wrong, I have a great deal of affection for this movie... but it's not very good.

[hulahulk]

I don't see how people can say that the Hulk was *worse* than the original Punisher, Captain America, or the original FF. The Hulk was no oscar winner, but just because it was a ltedown, does not make it the worst comic film ever. It was most certainly better than the 3 aforementioned insults to the industry.

[hugh45]

Worst Superhero movie ever.

Probably the Justice League TV movie crap. *Shivvers*

Again,I'm keep hearing/reading about this JLA movie,when did come out?
Isn't on dvd yet?I'm just curious in looking at it.

My pick:All those 80's MU movies :eek:

[monkeysweat]

I don't see how people can say that the Hulk was *worse* than the original Punisher, Captain America, or the original FF. The Hulk was no oscar winner, but just because it was a ltedown, does not make it the worst comic film ever. It was most certainly better than the 3 aforementioned insults to the industry.
Exactly. I realize not many people enjoyed the Hulk as much as I did. I realize different people have different tastes. But I'll never ever understand how some people call that movie awful. Not their cup of tea? OK. But awful?! Seriously?!

[monkeysweat]

I really love it... and when I was 15 or so and saw it on TV I was blown away...but I cannot tell a lie; it's pretty bad.
That's exactly how I feel about the Reb Brown Captain America and the Nicholas Hammond Spider-Man. I first saw them as a comic book crazy kid and they were the greatest things in the world to me. Since I grew up I've seen them again. No doubt they're garbage, but, man, do I still love 'em.

[Wonder Bebs]

Turkish Spider man vs Turkish Captain America.

Makes no sense.
I think that you mean: 3 Dev Adam. (http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/3devadam/default.php)

[ScottDMSimmons]

GOLD WINNER: Dolph Lungren's PUNISHER. Un-watchable. Dialogue is horrible and sometimes uncalled for nasty just to be nasty. Why the heck is he in the SEWER??? No budget I guess to make a skull for the shirt.

SILVER WINNER: Cathy Lee Crosby's WONDER WOMAN. No budget I guess to make her brunette. From what I recall, imagine River Wild with a superhero, who isn't acting so super. Blech.

http://www.amazing-amazon.com/cathy/wwcathy-7.jpg

BRONZE WINNER: THE DEATH OF THE INCREDIBLE HULK. I really liked Bill Bixby's series, and the movies were fun in respect to seeing the likes of Daredevil and Thor (albeit in lame outfits), but !!!!c'mon!!!! Hulk falling out of a helicopter onto pavement KILLS him??? And it's played to soft theme music while in slow motion? Corniness make Hulk mad!

HONORARY: Since they were TV specials, they don't really count, but if you watch CHALLENGE OF THE SUPERHEROES and SUPERHEROES ROAST you may first experience joy at seeing live-action versions of Hawkman, Green Lantern, Atom, and Black Canary alongside the classic Batman and Robin duo (Adam West and Burt Ward)... but that soon deteriorates into horror as you realize that the script isn't an action epic, but based on the variety show format and played for laughs with little taste of true comedy.

--Scott

[stealthwise]

When you take everything into account, especially wasted money and talent, and the fact that it nearly destroyed a very lucrative franchise, I'd say that Batman and Robin is the worst of all time.

Hulk had redeeming qualities, but it was a big mishmash of art house drama mixed with crappy CGI action.

[Slayven]

the movie where redskull looked like he ahd acne scars

[Happyone3726]

If I was forced to watch the Hulk movie 100 times or Catwoman once - I would watch Hulk 100 times.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

theres no way in hell its the worst superhero movie ever.......
that title my friend belongs to meteorman lol

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

i actually liked the punisher with dolph lundriern but to each his own

[Corsair]

I think that you mean: 3 Dev Adam. (http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/3devadam/default.php)
That's gotta be the winner, right there.

Just...Wow.

[Artemis1]

I think that you mean: 3 Dev Adam. (http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/3devadam/default.php)
AH! EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DESTROY EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Knightmare10880]

My thoughts on some of the movies mentioned

The 90's Fantastic Four, I finally got to see this last Feburary and I was amazed at it. Don't get me wrong it's not a great movie, it would make a really good episode of MST3K(it's my personal pick for that MST3K should have as it's first saw if they ever return (hey a guy can dream)), but when you compare it to the 90's Captian America it's like comparing X-Men to Generation X.

Speaking of which Generation X bad movie, nothing else to say but bad movie.

The Reb Brown Captain America movies I still love these movies especially the second one, they are just fun cheesy B-movies.

The Nick fury one i was ok nothing special.

The Cathy Lee Crosby Wonder Woman movie, oh boy does this one take the cake would've been a good MST3K ep though

Catwoman, how come no one has mentioned this one yet I mean come people how worse can a movie be than it.

[CHEYENNE-BLACKBIRD]

Catwoman, how come no one has mentioned this one yet I mean come people how worse can a movie be than it.
i do believe if people is gonna hate on catwoman hate it because it was a garbage ass movie.not because they casted a black woman to play catwoman

[Johnny Morningstar]

Tank Girl.

[GreenHornet]

GOLD WINNER: Dolph Lungren's PUNISHER. Un-watchable. Dialogue is horrible and sometimes uncalled for nasty just to be nasty. Why the heck is he in the SEWER??? No budget I guess to make a skull for the shirt.

SILVER WINNER: Cathy Lee Crosby's WONDER WOMAN. No budget I guess to make her brunette. From what I recall, imagine River Wild with a superhero, who isn't acting so super. Blech.



BRONZE WINNER: THE DEATH OF THE INCREDIBLE HULK. I really liked Bill Bixby's series, and the movies were fun in respect to seeing the likes of Daredevil and Thor (albeit in lame outfits), but !!!!c'mon!!!! Hulk falling out of a helicopter onto pavement KILLS him??? And it's played to soft theme music while in slow motion? Corniness make Hulk mad!

HONORARY: Since they were TV specials, they don't really count, but if you watch CHALLENGE OF THE SUPERHEROES and SUPERHEROES ROAST you may first experience joy at seeing live-action versions of Hawkman, Green Lantern, Atom, and Black Canary alongside the classic Batman and Robin duo (Adam West and Burt Ward)... but that soon deteriorates into horror as you realize that the script isn't an action epic, but based on the variety show format and played for laughs with little taste of true comedy.

--Scott


Folks Iam telling you until you FORCE FEED into your DVD/VCR player the 97 Fantanstic Four movie you can't eve being to gave other trophies out

[estee]

http://forums.comicbookresources.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11485

Who the hell is the old guy in the centre of the picture and is that Burt Ward and Adam West as Batman and Robin?

Actually the show looks kinda of interesting...Huntress is there, Black Canary too...but still I know instinctively that it sucks.

[leg end]

I don't see how people can say that the Hulk was *worse* than the original Punisher, Captain America, or the original FF. The Hulk was no oscar winner, but just because it was a ltedown, does not make it the worst comic film ever. It was most certainly better than the 3 aforementioned insults to the industry.


It's called individual opinion. Hulk had a massive budget compared to most of the other bad films listed, had actors that are usually good but here were awful, a script that lacked any redeeming qualities and a director who could have done so much more. But this is my opinion and since I haven't seen the original FF or Cap America, it's wrong for me to judge those films on other people's opinions.
Not ranting, but threads like these are simply people's opinions based on what films they have seen.

[Headhunter]

Not counting the "made just to keep copyright" flicks like Captain America...it has to be Batman and Robin. You'd think a blockbuster about a comic character would have at least one comic writer on staff that said "This is BS", but no...

[Mia]

Well I haven't seen all of them. I usually wait until I hear the consensus from other fans before going to see a film. So if fans say that a film is bad or not worth it (ie. The Hulk) then I stay away. But I have to say the worst superhero film I have seen has to be "Daredevil". I thought it was stupid and boring. I actually ended up walking out on it. Ben Affleck doesn't have the prescence to play Matt Murdock. I understand that the director really wanted Matt Damon, I think that would have been a much better choice. What a waste in potential.

[Aggie]

i do believe if people is gonna hate on catwoman hate it because it was a garbage ass movie.not because they casted a black woman to play catwoman

nope...i pretty much hate it cuz it isn't technically catwoman...it was just all wrong from pre-production to final roll of credits...anyhoo...my mind boggles that no one mentioned blankman or mystery men those made the others look like friggin' masterpiece theater.

[EZMOHR]

I actually kind of liked Mystery Men. It was not half-bad.

The reason I hated the Hulk is because of my opinion. All the other Bad Superhero movies have some redeeming measures in them. The Dolph Lundgren Punisher is trashy fun to watch. Daredevil has Colin Farrell hamming it up. Captain America is just so awful it is actually fun. Something is good in everyone.

Then in my opinion there is The Hulk. It is not fun. It has no personality. The acting is wooden (Except for Josh Lucas who is actually all right). Saying it is a mix of Art House is degrading to art-house movies. It is a mixture of Ang Lee not caring, or knowing who The Hulk is+Some Hollywood Producer seeing buzz on Ang and Eric Bana and Jennifer Connolley and trying to pander to people mixed with some Product Placement and selling toys, finally adding a dash of camp and bad CGI.

Overall, and this is my opinion, you get one of the most dissappointing, horrible movies ever made.

[Johnny Morningstar]

So if fans say that a film is bad or not worth it (ie. The Hulk) then I stay away.

I guess you'll never see another super-hero movie again? :cool:

[DDM]

Wonder Woman (Cathy Lee Crosby)
Superman III & IV
Batman III, IV
Swamp Thing II
Nick Fury/SHIELD (David Hasselhoff)
Catwoman (Halle Barry)

[eJm]

http://forums.comicbookresources.co...achmentid=11485

Who the hell is the old guy in the centre of the picture and is that Burt Ward and Adam West as Batman and Robin?

Actually the show looks kinda of interesting...Huntress is there, Black Canary too...but still I know instinctively that it sucks.



OH MY GOOD GOD!

I have got to find this show!

Anything with Adam West is always good. Always.

[Mia]

I guess you'll never see another super-hero movie again? :cool:


(LOL!) I guess I should have said overwhelming bad review from other fans! By the way I also have to throw the "Punnisher" in the mix too.

[hulahulk]

It's called individual opinion. Hulk had a massive budget compared to most of the other bad films listed, had actors that are usually good but here were awful, a script that lacked any redeeming qualities and a director who could have done so much more. But this is my opinion and since I haven't seen the original FF or Cap America, it's wrong for me to judge those films on other people's opinions.
Not ranting, but threads like these are simply people's opinions based on what films they have seen.
Yeah, I see your point. But your evaluation of Hulk makes it more of a disappointment rather than a complete stinker in general (say, compared to the others mentioned above). Connelly and Elliot were decent in their acting ability (can't comment on Bana because I had not seen him in anything else)...

I'm sorry for assuming most folks here posting have seen at least one of the early MU atrocities. I guess that's what threw me off.

I saw the Dolph Lundgren Punisher. That was not worth the VHS tape it was copied on. I saw a VHS cover jacket for the FF (couldn't stop laughing -- cringed at the thought of watching the flick), and saw the Cap't America flick waaaaaaay back when. It hurt my eyes, even as a little kid. Watching these movies might ease the pain a little of those folks who hate the Hulk movie so much. Just a thought.

[Loren]

Then in my opinion there is The Hulk. It is not fun. It has no personality. The acting is wooden (Except for Josh Lucas who is actually all right). Saying it is a mix of Art House is degrading to art-house movies. It is a mixture of Ang Lee not caring, or knowing who The Hulk is+Some Hollywood Producer seeing buzz on Ang and Eric Bana and Jennifer Connolley and trying to pander to people mixed with some Product Placement and selling toys, finally adding a dash of camp and bad CGI.

Overall, and this is my opinion, you get one of the most dissappointing, horrible movies ever made.

Disappointing I can understand, as I was terribly disappointed too, but not horrible. Some of the acting was wooden (particularly Bana, although one gets the feeling that Lee wanted it that way), but very little of the acting was out-and-out *bad*. The only bit of acting I really hated was daddy Banner's military boss in the prologue.

On the flip side, Sam Elliott gave us a fantastic, rounded, General Ross. The character could easily have been the weak point of the movie (a one-dimensional evil military caricature), but he ended up being one of the strongest aspects.

The special effects were better than I expected. The Hulk looked really good, especially before they started making him 15 feet tall. A bad-looking Hulk could have killed the movie on impact, but he ended up working well. The hulk dogs may have been a bad idea, but they still looked pretty good.

And Lee's comic-book-panel style of direction was rather to my liking (except in Talbot's death scene). It was experimental, and I thought it worked fairly well. Lee also had some really great scenes in the movie, such as the couple of Hulk-and-Connelly bits, but mostly the Hulk-vs-military sequence that showed what the rest of the movie *should* have been like.

Does that mean I think this was a good movie? Not by a long shot. There are good elements to it, but I think it overall failed in what it was trying to accomplish. I saw it twice, with nearly a year between viewings, and I don't care to ever see it again. The film is at least 20 minutes too long, and it desperately needed to lose that nonsensical closing fight scene. In fact, the entire dad subplot should have been scuttled. The Hulk should have stayed at his original 8-10 foot size. The plot could have been improved, and something should have actually *happened* in the first hour.

But it's hardly one of the most horrible movies ever made. There are a lot of movies out there with a lot fewer redeemable aspects than this one, and whose bad aspects are even worse. I think we just often set the bar higher for movies based on subject material that we're fans of.

Loren

[Greg Hatcher]

I'm sorry for assuming most folks here posting have seen at least one of the early MU atrocities. I guess that's what threw me off.

I saw the Dolph Lundgren Punisher. That was not worth the VHS tape it was copied on. I saw a VHS cover jacket for the FF (couldn't stop laughing -- cringed at the thought of watching the flick), and saw the Cap't America flick waaaaaaay back when. It hurt my eyes, even as a little kid. Watching these movies might ease the pain a little of those folks who hate the Hulk movie so much. Just a thought.

I saw this and laughed out loud. This is essentially the response I have whenever a thread goes up on this board screaming bloody murder about Ang Lee's Hulk or the Ben Affleck Daredevil or League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen or whatever. The best adaptations we had when I was a kid -- and these were the best, the top-of-the-line stuff -- were the Christopher Reeve Superman movies and the Lynda Carter Wonder Woman TV show. Runner-up to those was the Bixby-Ferrigno Hulk. Everything else, fans excused halfheartedly with, "Well, they at least got THAT part in there..." (And I don't exempt myself. I get a case of the rueful giggles thinking back to how I gave the well-it's-ALMOST-good speech to a fellow high school nerd about the Nicholas Hammond Spider-Man when I was fifteen.)

Certainly none of us would have been driven to raging, homicidal, spluttering fury over organic webshooters the way many posters here were a couple of years ago. This is why it's hard for geezers like me to take that seriously. Compared to the 70's and 80's, fans today are in Fat City when it comes to film adaptations. It's very difficult to get upset about things like "They made the Kingpin BLACK!" when you're still having trauma flashbacks over the Rex Smith version of Daredevil.

[hugh45]

I saw this and laughed out loud. This is essentially the response I have whenever a thread goes up on this board screaming bloody murder about Ang Lee's Hulk or the Ben Affleck Daredevil or League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen or whatever. The best adaptations we had when I was a kid -- and these were the best, the top-of-the-line stuff -- were the Christopher Reeve Superman movies and the Lynda Carter Wonder Woman TV show. Runner-up to those was the Bixby-Ferrigno Hulk. Everything else, fans excused halfheartedly with, "Well, they at least got THAT part in there..." (And I don't exempt myself. I get a case of the rueful giggles thinking back to how I gave the well-it's-ALMOST-good speech to a fellow high school nerd about the Nicholas Hammond Spider-Man when I was fifteen.)

Certainly none of us would have been driven to raging, homicidal, spluttering fury over organic webshooters the way many posters here were a couple of years ago. This is why it's hard for geezers like me to take that seriously. Compared to the 70's and 80's, fans today are in Fat City when it comes to film adaptations. It's very difficult to get upset about things like "They made the Kingpin BLACK!" when you're still having trauma flashbacks over the Rex Smith version of Daredevil.


I like you (if I'd understood you correctly),that this generation didn't
see those early adaptations of superheroes on tv/direct to video movies,
because if they did,then I think they wouldn't called the Hulk/DD the
wrost movies ever.When I saw those two movies I was please,not
overally happy,but I didn't complain much.

I like the way Ang Lee approach the movie and like it,even if the final
fight was lame.

[hulahulk]

I saw this and laughed out loud. This is essentially the response I have whenever a thread goes up on this board screaming bloody murder about Ang Lee's Hulk or the Ben Affleck Daredevil or League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen or whatever. The best adaptations we had when I was a kid -- and these were the best, the top-of-the-line stuff -- were the Christopher Reeve Superman movies and the Lynda Carter Wonder Woman TV show. Runner-up to those was the Bixby-Ferrigno Hulk. Everything else, fans excused halfheartedly with, "Well, they at least got THAT part in there..." (And I don't exempt myself. I get a case of the rueful giggles thinking back to how I gave the well-it's-ALMOST-good speech to a fellow high school nerd about the Nicholas Hammond Spider-Man when I was fifteen.)

Certainly none of us would have been driven to raging, homicidal, spluttering fury over organic webshooters the way many posters here were a couple of years ago. This is why it's hard for geezers like me to take that seriously. Compared to the 70's and 80's, fans today are in Fat City when it comes to film adaptations. It's very difficult to get upset about things like "They made the Kingpin BLACK!" when you're still having trauma flashbacks over the Rex Smith version of Daredevil.

Yeah, I like the way you said it. I'm an old-schooler raised on Hammond Spidey and Carter WW.
The way I see it, I'd rank Daredevil last among the recent comic adaptations, but waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of the aforementioned Dolph Punisher. There's cheesiness and campiness, and then there's horrors beyond imagining.

[leg end]

I saw the Dolph Lundgren Punisher. That was not worth the VHS tape it was copied on. I saw a VHS cover jacket for the FF (couldn't stop laughing -- cringed at the thought of watching the flick), and saw the Cap't America flick waaaaaaay back when. It hurt my eyes, even as a little kid. Watching these movies might ease the pain a little of those folks who hate the Hulk movie so much. Just a thought.

Maybe seeing the early atrocities would ease the pain of Hilk, but to be honest, given theri bad publicity and the reviews I have read (plus comments on her) I wouldn't want to waste a couple of hours of my life on some of these films mentioned- especially the original FF. The stuff I have heard about that....*shudders* Of course, I am still sceptical of the new FF version, although I'm trying to avoid any early news about that one since I heard the rumour that Human Torch would only have his hands on fire to restrict budget costs. :D

[Glaucon]

There's no way The Hulk was worse than movies like Catwoman or Captain America. Ang Lee did make the movie; his comic book style directing was very innovative and interesting. The acting was less than perfect as was some of the fight screens, but the CGI Hulk was much better than some steroid injected fool who can't act to play the Hulk. That was not a knock against Lou Ferrigno, but the Hulk needs to be gigantic and a human could not do it.

My worst (of what I have seen):
LXG
Batman & Robin
Dolph Lungren's Punisher
Catwoman

My Best:
X-Men
X2
Spider-man
Spider-man 2
American Splendor

[Grant]

I say...

Superman IV
Batman and Robin
Swamp Thing

I haven't seen Daredevil, Punisher, Catwoman, or League of Extraordinary Gentlemen so I can't judge though. All of these looked pretty bad to me and Movies are 10.25 in NYC so I have to choose wisely.

Funny some people mentioned the X-Men and Spider-man movies. I mean even if you didn't like Spider-man there has been much worse comic book movies. I'm not a fan of the first two Superman movies but I recognize they are fairly well made films.

[Michael P]

As I understand it, Return of the Swamp Thing was pretty horrendous.

But yes, pretty much any superhero movie made after 1998's Blade (excepting Catwoman) is ineligible, considering the horrendous suckitude of what came before. I'm not of the proper generation, but I have seen the Hammond Spider-Man (the one without Uncle Ben anywhere near it), the Rex Smith Daredevil (aka guy in black body stocking), or the *shudder* Roger Corman FF.

[Cody H]

I'm gonna go with Batman & Robin, just absolutely horrible. Though I have little experience with the old school movies (i.e. Captain America, FF, etc). Either way, I'd still hold Batman & Robin's suckiness to those movies anyday.

[roguespirit]

I am convincd that none of you people have seen the Justice League movie because if you had then this would be far and away the main topic of conversation rather than the hulk.

When I saw this movie I sat still unable to move for minutes afterwards. I was in complete shock that anyione would want to put this thing into production. When I think about it these days I still am stunned into silence

[GremlinClr]

Turkish Spider man vs Turkish Captain America.

Makes no sense.

I'm sure this is horrible. But saying it's the worst is like picking up a mexican knockoff unliscensed action figure and saying it's the worst.

I think unliscensed projects shouldn't count, if you start counting those you can throw student films and internet flash cartoons in.

With that said, I haven't seen the JL tv show so can't comment on it. But from what I've seen it'll have to be a tossup beween FF and Lungren's Punisher with Punisher just edging out FF for the win.

Frank Castle has issues, but I doubt you'll see him sittin naked in a sewer anytime soon. And come on, Roger Corman directed FF so it's OK in my book. :D

[dougputhoff]

I hate to dis anything with Christopher Reeve (R.I.P) in it, but "Superman IV" is the worst superhero movie ever.

[Dennis K]

the CGI Hulk was much better than some steroid injected fool who can't act to play the Hulk. That was not a knock against Lou Ferrigno, but the Hulk needs to be gigantic and a human could not do it.


Which is precisely why the Hulk was such a dud of a movie. The Hulk looked too "cartoony". You can't mix real people with such cartoonish figures and expect the public to buy it unless you're doing a comedy like Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Part of the reason that the two Spider-Man films have been so succesful is that the heros and villians look like real people (even the Goblin in that ridiculous armour). The Hulk desperately wanted to be taken seriously and instead came off as nothing more than an average student film.

[Greg Hatcher]

I am convincd that none of you people have seen the Justice League movie because if you had then this would be far and away the main topic of conversation rather than the hulk.

When I saw this movie I sat still unable to move for minutes afterwards. I was in complete shock that anyione would want to put this thing into production. When I think about it these days I still am stunned into silence

Well, I own it, actually, that's what a self-hating loon I am. But I think something so horrible that you have to buy it bootlegged, like this or the Corman FF, shouldn't really be in the running. On the other hand, somebody somewhere thought the Reb Brown Captain America -- easily as bad as the JLA pilot with David Ogden Stiers as the Martian Manhunter -- was so good that there ought to be a second one. That's just plain crazy.

[Slappy san]

Punisher....the second one.

[Hawk]

I like hunting down those old, terrible, comic movies just because they are fun to laugh at. Corman's FF was terrible, but dammit, I got a good laugh. And it's great to watch it with friends...we make our own MST.

With that said, I still hold a murderous, rage-filled grudge against Schumacher. He needs to die something terrible.

[hulahulk]

Maybe seeing the early atrocities would ease the pain of Hilk, but to be honest, given theri bad publicity and the reviews I have read (plus comments on her) I wouldn't want to waste a couple of hours of my life on some of these films mentioned- especially the original FF. The stuff I have heard about that....*shudders* Of course, I am still sceptical of the new FF version, although I'm trying to avoid any early news about that one since I heard the rumour that Human Torch would only have his hands on fire to restrict budget costs. :D

That last sentence there...if there is ANY justice in the world, that rumor would be just a rumor. And the Thing will only be able to bench 1000 pounds...Reed can only stretch a maximum 20 feet...and Sue can only make her clothes invisible -- oh wait, that would be a good thing.

[hulahulk]

I keep forgetting about Batman & Robin and Superman IV. Those were bad. And the old Justice League flick. That's up there with the old FF dud.

[kalorama]

I don't see how people can say that the Hulk was *worse* than the original Punisher, Captain America, or the original FF.

Still haven't seen the FF or JLA movies. But I really think that, in some ways, the most recent Punisher movie was actually worse than the original.

The Hulk was disappointing and more than a little ill-conceived, and it wasn't really "good" but it wasn't flat-out awful either.

[ghostrider666]

I'm not going to include any of the bad movies from the 70's to the early 90's. Its just not fair due to the lack of FX. So, I'll go with a newer piece of crap.

Spawn ugh :(

[kalorama]

Never seen Spawn. But then, I've never read the comic either. I've had a strong disdain for McFarlane's work going back to Batman Year Two and Spider-Man.

[The Batman]

i had totally forgotten about spawn. that was such a terrible movie i must've blocked it out of my mind.

gee thanks for reminding me.

[Trystenn]

OMG not one mention of STEEL? jeez i actually threw up when i saw it, though i stil kinda like that movie.


Shaq should completely give up on acting, even though Kazaam was good. (seriously he was great in that movie)

[Morrolan]

Howard The Duck was just terrible.

[roguespirit]

Punisher....the second one.

Thought it was just me that thought this movie was a pile of monkey poo

[roguespirit]

Well, I own it, [Justice League Movie]

*sits in stunned silence, eventually passes out due to lack of breathing*

[Knightmare10880]

i do believe if people is gonna hate on catwoman hate it because it was a garbage ass movie.not because they casted a black woman to play catwoman

Personally I never had a problem with the casting choice, I mean Ertha Kitt played Catwoman on the old Batman series and she was a lot better at the role. Halle herself has done alot of good work over the years Introducing Dorthy Dandrige was one of her best roles, but to be honest I thought Catwoman while a really bad movie was enjoyable in an MST3K kinda way (hey MST3K made alot of bad movies enjoyable and playing MST3K wiht my brother and friends has made alot of bad movies enjoyable or at the very least tolerable(sp).)

[Phil Clark]

Halle Berry wasn't the problem with Catwoman. Blame it on the script and the director. Halle can be a good actress, and she is stunningly beautiful. But if the director sails you off on a rickety raft down a river of SH*T, it is hard to do very much.

[Greg Hatcher]

*sits in stunned silence, eventually passes out due to lack of breathing*

I guess I shouldn't admit to owning most of the other crappy movies mentioned on this thread either then. Somebody might really get hurt.

[kalorama]

Thought it was just me that thought this movie was a pile of monkey poo

Jane gave a good performance that was completely wasted. Absolutely nothing else in the movie worked.

[Rabid Trekkie]

I think that it is a three way tie between Batman and Robin, Dolph's Punisher, and Captain America.

I liked Batman and Robin at first, Mr. Freeze is my favorite villain from the Animated Series and I was just thrilled to see him real. The more I watched it though the more I hated it. Now I fully understand just how terrible the movie is.

The first Punisher, I watched it on UPN one Sunday last year. I realized that my dad really can recognize a bad movie when he really tries. Normally he likes some of the worst movies but he told me not to watch that one. I wish I had listened.

I've only seen Captain America twice, once on TV when I taped it and then once not too long after that. It is terrible. Yet for some reason I can't bring myself to tape over it.

Honorable mentions go to Supergirl (though she is pretty good looking), Spawn, Superman 3 and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

For some reason I like Superman IV, I can't explain it. And Batman Forever slides by as Jim Carrey was actually a good choice for the Riddler. The only good casting choice of the whole film.

And why does everyone hate the Hulk? That was a good movie, not just a smash'em movie but also not entirely drama. It's not X-Men or X-2 but still really good.

[pirulaso]

PUMA MAN

man wearing a t shirt of a puma who fights crime with super powers that dont relate to a puma.

besies that.................cat woman


i like spiderman 1 i just wished they didnt make the goblins mask a helmet. (cause then it doesnt move) i mean c'mon, dafoe's face is kinda like a goblins so just make a latex mask over it or something.

[pirulaso]

oh, one more thing. i thought tommy lee was a good choice for two face and jim carrey was good. i enjoyed the hulk. batman and robin had good costume but why did they give freeze a sense of humor? whoever though george clooney would make a good batman was really not smart.

[pirulaso]

Turkish Spider man vs Turkish Captain America.

Makes no sense.

does spiderman have a batman logo on his shirt?

[Etrigan]

does spiderman have a batman logo on his shirt?


what the hell made you think that? no!

[WebSlinger]

Batman & Robin - The only time going to a cinema I wanted my money back afterwards, truly awful. At times felt like I was watching some campy panto. Word was that there was a amateur musical based on this not long afterwards, can't I'm surprised.

Also:
Steel (Why oh why?, waste of time)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (Christopher Reeve will always be the definitive Superman, but there's no excusing the sorry plot of the film. Nuclear Man? Please! lol)
Swamp Thing 2 (First one by Wes Craven wasn't bad. This one was just plain silly)

Can't say I've yet had the misfortune of seeing the JLA movie as yet.

[Ontir]

What DDM said, plus Darkman and about two thirds of Spider-man 2!

[Doom]

Okay time to bust out even more obscure and VERY bad Superhero movies.

Try these out for size.

The Doctor Strange Movie.

http://www.steveenglehart.com/Film/Dr%20Strange%20movie.html

And the grand daddy of them all. Night Man.
http://www.nightman.com/legend.htm

Okay true it was a TV Series not a movie, but it had a 2 hour pilot and those are TV movies. I watched it, and it was horrible.

(Thugs celebrating in a restraunt after "killing" Nightman by dumping him into the river.)
Random Thug who I believe was played by DAVID HASSELHOFF: Yeah we sure got him!
Nightman (appearing.): Care for a glass...of water.

Want to know something else? Glen A Larson was the producer.
And look who he brought in for the second season.

Oh you know you want to click on this link. (http://www.poobala.com/manimalandnightman.html)

I praise the modern comic movies. I love the Punisher, Daredevil, Hulk, Blades, X-Men, LXG's and even Spider-Man (despite my hatred of Toby Maguire. And Kirsten WHORE Dunst.) films. All except Catwoman. That I know would be bad. But Batman Begins looks good.

[Blink85]

Daredevil was bad

really bad

[Halofreak20]

well I must say I absolutly hated Spiderman 2. It was just stupid because they ruined Doc Ock making him a good guy at the end. I mean the fights were great but other than that this movie sucked. I mean its not the worst superhero movei but its pretty bad.

Just about every batman movie with George Clooney sucked.

Catwoman sucked. Hulk sucked. Daredevil Sucked. Seriously almost all the superhero movies now adays suck (exept spiderman 1 and The Xmen movies)

Also I just know the Fantastic Four movie is gonna suck because of the actors and because of the story. Also, they changed it because of the Incredibles I mean wtf thats just gay.

[pirulaso]

what the hell made you think that? no!

well the screen shots are blurry and the logo resembled it.

[Cash Lone]

My most hated Superhero movie is Spiderman 2.

I truly walked out of the theatre in disgust.

[Etrigan]

My most hated Superhero movie is Spiderman 2.

I truly walked out of the theatre in disgust.


WHAT? It was brilliant!

[Cash Lone]

WHAT? It was brilliant!

brilliantly crappy.

[Screwtape]

I give the award to the David Hasselhoff Nick Fury movie. Why, oh why, oh why.

[stealthwise]

My most hated Superhero movie is Spiderman 2.

I truly walked out of the theatre in disgust.

I didn't walk about, but I didn't really like it either.

[pirulaso]

the love scenes in spiderman 2 were really dragged out. besides that i enjoyed it.

[WebSlinger]

the love scenes in spiderman 2 were really dragged out. besides that i enjoyed it.

I personally loved those scenes, as I felt Sam Raimi truly captured the essence of Peter and MJ's love for each other. Then again I'm a soppy romantic myself :rolleyes:

How on earth could I forget Daredevil?! Aside from Michael Clark Duncan the casting choices were truly dire. Affleck was wooden, Garner for me was not convincing enough and I almost snoozed off at some points throughout.

[Doom]

Topping this thread.

Having watched the living, world ending horror that is Doc Savage: Man of Bronze I have seen what must be the worst superhero movie ever.

[Artemis1]

Elektra hands down.

[Artemis1]

No order:

Elektra
Nightman: First Job
Batman and Robin
Mystery Men
Meteor Man

[Slappy san]

the latest Punisher

[JoeLikesComics]

i have honestley got to say batman and robin.it was just really wierd.you would never see batman at a fundraiser(when poison ivy was in the gorilla suit).batman talked way to much in that movie too.batman is susposed to be unsociable not attending banquets.i hope batman begins dosent turn out like this movie.

[Gaz]

No order:

Elektra
Nightman: First Job
Batman and Robin
Mystery Men
Meteor Man
Odd one out! Mystery Men was GOOD!
Now, Catwoman... :(

[JoeLikesComics]

Mystery Men was a cool movie but it wasnt meant to be a good superhero movie.It was meant to be a corny,funny movie.

[Gaz]

Mystery Men was a cool movie but it wasnt meant to be a good superhero movie.It was meant to be a corny,funny movie.
Neither was the comic, it was supposed to be about the Z-list heroes.

[cable guy]

I didn't walk about, but I didn't really like it either.

To each his own I guess, because I thought this was the best comic book movie ever.

Just a notch above XMen 2.

[Artemis1]

I just thought it was unfunny.

[Artemis1]

The Captain America movie was fairly bad, but not terrible.

[cable guy]

i have honestley got to say batman and robin.it was just really wierd.you would never see batman at a fundraiser(when poison ivy was in the gorilla suit).batman talked way to much in that movie too.batman is susposed to be unsociable not attending banquets.i hope batman begins dosent turn out like this movie.

Now in my opinion, Batman and Robin was so awful it was painful to watch.

I think Batman will be off to a fresh new start, with the new movie coming out.

[sir_snikt'alot]

the latest Punisher

the new punisher was awesome,it captured the character completley,yeah some bits were corny,but it gets points just for the frank/russian fight scene.

batman and robin gets my vote,as well as daredevil,it just didnt do it for me.

[Leslie Lee III]

The Hulk is the best Superhero based movie ever.

The Worst? That I've watched Generation Next, Batman Returns, and Elektra

[Slappy san]

the new punisher was awesome,it captured the character completley,yeah some bits were corny,but it gets points just for the frank/russian fight scene.

batman and robin gets my vote,as well as daredevil,it just didnt do it for me.

Glad you enjoyed.


I hated it like no other.

[GremlinClr]

The Hulk is the best Superhero based movie ever.

The Worst? That I've watched Generation Next, Batman Returns, and Elektra

Really? You liked the whole turning his father into a poor mans Absorbing Man? The effects were stellar and I liked Ang Lees direction but I thought the villian sucked balls.

[Artemis1]

Yeah, the father was a good villain but there should have been the real Absorbing Man in it if any.

[StrawNilla]

Worst superhero movie? My pick involves superheroe(s): Any Power Rangers movie after Mighty Morphin'.....and I say that despite having not seen them.

[Leslie Lee III]

Really? You liked the whole turning his father into a poor mans Absorbing Man? The effects were stellar and I liked Ang Lees direction but I thought the villian sucked balls.

I think things like direction, editing, characters, story, things like that are more important than things like how cool the villian is. At least I think that with movies like the Hulk which try to be something more than just a Superhero action movie.

[saintjon]

I lack the reference of knowing any of the Hulk comics really but the dad didn't detract from the movie at all IMO. Plus Nick Nolte threw in a pretty good off-kilter performance.

[Paradox]

I'm with Greg...you youngsters are spoiled rotten if you think Hulk and DD were the "worst superhero movies ever made". Great they're not, but you just don't understand the nightmares we had to deal with. "Not as good as it should have been" is a FAR cry from "mind-numbingly awful".

That said, that Turkish Cap/Santo/Spidey just HAS to top the list. I'd actually like to see it (I'm an afficianado of the exquisitely bad).

And, yes, I too just HAD to own the JLA pilot and the Corman FF flick. :D

[miss5050]

i so do not like punisher :(
just that character...all i see is blond guy who has colored dark hair :evilangry

[The Joker]

Worst superhero film EVER?

Hmmm .... I'm gonna have to go with Tank Girl. Followed VERY closely by Batman & Robin.

They both stunk to high heaven. What two big old piles of Cow Dung those two movies were. Jeez. Watching them feels much like the torture scenes in "A Clockwork Orange"! :eek:

[Matt]

Interesting.
I would have thought 'Batman & Robin' would have been everyone's first choice.

Is there anyone who liked that horrible piece of crud?

[The Joker]

I'm with Greg...you youngsters are spoiled rotten if you think Hulk and DD were the "worst superhero movies ever made". Great they're not, but you just don't understand the nightmares we had to deal with. "Not as good as it should have been" is a FAR cry from "mind-numbingly awful".

I agree. The kids dont really know what we went thru with films like Superman IV, Howard the Duck, and Generation Next. Not to mention the horrible Hasselhoff Nick Fury movie. Now those films are truly awful in every sense of the word. And have almost no redeeming qualities about them.

Hulk is a flawed movie. But I enjoyed it for what it is. And thought Ang Lee did a tremendous job at bringing the HULK to the silver screen. Alot of people didnt like the CGI, but I thought it was damn good. And fairly realistic to boot. Considering much of that stuff was virtually impossible to do a few years prior. HULK also had the pleasure of enjoying a good cast. Jennifer Connelly. Solid acting. And some action scenes that simply rocked (loved the Hulk VS Army in the desert scene)!

Oh, and did I mention Jennifer Connelly? :p

[Forefinger]

Have any of you seen the Captain America movie from the early 90's? It starred J.D. Salingers son as Cap!

It. Was. Horrible. Easily the worst comic movie of all time, because it fails on literally every level.

Batman and Robin is runner-up. It so bad its embarassing. Hard to imagine you could f-up a character as awesome as Batman, but there it is!

-A!
I'm going with that one too. Horrible.

[pirulaso]

i liked hulk. i think the absorbing man was played out ok. i mean how were u gonna show a big bald man with a wrecking ball? they could have done the easy thing and just put him in a trenchcoat and made him a thug but that doesnt really make sense. the fight at the end i thought was great. the one thing bother me was the cut out death of that army guy. i get the whole comic book thing but c'mon u gotta give me some violence. (especially since u showed hulk slaughtering a poodle)

the cap vs spiderman is so bad its good.

the worst movie would have to be that captain american movie where the red skull was like this italian guy who had nothing to do with the nazis.

[monkeysweat]

The Hulk is the best Superhero based movie ever.
Thought I was the only one.

[Ontir]

I'm not sure which is the worst, but Superman III, Superman IV, Catwoman, Batman & Robin, Darkman, & the Punisher should all be given socks filled with horse manure, and allowed to go "tag team" in a ring, for the title! :evilsmile

[sir_snikt'alot]

I'm not sure which is the worst, but Superman III, Superman IV, Catwoman, Batman & Robin, Darkman, & the Punisher should all be given socks filled with horse manure, and allowed to go "tag team" in a ring, for the title! :evilsmile

i mean the dolph lungren punisher right? because the new one rocked.

[Slappy san]

i mean the dolph lungren punisher right? because the new one rocked.

He has to be talking about the new one.

[Wild Card]

I said it once and I'll say it again the made for TV Cathy Lee Crosby Wonder Woman. I may change my mind once I see Catwoman. Thou I have no plans to watch it.

[BlaqueBolt]

i cant say for sure because i have not seen elektra or catwoman. I assume they were horrible. Batman and Robin gets my vote for numero uno. A close runner up was that 2 dollar budget FF movie. Normally bad movies are so bad they are hilarious, but these movies are so bad they cycle back to horrible.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

I'm not sure which is the worst, but Superman III, Superman IV, Catwoman, Batman & Robin, Darkman, & the Punisher should all be given socks filled with horse manure, and allowed to go "tag team" in a ring, for the title! :evilsmile

That's a fine list. I'm tempted to add, say, David Hasselhoff's Nick Fury to the list, but I think that's in a place by itself. I laugh myself silly everytime it comes on cable.

And that 70s movie (whatever it was called) "Challenge of the Super Heroes" is NOT the worst super-hero movie ever made. It is, in fact, the genre's Plan 9 from Outer Space. It's so bad, it's good.

Now, if this movie would have actually been made, this would have been the big winner: Adam West in an interview many years ago talked about the screenplay he wrote for -- wait for it --"Super Bat." I don't know any details, but I can only imagine what a steaming pile of horse dung that would have been.

[saintjon]

Does Kiss Meets the Phantom count as a superhero movie?

[Tommy]

Of the American not made-for-TV not-straight-to-video movies:

Batman and Robin vs. Catwoman

Batman and Robin had the sole saving grace of Uma Thurman who managed to rise abovethe horrible script and deliver a good preformance.

Thus Catwoman is the single worst Superhero movie ever made. It is a nebulus of suck.

[sir_snikt'alot]

He has to be talking about the new one.

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Grant]

Batman and Robin had the sole saving grace of Uma Thurman who managed to rise abovethe horrible script and deliver a good preformance.

That's a joke right?

[Ontir]

i mean the dolph lungren punisher right? because the new one rocked.

I've not seen the Dolph Lundgren version. The new one was laughable, and nothing but a big-budget recreation of the 80's Exterminator films.

[The Joker]

Batman and Robin had the sole saving grace of Uma Thurman who managed to rise abovethe horrible script and deliver a good preformance.

Well I thought Uma Thurman was nice to look at. But her lines were pretty corny. As the rest of the movie was.
Theres just no way to polish a turd like Batman & Robin.

[BlaqueBolt]

ok watch batman and robin again. This time do what my friends and I did; turn it into a drinking game. Everytime they say a pun, take a drink

[cable guy]

Worst superhero film EVER?

Hmmm .... I'm gonna have to go with Tank Girl. Followed VERY closely by Batman & Robin.

They both stunk to high heaven. What two big old piles of Cow Dung those two movies were. Jeez. Watching them feels much like the torture scenes in "A Clockwork Orange"! :eek:

They ruined the Batman franchise, and George Clooney even said it.

[cable guy]

Well I thought Uma Thurman was nice to look at. But her lines were pretty corny. As the rest of the movie was.
Theres just no way to polish a turd like Batman & Robin.

Uma Thurman was soundly defeated by the horror of what was Batman and Robin.

[kalorama]

i mean the dolph lungren punisher right? because the new one rocked.


Aside from Thomas Jane's performance, which was wasted, I thought the Dolph Lundgren version was much more effective and entertaining.

[Shellhead]

Halle Berry wasn't the problem with Catwoman. Blame it on the script and the director. Halle can be a good actress, and she is stunningly beautiful. But if the director sails you off on a rickety raft down a river of SH*T, it is hard to do very much.

It's too bad that Oscars can't be taken away from undeserving winners. I can't even name two movies that feature good perfomances by Halle Berry.

[pirulaso]

Aside from Thomas Jane's performance, which was wasted, I thought the Dolph Lundgren version was much more effective and entertaining.

john travolta was cool.

[kalorama]

john travolta was cool.

He was cool in Pulp Ficton and Get Shorty. Other than that, he's been mostly phoning it in for the better part of the last decade.

[DDM]

Wonder Woman (starring Cathy Lee Crosby as Diana Prince)
Captain America (Reb Brown (?) as Captain America)
Spider-Man 70's movies
The Punisher (Dolph Lungeran)
Nick Fury (David Hasslehoff)
Superman III-IV
Batman III-IV
Catwoman (Halle Berry)
The Hulk (CGI Hulk)

[Pinball]

I dug the Tank Girl movie, though i can see how it would get a lot of razzing.
But it's not a superhero movie.
It's a furry movie. :D

I don't, however, get the hate for Meteor Man. What was so lousy about it?

[The Joker]

I dug the Tank Girl movie, though i can see how it would get a lot of razzing.
But it's not a superhero movie.
It's a furry movie. :D

When you're right. You're right. :D