My Top 10 Best and Worst Super Hero Films
My Top 10 Best and Worst Super Hero Films
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Jul 20, 2008
In light of the new Dark Knight movie, I decided to rank the top 10 best and worst super hero movies that I have seen. Keep in mind, there are plenty I have not seen, but out of the ones I have this is how they ranked. And feel free to tell me what your favorite and least favorite super hero movies are!
BEST SUPER HERO MOVIES
1) Spider-Man 2 - This movie represents the ultimate comic book film to me. And no, not just because I'm a Spidey fan. The action is thrilling, the story interesting, and the characters are well developed. While Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst aren't too special, Alfred Molina steals the show as the charming tragic villain Doc Ock. But what truly makes this movie enjoyable for me is that it's not non stop action. It gives the audience time to relax and throws some great gags their way. A story that is enjoyable for audiences of all ages.
2) Dark Knight - A wonderfully dark and complex story, with an amazing cast. But perhaps a bit too dark which limits it's audience. Still, this did not stop me from enjoying it. This movie keeps it's audience on edge the whole time with spectacular action and sinister characters. I was personally a little more drawn to the under hyped Two Face, who got very little commercial focus after the late Heath Ledger. Yes, Ledger was definitely exciting to watch, but don't ignore other great characters and actors. The only thing that separates this film from Spider-Man 2 is that there were no moments where the audience could relax and laugh.
3) Spider-Man - A great starting point. Like the sequel, the action was good, and had a nice sense of humor. The sequel definitely built on everything this film already had going for it. And a personal side note, the scene where the citizens of New York tell the Green Goblin "if you mess with Spidey, you mess with New York" is very touching.
4) Batman Returns - This is why I don't trust critics. Batman Returns was criticized for being "too dark", but Dark Knight is praised for it's dark and sinister characters. MAKE UP YOUR MIND PEOPLE! Anyways, until Dark Knight came out, this was my favorite Batman movie. I liked it because it was dark, and the villains were incredible. And it has Christopher freakin Walken in it! How can you not like that? The score for this movie is also one of my favorite by Danny Elfman. It's dark, but adds a nice heroic touch.
5) Batman Begins - Well, Joel Schumacher screwed up Batman. Think we can fix the series? No, so let's just restart it! Which was a brilliant idea! Christopher Nolan had a lot of balls when he did this movie. Not only did he dare to make a movie about a super hero that failed before, but he chose to use villains the are not well known, and took his time in showing how Bruce Wayne becomes Batman. And somehow, he pulled it all off. My complaint about the movie was the villains. It seems like Scarecrow is the main villain, but then he gets discarded and Rah's Ah Ghul comes in again during the last 20 minutes. If it didn't work for Venom, it won't work for Liam Neeson. But other than villains, the movie is able to hold up very well on it's own.
6) Iron Man - I was never a fan of Iron Man or Robert Downey Jr. until now. When I heard they were making a movie about Iron Man, I figured it would be a piece of crap thrown together to make some more money. I have never enjoyed being wrong more in my life. Iron Man is just plain fun. My only complaint is the last part of the movie. The end fight was very anti climactic, which is just a nasty little tease. But then Samuel L. Jackson shows up and saves the movie after the credits end. Seriously, that man is good in anything. Hopefully they will learn from their mistakes in the sequel and we can expect another great movie.
7) X-Men 2 - I was not a big fan of X-Men 1. It just seemed too cartoony for me. But this film had a very nice realistic touch that by far surpassed the last film. I particularly liked that Magneto and the X-Men joined forces. The action scenes were nothing amazing, but the story is over all enjoyable.
8) Batman - I'm gonna say this right now. Jack Nicholson may not be the best Joker, but nobody ever complained about it until Heath Ledger commercials showed up! I'm telling you, if you put Heath Ledger's Joker in this movie it would not work! Stop comparing the two! They were both fine for their time and separate movie! With that said, this movie is a great 80's action flick. Lots of explosions and guns and cool machines for Batman. It's certainly not the best of the Batman series, but not the worst. It was good for it's time.
9) Incredible Hulk - never really liked the Hulk too much. He's not exactly a super hero in my mind, just a big green disgruntled guy that we are supposed to root for. This movie is interesting and fun to watch, but mainly it gets my vote for Edward Norton who I think is an amazing actor. Blonsky was a pretty cool villain too (up until he became Abomination and was just like Hulk). The fighting was fun to watch, but in the end the Hulk just seemed to randomly get the upper hand. It just did not make a lot of sense to me, but was still entertaining.
10) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer: I HATED the first movie. So I watched this one with the lowest expectations possible. And because of that, it actually seemed like a good movie. The characters were a bit more enjoyable this time and actually got along instead of always fighting with each other. Another reason I was a little more drawn to this movie is because Monsters 2 was filming when I watched it. A movie with 3 guys and 1 girl as super heroes hit home for me.
WORST SUPER HERO MOVIES
1) Spider-Man 3 - This movie single handedly managed to kill the franchise for me. They took everything good they had going for them and fucked it all up. The jokes were so over the top they weren't funny, the acting was terrible and stale, and the music was disgusting (that's what happens when you replace Danny Elfman). And the villains just were not interesting by any means. There was so much they could have done with the "black suit" but was never shown. There is no character progress except for Harry. In fact, the character lose progress. In Spider-Man 2, MJ and Peter are happy, but now their relationship has gone to shit. *Sigh* this movie had so much potential but it all failed. What really sucks is I assumed it would be so good, I bought tickets for two different days! I will constantly criticize this movie until Sam Raimi personally admits he wrong me and gives me my money back.
2) Batman and Robin - Bat nipples and bat asses. Need I say anymore? The plot is just ludicrous. Freeze the world? Are you serious? This movie series has ceased being dark and complex and instead has turned more colorful than a Las Vegas casino. Many often criticize Arnold Swarchenager's ice puns, but in my opinion that is the one and only thing this movie had going for it. It was so bad, at least it knew it could make fun of itself.
3) Batman Forever - Many say they actually like Batman Forever. When they do, I ask them why. "Uh, Jim Carrey was good". I would like to set the record straight. Jim Carrey was not good. Jim Carrey was Jim Carrey! He was over the top and manic, which would have worked for the 60's Riddler, but not the modern one who is much more collected. And second, you should not say a movie is good just based off of one actor. The villains sucked, the scenery sucked, and the story line was "eh" which I guess is a good thing. Not only that, but they totally ignored the last two movies. In Batman, we see Harvey Dent. Yes, he is black, but none the less that is the established Harvey Dent. But in this one we get Tommy Lee Jones, with a totally different story. Actually, we never even see his story really. He's just kinda there. The only real reason this movie is number 3 on my worst list is because they kept Elfman around to score the film.
4) Dare Devil - I don't remember much about this movie. All I know is I hated it. It was just Marvel's attempt to get some more success like they did with Spider-Man. End of story!
5) Hulk - This movie was interesting right up until the Hulk's 3 appearance. By then it was nothing but 30 minutes of the Hulk jumping and smashing military helicopters and tanks. There was no real villain in this story until the very end. And for some reason, they made the final fight (which was very short) so dark you can't even see anything. This movie makes me angry. And you wouldn't like me when I'm angry!
6) Fantastic 4 - Yet another film that is trying to cash in on the success of Spider-Man. The heroes only fought the villain for 5 minutes. During the other hour and 25 minutes, they fought with each other! And why is it that these 4 can cause a major accident and then make up for it and are considered heroes, where spider-man is constantly hounded by people for doing good things? The only good thing that came out of this movie is my cousins "Fantastic Four in a nut shell" and the song Noots by Sum 41.
7) Hellboy - another movie I don't remember much about except the fact I did not like it. Many say "Guillermo Del Torro does good movies" and think this would be amazing like his other stuff. Something I've learned about movies. Don't think every movie a director makes is going to be good or bad just because one is. Judge each movie independently. I think I was one of the few people that was not looking forward to Hell Boy 2.
8) X-Men Last Stand - This movie isn't necessarily bad, but it's not very good. It focuses pretty much on Wolverine and only him (like we have not got enough exposure of him from the last films). Almost any other character takes a major back seat, but we're still expected to connect with them. The end fight could have been seriously epic, but wasn't. And Magneto got taken out in a matter of seconds. I think the only part that lived up to the hype was the infamous line "IM THE JUGGERNAUT BITCH!"
9) Superman - I don't think this is really a very bad movie, I just personally did not enjoy it. I can't really explain it, it just was not my cup of tea. Maybe I would have loved it if I was around when it came out, but I didn't.
10) The Spirit - This one is personal! There is already a Spirit in a movie, and that's The Spirit in the Monsters trilogy! FUCK YOU OTHER SPIRIT! FUCK YOU!
BEST SUPER HERO MOVIES
1) Spider-Man 2 - This movie represents the ultimate comic book film to me. And no, not just because I'm a Spidey fan. The action is thrilling, the story interesting, and the characters are well developed. While Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst aren't too special, Alfred Molina steals the show as the charming tragic villain Doc Ock. But what truly makes this movie enjoyable for me is that it's not non stop action. It gives the audience time to relax and throws some great gags their way. A story that is enjoyable for audiences of all ages.
2) Dark Knight - A wonderfully dark and complex story, with an amazing cast. But perhaps a bit too dark which limits it's audience. Still, this did not stop me from enjoying it. This movie keeps it's audience on edge the whole time with spectacular action and sinister characters. I was personally a little more drawn to the under hyped Two Face, who got very little commercial focus after the late Heath Ledger. Yes, Ledger was definitely exciting to watch, but don't ignore other great characters and actors. The only thing that separates this film from Spider-Man 2 is that there were no moments where the audience could relax and laugh.
3) Spider-Man - A great starting point. Like the sequel, the action was good, and had a nice sense of humor. The sequel definitely built on everything this film already had going for it. And a personal side note, the scene where the citizens of New York tell the Green Goblin "if you mess with Spidey, you mess with New York" is very touching.
4) Batman Returns - This is why I don't trust critics. Batman Returns was criticized for being "too dark", but Dark Knight is praised for it's dark and sinister characters. MAKE UP YOUR MIND PEOPLE! Anyways, until Dark Knight came out, this was my favorite Batman movie. I liked it because it was dark, and the villains were incredible. And it has Christopher freakin Walken in it! How can you not like that? The score for this movie is also one of my favorite by Danny Elfman. It's dark, but adds a nice heroic touch.
5) Batman Begins - Well, Joel Schumacher screwed up Batman. Think we can fix the series? No, so let's just restart it! Which was a brilliant idea! Christopher Nolan had a lot of balls when he did this movie. Not only did he dare to make a movie about a super hero that failed before, but he chose to use villains the are not well known, and took his time in showing how Bruce Wayne becomes Batman. And somehow, he pulled it all off. My complaint about the movie was the villains. It seems like Scarecrow is the main villain, but then he gets discarded and Rah's Ah Ghul comes in again during the last 20 minutes. If it didn't work for Venom, it won't work for Liam Neeson. But other than villains, the movie is able to hold up very well on it's own.
6) Iron Man - I was never a fan of Iron Man or Robert Downey Jr. until now. When I heard they were making a movie about Iron Man, I figured it would be a piece of crap thrown together to make some more money. I have never enjoyed being wrong more in my life. Iron Man is just plain fun. My only complaint is the last part of the movie. The end fight was very anti climactic, which is just a nasty little tease. But then Samuel L. Jackson shows up and saves the movie after the credits end. Seriously, that man is good in anything. Hopefully they will learn from their mistakes in the sequel and we can expect another great movie.
7) X-Men 2 - I was not a big fan of X-Men 1. It just seemed too cartoony for me. But this film had a very nice realistic touch that by far surpassed the last film. I particularly liked that Magneto and the X-Men joined forces. The action scenes were nothing amazing, but the story is over all enjoyable.
8) Batman - I'm gonna say this right now. Jack Nicholson may not be the best Joker, but nobody ever complained about it until Heath Ledger commercials showed up! I'm telling you, if you put Heath Ledger's Joker in this movie it would not work! Stop comparing the two! They were both fine for their time and separate movie! With that said, this movie is a great 80's action flick. Lots of explosions and guns and cool machines for Batman. It's certainly not the best of the Batman series, but not the worst. It was good for it's time.
9) Incredible Hulk - never really liked the Hulk too much. He's not exactly a super hero in my mind, just a big green disgruntled guy that we are supposed to root for. This movie is interesting and fun to watch, but mainly it gets my vote for Edward Norton who I think is an amazing actor. Blonsky was a pretty cool villain too (up until he became Abomination and was just like Hulk). The fighting was fun to watch, but in the end the Hulk just seemed to randomly get the upper hand. It just did not make a lot of sense to me, but was still entertaining.
10) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer: I HATED the first movie. So I watched this one with the lowest expectations possible. And because of that, it actually seemed like a good movie. The characters were a bit more enjoyable this time and actually got along instead of always fighting with each other. Another reason I was a little more drawn to this movie is because Monsters 2 was filming when I watched it. A movie with 3 guys and 1 girl as super heroes hit home for me.
WORST SUPER HERO MOVIES
1) Spider-Man 3 - This movie single handedly managed to kill the franchise for me. They took everything good they had going for them and fucked it all up. The jokes were so over the top they weren't funny, the acting was terrible and stale, and the music was disgusting (that's what happens when you replace Danny Elfman). And the villains just were not interesting by any means. There was so much they could have done with the "black suit" but was never shown. There is no character progress except for Harry. In fact, the character lose progress. In Spider-Man 2, MJ and Peter are happy, but now their relationship has gone to shit. *Sigh* this movie had so much potential but it all failed. What really sucks is I assumed it would be so good, I bought tickets for two different days! I will constantly criticize this movie until Sam Raimi personally admits he wrong me and gives me my money back.
2) Batman and Robin - Bat nipples and bat asses. Need I say anymore? The plot is just ludicrous. Freeze the world? Are you serious? This movie series has ceased being dark and complex and instead has turned more colorful than a Las Vegas casino. Many often criticize Arnold Swarchenager's ice puns, but in my opinion that is the one and only thing this movie had going for it. It was so bad, at least it knew it could make fun of itself.
3) Batman Forever - Many say they actually like Batman Forever. When they do, I ask them why. "Uh, Jim Carrey was good". I would like to set the record straight. Jim Carrey was not good. Jim Carrey was Jim Carrey! He was over the top and manic, which would have worked for the 60's Riddler, but not the modern one who is much more collected. And second, you should not say a movie is good just based off of one actor. The villains sucked, the scenery sucked, and the story line was "eh" which I guess is a good thing. Not only that, but they totally ignored the last two movies. In Batman, we see Harvey Dent. Yes, he is black, but none the less that is the established Harvey Dent. But in this one we get Tommy Lee Jones, with a totally different story. Actually, we never even see his story really. He's just kinda there. The only real reason this movie is number 3 on my worst list is because they kept Elfman around to score the film.
4) Dare Devil - I don't remember much about this movie. All I know is I hated it. It was just Marvel's attempt to get some more success like they did with Spider-Man. End of story!
5) Hulk - This movie was interesting right up until the Hulk's 3 appearance. By then it was nothing but 30 minutes of the Hulk jumping and smashing military helicopters and tanks. There was no real villain in this story until the very end. And for some reason, they made the final fight (which was very short) so dark you can't even see anything. This movie makes me angry. And you wouldn't like me when I'm angry!
6) Fantastic 4 - Yet another film that is trying to cash in on the success of Spider-Man. The heroes only fought the villain for 5 minutes. During the other hour and 25 minutes, they fought with each other! And why is it that these 4 can cause a major accident and then make up for it and are considered heroes, where spider-man is constantly hounded by people for doing good things? The only good thing that came out of this movie is my cousins "Fantastic Four in a nut shell" and the song Noots by Sum 41.
7) Hellboy - another movie I don't remember much about except the fact I did not like it. Many say "Guillermo Del Torro does good movies" and think this would be amazing like his other stuff. Something I've learned about movies. Don't think every movie a director makes is going to be good or bad just because one is. Judge each movie independently. I think I was one of the few people that was not looking forward to Hell Boy 2.
8) X-Men Last Stand - This movie isn't necessarily bad, but it's not very good. It focuses pretty much on Wolverine and only him (like we have not got enough exposure of him from the last films). Almost any other character takes a major back seat, but we're still expected to connect with them. The end fight could have been seriously epic, but wasn't. And Magneto got taken out in a matter of seconds. I think the only part that lived up to the hype was the infamous line "IM THE JUGGERNAUT BITCH!"
9) Superman - I don't think this is really a very bad movie, I just personally did not enjoy it. I can't really explain it, it just was not my cup of tea. Maybe I would have loved it if I was around when it came out, but I didn't.
10) The Spirit - This one is personal! There is already a Spirit in a movie, and that's The Spirit in the Monsters trilogy! FUCK YOU OTHER SPIRIT! FUCK YOU!
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written by shingouken , July 21, 2008
Maybe i'm just wierd, but X-men the last stand, daredevil and superman were films i found to be really enjoyable. Also, i can't say that ive ever enyoyed a batman film
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written by Lazypug , July 21, 2008
but a few problems with the list like i liked the dark knight more then spiderman 2 and batman begins better then batman returns and spiderman 1
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written by Modyman , July 21, 2008
Film Brain: Thanks for the correction on Guillermo del Torro. I took care of that right away. As for Steel, the Corman Fantastic 4, and Catwoman, I have not seen those movies. I knew those were bad, so I did not bother. These are just the movies I've seen.
Shingouken: It's not weird if you enjoy X-Men Last Stand, Dare Devil, or Superman. I actually kinda like Last Stand, but there are plenty of things I can personally find that make it not as good as the previous ones.
Lazypug: There are no problems with the list. This is simply my personal order of best and worst, not the one I think everyone should follow.
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Shingouken: It's not weird if you enjoy X-Men Last Stand, Dare Devil, or Superman. I actually kinda like Last Stand, but there are plenty of things I can personally find that make it not as good as the previous ones.
Lazypug: There are no problems with the list. This is simply my personal order of best and worst, not the one I think everyone should follow.
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written by JinLee86 , July 21, 2008
Personally, I enjoy every X-Men film that came out, but I disliked Spider-Man 2. Reason? In Spider-Man 2, it seemed like every person on Earth found out Spider-Man's identity, so there wasn't much mystic to the character anymore. That kinda ruined it for me. Especially when one kid said, "don't worry, we won't tel." Are you kidding me? In New York? Minnesota, yeah, I'll believe that, but in New York? No way.
Most of this list seemed rather inspired more by Cinemassacre's Batman reviews that your own words. In fact, I never heard the "Jim Carrey was Jim Carrey!" statement until James had pointed it out himself. I enjoy Batman Forever mainly BECAUSE of Jim Carrey. There were a lot of things wrong with the movie (including a bat-ass), but I feel that it's watchable because of Jim's performance. His take on the Riddler is very similar to the comic book version (at least, one of the versions), which is more than I could say for Scarecrow's involvement in Batman Begins.
Overall, your list was choppy with me and I don't agree with it 100%. Then again, it's your list, not mine. Aside from sounding as though the Batman films were mostly spoken out of James' mouth, it was a semi-enjoyable read.
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Most of this list seemed rather inspired more by Cinemassacre's Batman reviews that your own words. In fact, I never heard the "Jim Carrey was Jim Carrey!" statement until James had pointed it out himself. I enjoy Batman Forever mainly BECAUSE of Jim Carrey. There were a lot of things wrong with the movie (including a bat-ass), but I feel that it's watchable because of Jim's performance. His take on the Riddler is very similar to the comic book version (at least, one of the versions), which is more than I could say for Scarecrow's involvement in Batman Begins.
Overall, your list was choppy with me and I don't agree with it 100%. Then again, it's your list, not mine. Aside from sounding as though the Batman films were mostly spoken out of James' mouth, it was a semi-enjoyable read.
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written by TylerDirty529 , July 21, 2008
I agree with you on Spider-Man 2, it's my favorite superhero movie too.
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written by Dove , July 21, 2008
In the bottom ten, which Hulk movie are you listing as a horrible film? The 2005 one? Or the One that just came out?
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written by Dove , July 21, 2008
Oh, and I think The Dark Knight would have been a much worse film if it gave it's audience time (and a reason) to laugh. It's not that kind of film, IMO. But I respect the fact that this list is a reflection of your opinions.
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written by Film Brain , July 21, 2008
I disliked Spider-Man 2. Reason? In Spider-Man 2, it seemed like every person on Earth found out Spider-Man's identity, so there wasn't much mystic to the character anymore. That kinda ruined it for me. Especially when one kid said, "don't worry, we won't tell." Are you kidding me? In New York? Minnesota, yeah, I'll believe that, but in New York? No way.
I didn't hate it becuase of this, but it's a good reason why I think it is way overrated. That and the fact that the characters are seemingly indestructible. (if Doc Ock is just a normal person plus metal tentacles, how can he get punched in the face dozens of times and show not even a sign of damage?)
I like Daredevil, but only in Director's Cut form. The theatrical version is a hideously done hackjob by the studio.
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written by Modyman , July 21, 2008
JinLee86: People didn't exactly FIND out spider-man identity, they just saw what he looked like. Example, if I were a super hero and you saw my face, you can't really tell people who I am unless I was someone famous. Otherwise all you can say is "yea, he's a guy with dark parted hair and a goatee". That is a vague description. Anyone could have probably guessed that. As for my review being inspired by Cinnemassacre, I have not seen any of his reviews. You don't have to be a genius to realize that Jim Carrey was just being his normal goofy self. I do agree Scarecrow was not accurate, but he was hardly in Batman Begins. But I assure you, Cinnemassacre had nothing to do with my list.
Dove: By "Hulk" I mean the first one that came out. By "Incredible Hulk" I mean the one starring Edward Norton. And yes, I agree Dark Knight would not be as good if it let the audience laugh. I totally understand the Batman comic series is a much darker tone than the sarcastic Spider-Man series. But I'm personally a comedic type of guy and I like to have some laughs. That's why I enjoyed Spider-Man 2,
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Dove: By "Hulk" I mean the first one that came out. By "Incredible Hulk" I mean the one starring Edward Norton. And yes, I agree Dark Knight would not be as good if it let the audience laugh. I totally understand the Batman comic series is a much darker tone than the sarcastic Spider-Man series. But I'm personally a comedic type of guy and I like to have some laughs. That's why I enjoyed Spider-Man 2,
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written by JinLee86 , July 21, 2008
With all those people on the subway, especially in New York, there would be at least one person with a camera cell phone (thus, being able to take pictures quietly) and would love to cash in on revealing Spider-Man's identity. All it takes is one picture or even an exact drawing of a description to send to a publisher. Thousands of flyers would wind up being posted over the "spider-boy." That's what really would have happened had this taken place in New York. I'm not saying Spider-Man 2 was a bad movie, but I just disliked it.
The least they could have done was showed someone attempting to reveal Spider-Man's face (such as having an accurate drawing that gets ruined or a picture on a cell phone camera that gets broken just before they could show somone).
Can't blame me for comparing your reviews to the Batman reviews of James. It just seemed that your statement was wildly similar to James' and this list was put up almost a week after he made such a comment.
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The least they could have done was showed someone attempting to reveal Spider-Man's face (such as having an accurate drawing that gets ruined or a picture on a cell phone camera that gets broken just before they could show somone).
Can't blame me for comparing your reviews to the Batman reviews of James. It just seemed that your statement was wildly similar to James' and this list was put up almost a week after he made such a comment.
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written by Modyman , July 21, 2008
JinLee86: Yea, showing a camera or picture get ruined would have been cool. Or even have someone mention the idea of turning him in and having the rest of the people say "no, he just saved us" would at least be nice. This scene just didn't phase me too much I guess and I was over all able to over look it. Am I biased because I like Spider-Man? Yea, probably. I grew up on the guy and it's pretty hard to get me to hate one of his movies. Well, until Spider-Man 3 came along. Why Raimi, why?
And I dont really blame you for comparing my review to James. I'm sure if someone said something similar to a review I saw, I would figure they were quoting them. I just think both James and I made the same observations. But I assure you, if I quote something, I give credit to the one who came up with it.
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And I dont really blame you for comparing my review to James. I'm sure if someone said something similar to a review I saw, I would figure they were quoting them. I just think both James and I made the same observations. But I assure you, if I quote something, I give credit to the one who came up with it.
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written by storage and disposal , July 21, 2008
I like Daredevil, but only in Director's Cut form. The theatrical version is a hideously done hackjob by the studio.
Totally agree.
Personally, I think all of the Spider-Man movies are overrated in some way. The third one wasn't that much worse than the other two. It WAS worse, but not that much worse. They were all cheesy (what New York crowd actually acts like that?).
Oh, and I think The Dark Knight would have been a much worse film if it gave it's audience time (and a reason) to laugh.
And yes, I agree Dark Knight would not be as good if it let the audience laugh.
You guys have seen the Dark Knight, right? The Joker was hilarious.
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written by Necromencer , July 21, 2008
I personally liked Hellboy and thought the first Fantastic Four was better than the second. but hey, your list and your opinion. and unlike those morons on spike.com, I respect your opinion
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written by JinLee86 , July 21, 2008
Just saw the Dark Knight and I agree, the commercials I saw were misleading about some parts. Joker was, indeed, very funny in the movie. Although some jokes were more sadistic than others, he was still very comical. I still love the Jack version more than Heath's, but as the Nerd said, comparing those two is like comparing two different things.
What I was concerned over was Joker's trademark laugh. I NEVER heard him laugh over the trailers or commercials, so I was led to believe that they took out the laugh to make this Joker seem much more serious. I'm glad I was wrong.
Not the best superhero movie, but definitely (and by far)not the worst.
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What I was concerned over was Joker's trademark laugh. I NEVER heard him laugh over the trailers or commercials, so I was led to believe that they took out the laugh to make this Joker seem much more serious. I'm glad I was wrong.
Not the best superhero movie, but definitely (and by far)not the worst.
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written by greybob , July 21, 2008
I think the reason 2 Face wasn't hyped as much as the Joker is because they didn't want to spoil the fact that Harvey becomes 2 Face later in the movie. However, anyone who recognized the name Harvey Dent probably already saw it coming when they saw that that character was in it. As for Samuel L. Jackson's character in Iron Man, did you know that the character was actually modeled after Jackson? This was in the comics, a couple of years before they were even considering doing an Avengers movie, mind you. I thought Dark Knight's Joker was too sadistic to be funny. While I did laugh at a couple of his lines I think for the most part his jokes were deliberately made to be unfunny, to give the character a "bad at comedy, great at being a sadistic bastard" quality.
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I never knew he got into directing. I think you mean Guillermo del Toro.
And where's Steel in the worst list? Or the Corman Fantastic Four? Or Catwoman?