Best superhero flick

x2 imo

For me it's between Batman Begins and The Incredibles.

Or possibly Hellboy 2.

Iron Man keeps it fairly uncomplicated, while still doing most of the superhero flick stuff well.

Spider-Man 2 is about the only one I'd sit through again.

Voted Spiderman 2, maybe should have voted for The Incredibles.

superman 2 !

also slight honourable mention must go to Unbreakable, imo

You included Hellboy but not Constantine? I don't really see either as superheroes though.

Forgot about Constantine and Unbreakable. Hellboy is definitely more of a superhero than JC though!

Of the ones I've seen, these are the ones I would watch again without hesitation pretty much at any time:

Batman Begins
Batman Returns
Blade
Blade II
The Dark Knight
Darkman
Hancock
Hellboy
Hulk
The Incredibles
Iron Man
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Spawn
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Superman
Superman II
V for Vendetta
Watchmen
X-Men
X2
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

You know I had to go for the Dark Knight...but Mystery Men nearly got my vote....

Forgot about Constantine and Unbreakable. Hellboy is definitely more of a superhero than JC though!

Really, why? They're both about magical guys who fight against demons, but I don't think that's enough to qualify as a "superhero", otherwise there'd be plenty of other movies that should qualify too.

Cos Hellboy's a big red guy with horns and a magic arm! Constantine doesn't actually have any powers, he's just really crafty and shit.

yes Unbreakable probly not that much of an issue to be left out here, although it's an interesting take on the whole comic book good v evil stories.

Spiderman 2, maybe?

Darkman! Really the most comic book-like superhero flick.

Tough choice between The Incredibles, Iron Man and The Dark Knight.

WmC otm, I think (might include Blade and Spiderman)

What? No Howard The Duck? ... Seriously though - First Chris Reeves Superman by a MILE / Earth Rotation.

X-Men movies pretty high above everything else. What a sad genre :(

Voted X2.

The Batman Beings/Dark Knight movies are both really great, but they have some fairly big flaws the X-Men movies don't

such as...? (not saying they don't, I'm just curious what you're seeing as flaws because I'm guessing they're the things I love about those movies)

Dark Knight is just tooooo long - one too many Joker bomb plots, they kinda trample over the whole Two-Face arc. Or maybe they should cut the sequence in Japan, which is largely inconsequential to the rest of the movie.

Begins is pretty great except I am not all that into Neeson and Ras Al Ghul as a villain (Scarecrow dude was so much better)

the first two x-men movies are pretty awesome. like the new batman movies but there are a few things i didn't like. twoface was pretty terrible in dark night imo

I like a lot of these movies but the Incredibles was an easy choice -- animation lends itself better to a superhero story than live action does.

Incredibles arguably has the most exciting action sequences of any of these films.

Hancock!

animation lends itself better to a superhero story than live action does

interesting remark

Top 5:

1. Hancock
2. Fantistic Four
3. Batman (1989)
4. Hell Boy 2
5. The Incredibles

Though, I would make a distinction between comic book adaptation and superheroes created for the screen - as the latter group doesn't suffer from the whole 'messing it up' stigma.

top 10

Hellboy
The Incredibles
Spider-Man
Iron Man
Hellboy 2
X2
Batman
Superman
Batman Begins
Spider-Man 2

Like a lot of these movies, but had to go with Superman II.

For ZOD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDFop0aqYQ

holy shit, i did not remember that The President was played by E.G. Marshall in a fierce toupee.

looks like Henry Gibson in that thing

As much as I love the first two X-Men flicks, it's gotta be Superzod

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/4/7/14/f_GeneralZodFm_1c417aa.jpg

Zod vs. Superman in the current comics continuity is pretty entertaining stuff.

You know something? YOU'RE A REAL PAIN IN THE NECK.

Went for Superman II, but Ironman, X-men, both of the Hellboy movies, Blade, and Batman Begins are all up there for me.

I guess I need to see Hancock. This thread might be the only place I've read anything positive about it.

Hancock was great!

have they ever used the breakaway cellophane "S" trap in the comics?

iirc the new yorker gave hancock a good review?

The best thing about this list is that Gene Hackman could have played the villain in any of them.

the first half of Hancock is amazing! I want a prequel of Hancock just being a git and busting up drug dealers and whatnot.

I thought the entire conceit behind "Hancock" was pretty solid and I really liked the way it ended up playing out (slight caveat: I would have liked a nastier ending more)

The best thing about this list is that Gene Hackman could have played the villain in any of them.

Even Spawn? Do we really want to make Hackman put on Leguizamo's demon clown outfit?

haha yea denby seemed to like it and def liked ogling charlize theron: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2008/07/07/080707crci_cinema_denby

Do we really want to make Hackman put on Leguizamo's demon clown outfit?

I am shocked and appalled that you even asked this.

Spawn (1997): I think this might be one of the worst filns I've ever seen

Like if you had ghostrider and thor in the same movie, you'd have to accept Christian and Norse Gods coexisting. Brain explodes!

Welcome to the Marvel Universe! Gods of different pantheons meet each other regularly there. They've avoided showing Jahve though, I guess not to offend Christians. I think even Ghost Rider's origin was eventually explained away by saying that he was created by a demon pretending to be Satan, not the real Satan himself.

Daily Planet crew are great, essential parts to the Superman mythos. No reason they can't be involved in "cosmic" stuff (and often were in the comics - there are Bizarro Lois's for ex!)

waiting for George Clooney-Dr. Strange flick

That could rock pretty hard. Danny Ocean gets his hands mangled and turns into Michael Clayton, plus SPELLZ to make the Conservapedians mad.

wait, I just made it sound awful

yo i just want george clooney flinging gang signs in a cape

Ghost Rider chillin' with That One Guy:

http://www.shep.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/jesus_team-up_4.jpg

Dan, Morrison's Superman did feature the Daily Planet staff, and they were indeed involved with the cosmic stuff. Jimmy Olsen even got a whole issue for himself.

Superman Origins: Jimmy Olsen starring Shia LaBeouf

I think even Ghost Rider's origin was eventually explained away by saying that he was created by a demon pretending to be Satan, not the real Satan himself.

I've heard he's an angel - A HELL'S ANGEL!

I've always taken consolation in comic book mythology - it's heartening to imagine that all history's trials and atrocities, joys and ecstasies, etc., etc., are all a infinitisimal blip in some berobed dude whose body has the texture of the cosmos.

Ghost Rider chillin' with That One Guy:

Charles Manson?

Chuck Mangione.

Ed Norton's Hulk was great!!

I would get Straczynski to write the Thor movie, coz his run on the comic is pretty great.

2015 - I'll start anticipating a Moon Knight film.

The film they should make is obviously She-Hulk.

Dan, seriously, give Morrison's Superman a free shot via the library. I think the whole run (12 issues) is collected in 2 volumes.

I would get Straczynski to write the Thor movie, coz his run on the comic is pretty great.

^^^ this

"It's going to be like a super hero origin story, but not one about a human gaining super powers, but of a god realizing his true potential. It's the story of a Old Testament god who becomes a new Testament god." sez Thor screenwriter, who really should not be left alone in a room with Kenneth Branagh and a giant pile of money.

It's the story of a Old Testament god who becomes a new Testament god.

Where to begin.

cosmic stuff in Superman is problematic. If you ask average movie going dude to name any alien planets in Superman other than Krypton, he'll probably say there aren't any and there ought not be any. it's too bad. bizarro superman adventures would be hilarious, but the brand is too lucrative to go there.

she-hulk: intergalactic attorney is a non-starter!

Oh have they turned thor christian? that's one way to resolve competing mythologies I guess.

Well, maybe they could have a She-Hulk TV series, that would work.

Who would it star?

angelina jolie.

oh apparently the comic book movie rumor mill sez megan fox is gonna play she-hulk, in a she-hulk movie!

No way can she convincingly play an attorney. Maybe they'll downgrade her to She-Hulk: Intergalactic Paralegal.

That lady who was in "Love You Man" could be Jen Walters! That Chyna lady from the Wrestling could green up. You could have Hercules in the series too!

Okay, I'm just giving it away that I really like comics that are just basically alright...

I have the Hulk TV movie where he fights Thor on DVD. I want a drunk on mead Thor!

Who would it star?

http://prettysleepy.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/steel_0296.jpghttp://z.about.com/d/gameshows/1/0/B/0/-/-/ag3gina.jpg

one of these 2 imo

Meagan Fox, haha!!

cosmic stuff in Superman is problematic. If you ask average movie going dude to name any alien planets in Superman other than Krypton, he'll probably say there aren't any and there ought not be any. it's too bad.

I don't think the average movie going dude has read any Superman comics at all, so I'm not sure if he really has too many preconceptions about what a Superman movie should and shouldn't have, except that it should feature Superman and Lois Lane (and maybe Luthor too). As far as I know supehero flicks and sci-fi flicks have pretty much the same target audience, so I don't really see why combining the two would be an unpopular move, especially with an inherently sci-fi character like Superman.

Because everyone knows that Superman is an alien raised by Americans to be the world's (but really Americans') superhero; if he goes off to fight aliens, he's doing it wrong.

but aliens be wanting to destroy the earth man!

Braniac's gonna put us all in a fuckin jar n shit!

also Bizarro = teh lolz

I don't disagree, but everyone knows Lex Luthor, ergo Superman's enemies are either going to be heretofore unseen enemies from his homeworld or human beings who have aspirations of world domination (where by "world" it is understood to mean "American").

(fwiw I think Captain America is a boring ass, too)

i think a bizarro movie could be really great if done properly.

ha! bizarro movie am great even if done shitty you mean!

I would love a Bizarro movie, actually ( just to contradict everything I've said on the thread thus far).

Plz for Green Lantern movie to include the greatness that is MOGO!

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/Mogo%203.jpg

IT'S A WHOLE FUCKING PLANET THAT'S A GREEN LANTERN. MUST HAVE.

Lolz where is Ant Man and the Wasp movie...

Shakey, you realize this is happening, right?

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I hope America is ready for a wife-beating superhero who almost gets all his friends killed by his stupid robot.

haha waht

Mogo = teh awesome wow

superman is def boring, i agree with hi dere

superman rules you guys are ridic.

Listed in "Fun Stuff" at the imdb page:

Kenneth Branagh conceptualized this film as a Norse/comic-book twist on Der Himmel über Berlin.

Thor, aka Helmet Wings Of Desire.

Kenneth Branagh should be directing dinner theater in Hoboken, not making a superhero movie.

Any superheroes from New Jersey?

Tony Soprano.

"But my mother lives in Hackensack!"

Thor, aka Helmet Wings Of Desire.

Hey, can't wait for Nick Cave to make an appearance in it playing "From Thor to Eternity"

And today on IMDB, Acura presents the most Popular Super Hero Films: http://www.imdb.com/features/poweroffilm/

But seriously, here's a timely and cosmic Superman story with tons of crossover potential:

http://www.antekprizering.com/alisupermancomicbook0204.jpeg

Could even be a swell period piece with all the famous 70s icons in the crowd...

I've never read read that comic book, but I've always kinda wondered, how could Muhammad Ali, who (as far as I know) is a mere human, match with Superman? Did he get some superpowers? Or was Superman depowered?

They probably ended up teaming dude!

My friend is always buying those awful team-up books, like Superman vs Bugs Bunny, X-Men vs the Fraggles, Green Lantern and Sex in the City...