Best superhero flick

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The Dark Knight 12
The Incredibles 8
Spider-Man 2 8
Superman II 7
Superman 5
Hellboy 5
X2 4
Iron Man 3
Spider-Man 3
V for Vendetta 2
X-Men 2
The Rocketeer 2
Darkman 2
Batman Returns 2
Batman (1966) 2
Batman (1989) 2
Batman Begins 2
Superman III 1
Blade 1
Hancock 1
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army 1
Watchmen 1
Batman & Robin 1
The Spirit 0
Superman IV 0
Superman Returns 0
X-Men: The Last Stand 0
Spider-Man 3 0
Batman Forever 0
Fantastic Four 0
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 0
Ghost Rider 0
Daredevil 0
Catwoman 0
Hulk 0
The Incredible Hulk 0
Blade III 0
Blade II 0
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 0
Mystery Men 0
Spawn 0
X-Men Origins: Wolverine 0


chap, Monday, 8 June 2009 13:20 (sixteen years ago)

x2 imo

mark cl, Monday, 8 June 2009 13:22 (sixteen years ago)

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

chap, Monday, 8 June 2009 13:23 (sixteen years ago)

Or possibly Hellboy 2.

chap, Monday, 8 June 2009 13:24 (sixteen years ago)

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

U2 raped goat (darraghmac), Monday, 8 June 2009 13:27 (sixteen years ago)

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

nate woolls, Monday, 8 June 2009 13:28 (sixteen years ago)

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

congratulations (n/a), Monday, 8 June 2009 13:30 (sixteen years ago)

superman 2 !

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Monday, 8 June 2009 13:30 (sixteen years ago)

also slight honourable mention must go to Unbreakable, imo

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Monday, 8 June 2009 13:31 (sixteen years ago)

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

Tuomas, Monday, 8 June 2009 13:33 (sixteen years ago)

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

chap, Monday, 8 June 2009 13:34 (sixteen years ago)

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

1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Monday, 8 June 2009 13:36 (sixteen years ago)

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

ears are wounds, Monday, 8 June 2009 13:36 (sixteen years ago)

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.

Tuomas, Monday, 8 June 2009 13:37 (sixteen years ago)

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.

chap, Monday, 8 June 2009 13:45 (sixteen years ago)

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.

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Monday, 8 June 2009 13:51 (sixteen years ago)

Spiderman 2, maybe?

nu hollywood (Eric H.), Monday, 8 June 2009 14:22 (sixteen years ago)

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

EZ Snappin, Monday, 8 June 2009 14:39 (sixteen years ago)

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

unicorn poop evaluator (WmC), Monday, 8 June 2009 14:42 (sixteen years ago)

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

1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Monday, 8 June 2009 15:21 (sixteen years ago)

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

BlackIronPrison, Monday, 8 June 2009 16:16 (sixteen years ago)

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

Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 June 2009 16:18 (sixteen years ago)

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

Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 June 2009 16:19 (sixteen years ago)

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)

1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Monday, 8 June 2009 16:20 (sixteen years ago)

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)

Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 June 2009 16:22 (sixteen years ago)

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

mark cl, Monday, 8 June 2009 16:24 (sixteen years ago)

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.

Hatfail of Hollow (Nicole), Monday, 8 June 2009 16:32 (sixteen years ago)

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

chap, Monday, 8 June 2009 16:33 (sixteen years ago)

Hancock!

Orin Boyd (jel --), Monday, 8 June 2009 16:35 (sixteen years ago)

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

interesting remark

Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 8 June 2009 16:55 (sixteen years ago)

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.

Orin Boyd (jel --), Monday, 8 June 2009 16:59 (sixteen years ago)

top 10

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

Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 8 June 2009 17:02 (sixteen years ago)

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

For ZOD.

da croupier, Monday, 8 June 2009 17:23 (sixteen years ago)

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

da croupier, Monday, 8 June 2009 17:24 (sixteen years ago)

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

da croupier, Monday, 8 June 2009 17:26 (sixteen years ago)

looks like Henry Gibson in that thing

da croupier, Monday, 8 June 2009 17:27 (sixteen years ago)

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

Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 June 2009 17:29 (sixteen years ago)

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

unicorn poop evaluator (WmC), Monday, 8 June 2009 17:31 (sixteen years ago)

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

Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 June 2009 17:32 (sixteen years ago)

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.

slugbaiting (rockapads), Monday, 8 June 2009 17:34 (sixteen years ago)

Hancock was great!

1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Monday, 8 June 2009 17:35 (sixteen years ago)

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

da croupier, Monday, 8 June 2009 17:35 (sixteen years ago)

iirc the new yorker gave hancock a good review?

mark cl, Monday, 8 June 2009 17:36 (sixteen years ago)

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

Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 June 2009 17:37 (sixteen years ago)

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

Orin Boyd (jel --), Monday, 8 June 2009 17:38 (sixteen years ago)

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)

1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Monday, 8 June 2009 17:41 (sixteen years ago)

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?

da croupier, Monday, 8 June 2009 17:41 (sixteen years ago)

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

mark cl, Monday, 8 June 2009 17:42 (sixteen years ago)

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

I am shocked and appalled that you even asked this.

1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Monday, 8 June 2009 17:44 (sixteen years ago)

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

Vokuhila (latebloomer), Monday, 8 June 2009 17:50 (sixteen years ago)

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.

Tuomas, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:15 (fifteen years ago)

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!)

Sleep Causes Cancer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:17 (fifteen years ago)

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.

Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:17 (fifteen years ago)

wait, I just made it sound awful

Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:17 (fifteen years ago)

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

da croupier, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:18 (fifteen years ago)

Ghost Rider chillin' with That One Guy:

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

Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:18 (fifteen years ago)

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.

Tuomas, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:19 (fifteen years ago)

Superman Origins: Jimmy Olsen starring Shia LaBeouf

da croupier, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:20 (fifteen years ago)

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.

R Baez, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:20 (fifteen years ago)

Ghost Rider chillin' with That One Guy:

Charles Manson?

Sleep Causes Cancer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:21 (fifteen years ago)

Chuck Mangione.

da croupier, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:21 (fifteen years ago)

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.

Orin Boyd (jel --), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:22 (fifteen years ago)

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

Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:22 (fifteen years ago)

"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.

da croupier, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:23 (fifteen years ago)

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

Where to begin.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:26 (fifteen years ago)

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!

Philip Nunez, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:27 (fifteen years ago)

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

Philip Nunez, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:28 (fifteen years ago)

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

Orin Boyd (jel --), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:29 (fifteen years ago)

Who would it star?

Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:31 (fifteen years ago)

angelina jolie.

ian, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:31 (fifteen years ago)

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

ian, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:33 (fifteen years ago)

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

Philip Nunez, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:35 (fifteen years ago)

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!

Orin Boyd (jel --), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:35 (fifteen years ago)

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

suddenly, everything was dark and smelly (HI DERE), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:35 (fifteen years ago)

Meagan Fox, haha!!

Orin Boyd (jel --), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:36 (fifteen years ago)

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.

Tuomas, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:36 (fifteen years ago)

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.

suddenly, everything was dark and smelly (HI DERE), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:40 (fifteen years ago)

but aliens be wanting to destroy the earth man!

Sleep Causes Cancer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:41 (fifteen years ago)

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

Sleep Causes Cancer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:41 (fifteen years ago)

also Bizarro = teh lolz

Sleep Causes Cancer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:41 (fifteen years ago)

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").

suddenly, everything was dark and smelly (HI DERE), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:43 (fifteen years ago)

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

suddenly, everything was dark and smelly (HI DERE), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:44 (fifteen years ago)

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

ian, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:45 (fifteen years ago)

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

Philip Nunez, Monday, 13 July 2009 21:46 (fifteen years ago)

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

suddenly, everything was dark and smelly (HI DERE), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:48 (fifteen years ago)

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.

I am moving on baby, I am moving on (Pancakes Hackman), Monday, 13 July 2009 22:10 (fifteen years ago)

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.

I am moving on baby, I am moving on (Pancakes Hackman), Monday, 13 July 2009 22:12 (fifteen years ago)

haha waht

Mogo = teh awesome wow

Bizarro Morbius (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 July 2009 22:24 (fifteen years ago)

superman is def boring, i agree with hi dere

Then, it dawned on me: "I HAVE BEEN PLAYED!" (omar little), Monday, 13 July 2009 22:28 (fifteen years ago)

superman rules you guys are ridic.

ian, Monday, 13 July 2009 22:30 (fifteen years ago)

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.

EZ Snappin, Monday, 13 July 2009 22:41 (fifteen years ago)

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

Detroit Metal City (Nicole), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 00:11 (fifteen years ago)

Any superheroes from New Jersey?

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 00:23 (fifteen years ago)

Tony Soprano.

My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 00:33 (fifteen years ago)

"But my mother lives in Hackensack!"

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 00:35 (fifteen years ago)

Thor, aka Helmet Wings Of Desire.

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

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 00:37 (fifteen years ago)

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

Nate Carson, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 02:18 (fifteen years ago)

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...

Nate Carson, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 02:22 (fifteen years ago)

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?

Tuomas, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 06:28 (fifteen years ago)

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...

Orin Boyd (jel --), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 07:29 (fifteen years ago)


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