Rank the Superhero films

[WayneLigon]

1. Spider-Man (2002)
2. X-Men (2000)
3. Daredevil (2003)
4. Rocketeer, The (1991)
5. Superman 1 and 2 (1978-1981)*
6. Mystery Men (1999)
7. Moldiver (1993) (Anime)
8. Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)
9. Batman (1989)
10. The Shadow (1994)

 

[VorpalBunny]

1. X-Men (2000)
2. Batman (1989)
3. Superman II (1981)
4. Spider-Man (2002)
5. Superman (1978)
6. Daredevil (2003)
7. Batman Returns (1992)
8. Unbreakable (2000)
9. Darkman (1990)
10. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

If they ever make Green Lantern I'm sure that'll take No. 1 from X-Men.

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

1) Spider-Man (2002)
2) X-Men (2000)
3) Superman (1978)
4) Batman (1989)
5) Daredevil (2003)
6) THe Croew (1994)
7) Blade (1998)
8) Batman Returns (1992)
9) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
10) Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (Uncut) (2000)

 

[Chun-tzu]

If they ever make Green Lantern I'm sure that'll take No. 1 from X-Men.

A well-done Green Lantern movie would be amazing. His powers are unlike any other super-hero known to the general public, and would be pretty easy to do by CGI (and it would also look "right" that the CGI isn't perfectly realistic, because his ring creations are pretty artificial). It seems like Superman and Batman are still a few years away, but maybe once they've finally relaunched those franchises DC will push some of their other deserving characters.

 

[Kai Lord]

It seems like Superman and Batman are still a few years away, but maybe once they've finally relaunched those franchises DC will push some of their other deserving characters.

I think the main problem with the DC franchises is that the filmmakers involved all put too much effort into "reimagining" the concepts of the heroes. Nic Cage as Superman, Lex Luthor as the secret agent from Krypton, and the plethora of actors wanting the role of a Batman villain to serve as a status symbol.

Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't give a about where the character of Mr. Freeze came from or who he was, and neither did Joel Schumacher.

But the Marvel movies have been made by filmmakers and even actors who genuinely love the characters and the comics, or at least love the idea of doing justice to the original character concepts.

Stan Lee's personal involvement in every Marvel film since X-Men has been nothing but positive. DC, and Warner, would do well to recruit such quality control on their own side of the field.

 

[Chun-tzu]

I think the main problem with the DC franchises is that the filmmakers involved all put too much effort into "reimagining" the concepts of the heroes. Nic Cage as Superman, Lex Luthor as the secret agent from Krypton, and the plethora of actors wanting the role of a Batman villain to serve as a status symbol.

Hmm, interesting point. You may be onto something there.

Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't give a about where the character of Mr. Freeze came from or who he was, and neither did Joel Schumacher.

Who was the director for that one, Schumacher? Boy, did he do a poor job of getting the best of his actors. When I first heard that Schwarzenegger was cast as Mr. Freeze, I thought, this could be interesting. All Arnie had to do was stick to his Terminator routine, and he would have done great as the emotionless Mr. Freeze. It seemed no one bothered to explain to him that being a super-villain does NOT mean hammy overacting.

But the Marvel movies have been made by filmmakers and even actors who genuinely love the characters and the comics, or at least love the idea of doing justice to the original character concepts.

Stan Lee's personal involvement in every Marvel film since X-Men has been nothing but positive. DC, and Warner, would do well to recruit such quality control on their own side of the field.

Yeah, it seemed like the problem was that Warner had TOO much money in this. They hired all these big name movie stars who, I agree, had nothing really invested in the characters, and weren't reined in properly.

 

[GreyShadow]

Can someone point me to a list of superhero movies?

I know I could use the various top 10's here, but I'd like more to choose from and go out and see the ones I haven't.

 

[jdavis]

Who was the director for that one, Schumacher? Boy, did he do a poor job of getting the best of his actors. When I first heard that Schwarzenegger was cast as Mr. Freeze, I thought, this could be interesting. All Arnie had to do was stick to his Terminator routine, and he would have done great as the emotionless Mr. Freeze. It seemed no one bothered to explain to him that being a super-villain does NOT mean hammy overacting.

Joel Schumacher stated that he didn't understand why Batman was so dark and brooding, he was a millionare Playboy with everything going for him he should be happy. You got to wonder if he ever even looked at the comic books or did any research at all. He also difected the third moive but it was on the fourth movie he really tried to leave his mark, and boy he did, I think he was going for more of the feel of the 60's show than the comic books, and he just didn't realize people just didn't want that anymore. That has to be one of the worst movie's ever and Schumacher (who is normally considered a good director) was out of there, they have been working for a while on how to revive the franchise after that stake in the heart.

It's funny that the cartoon writers got it right but the movie makers got it so worng, of course the studio made the cartoon lighten up too, then the cartoon went away.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Batman Forever was a fine superhero film but a bad Batman movie.

Batman & Robin was just bad.

 

[WayneLigon]

Can someone point me to a list of superhero movies?

www.imdb.com is a good place to start, but most of the stuff under the catagory 'Super Hero' or 'From the Comics' is TV stuff. Not like there have been a lot of Superhero films (unless you count Mexican wrestler movies, but that's kind of like counting Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter as a religious movie); probably less than 25 in all.