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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Viking Bastard" data-source="post: 757351" data-attributes="member: 509">I'm not good with lists (anyway, they are in constant flux and change at least daily).I can tell you what I think about the live action superhero movies though (I'm gonna ignore the Animated ones for now)..THE SUPERMAN MOVIESSupermanThis movie is a cinematic masterpriece. Solid performances on all fronts (except for Gene Hackman, but that's another discussion for a later time). Sadly, it's kinda dull after the magic wears off.Superman II Everything the first movie is and more. Gene Hackman is even less over the top! Great movie.Superman IIIGene Hackman wouldn't play ball for the third time, so they created a new villain that was exactly like Luthor. What exactly is missing I can't say, it's  just kinda dull. When I saw it for the first time though (when I was five), the  scene where the villain's sister get turned into somekinda robot-thingy by the giant supercomputer frightened me nearly to death.Superman IV: The Quest for PeaceUrgh! Must repress memory! Agh! At least it's not as bad as Batman & Robin..THE BATMAN MOVIESBatmanAlthough not a perfect adaption story wise, it captures the essence of the Batman comics perfectly as well as the Batman character. Despite utter butchery of the character of Jim Gordon, the solid performances of Jack Nicholsson as the Joker and Micheal Keaton as Batman (less solid in the Bruce Wayne department) this movie was very enjoyable.Batman Returns Good movie, more moving and better script than the first one but looses something as Tim Burton goes into hyperdrive. Too much Tim Burton not enough Batman. If he had scaled himself back just a little (like he did with the PotA reimagining) this movie could've been even better than the original.But because of the bad adaptions of the characters and over-the-top Burton-ism the film sometimes leaves a bad taste in my mouth.Batman ForeverWhile I left the movie theatre somewhat dissatisfied as a long time Batman fan, I also left the theatre rather entertained. So like I've said before: As a Batman film it sucked, but as a superhero flick it was good fun entertainment. Val Kilmerwas a horrible Batman. Chris O'Donnel made a good Dick Grayson (if maybe a bit too old). Tommy Lee Jones was very disappointing as Two-Face. If he had just stuck to his old-badarse-yet-wise routine he would've been perfect. Jim Carrey gave a wonderful performance as the Riddler, although the story behind the character was very bad and unfaithful to the comic. Batman & RobinJust a sad, sad movie..THE MARVEL MOVIESX-MenGood example of knowing what to keep and what to ditch. The only thing that keeps this movie back is the wasted potentional. Good film that could've been great. But, seeing their somewhat limited budget and time, it's understandable.Spider-ManThe best and most faithful adaption of the bunch, but like Superman, is kinda dull after several viewings. This is a movie based around magic and when it's gone, little is left (except Willem Dafoe's amazing performance which rivals Jack Nicholson's).DaredevilAlthough very enjoyable, I've reached the conclusion that it needed maybe a bit more 'oomph!' and a little less melodrama. Ben Affleck surprised me as a very good Matt Murdoch, but did not fit as well as Daredevil. Jennifer Garner was as I feared completely wrong for Elektra. She's too stuck in the good-girl-routine and simply does not radiate that 'exotic' quality Elektra needs. Micheal Clarke Duncan was absolutely perfect as Kingpin and Colin Farrell was  good as Bullseye but the character could've used more work story-wise. Foggy was perfect..OTHERSpawnGreat first half, but then... goes to heck. A good example why the creator of a comic should NOT have complete creative control over the movie. McFarlane tried to stick five years of continuity into a two hour film. Half way through the writers saw that they couldn't do that successfully and just stuck some clumsy last-battle-fate-of-humanity-ending onto the second half. This could've been so great, but... *sigh*.More superhero movies I enjoyed but didn't bother writing anything about are: the Blade movies, the Rocketeer, the Shadow, Mystery Men, Unbreakable, Darkman and more.</blockquote>

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