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<blockquote data-quote="Donovan Morningfire" data-source="post: 3421256" data-attributes="member: 39532">Becuase with rare exceptions (namely Spider-Man, the recent Batman movie, and the first Superman movie), Hollywood tends to view comic-book based movies as less than deserving of serious treatment, which in turn makes them less than stellar flicks.&nbsp; Execs seem to think they can toss crap up on a screen and the comic geeks will flock to it.&nbsp; Cases in point being Catwoman and the horror that was Batman or Robin (aka Joel Schumacher's Homoerotic Fantasy on Ice).&nbsp; Of course, some of these flicks end being a lot better than they should, but not many.&nbsp; Right now, comic book films are becoming one of Hollywood's cash cows, based largely upon the popular response to the past two Spidey films.For some folks, saying it's based on a comic book/graphic novel is a way to say &quot;you shouldn't be expecting Shakespeare,&quot; or that you shouldn't go see these things with high expectations of quality, either acting, action, background or story.I agree that's not an excuse for a bad movie (cases in point again, Catwoman and B&amp;R), because some really good stuff has come from comic books (Spidey, Batman Begins, 1st Superman flick).&nbsp; Could &quot;300&quot; have been a better flick?&nbsp; I certainly think so, but others think it was perfect as is.&nbsp; It just seems you have different tastes that a lot of us when it comes to movies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Donovan Morningfire, post: 3421256, member: 39532"] Becuase with rare exceptions (namely Spider-Man, the recent Batman movie, and the first Superman movie), Hollywood tends to view comic-book based movies as less than deserving of serious treatment, which in turn makes them less than stellar flicks. Execs seem to think they can toss crap up on a screen and the comic geeks will flock to it. Cases in point being Catwoman and the horror that was Batman or Robin (aka Joel Schumacher's Homoerotic Fantasy on Ice). Of course, some of these flicks end being a lot better than they should, but not many. Right now, comic book films are becoming one of Hollywood's cash cows, based largely upon the popular response to the past two Spidey films. For some folks, saying it's based on a comic book/graphic novel is a way to say "you shouldn't be expecting Shakespeare," or that you shouldn't go see these things with high expectations of quality, either acting, action, background or story. I agree that's not an excuse for a bad movie (cases in point again, Catwoman and B&R), because some really good stuff has come from comic books (Spidey, Batman Begins, 1st Superman flick). Could "300" have been a better flick? I certainly think so, but others think it was perfect as is. It just seems you have different tastes that a lot of us when it comes to movies. [/QUOTE]

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