What is the best Superhero Movie?

What is the best Superhero Movie?

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Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

Somewhat of a derail/siderail from the Spidey 4 thread! I don't mean which is the best "superhero movie", but more what is the best movie about superheroes.
 
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ThatNickGuy

I'm going with Incredibles. It works the superhero formula perfectly, from the superheroics to the secret identity drama and even the sidekick AND supervillain formula. It's the perfect superhero movie.

Also, Watchmen has no right to be on this list at all.

And as good as the rest are, there are a few that I feel are actually better. At the very least, deserve to be there more than Watchmen:
1) Unbreakable
2) Sky High (good lord, it's a severely underrated movie!)
3) Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
4) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
5) Hellboy
 
Covar

Covar

Batman Mask of the Phantasm is the best Batman movie ever made.

I voted for Incredibles, just an excellent movie in general.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

I retracted my Iron Man statement because I was talking about "superhero movie" and not "movie about superheroes", but the more I thought about it, I'm going to re-add it in. Simply due to how well Iron-Man was done, it was the ONLY one I feel really could have fit into "reality" and really made it relevant to our time.
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Darkman. Especially the return on investment angle, it was a great film considering the budget provided. Then we found out what Raimi could do with a big budget with the Spidey films.
 
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JCM

No Hellboy option. :mad::mad:
And no Superman II, Iron Man, Hulk, The MASK, Burton´s Batman, Blade, Sin City (can it be considered one) or Darkman.

But to be honest, the perfect one is
 
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ThatNickGuy

Iron Man and Darkman were great, too. But Iron Man, as fun as it was (I own it and I don't own Dark Knight) didn't have a whole lot underneath it. It was a wham-bam fun action flick, but not much else.

Honestly, JCM, I would consider Superman I & II as one entitiy.

Sin City? It's a GREAT comic book movie (and best adaptation, given they basically cut/paste direct from the comic), but not a superhero movie. It's closer to being a great noir kinda movie.

Out of curiosity, for those that love Hellboy, how did they feel about Hellboy II? I personally loved it, as they were able to cut loose and have some fun once the origin was out of the way.

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Also, man, I haven't seen The Crow since High School. One of these days, I should give it another chance. I think its sequels tainted my original love for it, though.
 
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JCM

ThatNickGuy said:
Iron Man and Darkman were great, too. But Iron Man, as fun as it was (I own it and I don't own Dark Knight) didn't have a whole lot underneath it. It was a wham-bam fun action flick, but not much else.

Honestly, JCM, I would consider Superman I & II as one entitiy.

Sin City? It's a GREAT comic book movie (and best adaptation, given they basically cut/paste direct from the comic), but not a superhero movie. It's closer to being a great noir kinda movie.

Out of curiosity, for those that love Hellboy, how did they feel about Hellboy II? I personally loved it, as they were able to cut loose and have some fun once the origin was out of the way.

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Also, man, I haven't seen The Crow since High School. One of these days, I should give it another chance. I think its sequels tainted my original love for it, though.
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Well, Hellboy 2 was pretty much fun, and reviewed better at Rotten Tomatoes (87% vs Hellboy´s 80%).

And seeing that the only canon Crow comic which `O Barr created was already adapted into "The Crow", I promptly ignored the rest, which are just shite written by whatever B-movie monkeys they could find.
 
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ThatNickGuy

I think I liked Hellboy II more, but my reasons are...a bit odd.

See, when the first Hellboy was being hyped, I was ALL OVER IT. Seriously, I was buying up Hellboy stuff left, right and centre. Including the Art of the Movie book, which was released before the movie came out. I flipped through a few times and discovered the full script was in there. I tried avoiding reading it, trying to just enjoy the art, but my eyes wandered and was spoiled of most of the movie. So, there were no surprises for me.

The second, though? I went in blind and loved it.
 
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Iaculus

Hrm - coin-flip between Dark Knight and Incredibles for me, with Iron Man coming in a respectable third place. Never watched X2, the Spidey films were blown out of the water when I watched Spectacular, and if you want Watchmen, read the comic. You'll get exactly the same thing, only with more depth and complexity.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

Superman 2, hands down. Unfortunately it's not up there, and there's no grue option.

"Son of Jor-el KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!"
 
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Philosopher B.

I can't decide if I should vote for The Dark Knight or X2 ...

ThatNickGuy said:
Out of curiosity, for those that love Hellboy, how did they feel about Hellboy II? I personally loved it, as they were able to cut loose and have some fun once the origin was out of the way.
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I thought it was freaking rad. Del Toro got a good budget and just went wild. I love the humor in it, too.

Edit: Holy Zarquon, you can see who voted for what in polls now. :confused:
 
Shannow

Shannow

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Philosopher B. said:
I can't decide if I should vote for The Dark Knight or X2 ...

ThatNickGuy said:
Out of curiosity, for those that love Hellboy, how did they feel about Hellboy II? I personally loved it, as they were able to cut loose and have some fun once the origin was out of the way.
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I thought it was freaking rad. Del Toro got a good budget and just went wild. I love the humor in it, too.

Edit: Holy Zarquon, you can see who voted for what in polls now. :confused:
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yeah, the person who puts a poll up originally has to check hidden or not.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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I'm terrible at picking "best" but I think Justice League: The New Frontier is a great superhero movie.


EDIT: :facepalm: Rotten Tomatoes has it listed as Genre: Childrens
 
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ThatNickGuy

I think it's one of those "Oh, it's animated and it has superheroes. To hell with what it's rated" categories.

Personally, I loved New Frontier, but it felt like an abbreviated version of the great book. I understand why they cut things out, but I felt it lost some of the impact by doing so. The animation, though, was almost exactly how Darwyn Cooke would look animated.
 
drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Before Iron Man came out, Hellboy was my favorite comic-book movie.

I voted Incredibles, b/c it had everything I could possibly want in a superhero film. It is great!

X2 and Spidey2 are just okay, IMO. Watchmen doesn't translate well, and Reeve's Superman is great, but it is quite dated - Singer's Superman sucked.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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ThatNickGuy said:
Personally, I loved New Frontier, but it felt like an abbreviated version of the great book. I understand why they cut things out, but I felt it lost some of the impact by doing so. The animation, though, was almost exactly how Darwyn Cooke would look animated.
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I saw the movie before even knowing it was a comic book, and it didn't feel short or lacking at all to me. Now that I've read the original, I can see what was cut, but it doesn't make me think less of the movie.
 
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TwoBit

What's with everybody and the goddamned Incredibles? Was the film really that great?

Maybe I need to see it again. I only saw it once back when it came out.
 
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ThatNickGuy

Oh, I loved it, like I said. Don't get me wrong, it was great and what they cut was very understandable. BUT, it is abbreviated in comparison to the comic. They cut it extremely well, though, believe me.
 
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Alucard

why wasn't Iron Man listed up there? Dowdy Jr's performance in that film was awesome.
 
Frank

Frank

JCM said:
No Hellboy option. :mad::mad:
And no Superman II, Iron Man, Hulk, The MASK, Burton´s Batman, Blade, Sin City (can it be considered one) or Darkman.

But to be honest, the perfect one is
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As far as comic book movies go, the Crow is easily one of my favorites. He's not really much of a superhero though.

Spider-Man 2 was fantastic as far as movies go though Doc Ock not really being a bad guy, only controlled by his arms really bugged me.

Watchmen was bogged down by ridiculous action sequences and some really poor acting. Changes to the comic be damned, I was totally ok with some adaptations.

The Dark Knight was an awesome Joker movie and really, a kind of terrible Batman flick. Christian Bale continues to not really be right for the part at all in my opinion.

X2 continued to suffer from Cyclopsucksballsitis that all the movies had going for them for whatever reason and Halle Barry continued to look completely ridiculous with the white wig. Even so I totally dug 2 over 1 or 3.

Eh, Spider-Man 2 I guess. Hopefully Kirsten Dunst stops being in the movies sometime though. She sucks.
 
Shawn

Shawn

While I loved Dark Knight I really didn't see it as a Super Hero movie. Sure it's about a Super Hero, but the film is more of a suspense/action film. It just happens to be a really good one.

On the above list I voted for Spidey 2. I think that it has one of the best super-villain origins to date. I'm not shocked to see The Incredibles winning however, because it's probably the closest thing to a perfect "Super HeroeS (plural)" movie that showcases dozens of different powers.
Iron Man is one of the best Super Hero origin films. Well, either that or the Thomas Jane Punisher film.
 
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