Most Enjoyable Comic Book/Superhero Based Films (Top 10)

[Hellspawn28]

The Spawn movie was alright. It's not awful but it's not very good neither. I do find it as a guilty pleasure but I would never put it on any top 10 best or favorite movie list.

[Gawdziller]

Post-Avengers, my top ten stayed exactly the same. Avengers didn't even crack my top ten Marvel films, so top ten comic films wasn't in the cards.

The Dark Knight Rises is a possibility, seeing how the only reason Batman Begins didn't make the list was that I enjoyed the Mask just a tad more (also barely missing the cut just behind it were Men in Black and the original X-Men). If it's better than Begins, it has a shot. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get into the trailers they've released, so I'm under the impression that it will be the least of the three. But I don't give up on my hope for Nolan that easily.

The Amazing Spider-Man is a push. Unlike TDKR, I've found every trailer for this movie wildly fun. I'm not sure what type of movie will result though, but I have hopes it will be good.

[Ethan]

No mention of The Shadow? That film is nothing but a battle of large hams.

[wataru]

No mention of The Shadow? That film is nothing but a battle of large hams.

I dug it. Darkman, The Shadow, The Phantom - all kick-ass. The movie is from 1994. Cant expect TOO much.

[SoleMan]

No mention of The Shadow? That film is nothing but a battle of large hams.

I dug it. Darkman, The Shadow, The Phantom - all kick-ass. The movie is from 1994. Cant expect TOO much.

You got problems with '94?

I saw the mystery men the other day, it was pretty funny. Captain Furious and the Blue Raja. Wasn't it based on a comic?

The Spawn movie was alright. It's not awful but it's not very good neither. I do find it as a guilty pleasure but I would never put it on any top 10 best or favorite movie list.

I only asked because your avatar comes from that movie. Your name seems to be related too...

[GotengoXGodzilla]

The movie is from 1994. Cant expect TOO much.

Don't know why you hate 1994 when it was a fantastic year for films. Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Hoop Dreams, Ed Wood, the finale to the Colors Trilogy (Red), just to name a few. Probably the best year for movies from the '90s.

[wataru]

The movie is from 1994. Cant expect TOO much.

Don't know why you hate 1994 when it was a fantastic year for films. Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Hoop Dreams, Ed Wood, the finale to the Colors Trilogy (Red), just to name a few. Probably the best year for movies from the '90s.

...because 1994 was during the transition between goofy Batman and serious superhero films.

[dogora]

in no particular order

1.v for vendetta
2.kickass
3.dark night
4.batman begins
5.iorn man 2
6.hellboy 2 rise of the golden army
7.x men 2
8.batman and robin
9.batman 1966
10.the most recent x men film witch name i have completely forgoten.

[Tyler]

10.the most recent x men film witch name i have completely forgoten.

The Avengers.

[Hellspawn28]

The movie is from 1994. Cant expect TOO much.

Don't know why you hate 1994 when it was a fantastic year for films. Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Hoop Dreams, Ed Wood, the finale to the Colors Trilogy (Red), just to name a few. Probably the best year for movies from the '90s.

1994 seems to be hit or miss as well since 1994 give us a lot of shitty movies too like Blue Chips, Color of Night, Double Dragon, Junior, Neverending Story III, North, On Deadly Ground, The Specialist, Star Trek Generations, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4: The Next Generation, and Wyatt Earp. 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995 and 1999 seem to be the best years of US cinema in the 90's in my opinion.

[Tyler]

I think he's talking about how more often that not superhero movies were Joel Schumacher-y before the genre hit it big with movies like Blade and X-Men.

[GotengoXGodzilla]

The movie is from 1994. Cant expect TOO much.

Don't know why you hate 1994 when it was a fantastic year for films. Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Hoop Dreams, Ed Wood, the finale to the Colors Trilogy (Red), just to name a few. Probably the best year for movies from the '90s.

1994 seems to be hit or miss as well since 1994 give us a lot of shitty movies too like Blue Chips, Color of Night, Double Dragon, Junior, Neverending Story III, North, On Deadly Ground, The Specialist, Star Trek Generations, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4: The Next Generation, and Wyatt Earp. 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995 and 1999 seem to be the best years of US cinema in my opinion.

Every year is going to have it's fair of shitty movies. 1994 just has more great movies than any other year from the '90s.

Though no year from the '90s can compete with 1939. Wizard Of Oz, Gone With The Wind, Stagecoach, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Gunga Din, Only Angels Have Wings and many more.

[wataru]

1982 had Blade Runner and that beats 1994 and 1939.

[GotengoXGodzilla]

1982 had Blade Runner and that beats 1994 and 1939.

Wizard Of Oz, Gone With The Wind and Stagecoach > Blade Runner

All three of those films changed the way films were made, or influenced other creators into making great pieces of work. For example, Orson Welles said that is inspiration for Citizen Kane was watching Stagecoach about 80 times. So not only did Stagecoach bring about the Western genre as we know it (which in turn, helped create the sci-fi genre), start the career of both John Wayne and John Ford, it was also what caused Orson Welles to create Citizen Kane.

Blade Runner can't even dream of catching up to what any of those three films did for movie making.

[wataru]

Im pretty sure today's directors, producers and writers arent being influenced by those movies, GxG. Theyre generational. Blade Runner is just as important to today's generation of film makers as Wizard of Oz was to the next 1-2 generations.

...Blade Runner is just a better film.


Im going to update my list, but by franchise!
1.) Thor
2.) Iron Man
3.) The Incredible Hulk
4.) Iron Man 2
5.) Captain America the First Avenger

X-Men Franchise:
1.) X2 X-Men United
2.) X-Men Origins Wolverine
3.) X-Men
4.) X-Men 3 the Last Stand
5.) X-Men First Class

Spider-Man Franchise:
1.) Spider-Man 2
2.) Spider-Man
3.) Spider-Man 3

Superman Franchise:
1.) Superman (1978)
2.) Supergirl
3.) Superman II
4.) Superman Returns
5.) Superman II The Donner Cut
6.) Superman III
7.) Superman IV

Batman Franchise (Burton and Nolan)
1.) Batman (1989)
2.) Batman Returns (1992)
3.) Batman Begins
4.) The Dark Knight
5.) Batman & Robin
6.) Batman Forever

[GotengoXGodzilla]

Im pretty sure today's directors, producers and writers arent being influenced by those movies, GxG. Theyre generational. Blade Runner is just as important to today's generation of film makers as Wizard of Oz was to the next 1-2 generations.

...Blade Runner is just a better film.

...

Oh, thanks for that. I needed a good laugh.

Anyway, no. As a filmmaker, I can say with 100% honesty that Wizard Of Oz, Stagecoach and Mr. Smith Goes To Washington do influence me, and I know I'm not the only one. It doesn't matter how old a movie is. A film made in 1916 can be just as influencial as a film made five years ago. Those films are still influencing filmmakers today as much as they were back in the 40s and 50s. The difference is that, nowadays, the influencing is kinda subconscious, rather than filmmakers saying, "Wizard Of Oz was so great! I wanna make a movie just like that!"

Also, Blade Runner probably wouldn't exist if it weren't for films like Wizard Of Oz and Stagecoach. Not to mention a much older film, Metropolis. As I said, Stagecoach was the beginning of the Western that we know today. Once space exploration became a big thing, around the mid 50s, the Western slowly died, but it gave way to the Sci-fi genre. Most Sci-fis' are essentially Westerns, just set in a futuristic or space setting. Same stories, characters and themes, just different settings. If it weren't for Stagecoach, we wouldn't have the Sci-fi genre as we know it today.

The main filmic inspiration for Blade Runner was Metropolis, a German Silent film from 1927, and Double Indemnity, a film noir from 1944 by an Austrian director. Metropolis for it's unique futuristic style and look, as well as the theme of artificial life being made in the image of humans. Double Indemnity for it's story and dialogue.

Lastly, it's debatable as to wether Blade Runner is better than any of those three movies. There's a reason why films like Wizard Of Oz and Gone With The Wind are often on many top films lists, and that Gone With The Wind is still the highest grossing film of all time (when adjusted for inflation).

[wataru]

As you claim to be a filmmaker, please link me to any website or iMDB of any film you've made?

[GotengoXGodzilla]

As you claim to be a filmmaker, please link me to any website or iMDB of any film you've made?

Sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVInSgzTsrQ

I wrote the screenplay around this time last year, and filmed it in October. It's based off of a 1916 short film by D.W. Griffith, called "The Female Of The Species".

[wataru]

Interesting. Why is it young film makers always want to most of eerie post-apocalyptic film? It's always some quiet, no-soundtrack bit of film with some small tidbit of good ol' boy knowledge (Petra's reason for not firing).

...Blade Runner is still better.

[GotengoXGodzilla]

Interesting. Why is it young film makers always want to most of eerie post-apocalyptic film? It's always some quiet, no-soundtrack bit of film with some small tidbit of good ol' boy knowledge (Petra's reason for not firing).

Well, after I saw "The Female Of The Species", I was really inspired by what I saw. I originally wanted to do a comedy post-apocalypse film, but I thought that it would turn out better if I did just a straight up post-apocalypse. I thought it would be fun, and it was.

...Blade Runner is still better.

That's really not a fair comparison, is it? Even if mine was a full length feature, they're two very different films.