Best Superhero Films?

TheRiddler

I'm looking to get some new superhero films and I was just wondering what you all reckon the best are? I already have the Spidermans, Batmans and X-Mens.

I'm a big fan of the Batmans but I prefer Batman Begins to Dark Knight. X-Mens are pretty good but I wasn't impressed by Spiderman. Can anyone recommend any for me?

Richard Dower

I think Burtons Batman is a fantastic, the first true blockbuster superhero flick.

ziedth

I may get creamed for this but give daredevil ago but make sure it's the directors cut.

It is much much better then the cinematic release.

TheRiddler

Richard Dower wrote: »

I think Burtons Batman is a fantastic, the first true blockbuster superhero flick.

Might give that one a go. What is the cast like?

LadyJedi

WATCHMAN WATCHMAN WATCHMAN, is the best superhero movie I have ever seen, stayed true to the graphic novel. I was so nervous going in to see it but was not disappointed or traumatized like I was with the abomination that was the Ghost Rider movie

LadyJedi

ziedth wrote: »

I may get creamed for this but give daredevil ago but make sure it's the directors cut.

It is much much better then the cinematic release.

I liked Daredevil too, though true geeks may kill me for it

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Maybe it's nostalgia, but I also thought the keaton Batman when it came out was brilliant. It was the first Video I bought when I had the money to buy them.

Turtyturd

Hellboy would be one of my favourite ones, especially II.

LadyJedi

Turtyturd wrote: »

Hellboy would be one of my favourite ones, especially II.

Hell yeah, I forgot about that one for a second, v. good, II was cool

me-skywalker

Oh dear if you are going to watch Watchmen jsut leave it on mute. The soundtrack and score and acting is AWFUL!!! Other than that its slightly above average.

Have you seen the 78 Superman? or the 80 and 83 ones? Excellent films.

If you want a low budget, 'dirty', underground superhero film try Push, jsut been recently discussed in the main superhero thread.

Also for darker ones try V for Vendetta, Sin City(technically not a Superhero movie) but if you like Watchmen and V for Vendetta then give it a shot its probably imo better than every film mentioned on this thread so far.

damagegt

My left foot

LadyJedi

me-skywalker wrote: »

Oh dear if you are going to watch Watchmen jsut leave it on mute. The soundtrack and score and acting is AWFUL!!! Other than that its slightly above average.

Have you seen the 78 Superman? or the 80 and 83 ones? Excellent films.

If you want a low budget, 'dirty', underground superhero film try Push, jsut been recently discussed in the main superhero thread.

Also for darker ones try V for Vendetta, Sin City(technically not a Superhero movie) but if you like Watchmen and V for Vendetta then give it a shot its probably imo better than every film mentioned on this thread so far.

OMG how could anyone blaspheme the watchmen!!!! Not really a superman fan, never was, didn't bother much with comics either, he was just too good, and the last one bored me too tears, yeah Sin City v good, and like V for Vendetta. Did enjoy Push but technically to be a superhero movie it really needs to be based on an actual comic or graphic novel, oh i am just being nerdy but its an important subject. I have to say I did love the old spider man movies from the late 70's and early 80's, absolute dribble of course but loved them all the same. You know who would have made a great Wolverine, sorry Hugh you were lovely, but a younger way beefed up Jack Nicholson

tman

Turtyturd wrote: »

Hellboy would be one of my favourite ones, especially II.

QFT

They're both dirt cheap on play.com at the moment btw - €2.49 for II and €5.49 for the director's cut of the first one

LadyJedi

LadyJedi wrote: »

technically to be a superhero movie it really needs to be based on an actual comic or graphic novel, oh i am just being nerdy but its an important subject.

That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. A superhero film does not have to be based on a preexisting property. It can be a completely original creation created specifically for film. It's that type of thinking which makes me sad when I read people slating superhero films before a single frame has been shot.

me-skywalker

LadyJedi wrote: »

OMG how could anyone blaspheme the watchmen!!!! Not really a superman fan, never was, didn't bother much with comics either, he was just too good, and the last one bored me too tears, yeah Sin City v good, and like V for Vendetta. Did enjoy Push but technically to be a superhero movie it really needs to be based on an actual comic or graphic novel, oh i am just being nerdy but its an important subject. I have to say I did love the old spider man movies from the late 70's and early 80's, absolute dribble of course but loved them all the same. You know who would have made a great Wolverine, sorry Hugh you were lovely, but a younger way beefed up Jack Nicholson

lol it wasn't that great though really...... no seriously the soundtrack,score and acting were waay to OTT and the deliver of the lines was so bad in some scenes I dunno how the studio didn't make them reshoot it.

Well DC have written a prequel for the Push series so now technically you can class it as a comic superhero film :-D haha

Have to agree about the Jack Nicholson that would have been interesting to see but I dont think he would have been up for the role tbh.

jaykhunter

Please leave it at that; don't turn this thread into a Watchmen debate! Opinion is divided on whether it's a great film. I'd give it a go in case you do!

Already mentioned Batman 1 & 2 (Tim Burton films), Superman 1 & 2 (esp the Richard Donner cut) are all highly recommended.

Sin City is pretty cool if you haven't seen it already.

Iron Man was very well received but I personally didn't think it was great.

Hancock (Will Smith) was poorly received but I thought it was decent enough.

Wolverine Origins was OK at best. Wouldn't recommend.

Stay away from Fantastic Four, Catwoman; they're horrible!

The Hulk films aren't great at all. The Ang Lee one was universally panned but I didn't think the Edward Norton one was that great either. I'd probably wait until the sequel comes out to watch the Ed Norton one.

Kick Ass (in cinemas) and Woody Harrelson's new film both come recommended.

Kess73

Richard Dower wrote: »

I think Burtons Batman is a fantastic, the first true blockbuster superhero flick.

Superman: The Movie in 1978 says otherwise.

Big budget, huge buzz and advertising campaign, plus became one of the highest grossing films of all time at the time of it's release.

marwelie

Superman The Movie for me, closely followed up by Batman Begins and Ironman

Handsome Bob

Blade 1 and Blade 2 would be your best bets outside of the usual suspects that you mentioned.

EDIT D'oh, and of course, Iron Man and TIH, I really like what Marvel Studios have started with these films.

LadyJedi

Blade I and II were pretty good, Blade III was good but not in the same league as the other 2, Blade I is my favorite out of the 3

Handsome Bob

me-skywalker wrote: »

Oh dear if you are going to watch Watchmen jsut leave it on mute. The soundtrack and score and acting is AWFUL!!! Other than that its slightly above average.

How's the soundtrack awful? How can any man diss Unforgettable, Hallelujah and Times are a changin!?

I thought the acting was probably the best part of the film with Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley and Jeffrey Dean Morgan all doing fine jobs.

LadyJedi

Thank you, it is a hero classic, everyone was great in it:D

Handsome Bob

LadyJedi wrote: »

Thank you, it is a hero classic, everyone was great in it:D

Definitely an enjoyable romp, I think it was only let down by the story, I don't think it translated all that well to the big screen.

Penn

I really enjoyed Watchmen. I thought the soundtrack and score was terrific for the most part (bar the terrible version of Hallelujah and the out-of-place All along the watchtower, which is one of my favourite songs, just didn't suit the scene).

I thought the acting was terrific, especially Rorshach and The Comedian.

But as for best superhero film? Batman Begins in my opinion. Loved Dark Knight, but Batman Begins achieved a lot more (rebooting the franchise, going over the backstory) and was still insanely brilliant throughout.

podgemonster

All the Batman movies bar Jole Schumachers ones. Begins being the best!
The first 2 Spiderman, Ironman, I enjoyed the Ed Norton's Hulk. X-Men 1&2.
I really enjoyed Superman 2 (finally no Kryptonite).

I liked the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films when I was a young fella. Cowabunga dudes! Don't really remember them now.

Also are they gona make a Captain Planet movie, coz that would rock!

Penn

podgemonster wrote: »

I liked the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films when I was a young fella. Calabunga dudes! Don't really remember them now.

Clearly. It's COWabunga

podgemonster

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

I really enjoyed I thought the acting was terrific, especially Rorshach and The Comedian.

it's Rorschach
:cool:

Penn

podgemonster wrote: »

it's Rorschach
:cool:

.....

touché

Nervous Wreck

podgemonster wrote: »

All the Batman movies bar Jole Schumachers ones. Begins being the best!
The first 2 Spiderman, Ironman, I enjoyed the Ed Norton's Hulk. X-Men 1&2.
I really enjoyed Superman 2 (finally no Kryptonite).

I liked the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films when I was a young fella. Cowabunga dudes! Don't really remember them now.

Also are they gona make a Captain Planet movie, coz that would rock!

Agree with pretty much everything here, except that The Dark Knight remains, imo, the best superhero movie ever made. The Spider-man movies were cheesy but, as a bit of fun, acceptable. I'd like to see a reboot of Spider-man that would put a darker tone on it though. I'd love to see something like Spider-man Blue...

I'd also love to see a Superman reboot with a good story. Brandon Routh, I thought, was great. The rest of the cast wasn't.....

Not technically a superhero, I guess, but the Constantine movie was great!

ziedth

Someone mentioned V for Vendetta and I would also +1 that.

Epic stuff!

trustno1

me-skywalker wrote: »

Also for darker ones try V for Vendetta, Sin City(technically not a Superhero movie) but if you like Watchmen and V for Vendetta then give it a shot its probably imo better than every film mentioned on this thread so far.

Would agree with V for Vendetta and Sin City, would also throw Darkman into the 'darker' category.

For funny amateur superheroes I would recommend Mystery Men with their highly crap 'super powers'.

podgemonster

Do the Ghostbusters count?
They were heros!

Richard Dower

No...Ghostbusters is not a superhero flick, but it is a classic!....it's one of my all time fave movies.

Sleazus

Superman (the original cut), Superman II (the Donner Cut).

Batman and the far superior (though I'll concede it's polarising) Batman Returns.

I like The Incredible Hulk. It was dumb fun, but it was entertaining dumb fun with an amazingly overqualified cast. They need to release a Director/Norton cut - the deleted scenes push it from a very good movie to a great one.

AllGunsBlazing

I preferred Batman Returns as well.

Mind you, the fact it had Michelle Pfeiffer running around in a skintight pvc outfit might be colouring my judgement.

mle1324

Iron Man imo.:)

mikhail

Kess73 wrote: »

Superman: The Movie in 1978 says otherwise.

Big budget, huge buzz and advertising campaign, plus became one of the highest grossing films of all time at the time of it's release.

Every fairly successful film is one of the highest grossing films of all time at the time of its release. It's called inflation. Superman made good money, but inflation adjusted, it's up there with Twister and The Passion of the Christ. It's certainly fair to call it a blockbuster though.
http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm
Of what would typically be considered superhero films (I'm not sure Luke Skywalker isn't technically a superhero), The Dark Knight is top, followed by Spiderman and Batman (Tim Burton's 1990 one, in case anyone's about to assume I left out the "Begins").

me-skywalker

LZ5by5 wrote: »

How's the soundtrack awful? How can any man diss Unforgettable, Hallelujah and Times are a changin!?

Im a huge Dylan and Cohen fan, the man is my God and Idol. But for the movie they were so out of place and awfully cliched and just seemed so 'fanboy' from the director or music editor.

rgt320q

LadyJedi wrote: »

WATCHMAN WATCHMAN WATCHMAN Director's Cut, is the best superhero movie I have ever seen, stayed true to the graphic novel. I was so nervous going in to see it but was not disappointed or traumatized like I was with the abomination that was the Ghost Rider movie

FYP.

Some serious pacing issues in the theatreical release.

Back on topic, I'll have to +1 Blade and Iron Man.

pirelli

The incredibles were good

jill_valentine

The Burton Batmans go without saying. Hmm. Feels like that sentence is wrong. Batmen? The Burton Batmen?

The first X Men movie is pretty great, and the opening in the concentration camp is terrific. Love the first Blade movie as well, I fell like it gets a bit unfairly overlooked in these conversations sometimes.

The first - and still awesome, no matter how lame the sequels were - Matrix is pretty much the perfect superhero movie, IMHO, although it isn't based directly on a comic or anything.

Ridley

Most them have been named but

*cough*Unbreakable*cough*

longhalloween

me-skywalker wrote: »

Im a huge Dylan and Cohen fan, the man is my God and Idol. But for the movie they were so out of place and awfully cliched and just seemed so 'fanboy' from the director or music editor.

I remember in an interview Snyder said they were the songs he listened to when drawing the story boards. Not a convincing excuse to have them in a movie. Some tracks made me cringe! Hallelujah is the most overplayed song in movies IMO!

Cant beat the new Batman films.

TonyD79

jill_valentine wrote: »

The first X Men movie is pretty great, and the opening in the concentration camp is terrific. Love the first Blade movie as well, I fell like it gets a bit unfairly overlooked in these conversations sometimes.

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X Men 2 was the best comic book film in recent years apart from Nolans Batman films and was much better than the first. The problem with alot of comic book films these days is they do the whole origins story and never follow it up with a sequel or a good one for that matter but this film was just immense. The 3rd one wasnt great and I dont know why they had to end it like they did and now have to rely on origin stories/prequels which is just crazy.

Unbreakable is also a great film with talk of a sequel for some time.

corny

Team America - World Police:D

Turtyturd

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Definitely an enjoyable romp, I think it was only let down by the story, I don't think it translated all that well to the big screen.

The comic suffered from the same thing.

mikhail

longhalloween wrote: »

I remember in an interview Snyder said they were the songs he listened to when drawing the story boards. Not a convincing excuse to have them in a movie. Some tracks made me cringe! Hallelujah is the most overplayed song in movies IMO!

The soundtrack certainly leans on cliché a bit, but for all that (Buckley's cover of) Hallelujah is abused as a 'oh, what a tragic scene' emotional shorthand, how often has the song been used in a sex scene? (And listen to it again if you don't think it fits.) Of course, it doesn't help that the sex scene in question is one of the weakest scenes in the film, but I wouldn't write it off.

I wasn't a big fan of the theatrical cut, but the extended versions seem to work better.

PerrinV2

jill_valentine wrote: »

The Burton Batmans go without saying. Hmm. Feels like that sentence is wrong. Batmen? The Burton Batmen?

The first X Men movie is pretty great, and the opening in the concentration camp is terrific. Love the first Blade movie as well, I fell like it gets a bit unfairly overlooked in these conversations sometimes.

The first - and still awesome, no matter how lame the sequels were - Matrix is pretty much the perfect superhero movie, IMHO, although it isn't based directly on a comic or anything.

The Matrix is one of my favourite films ever but I wouldn't classify it as a superhero movie......
Thought Blade and X Men were class though.

jill_valentine

TonyD79 wrote: »

X Men 2 was the best comic book film in recent years apart from Nolans Batman films and was much better than the first. The problem with alot of comic book films these days is they do the whole origins story and never follow it up with a sequel or a good one for that matter but this film was just immense. The 3rd one wasnt great and I dont know why they had to end it like they did and now have to rely on origin stories/prequels which is just crazy.

The third one was properly terrible, but I must say, I didn't care for X Men 2 at all, and I'm a huge X Men nerd and, as I say, loved the first. It just didn't have any heart.

kearnsy20

I'm a huge superman fan, loved all the comics, tv shows, cartoons, ect... Superman I & II were fantastic, III kinda blew and IV sucked ass!!! Returns was good but i was expecting so much better, they need to make a reboot, not a sequel!

Also Iron Man I was fantastic and i just saw Iron Man II last week and it is F*****G FANTASTIC!!!

Loved the Spiderman Movies Also.

X Men 1 & 2 were great but 3 was a let down i thought,

I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE AVENGERS MOVIE TO COME OUT!!!! IT'S GONNA BE EPIC!!!!

mrgardener

Mystery Men and The Incredibles are both brilliant.