Greatest Superhero Movies of All Time

Discussion in 'In the Media' started by Bookworm616, Jul 2, 2015.

  1. archangel

    archangel Well-Known Member

    is amy blossom?
     
  2. Bookworm616

    Bookworm616 Well-Known Member

    Yes.
     
  3. archangel

    archangel Well-Known Member

    I kind of stopped watching around the time blossom showed up
     
  4. Since1980

    Since1980 Well-Known Member

    I agree. Nothing against Penny or Bernadette even thought that character is annoying as hell sometimes. But damn, Mayim Bialik can just get it. :smt077
     
  5. Ra

    Ra Well-Known Member

    Hellboy

    The Crow

    Blade

    Superman

    Batman

    Superman II

    Spider-Man II

    The Avengers

    X-2

    The Dark Knight

    Captain America II
     
  6. The Dark King

    The Dark King Well-Known Member

    I don't know how you guys left out The Matrix

    The Matrix

    Blade I and II
    Superman II (even though to this day it bugs me that he was willing to give up his power for a woman who didn't notice him as Clark Kent)
    Batman Begins
    The Dark Knight Rises
    X-Men Days of Future Past
    The Avengers
    Captain America II
     
  7. Since1980

    Since1980 Well-Known Member

    The Matrix isn't really a superhero movie, though. It isn't based off a comic book so I don't think that it counts.

    As for me, The Avengers, Iron Man, X2: X-Men United, and the Amazing Spider Man are a few of my favorites. Andrew Garfield was severely underrated as Peter Parker.
     
  8. The Dark King

    The Dark King Well-Known Member

    Since when is being based on a comic the prereq though? Is Hancock a superhero movie?
     
  9. Since1980

    Since1980 Well-Known Member

    Well, when people think superheroes they think comics. At least I do. That's where superheroes came from. And Hancock wasn't based on a comic but the story was literally about a guy with superpowers which makes it different. I still don't consider it a superhero movie, though.
     
  10. The Dark King

    The Dark King Well-Known Member

    That's a little unfair though. I think anything where the hero has super powers should count. What would you call The Power Rangers or movies like Push and Dark Man or even Chronicle (which is insanely underrated)
    Would you say Heroes isn't a show about superheroes?
     
  11. Thump

    Thump Well-Known Member

    Comic Book movie and superhero movie aren't necessarily the same thing.

    The Road to Perdition, and A History Of Violence were both based on comic books. But no one would call any of the characters in those movies superheros.

    In my opinion Hancock is a superhero movie, because he uses superpowers to save people and stop crime.

    The Matrix is tricky, I wouldn't call it a superhero movie, but I can see why someone else might.
     
  12. Since1980

    Since1980 Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I see what y'all are getting at, now that you put it that way.
     
  13. Bookworm616

    Bookworm616 Well-Known Member

    If you look up "Superhero" in the dictionary, these are the definitions:

    a hero, especially in children's comic books and television cartoons, possessing extraordinary, often magical powers.

    any of various comic-strip characters with superhuman abilities or magical powers, wearing a distinctive costume, and fighting against evil


    I'm not sure The Matrix would qualify.

    That's interesting choice though. I never even considered The Matrix as a superhero movie.

    I would also add Ironman. I completely forgot about that movie.
     
  14. Since1980

    Since1980 Well-Known Member

    Robert Downey, Jr. doesn't just play Tony Stark he is Tony Stark. He's probably my favorite superhero actor working right now.
     
  15. The Dark King

    The Dark King Well-Known Member

    I consider The Matrix a superhero movie just because you take a guy who didn't know he had power then discovers that power in order to save the world. His translates both in the digital and physical world (had to add that so people don't say his power only existed in the matrix). It's the same savior story you have with Superman and stories of that ilk.

    Ironman was cool. Marvel does a really good job with casting. They did an awesome job with Patrick Stewart as professor X. Did a great job casting the new Daredevil, Toby McGuire as Spiderman was spot on. Mark Ruffalo and Ed Norton as Bruce Banner also really dope. Then again they drop the ball when they cast people Jessica Alba as Susan Storm
     
  16. Gorath

    Gorath Well-Known Member

    1. Superman
    2. Superman 2(the Richard Dinner version. It made a lot more sense than the Richard Lester version, which I still enjoy).
    3. Batman(Adam West)
    4.Batman(Michael Keating)
    5.Bat man Returns
    6.Blade
    7.Blade 2
    8.Watchmen
    9.The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
    10.The Matrix.
    11.Spider-Man
    12.The Avengers
    13.Captain America: The First Avenger
    14.Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    15.Hulk
    16. The Incredible Hulk
    17. Fantastic Four
    18. G.I.Joe: Retaliation
    19.Farmland
    20.The Shadow
    21. X Men 2
     
  17. Gorath

    Gorath Well-Known Member

    Honorable mention to Iron Man, Daredevil, The Rocketeer and Supergirl.
     
  18. Ra

    Ra Well-Known Member


    That wasn't Marvel but Fox. Marvel doesn't have the movie rights to Fantastic Four or the X-Men. If the current reboot for Fantastic Four bombs like the Amazing Spider-Man reboots then they may have some leverage to try to get full or at least joint rights like they now do with Spider-Man at Sony.
     
  19. Since1980

    Since1980 Well-Known Member

    That's what kills me about Fox. With the exception of X-Men 3 and Wolverine: Origins, they've done a great job with the X-Men movies. Why they can't seem to get Fantastic Four right is beyond me.
     
  20. Ra

    Ra Well-Known Member


    They can't get the Fantastic Four right because they don't want to embrace the full super hero aspect of it. They try to play it too much as a sci-fi action movie rather than a superhero movie. Josh Trank, the current director for the reboot even said it himself that he doesn't want people to see or call it as a superhero movie but as a science fiction movie. He also said if Marvel owned the rights to the Fantastic Four instead of Fox and had he been approached to direct it he would have turned them down because he doesn't like Marvel doing their movies as superhero movies. Red flag right there, but we'll soon see how it plays at the box office.
     

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