10 Great Comic Book/Superhero Movies and The 5 Worst

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Top 10 Superhero Films

1.  Batman Begins (the definitive Batman origin film with Christian Bale as the best ever Bruce Wayne/Batman, the film also has strong support all around, especially from Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Cillian Murphy, who plays the creepy Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow)

2.  The Dark Knight (In many ways this is a better film than Begins and I considered making it number 1 on my list, it has a brilliant ensemble cast, better action scenes, a sleeker story, and career best performances from Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart…..for the moment though I still prefer Batman Begins because of its excellent origin story, but that could change in the months or years to come)

3.  Spider-man 2 (the best of the 3 Spidey films…..by far)

4.  X2: X Men United (the best film of the X-Men trilogy…by far)

5.  The Crow (brooding goth classic with Brandon Lee’s final performance in a stylish-looking Blade Runner-esque Hell)

6.  Superman 2 (the most purely entertaining Superman film)

7.  Spider-man (Not perfect, but it did a great job introducing Spidey to the silver screen)

8.  Sin City (very good rendering of Frank Miller’s gritty graphic novel)

9.  V for Vendetta (The Wachowski Brothers surprisingly good adaption of Alan Moore’s graphic novel, with a strong moral about the effects that facisism and the evil of the right-wing fanatics have on a free society)

10.  Iron Man (very entertaining, if slightly overrated……I’m looking forward to seeing it again on DVD soon)

BOTTOM 5

1.  Batman and Robin (one of the worst films of all time)

2.  Crow: City of Angels (see above comment)

3.  Spawn (a total trashing of the ultra cool comic and anime from Todd Mcfarlane)

4.  Superman Returns (terrible)

5.  Daredevil (a miscast and mumbling Affleck, nearly comatose in an S/M suit…..where’s Matt Damon when you need him)

So, what are the best and worst comic book films you’ve ever seen ?

Feel free to comment on your most loved and hated comic book films.

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