Favorite Marvel Movie

[dlw66]

Feel free to discuss the direct-to-video animated features as well, if you are so inclined!

[Doctor Doom]

In order, my top six:

X3: The Last Stand
Spider-Man 3
X-Men
X-Men 2
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2

Notice a little pattern there?

[dlw66]

I voted for Spider-Man 2, in large part for the acting of Alfred Molina as Doc Ock. He was very level as Dr. Octavius -- not over the top as Willem Dafoe had been as the Green Goblin (and of course the various actors who had played Bat-villains in the 1989-on franchise). The scenes on the side of the clock tower and on the commuter train are among the best ever as far as superhero fights.

The movie also added depth to the Peter/MJ relationship without as much angst as there was in #3.

[Nutcase65]

I'm going for the original Spiderman movie. Watching him get used to his powers was very fun

[iastagehand]

Saw the Swamp Thing movie but never heard of a Man thing movie. When did it come out and who starred in it. I remember the comic but can't seeing it that popular or interesting to warrant a movie.

[dlw66]

It was a "Sci-Fi Channel exclusive". That should tell you how it was....

[Alchemist-X]

It was hard, but considering special effects, actor choice, translation of the characters to screen, I went with Spider-Man 3

I've actually seen everything on that list but Man-Thing (and I haven't seen Ghost Rider yet)
If I had to rank them, after carefull consideration, it goes something like this

Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 1
Spider-Man 2
Blade
X-men 1
Punisher
X-men 2
Daredevil
X-men 3
Blade 3
Fantastic 4
Blade 2
Hulk
I haven't seen Man-thing, I know its a made for TV P.O.S. and its still better than.....
Elektra

[dlw66]

Not sure how I missed Ghost Rider when I posted the choices. I knew there had been 18 Marvel movies released, and I guess my short-term memory wasn't working so well the other day. Sorry about that!

[imperiusrex]

how could you leave out the reb brown captain america movies? where he had the clear plexi shield and the motorcycle helmet???

www.briansdriveintheater.com/superhero/rebbrown/rebbrown18.jpg

wow check out those... um tights. uh reb, they do come in large, you know?

but seriously i actually really liked the Dr. Strange movie for years. It may be among my favorites...

[Van Plexico]

We actually have a chapter on the Cap TV movies in the ASSEMBLED! book. Which is, y'know, coming out... someday...!

[scottharris]

It's interesting how few of these are actually good. My order would be:

Spider-Man 2
X-Men 2
Spider-Man
X-Men

And the rest of them are either boring, bad, lame, crap or flawed. If pressed I'd put Spider-Man 3 next, I guess. Then maybe Blade. Seriously, a lot of these are really bad. X-Men 3 is brutally awful, Fantastic Four is the least fantastic movie I've ever seen, Blade 3 is just, wow. Ghost Rider in unbelievably bad, though I enjoyed it anyway because it was past the point of bad and into straight camp, while Daredevil is similarly bad but not quite bad enough to be enjoyable. Bad.

Not to mention some older movies. Howard the Duck anyone? How about the Dolph Lundgren Punisher? That Cap movie with Ned Beatty that features Cap's famous "fake vomit" maneuver. Ugh.

[Alchemist-X]

Dolph as the Punisher was kinda weak, but as far as early comic movies go, it was probably one of the better executed all things considered.

[fiero84]

imperiusrex said:

how could you leave out the reb brown captain america movies? where he had the clear plexi shield and the motorcycle helmet???...

He's got the build,grant that. If the actor had cut his hair short, like the character, he would fit the role.
Altho, I haven't seen that made for TV movie.

I'm still laughing at the Incredible Hulk link I clicked on where there was a 'Thor' guest starring. Looked more like a bass player from the heavy metal group-GWAR. ;D

[thew40]

X-Men 2
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man
X-Men
Blade
Daredevil
Spider-Man 3
Ghost Rider
Hulk
Fantastic Four
X-Men 3
Blade 3
The Punisher
Blade 2
Elektra

X-Men 2 was just about everything I wanted out of an X-Men movie. Great action, drama, suspense, and awesome villians. Really captured the spirit of the comics.

Spider-Man 2 had a lot more depth and interest than it's predecessor. Great balance between Spider-Man and Peter Parker. A little cheesy at times, but an enjoyable film.

Spider-Man and X-Men are both kinda tied for 3rd place. Both are great movies that really brought the true comic energy to the big screen, but are little more generic in terms of storytelling and general feel than their sucessors.

Blade is a great movie, really setting the bar for super-hero movies. I mean, it's a movie about a guy who has vampire powers and hunts vampires. Yet, it's quite good.

Daredevil is a good, if not a little over the top at times. Had a great sense of mood and tone and did a good job of translating elements of the comic onto the film.

Spider-Man 3 is good, but not great. It meets it's quality quota, but I wasn't blown over. Too busy for it's own good.

Ghost Rider was fun. Not amazing, not incredible, not even that great. But it was a fun movie . . . except the ending.

Hulk was decent. Hulk himself looked amazing and I applaud the director (whose name I forget right now) for trying something different with a comic book movie. But the movie failed itself by trying to take itself too seriously.

Fantastic Four was just a mistake on a lot of levels. With the exception of the Thing and scenes where the FF are enjoying some downtime in the Baxter Building, the movie is riddled with flaws and plotholes.

X-Men 3 was the biggest disappointment I've ever had with a comic book movie. It felt like two movies crammed together in one. The entire Phoenix concept was destroyed. Characters were killed off needlessly. Major plotholes all over the place. Ugh. Terrible. I wish they would have just waited for Singer.

Blade 3 was unexciting and kinda lame.

The Punisher just couldn't get it's head in the game.

Blade 2 . . . just not good.

Elektra had only one redeeming quality. Jennifer Garner's incredible hotness.

~W~