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Post by dlw66 on May 7, 2007 8:51:51 GMT -5
Feel free to discuss the direct-to-video animated features as well, if you are so inclined!
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Post by Doctor Doom on May 7, 2007 8:59:27 GMT -5
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?
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Post by dlw66 on May 7, 2007 11:23:31 GMT -5
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.
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Post by Nutcase65 on May 7, 2007 14:27:04 GMT -5
I'm going for the original Spiderman movie. Watching him get used to his powers was very fun
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Post by iastagehand on May 8, 2007 16:12:38 GMT -5
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.
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Post by dlw66 on May 8, 2007 21:54:19 GMT -5
It was a "Sci-Fi Channel exclusive". That should tell you how it was....
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Post by Alchemist-X on May 9, 2007 3:02:00 GMT -5
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
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Post by dlw66 on May 9, 2007 8:42:28 GMT -5
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!
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Post by imperiusrex on May 10, 2007 19:24:52 GMT -5
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.jpgwow 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...
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Post by Van Plexico on May 11, 2007 7:14:40 GMT -5
We actually have a chapter on the Cap TV movies in the ASSEMBLED! book. Which is, y'know, coming out... someday...!
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Post by scottharris on May 11, 2007 13:08:22 GMT -5
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.
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Post by Alchemist-X on May 15, 2007 19:13:37 GMT -5
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.
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Post by fiero84 on May 17, 2007 13:47:44 GMT -5
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
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Post by thew40 on May 17, 2007 16:41:10 GMT -5
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~
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