10. The Incredible Hulk
9. Batman Begins
8. Spider-Man
7. Unbreakable
6. Darkman
5. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
4. X2: X-Men United
3. Spider-Man 2
2. Iron Man
1. The Dark Knight
So there's my list. I expect to take some flack for the end of my list. I'm sure others will have Batman Begins much higher, but after trying to rewatch that recently, I feel like it isn't as fun as a lot of these other superhero movies. And I know The Incredible Hulk was not the most well liked movie, but dammit, I thought it was an enjoyable movie, maybe that has more to do with the improvement on the first attempt though. What else to say about my list... I doubt anyone else will have Darkman on their list, but I hope it gets some recognition, and it has some foreshadowing to later superhero greatness. I mean Liam Neeson (later as the Batman Begins villian who I will assuradly misspell without looking it up, Raj Al Ghul) and Sam Raimi (later director of the Spider-Man trilogy) in a independently created superhero movie. With the top of my list, I expect to see quite a bit of similarity between the x3, as those are far and away the best the superhero genre has had to offer. I usually get a lot of flack for putting too much weight on newer movies, but I feel like this genre is young enough where newer does correlate with better. Some last minute tidbits... The toughest movie to leave off this list was actually Daredevil, a wonderously stupid movie that I enjoyed quite a bit. The easiest movie to leave off this list was Hancock, what crap, and that's coming from a Jason Bateman fan. And the questionable movie that I considered for this list was The Crow, but I wasn't sure if he'd be classified as a superhero. Oh, and if I had seen it, maybe The Incredibles would be on this list, as I expect to see it on others.
'Til next time - Hula Boy Out.
Friday, July 25, 2008
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3 comments:
Batman? I don't technically consider him a "superhero." As my list shows, I only included meta-humans, since I consider that the standard for superhero. I also kept Iron Man off the list because he is just another guy in a suit. A hero definitely, but not innately super.
Wow, that is the dorkiest thing I've ever heard. Also, I added V for Vendetta because I figured he was as much a hero as Batman was.
I REALLY enjoyed the Incredible Hulk... I'm glad it made it on someone's list.
Thank you for showing the original Spider-man some love as well.
Wow, three sequels right in a row? And all the second one, no less!
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