[Stogieman]

I'm shocked there was no thread for this movie yet. Has anyone here seen it? What did you think? It was the best time I had in the cinema in long time. The open credits were amazing, the action was great and the jokes man, the jokes! I don't care if you're suffering from comic book movie fatigue, you need to go see this movie asap.


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[Stogieman]

Oh, I forgot to mention the marketing dept has done fantastic job with this movie.

[Cap'n Tightpants]

Best superhero film of all time, period.


(Okay, not really, but it's the best at being true to it's main character.)

[Waragainstsleep]

There is already rumours and hints that Hollywood is now keen on R-rated comic adaptations with a sense of humour. I'm hoping this leads to a spate of 2000AD titles making the big screen.

[Doc HM]

Originally Posted by Cap'n Tightpants 

Best superhero film of all time, period.


(Okay, not really, but it's the best at being true to it's main character.)

Kick Ass (1) it ain't.

[Cap'n Tightpants]

Correct. It wrecks KA, far superior.

[Laminar]

Loved it.

[ajprice]

Saw it at the weekend, it was great, I want to go and see it again

[Cap'n Tightpants]

I'm wondering how Suicide Squad would have done with a hard R rating, like it should have been. Maybe it's not too late for them to go back and put the boobies and guts back in?

[Doc HM]

Originally Posted by Cap'n Tightpants 

Correct. It wrecks KA, far superior.

This is of course the wrong answer.

[Cap'n Tightpants]

Who should play Cable? I'm saying Karl Urban or Sean Bean.

[ajprice]

Depends on his age in the film, Stephen Lang wants the part though.

[Waragainstsleep]

Not Keira then?

[Cap'n Tightpants]

Originally Posted by ajprice 

Depends on his age in the film, Stephen Lang wants the part though.

That's what I was thinking. Younger = Urban, Older = Bean.

[subego]

So, this is yet another movie, like Star Wars, where everybody says it's great, and when I'm watching it, I wonder what movie was everybody else watching. Does no one on this forum have any ****ing taste?

I'm sure at this point everyone is going to go "are you shitting me?"

Yes. Yes I am shitting you.

[Laminar]

Too high brow for you?

[subego]

Focus on my last four words.

[subego]

Since the subject is now the best superhero movies of all time, I want to see what the consensus is. Note, I'm not a big fan of superhero stuff in general.

In addition to this movie, I'm thinking you have to put in...

The first X-Men.
Burton's Batman.

I'd put Mystery Men on there, but I could see people emphatically disagreeing with that. I'd put Wanted on there, but I'm not even sure I'm picking superhero movies anymore.

Haven't seen GotG yet because it's still not available as a streaming rental anywhere I can find. Not sure if that would count as a superhero movie, either.

[Cap'n Tightpants]

MiB would have to be in the running, at least the first one. I actually prefered X-Men 2, but I'd put it and Deadpool as neck-and-neck for best in the franchise.

[subego]

I'd have to see X2 again, but I don't recall anything having the strength of say, Magneto's or Wolverine's entrance.

Those scenes transcended the genre IMO.

[subego]

I was definitely entertained by MiB, but that universe kinda leaves me cold. I think I wanted it to be grimmer.

[ajprice]

"the best superhero movies of all time"

Personal preference, in no particular order.

Deadpool
Iron Man
The Dark Knight
Mystery Men
Superman (Christopher Reeve)
Kick Ass

I tried to watch Burton Batman once, when I borrowed the box set from a friend. Couldn't finish the first film, terrible horrible cheese. Passed the set back, thanks but no thanks.

[Waragainstsleep]

No Dredd?

I wouldn't have said Keaton as Batman was all that bad. The recent ones make them look cheesy I guess but if you thought that was bad be glad you never made it to the fourth one.

[ajprice]

Urban, yes. Stallone, no.

[Doc HM]

Possibly not Superhero movie rather comic book adaptions

1. Dredd
2. Kick Ass
3. Scott Pilgrim vs The World
4. Deadpool
5. Superman 1

honourable mentions to Watchmen (I know it's flawed but for some reason i like it) and V for Vendetta

[Cap'n Tightpants]

So now that I've calmed down a little. I took a good friend of mine from Egypt to see this, he's visiting us through Lent, and he thoroughly enjoyed the movie. However, the experience in the theater left a lot to be desired. Since when has laughing, not "hee-hawing" just regular laughter, during a movie been cause for rudeness? Some guy in front of us shushed him once and then, within seconds, turned around and bluntly told him to STFU. Was that the end? Hell no, then the pickle-dick had the nerve to start texting right after, as if that's somehow less annoying, probably to tell the other Trump followers that he'd abused a Muslim during the film (he's actually a Copt). I was going to go get the usher but my friend asked me to let it go, he's a far more chilled and forgiving person than I am.

Afterward I saw the guy in the lobby, my guest had went to the can, and I went to confront the jerk. I got ~15 feet from him and said "Hey!"... and he ran out the front doors, nearly flattening an old lady in the process, then sprinted all the way across the parking lot.

[P]

Originally Posted by subego 

Haven't seen GotG yet because it's still not available as a streaming rental anywhere I can find. Not sure if that would count as a superhero movie, either.

GotG is on Netflix here, but I guess that is not global availability.

I would say that Iron Man and The Dark Knight are the two best traditional superhero movies, and also include V for Vendetta and Watchmen if we are speaking of comic book movies more generally. The first two X-men movies were very good for its time, as were the first two Spiderman movies, but they haven't aged very well.

[subego]

I now like "Angel of the Morning", because I now associate it with head shots.

[subego]

I feel people being down on the Tim Burton Batman, is an example of "Seinfeld is Unfunny". At the time, that movie was full with all kinds of big deal shit no one had ever done before, or at least, put together in the same package.

[subego]

Originally Posted by Doc HM 

honourable mentions to Watchmen (I know it's flawed but for some reason i like it) and V for Vendetta

I forgot about V for Vendetta. Good call!

You're wrong about Watchmen, of course.

[Paco500]

Originally Posted by subego 

I feel people being down on the Tim Burton Batman, is an example of "Seinfeld is Unfunny". At the time, that movie was full with all kinds of big deal shit no one had ever done before, or at least, put together in the same package.

The things I loved about it I still love about it. The things I hate about it today (watched in somewhat recently with my son) I hated back then- specifically the Prince musical numbers- so glaringly out of place.

But it was ground breaking in so many ways.

[subego]

It's been awhile, but I recall liking at least one of them.

Suddenly breaking into a musical number is exactly the kind of thing you'd expect from the Joker.

[Paco500]

Originally Posted by subego 

It's been awhile, but I recall liking at least one of them.

Suddenly breaking into a musical number is exactly the kind of thing you'd expect from the Joker.

Well clearly it's subjective. That being said, it's pretty well documented that the Prince numbers were forced on Tim Burton by the studio and he felt they added nothing to the film.

While I can understand your point about bursting in to song is something the Joker might do, the songs themselves (which I have no problem with as music) felt so very out of place to me. Exactly like the studio had insisted on them being included, no matter if they served the story or characters. It feels like they are there so the posters could say 'music by megastar Prince' rather than just 'soundtrack by relatively unknown leader of relatively unknown band, Danny Elfman."

I think if at the time Elfman was as famous and well regarded as he became (largely as the result of the Batman soundtrack) the Prince songs would not have been there at all.

[P]

All of those early comic book movies were a balance between what the studio bosses wanted (the colorful heroes of their childhood) and the more modern vision of younger directors. If the studio got too much of it their way, the movie tanked (see Batman and Robin - metaphorically. Don't actually watch it). If the director wouldn't compromise, the movie didn't get made. I guess that this is one of the things that Tim Burton had to compromise on.

[subego]