Film Adaptations of Comic Books

[keilj]

Anyone have favorites, or ones they did not like, of movies made from comic books? (For obvious reasons) I put Sin City at the top - with everything quite a ways below

[BienvenuJDC]

I really liked Iron Man and I will say that nothing that Stan Lee has been involved in has disappointed me. The man is a master at what he does.

[keilj]

I really liked Iron Man and I will say that nothing that Stan Lee has been involved in has disappointed me. The man is a master at what he does.

Second best on my list is probably The Spirit (though I know many did not like that movie). I thought it was really good. (and Scarlett Johannson and Eva Mendez did not hurt things either)

[inbetween]

batman beginns and returnes (burton did it great!)
the crow (part one and two) (even though these are only inspired by comics)
.... these are thw once I like!

[Drkshadow03]

I really liked Iron Man and I will say that nothing that Stan Lee has been involved in has disappointed me. The man is a master at what he does.

Agreed. The first Iron Man was probably one of the most impressive adaptations of a comic book into film.

[Mr.lucifer]

The dark knight.

[pooteeweet]

The Dark Knight and Superman Returns -- I know Superman was not that 'great' of a movie -- but I like the story and how it picked up after Superman II.

[mtpspur]

Well Jonah Hex was a mess. If only they had stuck with the character from the comics--could have been on a level with Outlaw Josey Wales as Hex has much drama and layers to his character. The Phantom wasn;t bad --just wasn't great and perhaps 10 years too late to be effective. The Spider-Man movies have been excellent especially the second one with Doc Octopus. I like the Batman movies but have never been in love with them. I'm a snob where he's concerned. Unless it looks like Neal Adams it will always fall short.

[fontelroy]

I thought 'the Watchmen' was a masterfully made movie. It perfectly captured the graphic novel in a way I thought impossible. It had the best soundtrack since Donnie Darko and had amazing acting, and costumes. It seems like comic adaptations only work when they have respect for the source material EG. The Dark Knight, Watchmen, Ironman etc.

[The Comedian]

Some of the great comics have been made into adequate films: American Splendor, Ghost World. . .

[Rores28]

Sin City is the obvious best, maybe the only comic book movie that could go toe to toe with the graphic novel itself.

Watchmen was very good but still lacking when compared to the graphic novel.

A majority of the classic superhero movies are basically terrible. Exceptions being Spider-Man, Iron Man, and X-men trilogy. And really I think the X-men trilogy was the only really remarkable one... the alternate Dark Phoenix story I thought was great.

Ghost World I felt was a fantastic book that turned to **** in movie form.

American Splendor was really good too.

I also loved V for Vendetta, but I can't compare to the book, yet I'm in the process of reading that now.

I heard League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was crap too movie-wise but I haven't seen or read it.

[lavendar1]

Persepolis, Road to Perdition, 300.

[Desolation]

The Dark Knight
Kick-***
Watchmen
Iron Man 1 & 2
The Incredible Hulk (with Ed Norton)
V for Vendetta
The first two Spider-Mans

I'm really excited for Green Lantern, The Flash, and Thor.

[andrewoberg]

I thought 'the Watchmen' was a masterfully made movie. It perfectly captured the graphic novel in a way I thought impossible. It had the best soundtrack since Donnie Darko and had amazing acting, and costumes. It seems like comic adaptations only work when they have respect for the source material EG. The Dark Knight, Watchmen, Ironman etc.

I loved "Watchmen" too, especially the twist on how the comic plays out its climax, but thought the soundtrack was terrible. Jimi playing as they fly over the Martian landscape? Tripe!

[Scheherazade]

Ghost World. . .

I love both the book and the movie.