Top 20 Comic Book Movies of All-Time
Published October 06, 2008
Ghost World (2000)? I'm obviously a fan of indie movie comic book adaptations, so where's Ghost World, the film of choice for hipsters everywhere, you may ask? Buried deep within the recesses of my brain, since I HATED that movie.
300 (2007)? A visual delight on par with Sin City (another Frank Miller foundation), 300 was just too dumb to make the list. This made it another fairly exacting adaptation of Miller's work, since the original graphic novel was plenty dumb all on its own.
Watchmen (2009)? If you're asking about this one, then you must have stumbled upon the archives, as it hasn't yet been released at the time of writing (hey, glad to know my post is still being read). It also suggests that the movie is good enough to be up for consideration, which is heartening, I must say. I've got one question, random future person: who won the election? And just how small are iPods now?
Andy Sayers is a technical writer from Canada, which automatically makes him funnier than people from other countries. When not writing about pop culture, he is consuming it alongside his loving wife.
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- Top 20 Comic Book Movies of All-Time
- Published: October 06, 2008
- Type: Opinion
- Section: Video
- Filed Under: Books: Comics and Graphic Novels, Video: Action, Video: Adventure, Video: Animation, Video: Crime, Video: Cult, Video: Drama, Video: SF, Video: Thriller
- Writer: Andy Sayers
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I Think your list is pretty solid, however you did leave out some pretty good movies.
1. Fantastic Four- rise of the Silver Surfer. Although the first FF movie seemed way too campy and the Doom character was not as menacing as in the comics, it did have a better storyline and more action than the first.
2. Blade- the first movie was the better of the bunch. It had some weak points, but overall very entertaining.
The Punisher(Tom Janes)- not that great, mainly for the Vincent Vega Villan, but the new one for this fall rumors to have Jig Saw, one of the better advisaries.
Dare Devil and Electra- Again, entertaining and somewhat loyal to the book. not my favorite.
Ghost Rider- Not a big Nicholas Cage fan, but I love the fact that They used Peter Fonda and his Easy rider bike in the film.
I've seen all but two of those (Ghost Rider and Elektra), but must say that none of them were contenders for this list. In fact, I thought Rise of the Silver Surfer was worse than the first Fantastic Four movie.
That said, I am somewhat looking forward to the new re-casted Punisher movie.
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Nice piece. Not sure if I agree with the Spiderman movies ranking so high - first viewing was great, but they haven't held up over time very well for me.
Here's hoping Nolan's third Batman film won't go the way of the Spiderman and X-Men franchises.