Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

innerSpaceman · 05-04-2012, 11:22 AM

I've found the superhero movies totally hit and miss.

I liked the first Iron Man, and even enjoyed the second one.

Thor was a bore.

Captain America was, imo, the best of the bunch - and they all should be set in the 1940's to take advantage of the inherent camp element of the genre. Magically shifting him to the present day just so he could be in the Avengers movie was beyond lame. So The Avengers better be good!

I liked the Ed Norton Hulk, not so much the earlier Ang Lee version (though I didn't hate it nearly as much as the consensus).

I think that covered the Marvel stuff, huh? Was the Green Lantern a Marvel movie? That one sucked!

Loved the first two Tobey Spider-Mans (Spider-Men?) - hated the third one.

Really loved Nolan's Batman Begins, but was meh on The Dark Knight (despite a great perf by the late great Ledger). I will gladly finish out the series next month though. (My friend's an extra, so it'll be fun to look for him if nothing else.)

Tim Burton's two Batman movies were enjoyable - with his follow-up, Batman Returns, remaining my fave Batman movie of all time. The subsequent entries in this iteration of the series were dreadful.

Big fan of the original Chris Reeves Superman. Hated II with a passion, but kinda like the Richard Donner version recently home released. The remaining entries in that iteration of the series were also dreadful.

I really liked Bryan Singer's Superman Returns (which was kind of a remake of Superman I and II). Sorry that series didn't get a shot at continuing. I have a wait-and-see attitude about the Henry Cavill reboot coming up. Same for the upcoming Spider-Man reboot coming up.

Um, wow, shouldn't I be getting SuperHero burn-out by now? Remind me again why I'm keen to see The Avengers this weekend?

Moonliner · 05-04-2012, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Um, wow, shouldn't I be getting SuperHero burn-out by now? Remind me again why I'm keen to see The Avengers this weekend?

Superhero's are the new pirates for sure. Wait, has anyone created a superhero pirate that fights vampires? If not I call dibs!

mousepod · 05-04-2012, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Superhero's are the new pirates for sure. Wait, has anyone created a superhero pirate that fights vampires? If not I call dibs!

This came close once upon a time...

Moonliner · 05-04-2012, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

This came close once upon a time...

Well played sir well played. Plus it's available on Netflix streaming....

05-04-2012, 11:22 AM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I've found the superhero movies totally hit and miss. I liked the first Iron Man, and even enjoyed the second one. Thor was a bore. Captain America was, imo, the best of the bunch - and they all should be set in the 1940's to take advantage of the inherent camp element of the genre. Magically shifting him to the present day just so he could be in the Avengers movie was beyond lame. So The Avengers better be good! I liked the Ed Norton Hulk, not so much the earlier Ang Lee version (though I didn't hate it nearly as much as the consensus). I think that covered the Marvel stuff, huh? Was the Green Lantern a Marvel movie? That one sucked! Loved the first two Tobey Spider-Mans (Spider-Men?) - hated the third one. Really loved Nolan's Batman Begins, but was meh on The Dark Knight (despite a great perf by the late great Ledger). I will gladly finish out the series next month though. (My friend's an extra, so it'll be fun to look for him if nothing else.) Tim Burton's two Batman movies were enjoyable - with his follow-up, Batman Returns, remaining my fave Batman movie of all time. The subsequent entries in this iteration of the series were dreadful. Big fan of the original Chris Reeves Superman. Hated II with a passion, but kinda like the Richard Donner version recently home released. The remaining entries in that iteration of the series were also dreadful. I really liked Bryan Singer's Superman Returns (which was kind of a remake of Superman I and II). Sorry that series didn't get a shot at continuing. I have a wait-and-see attitude about the Henry Cavill reboot coming up. Same for the upcoming Spider-Man reboot coming up. Um, wow, shouldn't I be getting SuperHero burn-out by now? Remind me again why I'm keen to see The Avengers this weekend?
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