Comic Book Movies

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Good list. I pretty much agree with all of it, though DOFP is my new personal favorite, but it and 2 are pretty close in quality for me, so I could see it go either way, really.

[Avaitor]

I just saw DOFP last night, and I REALLY liked it. I'd say that Marvel is 4 1/2 for 5 this year, or possibly a complete 5 if I want to be generous to ASM 2.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

That reminds me that I still need to see Big Hero 6, but even with TASM 2, this was still Marvel's best year by far, IMO.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Here we go, my rankings for all of the Batman movies (that I've seen):

Great Batman Movies:
1. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (yes, this is my personal favorite)
2. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
3. The Dark Knight
4. The Dark Knight Returns Part II
5. Batman (1989)

Good Batman Movies:
6. The Dark Knight Rises
7. The Dark Knight Returns Part I
8. Batman Begins
9. Batman Returns (OK, it's not good, but it's a guilty pleasure)

Mediocre Batman Movies:
10. Under the Red Hood (a lot of people love it, but I thought it was just OK, personally)
11 Sub-Zero
12. Mystery of the Batwoman

Entertainingly Bad Batman Movies:
13. Batman Forever
14. Batman and Robin

Horrendously Bad Batman Movie:
15. Son of Batman

And no, I haven't actually seen the Adam West or black-and-white Batman films, so I didn't count those within this ranking.

Also, I don't count Year One as a feature-length film, hence why I didn't rank it, but if I did, it'd be a top 5 for sure.

[talonmalon333]

I think it's fair to call Batman Returns a legitimately good movie. It's certainly nothing special, but Tim Burton's art direction and Danny Elfman's score are still great. And I do like Catwoman and the Penguin (Penguin a little less so, admittedly). My main problem is that it feels a bit too much like typical Tim Burton, and neither villain is as likable as Jack Nicholson in the first movie.

[Foggle]

9. Batman Returns (OK, it's not good

It's certainly nothing special

[talonmalon333]

I think it's fair to call Batman Returns a legitimately good movie.

Read the first sentence before the second.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I like Batman Returns in the same way that I like Spider-Man 3, in that it's better to view the former like it's a Tim Burton movie rather than a Batman movie, and the latter is of course a better Sam Raimi film than it is a Spider-Man film. The one great thing about both of them is that they each use Danny Elfman music.

[Lord Il]

I think it's fair to call Batman Returns a legitimately good movie.

Read the first sentence before the second.

Doesn't matter. You still made Foggle upset. geeeze... You should be ashamed of yourself. Go sit in the corner and think about what you did.

My main problem is that it feels a bit too much like typical Tim Burton, and neither villain is as likable as Jack Nicholson in the first movie.

I remember Tim Burton saying that he wanted to eliminate the "funny little man" image he had of The Penguin from the 60's Batman TV show and turn him into something truly vile and sinister. I like how he handled it. It's definitely Tim Burton's Penguin to be sure. And Danny DeVito... my god... so brilliant!

I understand what you mean, though. Jack Nicholson as The Joker was fun and upbeat. The Penguin was quite dark and foreboding. It was Catwoman who tended to liven things up for the better in that movie. She created a certain balance.

[Foggle]

Doesn't matter. You still made Foggle upset. geeeze... You should be ashamed of yourself. Go sit in the corner and think about what you did.

I remember Tim Burton saying that he wanted to eliminate the "funny little man" image he had of The Penguin from the 60's Batman TV show and turn him into something truly vile and sinister. I like how he handled it. It's definitely Tim Burton's Penguin to be sure. And Danny DeVito... my god... so brilliant!

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

You know what the TV show Gotham is missing, or rather, NOT missing? Noses. There are too many noses left in-tact on people's faces, and a certain someone seriously needs to bite them off. Perhaps he can do it to Jim Gordon's actor and get him replaced with someone more interesting.

[Avaitor]

Wonder Woman has a director, and it's a great call.

[talonmalon333]

Does this mean that not every movie in the DC live action canon will be directed by Snyder?

[Avaitor]

That doesn't sound like it would be remotely feasible to attempt, even if DC really wanted it.

[talonmalon333]

That doesn't sound like it would be remotely feasible to attempt, even if DC really wanted it.

I knew that the next few were his, so I just kind of figured we were stuck with him for these movies.