What do you consider the first "modern" superhero movie?

*CyberCubed* · 03-11-2016, 12:53 PM

The way I see it, there were 4 turning points for what gave us the modern superhero movie:

- Batman 1989. Tim Burton's Batman reinvented Batman for the general public who remembered him from the campy 60's show. It also introduced Batman and Joker to a whole new younger generation of kids from the 80's and 90's (like myself). The series also spawned B:TAS.

- X-men 2000. The first X-men film from 16 years ago, of a movie franchise that's still going today. After Batman and Robin killed superhero movies in 1997....it was only 3 years later that X-men revived it. Its also rather obvious the success of X-men eventually paved the way for Spiderman and the Marvel universe

- Nolan's Batman. The films brought Batman back once again in a brilliant reboot and were critically acclaimed (at least the first two), and paved the way for Batman to be a success in theaters again after Batman and Robin

- Iron Man...the start of the Marvel Universe. Says enough in itself, this paved the way for all Marvel movies that came after it.

What do you consider the first modern superhero movie?

03-11-2016, 12:53 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	What do you consider the first "modern" superhero movie? The way I see it, there were 4 turning points for what gave us the modern superhero movie: - Batman 1989. Tim Burton's Batman reinvented Batman for the general public who remembered him from the campy 60's show. It also introduced Batman and Joker to a whole new younger generation of kids from the 80's and 90's (like myself). The series also spawned B:TAS. - X-men 2000. The first X-men film from 16 years ago, of a movie franchise that's still going today. After Batman and Robin killed superhero movies in 1997....it was only 3 years later that X-men revived it. Its also rather obvious the success of X-men eventually paved the way for Spiderman and the Marvel universe - Nolan's Batman. The films brought Batman back once again in a brilliant reboot and were critically acclaimed (at least the first two), and paved the way for Batman to be a success in theaters again after Batman and Robin - Iron Man...the start of the Marvel Universe. Says enough in itself, this paved the way for all Marvel movies that came after it. What do you consider the first modern superhero movie?