Your Favorite Comic to Movie Adaptions

[ThirdMarioBro]

List your favorite comic to movie adaptions in order of preference, and why you like them so much.

4. Spiderman 2 - Spiderman 2 killed the original. I have my doubts about 3, but 2 was perfect. You know the characters, and remember the SH*TTY ending from the first one. From the get-go, the movie puts you through hell non-stop. They make Petey's life non-stop torture, but it's all worth it because the movie has the best ending of any super hero movie ever. Plus, they did justice to Doc Ock. It feels real, but it feels Marvel. Brilliance on celluoid.

3. Hellboy - I knew nothing about Hellboy going into this movie. I met Ron Pearlman in person, and that's the only thing that prompted me to go see this movie, because I thought he was a nice guy. Well, upon viewing, I found this movie to become one of my all-time favourites, ever. It's funny, sad, happy, miserable, and messy all in one big burrito. The characters are kickass, and any movie with a villian named Rasputin trying to unleash hell on earth has to be good. It rules, period.

2. Sin City - It's black and white, has more amputations than Kill Bill, and is drowning in blood, cannabilism, sex, murder, prostitutes, erotic dancing, rape, death, and crazy people with swords . Sounds like fun already. That, and it's also probobly the most accurate comic to movie translation of all time. Even more, most of the spoken lines were ripped stright from the pages of the comic. Let's not forget the the storyline is one of the most unique and genuinely entertaining to come along in eons.

1. Batman Begins - Technically, it's an adaption of a graphic novel, which itself was an adaption, which is retelling a classic story, attempting to right the wrongs done in the last film adaptions. Soooo....why dosen't it suck? I don't know, but to me it's one of the best movies ever made, period. It's unbelieveable how fun the movie is to watch. First of all, Batman is a fu*king ninja. Second, the characters are finally believeable enough that you can feel an attachment to them, and the world of gothom feels like it could be a real world place for the first time, while not loosing any of that magical comic book feel. To me, it's a perrfect movie. It's not a stright adaption, but it's a better one.

[Mecha Cow]

Batman Begins was indeed a great movie, I really enjoyed the (illusion of) realism they brought to Batman. The attention to detail was amazing, and that's something I can really appreciate.

And maybe as a member of these forums I am biased, but I still think the original TMNT movie holds up damn well.

[Sliced]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

And maybe as a member of these forums I am biased, but I still think the original TMNT movie holds up damn well.

It sure does.

Here's my top 10 :

10- Hellboy : I didn't liked it alot, sure its great, good FX and all. But I'm not into Hellboy, and the movie changed nothing about that. Still have to be on almost any comics - movie top 10 though.

9- Blade : I'm talking about the first one here. One of the most entertaining movie I was able to see. This movie is all but lame and boring. Thumbs up for that, they could had soooo ruined this movie. Look at the sequels...

8- Spiderman 2 : I hate Tobey, so this is not helping this movie for me. But this is soooooo better than the original. Man, I enjoyed this movie alot. It was awsome. I liked Dr. Octopus alot, the actor whose playing him (forgot his name), is brilliant. But Jefferson not doing anything in this was a big disapointment for me (and alot of fans too). How long will they keep him at bay like this ? ... Also, I hope that somehow, they will bring Octopus back, he's too important to forget.

7- Batman : Mask of Phantasm : Man. And I mean MAN. Now that is a hell of a movie. Animation movie, yes, but still, this is good. I'm not saying anything about this movie, just go see it. It should be easy enough to find since alot of people (including myself) thinks that this is just behindthe best batman movie yet, Batman Begins. So go and see it. But its still an animation movie... So its why its number 7..

6- The Crow : Man that was good, and yeah sad at the same time since its the last time we saw Mr. Lee. But this was almost better than the comic. The sequels are just pretty ... well they're not good at all. But The Crow is an awsome movie to be seen with all the familly

5- X2 : Yep, the X-men were always my favorites, and this movie is better than the first, and the third combined. The first was pretty weak, the third was good, but this one is big, and really big. Still lacking, Jubilee and Gambit, and Beast. But its what all X-fans were waiting for.

4- Batman Begins : Well, what to say that wasn't already said... This is great, nuff said.

Ok, this is my top 3. You may agree or not, but these are to me, the very best we were given to see.

3- Superman : The original. The one and only Superman. This is better than Superman Returns, S4, S3 and S2 all put together. S2 is the only other Superman movie that is worth to be called a superman movie. Sure S. Returns had his moments, so did S4. But to me, its still not enough. Superman is one of his kind, and Mr. Reeves was really superman.

2- T.M.N.T : the movie : Yeah yeah yeah, I know. But take the comic, take the movie, and you will HAVE to admit that this, is, one of the best comic - movie you saw. I still enjoy watching this movie today. Think what you want, but I love this movie because it is an awsome comic-movie. One of the best. It is why the only comic-movie who could beat this one for me, is a comic, who is still a comic while we watch it on screen.

1- Sin City : This is not a movie, this is a comic. Nuff said.

[Brodie]

Batman Begins- Basically made me love Batman again, (Though, I didn't ever really not love him...He just has become the redheaded stepchild...)
TMNT- Duh, one of the coolest movies of all time.
The Punisher (new version)- This flick was great, very little CGI, and all asskicking. Tom Jane is great. Hes even in SPider-Man 2.
X-Films- All X-Men movies, theyre awesome. Very well done.
Ultimate Avengers 1, and 2- Say what you will, animated movies haven't been this cool for a while.

[ZariusTwo]

The Batman vs Dracula was better than both UA movies, and that's not sarcasm, it shows in every way how to do that series right and was a nice change to the pampered pre-school s*it the show usually is capable of. It used Viki Vale for the first time in any animated Batman medium and adapted aspects of "Batman vs Dracula" faithfully

[Mandi-chan]

Mine are:

1.)TMNT: The Movie- It was the perfect film for me. Action, comedy, drama, and an overall enjoyable movie.

2.)Batman Returns- My favorite Batman movie. It was wild, Catwoman was fantastic, and it was twisted and fun!

3.)Batman Begins- It re-introduced me to the Batman world, and was just a great movie. I loved how it explained everything about Bruce. How he came to be, where he learned to fight (he's a ninja!), how he got all his cool toys. It was a great action movie as well, I'm looking forward to the sequel.

3.)Spider-Man 2- I enjoyed the first one, but thought 2 was just so much better. While it did repeat some of the elements of the first movie, at the same time it showed that while things were fun for Pete in the first movie...they were now a living hell for him in the second. I loved seeing him struggle, I loved seeing him pick between being the hero and the average joe. I loved this movie.

4.)X-Men- The sequels were good, but they never really lived up to this one to me. The story, the action, and the feel of this movie was just so great.

[Barkworm]

• X2
• Spider-Man
• Batman (60s)
• Batman
• Batman Returns
• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Hellboy

[ThirdMarioBro]

I gotta' admit, Batman Return fu*king ruled, even if you just watch it for Catwoman (like me), it fu*king ruled. I also loved the art direction. I don't want them to touch Catwoman again in a Batman medium, because it just dosen't get any better (or sexier) than Michelle Phifer's.

[Jonatello]

the first TMNT movie followed by the Spider-man movies and Tim Burton's Batman movies

[Fang Wolf]

Here is mine:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[Draconic]

I have to say that, while I do indeed think that the spiderman movies were of a higher quality, what with the computer graphics and all, I think that the TMNT did well for the time, with what they had available to them. In TMNT 1, nobody will ever be able to say "That looks fake" like people did for the early movies which use computer graphics, or even the later ones such as The Matrix. TMNT was done well, and for that reason their adaptation is my favorite.

However, this is not to say that the adaptation was most accurate by any stretch. Accuracy does not necessitate quality. Quality does not necessitate accuracy.

-Draconic

[Drtooth]

Well, clearly TMNT 1, both Spiderman movies, the first 2 original Batman movies, BAtman Begins...and probably that 1966 Batman TV show movie (Sorry... it's the only version of that series that's on DVD)

I want to see Batmn MAsk of the Phantasm... didn't see it yet... plus Batman Beyond, return of the Joker, and that Batman/Dracula thing. And the Avengers.

[Draconic]

I really liked Mask of the Phantasm. Thought it was surpirsingly good for a movie based on a series.

[Sewer Bull]

Immortal, anyone? It was weird but had its style. And Sin City of course - a true masterpiece in comic to movie adaptions.

I wish they filmed "Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth". That would just kick ass.

[cowabunga14]

Batman Returns - I truly enjoyed Tim Burton's take on The Dark Knight.

X-Men - I haven't paid much attetion to the sequels, so this one was the most accurate to the comics for me.

Spider-Man 2 - You can't go wrong with the sequel -- it was better than the original.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - A very fun movie that followed closely to the comics. It was really the only movie I cared for when I was a kid.

[Draconic]

GTO: The Movie was also pretty sweet.