List your top ten favorite Superhero films

[madmarva]

Superman: The Movie will likely always be my favorite super hero film for sentimental reasons and because so much of it still holds up today. From the opening right up through his first night as the man of steel montage, it's a pretty perfect movie, to me. The biggest flaw is Otis being so silly and Luthor being camp. Sure the ending makes absolutely no scientific sense, but it does work emotionally at least for me.

I'm going to watch it again tomorrow because it was 34 years ago this weekend that I saw it as a kid. It'll always be a Christmas movie to me because that's the season when I saw it.

2 Avengers
3 DarkKnight
4 Iron Man
5 Amazing Spider-Man
6 Captain America
7 SupermanII
8 Batman Begins
9 X-Men First Class
10 X-Men II

[Operation:Mego]

DC:

1. Superman II - Somehow even better than the first one.
2. Superman: TMP - Amazing, just simply amazing.
3. Batman Begins - The perfect Batman origin movie.
4. Green Lantern - Great action, acting, and effects.
5. The Dark Knight Rises - Epic conclusion to the trilogy.
6. Superman Returns - A great return for Big Blue to the silver screen.
7. The Dark Knight - Great acting and action, but filled with too many plot holes.
8. A History of Violence - Very suspenseful and filled with surprising twists.
9. Superman IV - Bad special effects, but it returns Superman to a more serious storyline.
10. The Spirit - Underrated, though the film it has it's moments.

I haven't seen Watchmen, Superman II: TRDC, or RED yet, so the list will probably change once I finally do see them. Then Man of Steel will come out, GL2, JL, etc, etc.

[emeraldknight47]

DC:

1. Superman II - Somehow even better than the first one.
2. Superman: TMP - Amazing, just simply amazing.
3. Batman Begins - The perfect Batman origin movie.
4. Green Lantern - Great action, acting, and effects.
5. The Dark Knight Rises - Epic conclusion to the trilogy.
6. Superman Returns - A great return for Big Blue to the silver screen.
7. The Dark Knight - Great acting and action, but filled with too many plot holes.
8. A History of Violence - Very suspenseful and filled with surprising twists.
9. The Spirit - Though underrated, the film it has it's moments.
10. Superman IV - Bad special effects, but it returns Superman to a more serious storyline.

I haven't seen Watchmen or RED yet, so the list will probably change once I finally do see them. Then Man of Steel will come out, etc, etc.

Wow, O:M, not a single MARVEL entry on your list?? Hmmm. Do I sense a dyed-in-the-wool DC fan here...? :smiley:

[Operation:Mego]

Wow, O:M, not a single MARVEL entry on your list?? Hmmm. Do I sense a dyed-in-the-wool DC fan here...? :smiley:

Look back a few pages, I already did a Marvel list. This time it was all DC.

[MIB41]

Here's my list:

1) Spider-man 2 - This will likely remain my favorite of all time. Perfect Doc Ock and the struggles Spidey worked through felt about as close to the comics as it will ever get.
2) Superman: The Movie - Like the above, this film perfectly captures the heart of this hero. I don't think it will ever be duplicated.
3) The Avengers - Never did I believe a comic on this scale would ever see the light of day on the big screen. Or be told with such competence. Joss Whedon, you will always have my respect.
4) The Dark Knight trilogy - I have to place all of them together because, in my mind, they are that important. This is the first series of movies that goes beyond the surface image of Batman and explores his origins and the ramifications of embracing the cape and cowl. A thoughtful and engaging series. There will never be another one like it.
5) Spider-man - What can I say? I love Spider-man. And this breakout film was a joyous occasion. My only complaint was the robo-Gobby. But Willem DeFoe did such an amazing job as Norman Osborn, it just bled right through that failed costume and brought the Goblin to life anyway. Props to Mr. DeFoe for bringing to life a bad costume.
6) Batman '89 - In my mind, this will always be the film that launched audiences into the modern day myth of superheroes. It took re-imagining Batman beyond the camp of the '66 series for Hollywood (and society) to understand there could be a serious interpretation. And once that mold was cast, Hollywood has never looked back.
7) Iron Man - Whoever thought Hollywood could pull off a thoughtful and witty interpretation of this character? And could Robert Downey Jr. ever have imagined the reversal of his fortunes upon accepting this role? Truly a star was born.
8) Conan - A great film that established Schwarzenegger before the Terminator films. He also had an amazingly close resemblance to John Buscema's illustrations in the comics. I'm excited to see they will finally do a "true" sequel to this original film.
9) Superman II - There was something very emotional about seeing Superman beat up by a truck driver at a truck stop. You could champion him when he was truly down and out. Hollywood never should have forgotten that lesson.
10) The Phantom - While simple in execution, it retains that innocence about the comic that will never be seen again. Plus big Kudos for allowing the Phantom to look pretty much as he should. No rubber pads in that suit. A good example of literal translation from comic strip to film. Billy Zane will always be the Phantom in my eyes. Great work!

[thunderbolt]

Hellboy
XMen First Class
Captain America
The Phantom
Dark Knight movies
Iron Man
Watchmen
The Incredibles
Superman meets the Mole Men
Rocketeer