Just got back from Captain America. I think it may be the best comics-based movie I've ever seen.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 26, 2011 6:20:17 pm PDT #15712 of 30000
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DavidS - Jul 26, 2011 6:28:51 pm PDT #15713 of 30000
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Emmett and I saw Captain America today and quite enjoyed it.
The two teenaged girls sitting behind us broke out in a bit of appreciative giggles on seeing Steve Rogers super-soldierized body.
Spider-Man 2 remains my gold standard, though.
And I think X-Men 2 is underrated and kind of forgotten.
And the first Chris Reeve Superman. Also Supes II ("kneel before Zod!")
Uhm, and Batman Returns for the pure gothic sets and Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman.
Iron Man (not second one, though, which was very formulaic).
Then the Nolan Batmans, I guess. I like them but I don't love them as much as Emmett (or ita).
Kickass and Scott Pilgrim are on the list.
P.M. Marc - Jul 26, 2011 6:32:44 pm PDT #15714 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Captain America had cry points. It wins.
Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2011 6:56:08 pm PDT #15715 of 30000
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And I think X-Men 2 is underrated and kind of forgotten.
I love it! The other ones on your list are good as well.
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2011 1:07:32 am PDT #15716 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What were the cry points in Captain America? I totally missed those.
I liked X-Men 2, and for ensemble comic book movies it's head and shoulders the winner. But both of the Dark Knight movies are my favourite solo ones, easily. Captain America is very very good, but didn't make me gasp.
I thought all of the Spider-Man movies were varying levels of annoying. Iron Man was a great comic book movie for people not necessarily into comic book movies.
Volans - Jul 27, 2011 1:39:18 am PDT #15717 of 30000
move out and draw fire
It'll be interesting to see how Captain America holds up. I can't watch the Burton Batman movies (including Batman 2) anymore because the pacing is so slow, the actors are so wrong, and the scripts are so clunky - and I love Burton's vision.
Iron Man suffered in the final third, I thought, and Captain America does too, but I'm going to have to say that those are the two superhero movies I'd rate the highest, with Nolan's two Batman movies next.
I disliked the Spider-Man movies enough to not care that they're rebooting them, beyond thinking the reboot looks lame, and wishing Mary Jane wasn't blonde.
Steph L. - Jul 27, 2011 3:39:52 am PDT #15718 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
wishing Mary Jane wasn't blonde.
The reboot love interest is Gwen Stacy, IIRC, who is blonde.
Also? MECHANICAL WEBSHOOTERS!!!!!
billytea - Jul 27, 2011 4:01:30 am PDT #15719 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Also? MECHANICAL WEBSHOOTERS!!!!!
I hope they're steam-driven.
Volans - Jul 27, 2011 5:20:03 am PDT #15720 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Also? MECHANICAL WEBSHOOTERS!!!!!
From the preview, it looks like Peter Parker extrudes webbing from any part of his body that, uh, extrudes stuff. So he presumably creates the webshooters to harness the spidersilk in a useful way?
This raises some interesting questions about Peter's, uh...well...I guess it raises some questions Gwen Stacy might find interesting.
billytea - Jul 27, 2011 5:28:05 am PDT #15721 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
From the preview, it looks like Peter Parker extrudes webbing from any part of his body that, uh, extrudes stuff.
What, they decided to infect him with the Webola virus?