Best Super Hero Movies Ever
I've limited myself to live-action films even though a number of the animated เว็บหนังออนไลน์hd stuff is really cool. I believe it could be cheating to mix animated films with the live-action films. I've also limited the amount of "best" films to 10 otherwise I quickly venture over in to the realm of Return of the Swamp Thing and Steel. So here I go.
10. The Rocketeer (1991)
Any movie with Jennifer Connelly inside can't be too bad unless that movie is Hulk. The Rocketeer perfectly captured the look and spirit of the Dave Stevens comic book. Super-Heroes and Nazi's always go well together, like peanut butter and jelly.
9. The Incredible Hulk (2008)
To not be confused with "Hulk" which was mentioned above, this 2008 soft re-boot of the Hulk franchise is actually really good. Without a sequel this film moves forward without invalidating anything from the previous film. The movie explores the fragile psyche of Bruce Banner; evokes the very best of the Bill Bixby television series and has incredible (no pun intended) fight scenes with the Abomination. Plus the love story with Betty Ross is kept to a minimum. What more can anyone request in a super-hero movie? The thing I will consider could have been a been a cameo from Wolverine.
8. Blade (1998)
I didn't know a great deal about Blade when I saw this movie. I still don't know an entire heck of a great deal about Blade the comic book character but Blade the movie super hero is awesome. Fighting styles, swords and vampires. So cool its scary.
7. Batman (1966)
Sure it's campy; sure Adam West is just a little pudgy; sure Cesar Romero wouldn't shave his mustache but this movie is simply fun. Has there ever been an improved Penguin or Riddler as played by Burgess Meredith and Frank Gorshin respectively? For instance Lee Meriwether is
#2 on the listing of best Catwomen behind Julie Newmar and above Michelle Pfeiffer. In this movie we of course start to see the classic Batmobile but also the Bat-Copter, Bat-Bike and Bat-Boat. We also learn that Batman carries anti-shark repellent in his utility belt. This movie will make the most truly effective ten list just for the scene with Batman playing around the pier with a bomb in his hands.
6. Superman II (1980)
Fifteen minutes with this movie has become the greatest super hero movie ever made. The fight with Superman versus General Zod, Ursa and Non over Metropolis still stands around this day. Only if Richard Donner have been allowed to complete the movie.
We could have been spared much of the camp (this is bad camp unlike the nice camp in the Batman movie) added by Richard Lester. The cellophane "S"; teleporting Kryptonians in the Fortress of Solitude and the mind-altering "super-kiss" at the conclusion of the movie (as if Superman didn't already have sufficient powers someone thought it was necessary to incorporate a couple of more) unfortunately forces me to help keep this movie out of my top five.
5. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Just a good movie. No longer bogged down by the requisite origin story Peter Parker can just go and fight crime as Spider-Man. The scene with the passengers on the monorail protecting Spider-Man chokes me up a little inside. "Spider-Man" probably would have made this list but irrespective of how much I liked Willem DaFoe as Norman Osborn I really disliked the Green Goblin costume for the reason that movie.
4. Iron Man (2008)
Robert Downey Jr. playing a narcissistic self-absorbed self-destrucive person with a substance abuse problem...awesome casting. In a single movie Iron Man went from B-list hero whom nobody but a comic book geek had heard of to a real cultural icon and being featured prominently on every Marvel kid's toy right close to Spider-Man.
This is the goal for all of these movies (see Green Lantern above). Iron Man not only accomplished it but it is an excellent movie together with it. The only drawback to the entire movie may be the closing fight scene between Iron Man and Obadiah Stane.
Personally i think like the hero has to fight a more impressive, badder version of himself has been done to death. For example it was done in the exact same year in Marvel's other film the Incredible Hulk. Ultimately, I thought the movie was more interesting when it dedicated to Tony Stark rather than Iron Man. It made for a great movie but I'm unsure if that is a great thing for a "super hero" movie so Iron Man only helps it be to #4 on my list.
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
This movie made a bazillion dollars. Heath Ledger was awesome because the Joker. It is a fantastic movie. It's just way too long (2 1/2 hours) and Christian Bale is screaming throughout the entire movie. I've always imagined Batman to truly have a stoic coolness...like Clint Eastwood. Any complaints I have concerning this movie, however, are quickly mitigated by a Batman and Robin flashback.
2. Captain America (2011)
What did I say before about super heroes and Nazis? Well it's much more true when the super hero is clothed within an American flag. The Nazis don't stand a chance. I loved everything concerning this movie. Chris Evans was very convincing as Captain America and as Steve Rogers. Even the Red Skull didn't seem cheesy. All this and the Cosmic Cube too, I loved this movie. Captain America: The First Avenger is a great movie and well deserving of my #2 spot. There is just one movie that could beat it out.
#1. Superman (1978)
That is it. The Grand-daddy of these all. It may not be the first super-hero movie however it is definitely the first movie that you consider once you think of a super hero movie. Where Chris Evans was convincing in the role of Steve Rogers/Captain America, Christopher Reeve IS Superman and at the same time frame he delivers the definitive portrayal of Clark Kent. Others have played the role before and after Reeve but none have worn the cape more convincingly or confidently. Christopher Reeve truly made me believe when a person could fly it could be him.
