Worst comic book film???

[Cyrusbales]

so what do you think is the worst comic book film?

[Majik1387]

It wasn't the Rocketeer, Blade 2 or Punisher.

[Kable24]

The Rocketeer, Blade II and The Punisher are awesome movies. The Hulk isn't bad. Love the scenes with Hulk in them. X-Men 3 is a fun action movie. B&R sucked royal dick and Superman 4 should have never been made.

[Agentsands77]

BATMAN AND ROBIN, without a doubt. At least SUPERMAN 4 somewhat respected its character (and the rest of the films cited aren't *that* bad).

[livrule]

I think to answer this question we have to look at potential.

Which movie SHOULD have been great because of the quality of the comic/characters ?

With that in mind ... IMO Daredevil has been the biggest let-down

I know its not on the list but everything from story to casting was just wrong.

[CConn]

To my dying day I will argue Superman IV is worse than B&R. :o

[Agentsands77]

To my dying day I will argue Superman IV is worse than B&R. :o
I could never go there. They both suck, but SUPERMAN IV at least tries to be good to the character.

BATMAN AND ROBIN is a film with no respect at all for the material.

[JackBauer]

that a crappy poll, I'll tell you that...

[ryankris]

Superman IV is the worst movie ever made! That movie is evil and it should be illeagal to even watch it! The makers of this film should have been arrested and sent to a Cuban prison!!!

[Addendum]

Batman and Robin, Superman IV and Blade: Trinity...

The unholy 3

[CConn]

I could never go there. They both suck, but SUPERMAN IV at least tries to be good to the character.

BATMAN AND ROBIN is a film with no respect at all for the material.You haven't read many comics from the 50s and 60s, have you? :o

[Mee]

You haven't read many comics from the 50s and 60s, have you? :o
At least those didn't have Bat-nipples.:mad:







:D

[Spoarz™]

Batman & Robin by a mile. At least Superman IV has some redeeming moments thanks to Christopher Reeve.:supes:

[Kevin Roegele]

I think to answer this question we have to look at potential.

Which movie SHOULD have been great because of the quality of the comic/characters ?

With that in mind ... IMO Daredevil has been the biggest let-down

I know its not on the list but everything from story to casting was just wrong.

How does that make it the worst?

Look at the actual film that exists, not your dreams of what could have been.

[Ben Urich]

How is Fantastic Four not on this poll? :confused:

[CConn]

Because the poll sucks?

[HighVoltage]

Superman Returns.:supes::down

[Two-Face]

Batman & Robin obviously but The Punisher, X-Men 3 and Blade 2 aren't worst. CINO(Catwoman In Name Only), FF and Elektra should be in that poll.

[Cyrusbales]

I didn't include catwoman out of sheer disgust! I didn't want the poll to be too easy! wanted some discussion. FF4 could be on their, but Dr Doom is a saving grace, even if he is rubbish in the film compared to the comics, he's still an awesome villain.

c'mon, X3 is pretty lame, there's so much wrong with it, ultimate anti-climax of any comic book film series!

[DarKush]

1. Batman & Robin
2. Catwoman
3. Superman IV
4. Spawn
5. Blade Trinity (To be fair, it had some good elements, but it was so poorly done and dropped the ball way too often)

If I had seen Steel, Barb Wire, Tank Girl I'm sure they would probably be somewhere on my list.

As for the others on the list: Hulk had a good cast, but the CGI Hulk and Gamma dogs just didn't do it for me. Plus, Nick Nolte's Absorbing Man didn't work for me either. I wish they had gone with another villian.

I liked the Rocketeer, Punisher, Blade 2, and X-3 was okay.

Personally I liked Elektra and FF. Elektra was fairly run of the mill, but I don't understand why it gets such hatred. Same with FF. FF was an entertaining movie. Though Batman Begins was a better movie, I actually had a better time watching FF last year.

[Cyrusbales]

Steel is really ****e, but it's so bad it becomes funny, it's quite hilarious really, I didn't want to include it as you can't get it on region 2 DVD so most people haven't seen it.

[troika]

OMG how come nobody mentioned the Captain America movie from '91? :eek: *****ing horrendous. It was deliberately released that year to counter the Batman film, obviously

[Cyrusbales]

I didn't include it, not on region 2 so most people i know haven't seen it,

[Jyn]

The worst movie wasn't even on your list. Catwoman was god awful!

[Hunter Rider]

Superman 4 out of this lot but you are missing some options like CINO and Elektra

[Speedball]

Superman 4 out of this lot but you are missing some options like CINO and Elektra
Crap what's CINO?

[Hunter Rider]

Crap what's CINO?
Catwoman in name only otherwise known as Hallecat

[Speedball]

Catwoman in name only otherwise known as Hallecat
OHH!!!
It's just the look nothing alike, which is what confused me.
Catwoman is an abomination.

[Cats]

I think the real question is, is Batman & Robin or CINO the worst comic book movie of all time.

[sickining]

You're forgetting Catwoman.

[Sloth7d]

Did everyone forget Nick Fury:Agent of Shield?
That movie out sucks Elektra and Fantastic Four combined.

[CConn]

That was made for TV though. And you really don't want to open up the made for TV bucket of worms.

Seriously, you don't. A 60 year old Adam West will jump out at you in bat-tights.

[Sloth7d]

Thats true.
Okay then my vote is a tie between Elektra and Fanfour.

[Cyrusbales]

I didnt wanna put things like steel and catwoman up, because i wanted a debate, not a straight, lets slag off catwoman.

[comicgenius2111]

u 4got about steel u kno the 1 with shaq. Now thats a awful movie.

[comicgenius2111]

catwoman was the worst movie ever it never stick 2 the comic book story

[comicgenius2111]

u also 4got about 2 put catwoman

[Cyrusbales]

I didnt wanna put things like steel and catwoman up, because i wanted a debate, not a straight, lets slag off catwoman.

I've already explained the exclusion of catwoman and steel, they are truly awful films, although they are funny in a cringe worthy way, but yes, they should be commited to the flames

[Hunter Rider]

I've already explained the exclusion of catwoman and steel, they are truly awful films, although they are funny in a cringe worthy way, but yes, they should be commited to the flames
If you wanted more of a debate you should have left of Batman and Robin and Superman 4 and kept it to the ones you thought were poor as opposed to unredeemable

[Cyrusbales]

i guess that might have been an idea i guess. but x-3 was such a massive under-achiever for me, i wondered how many people would preefer batman and robin to it. Retrospectively I should've done it a lil different, but it's kept me amused for a little while anyway.

[Cyrusbales]

i guess that might have been an idea i guess. but x-3 was such a massive under-achiever for me, i wondered how many people would preefer batman and robin to it. Retrospectively I should've done it a lil different, but it's kept me amused for a little while anyway.

[Cyrusbales]

sorry, double post

[X-Punisher]

Batman & Robin was a bigger piece of crap than that live-action X-Men spin off series on WB.

[Majik1387]

^The X-Men "spin-off" TV series was not related to X-Men or Marvel.

[Kevin Roegele]

u 4got about steel u kno the 1 with shaq. Now thats a awful movie.

The problem is, we can only discuss widely-seen movies. The truly bad ones are the films not even given major releases, or hidden in the TV schedules.

Movies like Generation X, The Guyver, Justice League of America, Steel and The Return of Swamp Thing - these are the truly worst comicbook movies.

[CConn]

Steel had a wide release though, didn't it?

[Hunter Rider]

Steel had a wide release though, didn't it?

It was straight to TV here

[CConn]

Hmm. I'll have to see about this. Since I was 9 at the time, it's a bit hard to recall...

EDIT: Yeah, it was released theatrically in the US. I knew it was too well-known to be a DTV.

It was also released in Kuwait and Singapore just to add to the list incase the US is ever brought up for war crimes.

[redlion2]

The problem is, we can only discuss widely-seen movies. The truly bad ones are the films not even given major releases, or hidden in the TV schedules.

Movies like Generation X, The Guyver, Justice League of America, Steel and The Return of Swamp Thing - these are the truly worst comicbook movies.

Let's not forget Capt. America.

[Obi-Ron]

Who voted for Hulk? Obi-Ron SMASH! :hulk:

[Spelunking Man]

You forgot Captain America - worse than Catwoman.

However, of the choice given above, I'd say Batman & Robin.

[JackBauer]

seriously, WHAT THE HELL IS ROCKETEER DOING UP THERE?! :mad: :down

[Obi-Ron]

There's clearly a conspiracy against Jennifer Connelly.

[Parker]

What, how could the Rocketeer possibly be listed on that poll? I loved that movie! But no, I'd definitely have to say beyond any shadow of a doubt and with great conviction, Batman & Robin takes the all-time worst super-hero film rendition in history cake.

[Sloth7d]

I'm still wonderong why Blade2 and the punisher is up there.
And batma & Robin? Was it really that bad?
I saw it first day it came out and thought it was very good, however.

[Kevin Roegele]

Steel had a wide release though, didn't it?

It's not widely seen. Most people are atleast aware of the Catwoman movie, most are not aware of Steel.

[Kevin Roegele]

Let's not forget Capt. America.

Captain America has two things going for it - it's the first superhero movie to portray a supervillain in a tragic light; and it also streamlines Cap's origin with the Skull's, to make both more believable yet add dramatic irony.

[Two-Face]

batma & Robin? Was it really that bad?
I saw it first day it came out and thought it was very good, however.


That means you're weren't paying a attention. Batman & Robin are worst comic book movie to be made in history where almost everyone hates it and you like it... man that's weird...

[Kevin Roegele]

That means you're weren't paying a attention. Batman & Robin are worst comic book movie to be made in history where almost everyone hates it and you like it... man that's weird...

Being in the minority does not make you wrong. Especially concerning opinions.

[terry78]

FF doesn't need to be up there, even if it seemed to be the victim of Fox's tweaking. The people involved did give it a good go, regardless of how much they were hindered.

[Ratwing Returns]

This poll SUCKS.

Rocketeer / Blade 2 / Punisher / Hulk

needs to be replaced with:

Superman Returns / Fantastic Four / Daredevil / Blade 3

[Kevin Roegele]

Superman IV is surely the worst. B&R, Catwoman, etc are artistically cringe-worthy byut they are professional, well produced movies.

[Black Mamba]

What about Men In Black II?

[Kevin Roegele]

What about Men In Black II?

Not as bad as Superman IV.

[FOG3]

I can still somewhat enjoy Superman 4 b/c Chris Reeves is in it, and Nuclear Man is such a crappy character its funny.

George Clooney as Batman??? I think thats worse casting than Kate Bosworth, and they ruin plenty of actual comics characters. B&R gives me headaches...

[Cinemaman]

Batman and Robin.

But where is FF and Catwoman?

[Kevin Roegele]

I can still somewhat enjoy Superman 4 b/c Chris Reeves is in it, and Nuclear Man is such a crappy character its funny.

Chris Reeve is actually not very good in Superman IV. If you compare his performances from the first three films to Superman IV, you'll notice a huge change. Basically, he's not trying very hard. In Supes IV, you're watching a smaller, slimmed-down Christopher Reeve going through the motions on a film he knows is going to be complete crap. It's like the spell is broken - you're not seeing Superman anymore, you're seeing the man who plays him - playing him badly. Margot Kidder actually puts far more into Superman IV than Reeve does.


George Clooney as Batman??? I think thats worse casting than Kate Bosworth, and they ruin plenty of actual comics characters. B&R gives me headaches...

Clooney could be a great Batman - given a great script and a great director. If Christian Bale had been cast in Batman & Robin, we'd now be saying, "Bale is the worst Batman ever."

[Obi-Ron]

It's like the spell is broken - you're not seeing Superman anymore, you're seeing the man who plays him - playing him badly.

I recall having similar thoughts in a theater a couple weeks ago.

[Arkady Rossovich]

Batman and Robin is the worst.

[SouLeSS]

STEEL by far. NOTHING comes close to sucking more than this movie.

[jusblaze21]

Their are a lot of bad ones. but from the poll, Batman and Robin.

[FOG3]

Originally posted by Kevin Roegele
It's like the spell is broken - you're not seeing Superman anymore, you're seeing the man who plays him - playing him badly.

Well, I do need to watch it again. The last time I saw any of it was about 3 years ago and it was only about 20 minutes including the scene with the ridiculously cheap animated tornado, so I was laughing my ass off.. Unfortunately I tried to rent it the other night, but someone had already checked it out.

Clooney could be a great Batman - given a great script and a great director. If Christian Bale had been cast in Batman & Robin, we'd now be saying, "Bale is the worst Batman ever.

Sorry but I can't agree. I think the best Batman George Clooney could be is in that movie. About Bale, even though I don't like Batman Forever I still think Val Kilmer could have made a good Batman somewhere else. I imagine I would have thought the same thing about Bale if he'd been in B&R. George Clooney is too much of a goofball for Batman IMHO..

[ShadowBoxing]

Steel was truely the worst film ever.

[Chaos Bringer]

The Punisher. Craptastic !

[Ben Urich]

The Punisher. Craptastic !

At least it had a really dedicated actor - Tom Jane is everything Frank Castle should be.

[FOG3]

Originally posted by
At least it had a really dedicated actor - Tom Jane is everything Frank Castle should be.

Indeed. I remember being skeptical about Jane before the movie came out, but he was great in that part. I really liked The Punisher. Thought it did a really good job of capturing the comic book feel. Plus, the fight scene with the Russian puts it above half the movies on that list IMO..

[lordofthenerds]

Superman 4 by far. I haven't seen the Rocketeer.

[XCharlieX]

Probably Batman 4. I havent seen Superman 4 in years.

I think AVP needs a mention here, as it did start in the comics and floored me at how bad it was. I didnt believe it could be that bad lol

[FOG3]

Ok so I bought Superman 4 on vhs for about a dollar more than it would cost to rent it, and youre all right it was really really really terrible. You can feel Chris Reeves's pain from having to be in this movie.

However, due to the awesome godzilla-esque scene where Superman and Nuclear Man duke it out on the moon, I still have to say I like it a little more than B&R.

[gothamite39]

Which Punisher movie are you referring to, the one Wth Tom Jane or the One With Dolph Lundgren? I You mean the Dolph Lundgren one, yea, that was bad, but Captain America with Matt Salinger was 5 times worse.
As for the Tom Jane Punisher the only possibly bad thing about that film was John Travolta, but other than tha it was pretty good.

[gothamite39]

BTW I voted for Batman & Robin. That Movie Sucks.

P.S., Why does everybody only blame B&R for the bat-nipples when Forever had them too?

[XCharlieX]

Which Punisher movie are you referring to, the one Wth Tom Jane or the One With Dolph Lundgren? I You mean the Dolph Lundgren one, yea, that was bad, but Captain America with Matt Salinger was 5 times worse.

I feel there are worse comic films besides Lundgrens Punisher, and Captain America probably would rank worse than it, as it just didnt know what to do with the setup they had as the ending didnt even try much.. perhaps due to budget. I did like the idea of someone from the 40s awaking in todays world. I could do without Red Skull being responsible for every single problem in the 20th century though. They were thinking of how to make the story rellevant but.. cmon. WW2 was enough.

I think they need to try again with Capt America and retry what they failed to execute properly, just much better writing and cast.

Still, BnR takes the cake. At least Capt America tried and failed.

[lordofthenerds]

I can't see how most people like Superman 4 more than B&R. They both suck hard dick but at least B&R had okay eye candy once in a while. Everything was bad about Superman 4.

[The Kid]

Why the **** is rocketeer on this poll?

Hulk and blade 2 as well. Those are far from bad imo. hulk's a great film and blade 2's an amazing followup to the first. wtf...... this board sometimes man... I can't stand it.

[XCharlieX]

I agree that Hulk need not be here. It aint perfect but you can clearly see the story and action effort. Remove hulk and put Catwoman imo.

[Cyrusbales]

catwoman is too obvious, it would be no debate!

[Spoarz™]

I can't see how most people like Superman 4 more than B&R. They both suck hard dick but at least B&R had okay eye candy once in a while. Everything was bad about Superman 4.

Personally, I don't think everything about Superman IV: The Quest For Peace is bad, for one thing, Christopher Reeve's performance was excellent (the UN speech anybody?).

Superman IV: The Quest For Peace is a heavily flawed film that is letdown by absurd editing, which led to large plotholes in the story, and terrible special effects, all thanks to Golan Globus.

To this day, I still feel the film had good intentions, with at least some redeeming features that shine through despite the crappy special effects.

[captainj]

in no perticular order here is my list of sucky assed comic movies

Batman and Robin
Batman forever
Fantastic 4
Daredevil
The Blade trillogy
superman 3 and 4
Spider-man (not one of the worse I have seen, but probally the most overated)
The Hulk (come on people the movie was pretty bad)
Cat Woman
The Punisher

[Green Goblin 1964]

easy Batman&Robin

[captain_jimbo]

Batman & Robin is not just one of the worst Superhero films ever made, or even one of the worst films ever made. It's one of the worst things in the world, nay, the known Universe ever!!!

...So guess what I voted for?

[Cyrusbales]

Batman & Robin is not just one of the worst Superhero films ever made, or even one of the worst films ever made. It's one of the worst things in the world, nay, the known Universe ever!!!

...So guess what I voted for?

hulk?:p

[Two-Face]

Next to Catwoman, B&R looks epic movie :o

[Mr. Vice]

Batman&Robin was a disgrace to the actual character of Batman.

[Spoarz™]

^ Yes, it is absolute s**t. :down

[Lightning Strykez!]

This poll...is weird. :(

[CruelChronic]

Anyone ever seen ManThing?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290747/

Horrible

[captain_jimbo]

No, I can't say I have. Why was it bad?

[Kevin Roegele]

Superman 4 by far.

:up:

[hippie_hunter]

I didn't include catwoman out of sheer disgust! I didn't want the poll to be too easy! wanted some discussion. FF4 could be on their, but Dr Doom is a saving grace, even if he is rubbish in the film compared to the comics, he's still an awesome villain.

c'mon, X3 is pretty lame, there's so much wrong with it, ultimate anti-climax of any comic book film series!

Dr. Doom was the main reason why Fantastic Four wasn't that great of a movie. I loved the Fantastic Four but I hated Dr. Doom. They made him way too much like crappy Ultimate Doom

[Jyn]

Dr. Doom was the main reason why Fantastic Four wasn't that great of a movie. I loved the Fantastic Four but I hated Dr. Doom. They made him way too much like crappy Ultimate Doom

Dr. Doom wasn't the only thing that was bad, how about the movie's one fights scene. A 2 hour movie with the :ff: playing with their powers ?!

[hippie_hunter]

Dr. Doom wasn't the only thing that was bad, how about the movie's one fights scene. A 2 hour movie with the :ff: playing with their powers ?!

It wasn't the only reason but it was the main reason in my eyes. I found the scenes with the Fantastic Four to be quite enjoyable. The scenes with Dr. Doom pissed me off.

[DACrowe]

The absolute worst:

1. Batman & Robin
2. Catwoman
3. Spawn
4. The Punisher (1989)
5. Steel
6. Superman IV
7. Superman III
8. The Punisher (2004)
9. Elektra
10. Fantastic Four
11. Blade Trinity
12. X-Men: The Last Stand

The bottom of the bottom right there then.

[Kevin Roegele]

The absolute worst:

1. Batman & Robin
2. Catwoman
3. Spawn
4. The Punisher (1989)
5. Steel
6. Superman IV
7. Superman III
8. The Punisher (2004)
9. Elektra
10. Fantastic Four
11. Blade Trinity
12. X-Men: The Last Stand

The bottom of the bottom right there then.

Superman IV is worse than anything, for the simple fact that it's not even a completed film.

[*xmenfan*]

Hulk has to be the worst comic book movie ever. it was terrible!

[Chris Wallace]

Out of those listed, I go w/"B&R".
Among the rest, the only one I didn't like was "Superman IV".
But to me, the worst ever was "Captain America".