Battle of the Comic Book Films Tournament(2020 Edition)

Batman's my favorite, period. I really didn't care for Homecoming. I liked Vulture well enough, but nothing else stood out.

 

Batman. Although I think Keaton himself is better in Spider-Man. Spider-Man also has the better lead (Batman tends to get lost in the shuffle in the Burton films). But as a whole, I found Batman to be a much more entertaining movie thanks to the design and Jack Nicholson stealing the show.

 

Batman. It’s timeless and was a spectacle at the time.

 

Batman, Homecoming is bang average for me and I honestly struggle to re-watch it these days. 30 years later I can still enjoy Batman.

 

Batman.

Far too easy.

 

I’d say Batman

 

X-Men is also one of my favorites, so no contest.

 

Baman in the first duel, which now has ended anyway. But I still vote for that!!!!!

X-Men in the second.

 

Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhh this is a really tough one for me, I honestly can’t choose.

 

Aaahhhhh, how I missed this activity.


I love both, but I will go with X-Men cause I prepared myself for its 20th anniversary this year, and because I love it more.

 

You know, a year ago I would’ve gone with X Men, but recently this year my family sat down to watch Superman Returns after Crisis was on TV and my kids mentioned that they’d never seen the Brandon Routh Superman despite the fact that I bought a copy when Blockbuster went out of business. Rewatching it, I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. Therefore my vote goes to Superman Returns.

 

X-men

 

X-Men, and I would have voted Batman in the first contest.

 

X-Men, and I too would’ve voted Batman if I’d seen this thread earlier

 

X-Men for sure. It paved the way for the genre alongside the first Spider-Man movie.

 

Not a huge fan of the original X-Men, but definitely a bigger fan of it than Superman Returns.

 

Batman and X-Men for sure. I just recently watched Batman 89 too and damn does that movie still hold up. I'm not a huge fan of the first X-Men either and I still find the sequel vastly superior, but I do prefer it over Superman Returns which I am just not that big of a fan of at all. Brandon Routh was a really good choice for Clark Kent/Supes though and I really enjoyed seeing him again on Crisis.

 

X-Men. I don't love the first X-Men movie. In a lot of ways it feels more like a tv pilot than a full-fledged movie. It is a lot smaller and cheaper looking than previous superhero films like Superman and Batman and the plot is rather basic. It seems to mostly exist to introduce the characters for future adventures. But it does do that rather well. Also, while it doesn't particularly hold up well today now that several superhero films do it, it was pioneering at the time for actually being a serious film dealing with real issues and not just a campy action movie.

Superman Returns is a little underrated. I like the look and feel of it, and Brandon Routh was a pretty good Superman (I much prefer him to Henry Cavill). But it is held back by too many flaws, the main one being it just isn't very exciting. Also, the kid subplot just didn't work. This also has one of the weakest portrayals of Lois Lane, who is normally one comics best female characters.

On a personal level, I have them closer in quality than probably most people do. However, there is no question that X-Men was the more successful and significant of the two, and that does a lot to swing me in that direction. I'd have to pretty clearly like Superman Returns more to pick it, and I don't.

 

Sin City hands down. Love that movie, but I don't hate Iron Man 2 either. I actually enjoy Rourke in that movie as Ivan Vanko even if the writing for his character isn't all that great. The supporting cast of Iron Man is honestly the best thing about that movie IMO.

 

Sin City

 

I really like them both, but Sin City.