Best Film based on a Mark Millar comic?

[The Batman]

Discuss.

 

[Greens]

When I think of Millar I think of Wanted, the Kick-Ass films and the Kingsman films. Out of all of those, Kick-Ass still reigns supreme. Then Kingsman, then Wanted, then Kick-Ass 2.

Weren't Civil War and Logan heavily altered?

 

[The Batman]

They were, but they're still based on Millar comics.

 

[Greens]

Alright.

Logan is the best film.

Kick-Ass is the most entertaining.

 

[2kt09]

Logan for best adaptation because it's that rare cbm which is as good as the comic it's based on especially with the alterations made to fit that live-action take.

Most entertaining for me is usually between Wanted and Kingsman: The Secret Service.

Excited for what Netflix has cooked up for the rest of Millarworld.

 

[Guard82]

Captain America: Civil War is my favorite. And I thought that the film version substantially improved on the comic book version.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Kick-Ass, altough I haven't seen it in years.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Logan

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

Civil War is my favorite. The rest are just vying for second place.

I put Kick Ass at the top for enjoyment. That movie holds up well and is very well put together.

Logan may be more emotional and engaging on a different level though.

Kingsman is solid all the way through though and I am very interested in the sequel.

Kick Ass 2 and Wanted are basically garbage.

 

[DACrowe]

1. Logan
2. Kick-Ass
3. Kingsman: The Secret Service
4. Captain America: Civil War

All good movies, with Logan and Kick-Ass being great ones. And what do they have in common? They all took the idea Millar came up with and chucked most of the rest to make something far better.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I forgot that Civil War comic was his work. Considering that it is the only movie I love of this bunch, I'm easily choosing it.
Second place probably goes to Logan, it's the only other movie I watched and liked. I don't like Kick-Ass, didn't care to watch the sequel, and I find myself uninterested in all his other works.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

1) Logan
2) Kick Ass
3)Kingsman
4) Civil War

 

[Mjölnir]

1. Civil War
2. Logan
3. Kingsman
4. Kick-Ass

Some reservation for Kick-Ass' placement since I've kind of forgotten that movie (which I guess isn't a good thing) so a rewatch could possibly take it above Kingsman.

 

[Batmannerism]

1) Kingsman. The most re-watchable of all these films - I love this movie. It's hilarious and has innovative and enjoyable action scenes that manage to make Colin Firth believable as a super-badass (which can't have been easy).

This one's my favorite, although not the best film (in terms of real quality).

2) Civil War. A really great cbm, good characters, superb action and strong performances. However, as much as I love this movie I really feel it shouldn't belong in this list as it bares only the smallest resemblance to the original Millar comics - far less than either Kingsman or Kick Ass.


3) Kick Ass. Another great Matthew Vaughn film, entertaining and it nicely blends teenage angst with humour and ultra violence. I've re-watched the last 30 minutes over and over as the action scenes are so enjoyable.

4) Logan. In terms of being taken seriously as a drama this is the best of the bunch. However, I find it too bleak to have much re-watch value. It's far and away the best Wolverine film, but I just find the ending sad when I feel it should have been uplifting - not that Logan needed to live, I thought it great they killed him off, but he could have gotten over himself so much sooner.

5) Wanted and Kick Ass 2.......well they are pretty forgettable. Wanted bears almost no resemblance to the comic, and really shouldn't be considered. Kick Ass 2, well it just wasn't very well done - makes you wonder what Kick Ass would have been like if it hadn't been directed by Matthew Vaughn.

Having said all that I actually don't believe that changing/adapting Millar's work for the big screen has been a bad thing at all. The violence in Kick Ass and Kick Ass 2 was toned down significantly (and the rape of Katie Deauxma was thankfully taken out) - and yet still these are incredibly violent films. I'm not a particularly squeamish person, and I love a good fight scene (gunfight, swordfight, fistfight, I don't care) but I find some of Millar's comic work overly lurid. It crosses over the boundary into an area I can only describe as bad taste -

This is something that Vaughn managed to avoid doing when adapting Millar's work - the Church scene in Kingsman being a great example of Vaughn portraying ultra-violence in a completely brutal but also cartoonish way, almost like Monty Python's famous "Black Knight' scene from the Holy Grail film.

 

[The Endless]

I can't really call Logan or Civil War Millar adaptations. Might as well call The Avengers an adaptation of The Ultimates.

There are certain specific influences, but that's about it.

I'd say Kick Ass is the best Millar film. And that's because Vaughan made it less mean spirited and pointlessly misanthropic.

 

[Batmannerism]

I can't really call Logan or Civil War Millar adaptations. Might as well call The Avengers an adaptation of The Ultimates.

There are certain specific influences, but that's about it.

I'd say Kick Ass is the best Millar film. And that's because Vaughan made it less mean spirited and pointlessly misanthropic.

Nice use of the word misanthropic.

Yeah, I feel that Matthew Vaughn is the key ingredient in the better Millar adaptations. He manages to tone down the violence (although his films are still super-violent, but the actual Kick Ass comics are ) and incorporate a particular sense of humour that audiences can enjoy. I'm really keen to see how the Kingsman sequel works out (Vaughn doesn't usually do sequels).

Logan, Civil War and Wanted are pretty much adaptations in name only.

Hopefully, when Supercrooks gets an adaptation they'll let Vaughn or someone of his calibre get involved.

 

[Rorschach2012]

Civil War
Logan
Wanted
Kickass

 

[OutOfBoose]

Logan and Civil War deviate too much from the source to consider them, so Kick-Ass.

 

[LaughterLives]

For me its Kick Ass 2 and then Wanted.
I liked Logan but only for X-23 really.
I enjoy all the other films to an extent but they all also have things I find very annoying

 

[2kt09]

heh, didn't think there was anyone else who'd pick the sequel over the first.

 

[LaughterLives]

I find Kick-Ass himself to be a very annoying character. In the second he was less annoying but I also think he had much less screen time. Mindy was the star for me and I like her character much more.

Jim Carrey is awesome too.

 

[Patchwork Man]

Since the topic says "best film" and not "best adaptation," I voted for Logan over Kick Ass. I love both.

 

[psylockolussus]

Civil War

Wanted and Kingsman were fun though.