IGN's Top 25 Comic Book Movies

[Havok83]

http://movies.ign.com/articles/110/1105428p1.html

25. The Rocketeer
24. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
23. Hellboy
22. Blade
21. The Crow
20. Superman II
19. Ghost World
18. Sin City
17. American Splendor
16. Thor
15. 300
14. Watchmen
13. Kick-Ass
12. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
11. Captain America: The First Avenger
10. A History of Violence
9. Iron Man
8. Spider-man
7. X2: X-men United
6. Road to Perdition
5. X-men: First Class
4. Batman Begins
3. Superman: The Movie
2. Spider-man 2
1. The Dark Knight

So what do you think? Too bad Batman Returns isnt on there bc I thought that one was amazing.

 

[superhero]

good list .

teeange mutantn inja turtles
iwatch it twcied a week. i know mostly all thewrods by heart. i enjoy the first andsecond one ididn't care too much for third expect it was about mikey. i like the first two more aabout rhlape. then in the song trutle power theey said ralphe is the leader which isworng. i do enjoy both move i even like tmnt a lot i like it beter then the thrid moive. i do enjoed the movie i got moest of thepsidoe of 1980s. it my favorti acartoon.

the rockteer
i liked the The Rocketeer ithink they should make squeal or reboot it

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
iwatch this movie all the time it based on the 1990s batmananmied sereis . i do like batman/suprman worlds finest. i got batman /superman public emnines.


batman beginsanddark night
i liked first batman beigns is the first one i enjoed the second one alot i if it didn't have the jokr i porbbley wouldn't watched it..ithink the dark nigth is over ratted. i do watch it a lot itmyfavorite batman moive. if it didn't have heath leadger as the joker i'll probbley wouldn't watched it.


x-men i ejoyed the x-men aa lot i don't like the thrid one much cettern parts i enjoedthe first one a lot i do like x-men 2. a lot. i enjjoed the wolrien movie a lot too im looking forwrd to the squeal of wolvrien and i did enjoed x-men first calssc theirmaking squeal for that one too.

iron man i enjoed ironman. ididn't care too much for ironman 2 . more iwatch it more i like it i hope the agvner adn ironman 3 does good

i like superman the movie a lot i enjoed the second one a lot beteri even like the third moive iknow most people don't sure it wasn't the best superman movie. it had it momnets. my favortie part where clark and superman fighting in the junk yardi like superman reetruns al ot it my faortie superman movie.

thor i like it a lot more then i thought i would inever picked up thor comic book only know him by the agnvers.

spider-man i enjoyed the spider-man movie i enjoed spdier-man 2 the first onei s my favortie ieven like the third spider-man nothing like the other two spider-man moives

capain amreica
i like this movie lot beter then thor. i plane on picking it up tomorow.

 

[Spidermatrix53]

I don't really think Spider-Man 2 should be that high up, even though I really enjoy the movie. :/

 

[spider-neil]

great list that I pretty much agree with. surprised the incredibles didn't make the cut

 

[Motown Marvel]

i think thats a pretty poor list. least of all because of how grossly over rated x-men first class and iron man are.

 

[EditNinja]

Interesting. To me it's mostly a long-term blu-ray shopping list!

Just not into Ghost World, American Splendor - one viewing was enough.

Where's my Batman [1989]?

 

[Wesley Dodds]

A decent list. Always nice to see The Rocketeer get a little love.

I woulda put Spider-Man 2 in 1st place but that's just personal preference.

And like EditNinja says, Where's Batman '89? Apart from being a great movie, it's kind of a big deal when it comes to the evolution of Superheroes on screen.

 

[cherokeesam]

That list is Teh Suck.

*X2 ranking higher than Iron Man = teh fail
*Road to Perdition ranking anything higher than 20 = teh fail (#6? really? WTF :/)
*Batman: Mask of the Phantasm? Animated? Really? Jeebuz. If *anything*, Batman animated deserves Batman: Gotham Knight.
*absence of Batman 89 (or any Burton film) = teh fail
*absence of any version of The Hulk = teh fail
*absence of The Incredibles = teh fail
*absence of MIB = teh fail
*absence of V for Vendetta = teh fail
*American Splendor, Ghost World in top 25? = teh fail

Try again, IGN. You can do MUCH better than that.

 

[mehrabix]

IGN is unhealthily obsessed with DC and especially Batman!​

Spider-man 2 is the best comic book movie of all time. (As the great Roger Ebert says: " Spider-Man 2 is a real movie, full-blooded and smart, with qualities even for those who have no idea who Stan Lee is. It's a superhero movie for people who don't go to superhero movies, and for those who do, it's the one they've been yearning for"). The Dark Knight was a great thriller but it wasn’t even a decent superhero movie. It is the most overrated movie of all time.

You see, a good super hero movie is the one that is fun and serious at the same time and to some extent exaggerated. But Dark Knight is anything but fun. Actually it is so mature and takes itself so damn seriously that it is no longer recognizable as a superhero movie. That is exactly the same problem I have with the Watchmen comic too. I mean if wanted to waste my time with something so literary and deep, I would go read "War and Peace" or watch the Tarkovsky movies! but It is as I said before a really well-directed and well- acted thriller.
By the way, Metacritic reports a score of 83 out of 100 for Spider-Man 2 but a score of 82 out of 100 for the Dark Knight based on the reviews of the top critics! ​

 

[Iron_Stark]

As usual, IGN sucks when it comes to making lists.

 

[TDK Joker]

I'd agree with this list. Possibly not in that order, but with the films there, definitely.

 

[kedrell]

I've yet to find myself agreeing with IGN. Today is no exception. TDK even being on that list proves that.

 

[hippie_hunter]

*X2 ranking higher than Iron Man = teh fail

Personally, I like Iron Man more than X2.

*Road to Perdition ranking anything higher than 20 = teh fail (#6? really? WTF :/)

Road to Perdition was a really, really good movie.

*Batman: Mask of the Phantasm? Animated? Really? Jeebuz. If *anything*, Batman animated deserves Batman: Gotham Knight.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is vastly superior to Batman: Gotham Knight. As a matter in fact, I would rank Batman: Mask of the Phantasm #1.

*absence of Batman 89 (or any Burton film) = teh fail

Now this I will agree with you.

*absence of any version of The Hulk = teh fail

I can understand the first Hulk not being there. Although in my opinion, the Incredible Hulk is better than Thor.

*absence of The Incredibles = teh fail

This is a list of comic book movies. The Incredibles is not a comic book

*absence of MIB = teh fail
*absence of V for Vendetta = teh fail

Both of which horribly bastardized the material they were based on.

*American Splendor, Ghost World in top 25? = teh fail

Those are both highly acclaimed films.

 

[marvelrobbins]

I have major disagreements with them.where are Batman,Batman
returns,X-Men,The Incredible Hulk?

I strongly disagree with X-Men first Class over X2 as best X-men film.

Thor and Captain America on list but no Baman,Batman Returns,X-Men,
Increible Hulk.Tim Burton's work payed the way for Chris Nolan films and all
dark animated films.X-Men revied the entire genre which Baman and Robin virtually killed.The Incredible Hulk Is best marvel studios film.I won't argue
with those saying Iron Man Is better but Thor anc captain America? Oh
Please.

SOrry but the donnor Cut Is the superior version of Superman II.

I wouldn't put any Spider-Man films so high on list myself.I had Issues with
Sam Rami's films before Spider-Man 3 came out.But,that Is my own personal tastes.Un like Thor,and Captain America I won't argue on their places on list
I can understand them on list but again leaving out Batman,Batman returns,X-Men,The Incredible Hulk and putting Thor and Captain America on It?That Is
fighting words.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Hhhmm, would have them in that order, and for me The Rocketeer and TMNT wouldnt make the top 25 and Blade II would be above Blade 1 and Hellboy 2 would definately be on the list.

 

[kedrell]

I'd definitely have included Rocketeer but hell no to TMNT. Hellboy, Ghost World, Watchmen, 300 & The Crow would have a hard time staying on the list as well.

 

[Havok83]

If TMNT had to be there, it should have been the sequel which was definetly better.

Im glad X2 is in the top 10 but Id have put it in top 5. Man thats my favorite comic movie but Im biased

IGN is unhealthily obsessed with DC and especially Batman!​

Spider-man 2 is the best comic book movie of all time. (As the great Roger Ebert says: " Spider-Man 2 is a real movie, full-blooded and smart, with qualities even for those who have no idea who Stan Lee is. It's a superhero movie for people who don't go to superhero movies, and for those who do, it's the one they've been yearning for"). The Dark Knight was a great thriller but it wasn’t even a decent superhero movie. It is the most overrated movie of all time.​

You see, a good super hero movie is the one that is fun and serious at the same time and to some extent exaggerated. But Dark Knight is anything but fun. Actually it is so mature and takes itself so damn seriously that it is no longer recognizable as a superhero movie. That is exactly the same problem I have with the Watchmen comic too. I mean if wanted to waste my time with something so literary and deep, I would go read "War and Peace" or watch the Tarkovsky movies! but It is as I said before a really well-directed and well- acted thriller.

By the way, Metacritic reports a score of 83 out of 100 for Spider-Man 2 but a score of 82 out of 100 for the Dark Knight based on the reviews of the top critics! ​

DC has produced several great comic movies, most of which were Batman. I bet they were trying to force themselves not to have so many Batman titles on there bc there's argument to put the Keaton films on there as those were great

 

[DarkSovereignty]

i actually agree with this list imo.

 

[KangConquers]

Great list. I'd move Thor and History of Violence up a few spots, and remove Blade for Hellboy II, but otherwise it's spot on.

 

[Havok83]

I didnt even know alot of those were based off a comic...lol

 

[kedrell]

I'd have a hard time filling a list of 25 comic book based movies that I'd consider good movies at all. Maybe 20 but that's about the limit to what I've seen.

 

[Quasimod0]

Cap shouldve been higher. first class number 5? I'd rate that higher as well

 

[Incrediblejeff]

No Scott Pilgrim?I would put that in over TMNT,Thor,and The Rocketeer.

 

[redfirebird2008]

B89 and Returns should definitely be on there IMHO.

 

[mehrabix]

By the way, the first Spider-Man movie is much much better than Batman Begins which is totally depressing!

metacritic scores:
Spider-man (2002): 73 out of 100
Batman Begins (2005): 70 out of 100!​

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