Most important comic book movies

[The Overlord]

What do you think is the most important comic book movies, that had the biggest impact on the movie industry either positive or negative?

My choices:

Superman (the first movie that proved comic books could make money).

Batman and Robin (the movie that almost sunk all the concept of comic book movies)

X-Men (the movie that made comic book movies popular after Batman and Robin almost killed them and ushered in the current age of comic book movies.)

 

[S.A.A.D.]

I think the most important comic book movies are Superman,Batman and TDK. Superman paved the way for more Superman movies,Supergirl,Howard The Duck and Swamp Thing movies,while Batman not only paved the way for more Batman movies,but other comic booky movies as well like The Shadow,The Phantom,Barb Wire,Judge Dredd,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,etc. All of that lead to a really big increase of comic book movies to be made for the cinemas,TDK speaks for it's self.

 

[El Payaso]

I think the most important comic book movies are Superman,Batman and TDK. Superman paved the way for more Superman movies,Supergirl,Howard The Duck and Swamp Thing movies,while Batman not only paved the way for more Batman movies,but other comic booky movies as well like The Shadow,The Phantom,Barb Wire,Judge Dredd,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,etc. All of that lead to a really big increase of comic book movies to be made for the cinemas,TDK speaks for it's self.

Bravo, S.A.A.D., bravissimo.

Superman the movie, Batman 89 and The Dark Knight are for me the three cornerstones of the genre and at the same time the best movies of them all. Each of them is a masterpiece on its own right and paved the way.

 

[The Joker]

Superman the movie, Batman 89 and The Dark Knight are for me the three cornerstones of the genre and at the same time the best movies of them all. Each of them is a masterpiece on its own right and paved the way.

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[akfj]

Superman The Movie: First comic film to treat the material seriously. Proved that comic book films could be very successful.

Batman 1989: Brought the seriousness back to comic book films after the last two Superman films. Proved that a comic book film could be dark and still be very successful.

Batman & Robin: Best example of how NOT to make a comic book film.

X-Men: The set-up for what would come throughout the decade with comic book films.

Spider-Man: The first home run of the decade for comic book films.

Iron Man: Showed that a B-level hero could be made into a successful film.

The Dark Knight: Brought the comic book film to a whole other level with its commercial success and critical acclaim. To many, the new benchmark for comic book films.

 

[Brother Jack]

If I had to narrow it down to one it would be Superman. It set the template for which all other comic book films are crafted, and has been used openly by everyone, including Burton and Nolan. There simply would not be the superhero movie we know today without it.

 

[david icke]

Yeah, Superman TM is the most important, everything fell into place after that. A serious Batman movie was put into pre-production almost rightaway after it's success, many screenplays and proposed directors/actors leading eventually to the Sam Hamm sp and Burton movie.
The Burton movie is on a level peg with 'X-Men' in importance I would say, both ushering in a new wave of superhero movies after a dreadful one, Superman IV and B&R respectively, ground the emerging genre into crap of the highest order.

The Dark Knight is important in that it is seen by the general public as a great movie, not just a great cb/sh movie, and is taken seriously as a result. But, I don't know if we have really seen any resultant fall out from that yet. Superhero movies are basically being made the same as they were before TDK was made. Although some directors have said it raised the bar, their own movies are still on the same level as the first two X-Men or Spider-man movies at best, thinking of Iron-Man here. So, their movies could've easily ended up the exact same if TDK had never existed.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

The Dark Knight is important in that it is seen by the general public as a great movie, not just a great cb/sh movie, and is taken seriously as a result. But, I don't know if we have really seen any resultant fall out from that yet. Superhero movies are basically being made the same as they were before TDK was made. Although some directors have said it raised the bar, their own movies are still on the same level as the first two X-Men or Spider-man movies at best, thinking of Iron-Man here. So, their movies could've easily ended up the exact same if TDK had never existed.

Very good observation, one that I don't think anyone has made on Hype! before.

I think the foundations for The Dark Knight (and Batman Begins) were laid by the first X-Men movie. The idea of making a movie about superheroes but not a 'superhero movie' really comes from there, and Nolan ran with it. That's why I don't like X2 as much as X1 - X2 is more of a traditional superhero movie, X1 was a science-fiction drama about outcasts with action scenes somewhat awkwardly forced in. But there is a sense of reality in X1 that you will only find again in Nolan's Bat movies.

 

[misjuevos]

blade it was the first good marvel comic book movie though most didnt even realize it was a comic. the flashing intro of the comic probably didnt land with people. without the success of blade marvel might not have been able to sell x-men as a bankable movie.

 

[Heretic]

One that is overlooked because of it's non-blockbuster status (and the fact that it isnt a superhero) is V For Vendetta...however...I believe that that movie actually had a bigger impact on Hollywood (and general culture) than most other comic book films. V obviously stands for so much more than your average Ghost Rider or Fantastic Four, and I think that light bulbs went off over heads in Hollywood that you can take risks and take on "bigger" concepts in the realm of comic book movie fiction.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Blade was the first comic book movie made after Batman and Robin that was a hit.

It also showed R-rated comic book movies could be successes.

Batman and Robin was important because it forced the studio to go in the total opposite direction for the reboot.

Superman the Movie opened the door for everything that came after.

 

[The Batman]

Bravo, S.A.A.D., bravissimo.

Superman the movie, Batman 89 and The Dark Knight are for me the three cornerstones of the genre and at the same time the best movies of them all. Each of them is a masterpiece on its own right and paved the way.

This, with honorable mentions going to spider-man and iron man

 

[Sundancer]

Blade was the first comic book movie made after Batman and Robin that was a hit.

Well, Men in Black came out one year earlier.....And The Crow came out before that.

Batman '89 paved the way for a lot of bad or unsuccessful movies for almost the next ten years

FF (then unreleased)
Punisher
Captain America
The JLA TV pilot
Nick Fury (TV, written by same guy as Batman Begins)
Spawn
Judge Dredd
Tank Girl

The Captain Marvel serial was the first superhero on the silver screen and opened up other serials and superhero stuff. I'd say that was a big one. It's still considered decent.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033317/

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Batman And Robin is the most important superhero movie. It paralysed a genre and forced Hollywood into realizing that if it was going to continue making comicbook movies, it couldnt keep doing it the way it was.

Plans were made. Things were considered. The next thing we knew we had X-Men.

 

[Rac]

Well, Men in Black came out one year earlier.....And The Crow came out before that.

The Crow came out before Batman & Robin.

 

[Octoberist]

Superman: The Motion Picture for sure.

I agree that Batman & Robin was important, because it changed everything. In effect, we wouldn't have the Nolan movies, or to a lesser extent, a good X-Men and Spider-Man film.

 

[some guy]

The Fleischer Superman shorts, the first ever animated superhero films.