Top 10 Marvel Movies of the Decade!!!

[kedrell]

The 2000's for Marvel fans was the decade of "OMG! Finally I'll get to see [insert favorite character here] onscreen after waiting forever for it! Who cares how it turns out as long as it gets made finally!" That started to wain toward the end and quality began to matter more. Hopefully fans will continue to demand quality into the 2010's.

 

[night0205]

Well I trust Marvel, if it's got control of the movie (Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, Avengers). I trust that Bryan Singer will make a pretty good X-men First Class, though I do not trust Fox. I, yeah, I trust Sam Raimi has learned from some of his mistakes, and will give us a good Spider-man 4. If Hugh Jackman made a japanese Wolverine 2... I would hope that he learned from some of his mistakes that he made as well. Either way, I think Marvel movies for the next decade are going to get better in quality. I think we can thank Iron Man and the Dark Knight for that.

 

[co2]

Are we talking personal favorites or those of the most significance? I broke the rankings into two different groups to represent each.

First is the typical personal favorite list

In a class by themselves
1. Spider-man 2
2. X2
3. Iron Man

Good movies
4. Spider-man
5. Incredible Hulk
6. X-men
7. Hulk

Not among the cream of the crop, but you asked for 10
8. Punisher
9. Spider-man 3
10.X-men 3

I would like to include the first Blade in that list, but you said "of the decade" and Blade came out in the '90s.



Now, I ranked these as why they should be considered of such significance in Marvel films of the decade.

1. X-men (technically Blade did it, but this was a more official launch of the new Marvel movie movement)
2. Spider-man 2 (For the time, it redefined the level of what a super-hero movies could do)
3. Iron man (Showed what the new Marvel movie studio could do)
4. Hulk (It may be here only because it has the bad rap of being such a bomb, even though that was completely not true. After the success of Spider-man, this was the most anticipated to be up next, and it just wasn't what people expected. But I think it made Marvel sit up and know the force of fan expectations).
5. Incredible Hulk (It was a chance that Marvel took to retry. It showed the balls Marvel was going to have in combining it's characters.)
6. X-2 (It showed a lot of depth and cemented the X-franchise...that X-men 3 almost destroyed)
7. Elektra (It deserves to be here for just being notoriously bad)
8. Punisher (It showed that even more minor studios were jumping the band wagon, even if not with as great success)
9. Spider-man 3 (After how good SM2 was, this one left people saying "wha happen?")
10. Wolverine (The origin films are off and running)

 

[night0205]

The Significance of Marvel Movies is an important issue for this last decade. Marvel kind of started the fad of superhero movies, which ended up becoming cliche and a little repetitive later on in the decade. I completely agree that X-men, more officially, launched Marvel Movies into High Gear, plainly because most people didn't know blade was a marvel character. I saw X-men in theater and that's when I started becoming a big Marvel fan. Also, and this is my personal opinion, that Batman Begins, and ultimately the Dark Knight, came about because of the X-men franchise and the Spider-man franchise, because studios started to realize that comic book movies make money. 2005 is when DC actually tried to reboot Batman, also many Dark Horse comics; Hellboy, Watchmen later on, all these superhero movies, were started because of Marvel.

 

[co2]

One thing I'm curious about, with the Incredible Hulk coming out, and pretty much rebooting, and covering up the original Hulk. Quite a few of you liked the Hulk better then the Incredible Hulk, and I guess I'm curious why? There were aspects of the Hulk (2003), that I thought were great, but then there were aspects that didn't seem to fit into what a Hulk movie should be like. The Incredible Hulk seemed to capture the balance between Comic Book and Movie. Were a lot of you angry that they pretty much rebooted the franchise? I mean, Hulk (2003) is going to be forgotten, is already to a great extent, forgotten because of the newer version. Incredible Hulk came out with a new origin, a new cast, and I think they did a much better job, but what do you (who think it's not as good as the original) think about this?

I'm not one who likes one over the other. Honestly I like both for very different reasons, but I will still want to address what you said.
The first Hulk movie actually pulled a lot of stuff from the comics. In fact, I think too much. Yeah, you've got the absorbing dad, Bruce Krenzler, and the origin uses nano-technology rather than a gamma bomb...but even TIH differed from that last part. In fact the gamma incident in the '03 film was a lot closer to the comics than the '08 film which was based more on the TV show. That's fine with me, because I was a fan of the TV show as a kid long before I picked up a comic.But I think a lot of where '03 went wrong was trying to front load Bruce's backstory. His abuse at the hands of his father and his father's murder of his mother..that stuff took 30 years to all come out in the comics. Ang tried too hard in that respect, and admittedly, probably wasn't the best guy for the job. Incredible Hulk had a better villain, and a better Bruce Banner, but Hulk was definitely a more mature and intricate movie. For that reason I think it is actually going to be reviewed long after TIH is forgotten. I like TIH, it's a fun Hulk movie, but the more I watch both, the more I keep coming back to Hulk.
I'll say this...If you had never heard of the Hulk, with no expectations, you probably would have walked out of Hulk '03 saying "That was an interesting, monster/sci-fi movie". While TIH has to be a Hulk movie to get by. So in the end, I think Hulk may be the better movie, but The Incredible Hulk may be the better Hulk movie. I know..confusing.

 

[Bruce Banner]

^nope not really confusing

I know what yout trying to get across. Thats always the things about movies that have been rebooted or remade there is always going to be a interesting "mesh" of thoughts on both the old and the new.

I think both were good for different aspects and both had their parts that weakened them. Now when it comes to this expanding Marvel Universe I have a feeling Norton's Hulk would be a better fit in there than Bana's Hulk.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

The Punisher's movies are or unfaithful to original source or too campy.

I don't see how guys getting shot up and their heads getting blown up is campy.

 

[night0205]

I think that The Incredible Hulk will probably be more remembered then Hulk, because it marked one of the first movies Marvel headed up, and because they will probably plug it into the Avengers. And If all goes well for the Avengers, and Edward Norton returns, then The Incredible Hulk will be more remembered. But, I see what you are saying, and Hulk did make more money. I just think all the movies that are jumping on the Marvel bandwagon will be remembered, and promoted later on more extensively, much more then previous Marvel movies.

Also, you have to think about Director Louis Leterrier, and if he gets more popular. Clash of the Titans looks amazing, and people remember popular director's films.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504642/

 

[Ace of Knaves]

I think Ang Lee's Hulk was ahead of it's time.

People expected an action extravaganza but Hulk was more like a artsy character study with some action thrown in. If it was released now I think it would be more accepted.

Personally, I prefer Ang's Hulk. I thought it had better action, Hulk seemed more like Hulk (the bit where he lands at that lake and looks at his reflection SCREAMS Hulk. As does the bit where he is flying through the air with a look of peace and escapism on his face). And also, in Ang's Hulk Gen. Ross wasn't completely mischaracterized.

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

the only thing I hated about HULK was how it would do the whole comic-book page thing when something would happen. still good though, and Elfman wrote yet another superb superhero theme

 

[night0205]

I'm a little curious why Universal didn't go ahead with a Sequel for Hulk? I mean, it made plenty of money, was well received by critics, and set itself up. I'm a little glad it didn't, just because of the Avenger strategy, but fans were expecting a sequel for years.

 

[co2]

Honestly, I think if you remove the origin flashbacks from TIH, it plays like a sequel. I kind of wish they had recast like they did, but went the route where the events of TIH didn't contradict the events of Hulk, so you could consider it a sequel or not if you wanted. I think considering it a sequel, gives the events of TIH a lot more emotional depth, which is what I thought it needed more of.

 

[night0205]

Reboots. I find it strange if they try and reboot Fantastic Four. Do we really think Fantastic Four should be rebooted? Reboots are basically saying, forget the continuity, forget the previous movies, let's just start over. However, rebooting Fantastic Four, if they can make it better, I don't have a big problem with because they weren't that great of films. I don't collect the older batman films, but just Christopher Nolan's. I don't have the Hulk in my Marvel collection right now, because The Incredible Hulk is there. I don't have any previous star trek, but J. J. Abrams. If they reboot X-men, I will be upset. If they reboot Spider-man I will be upset. Even if they are better films, the rebooting, erasing, of previous films is unfair. The Incredible Hulk basically spit in the face of Hulk. If Avengers is trying to say anything, it's that people care about continuity. I hope, hope, that X-men First Class fits in with Wolverine and X-men Trilogy, but it sounds like they may try and bypass Wolverine, and X3 on that note, because X3 has Magneto and Professor X visit Jean. The problem about continuity is that you are limited to being attached to the other films, the great thing about it, is you can see how it's ONE BIG STORY. I eventually want to look at the Marvel Movie Collection and say, this is ONE BIG EPIC STORY OF ALL THESE CHARACTERS. Idk if that will ever happen.

 

[kedrell]

If it's made by Marvel Studios, then it's part of that ONE BIG STORY, but all others are non-canon. Seems pretty simple to me.

 

[night0205]

Made by Marvel Studios as in complete control of creative decisions? Because Marvel Studios has been involved in making everything from X-men to Iron Man, just some to a lesser extent. Marvel Studios has completely supported the making of Spider-man Trilogy and X-men Trilogy and so on. So, it seems strange to me that you think that would be the line between canon and non-canon material. Hulk 1 was made by Marvel, giving universal and ang lee the opportunity to present the character to the movie verse. And Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, are not comic book canon. So what is the difference between the differences made to Spider-man and the differences made to The Incredible Hulk? Which was influenced greatly by a TV show, more so then the comic.

 

[kedrell]

If when you see one of these movies, you see the little "Studios" drop down under the Marvel logo, then it's canon. There are only 2 in existence right now. The rest Marvel aided in but were ultimately the outside studio's projects. Those in my mind are not canon. Clearer for ya?

 

[night0205]

No I understand what you are saying. If Marvel has complete control over it, whether it sucks or not, it's canon in your mind. Movie canon that is. I am very excited to see what Marvel has in store for us, leading up to Avengers.

Let's hope Marvel doesn't do any reboots.

 

[kedrell]

Reboots will always happen. They do it in the comics all the time so it's not like the movies invented it.

 

[night0205]

so... even if you have two movies that say contradictory things... they are both canon?

 

[kedrell]

More like What Ifs or alternate takes on the properties.

 

[Son of Coul]

If when you see one of these movies, you see the little "Studios" drop down under the Marvel logo, then it's canon. There are only 2 in existence right now. The rest Marvel aided in but were ultimately the outside studio's projects. Those in my mind are not canon. Clearer for ya?

Same here. The "Studios" almost feels like an "OFFICIAL" stamp on the movie, like it's Marvel doing their own material rather than another studio interpreting it their own way.

 

[kedrell]

^That's how I see it.

 

[night0205]

After Watching A Couple Marvel Movies, I've Updated My List:

1. Iron Man - We will see how this movie ages, but it's new, it's hip, so it's on the top.
2. X-men 2
3. Spider-man 2
4. The Incredible Hulk
5. Spider-man - Watched it again, and It was very good.
6. Daredevil Director's Cut
7. X-men
8. Hulk - I've forgotten how much I like this movie, sense the new one, but It's good in many ways.
9. X-men 3
10. Spider-man 3

 

[night0205]

Honestly, I think if you remove the origin flashbacks from TIH, it plays like a sequel. I kind of wish they had recast like they did, but went the route where the events of TIH didn't contradict the events of Hulk, so you could consider it a sequel or not if you wanted. I think considering it a sequel, gives the events of TIH a lot more emotional depth, which is what I thought it needed more of.

After watching Hulk again, I do kind of consider it a sequel in many ways. Kind of like what X-men First Class will be to X-men. New cast, many things will probably contradict, but we will see. That's just what I expect.

This is also why I don't think Spider-man will fully be rebooted. We have already seen the Origin, let's do something new.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Glad to see Daredevil getting some love (well the DC at least). It really is totally underrated. There isn't really anything wrong with it...apart from that god awful playground fight scene. In fact, Daredevil in essence, is probably one of the most accurate to the source material comic book movies ever made.