What Was Your First Comic Book Movie?

[Frodo]

You guys make me feel ancient. Lol.

I was 23 when Spiderman 2002 came out, and I had been waiting a decade for the film to hit the big screen.

As a Spiderman a fan, it seemed like it would never get made. It was a miracle when all the legal wranglings ended.

That's why when there was a fanboy freak out over the potential end to the Spiderman MCU deal, I was like , " You think this is the end of world?! You guys don't even know what its like to live in a world without Spiderman movies" Lol.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I honestly don't remember which I saw first. I am going to guess it was Superman: The Movie given when I was born and it was likely on home video at the time, but I can't remember if it was.

 

[heathjack]

mine was teeange mutant ninja turtlers 1990 movie!! I also went with my brothers friend & we saw the 1990 power rangers movie!! & the one i remember being excited for was teeange mutant ninja turtlers 2 secret of the ozz!!

 

[Airwings]

Superman II or III. Don't remember which one, just that I saw both in a short amount of time when I was a kid.
I was totally hocked by both

 

[Batmannerism]

Superman the Movie in 1978 - yup I'm old.

Loved it then, came out feeling like I could fly.

Does it hold up ? Well special effects have come a long way since then, but nothing really compares to the performance of Christopher Reeve as Superman - although it feels like it takes forever until we meet him, pacing being much slower back then.

It's probably nostalgia but I still love the film today.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Loving something old doesn't mean it has to be nostalgia. Regardless of era, a good movie is a good movie. Superman is a great movie. No excuse needed.

 

[Lantern Venom]

mine was teeange mutant ninja turtlers 1990 movie!! I also went with my brothers friend & we saw the 1990 power rangers movie!! & the one i remember being excited for was teeange mutant ninja turtlers 2 secret of the ozz!!

Just like the comic, that movie beat the odds. It shouldn't have worked, but it did. A was a senior in high school at the time, and many of my friends didn't understand why I had such adoration for, in their words, a "stupid kids movie." Since the TMNT franchise is still iconic 30 years later, I often wonder if any of them admitted to themselves that I was able to see the appeal when they didn't.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Superman the Movie in 1978 - yup I'm old.

Loved it then, came out feeling like I could fly.

Does it hold up ? Well special effects have come a long way since then, but nothing really compares to the performance of Christopher Reeve as Superman - although it feels like it takes forever until we meet him, pacing being much slower back then.

It's probably nostalgia but I still love the film today.

Effects for that first movie aged up mostly very well.
Superman II did not age very well in the effects department, Superman III was made to not require much of that, and a Quest for Peace is a visual candy of embarrassment that is too indulging to look at.

 

[Frodo]

The first two Superrman films are classics as far as I'm concerned.

As much as the fans today may have issues with them, they're still the two most highly regarded of the Superman films among the GA.

3 , 4, and Supergirl, not so much.

 

[Babillygunn]

My first was Batman 66 on television. I loved it then and I love it now.
A little later I caught Superman the Movie. I actually like it better now than I did before.
I’m not sure what the first theater superhero movie would’ve been, but I’m assuming Batman 89. I would’ve been in high school. It holds up as well.

 

[Batmannerism]

Loving something old doesn't mean it has to be nostalgia. Regardless of era, a good movie is a good movie. Superman is a great movie. No excuse needed.

Effects for that first movie aged up mostly very well.
Superman II did not age very well in the effects department, Superman III was made to not require much of that, and a Quest for Peace is a visual candy of embarrassment that is too indulging to look at.

To be honest, it was Reeve's performance as Superman that sold me on the series - so my least favorite of the lot is actually Superman 3, because Richard Pryor takes a lot of the spotlight - although evil Superman vs Clark Kent is still great.

I even enjoy Superman IV, probably the only person in the world who does , but again its Reeve as Superman that always makes it fun to watch.

 

[Babillygunn]

To be honest, it was Reeve's performance as Superman that sold me on the series

My family finally subscribed to DC Universe service. My wife hadn’t seen Superman the Movie in probably 30 years so I urged her to give it another go with me. She remembered not liking Margot Kidder’s Lois so she had a negative association with the film. After rewatching it with me she loved it and agreed that Christopher Reeve gave a performance for the ages in those films. He plays Clark and Superman so differently, honestly to the point where his entire body transforms. I mean everything: voice, posture, even his face looks different. No one else has been able to accomplish the transition like he did. It’s remarkable. I especially love the scene in Superman II where Lois finds out Clark is Superman. Even out of costume, he does the transformation right in front of our eyes. It’s really incredible and a sum of a litany of subtleties.

Reeve is a master at work in those films.

 

[Batmannerism]

My family finally subscribed to DC Universe service. My wife hadn’t seen Superman the Movie in probably 30 years so I urged her to give it another go with me. She remembered not liking Margot Kidder’s Lois so she had a negative association with the film. After rewatching it with me she loved it and agreed that Christopher Reeve gave a performance for the ages in those films. He plays Clark and Superman so differently, honestly to the point where his entire body transforms. I mean everything: voice, posture, even his face looks different. No one else has been able to accomplish the transition like he did. It’s remarkable. I especially love the scene in Superman II where Lois finds out Clark is Superman. Even out of costume, he does the transformation right in front of our eyes. It’s really incredible and a sum of a litany of subtleties.

Reeve is a master at work in those films.

Yup ! Everything you said is true.When people ever ask about Reeve I show some of his physical transformations from Clark to Superman - his posture and the timbre of his voice change, he becomes a different person.

Nobody has done anything similar in any cbm since - and Reeve's performance was the heart and soul of those films.

 

[Zorro]

Batman(1989)

Yes. It's still my favorite batman and cbm!

 

[heathjack]

I heard that Christopher reeve was wanting to put Brainiac in super man 3 & it would have introduce super girl. but it became Richard Pryor comedy instead. but i enjoy it! does any think toby macquire spider-man 3 is similar to super man 3?

 

[The Joker]

Superman the movie. Yes it still holds up.

 

[Gothamsknight]

Batman Forever. Does it still hold up?? well it's sort of dumb, campy fun so in a way it does.

 

[zeptron]

Batman(1989). I was five when it came out. Second movie I ever saw in theaters.

 

[LvtLeeTDK]

Spider-Man
I love it as much as the sequel and it still holds up perfectly

 

[Awest66]

Batman & Robin. I watched it probably more times than I should have growing up.

 

[See Cap Run]

Batman Returns: it was also my first drive in movie experience

 

[The Batman]

Superman 3.

It didn't hold up in the first place, but when you're a kid, you're just excited to watch superheroes do anything. The quality of the film didn't matter.

 

[Frodo]

Superman 3.

It didn't hold up in the first place, but when you're a kid, you're just excited to watch superheroes do anything. The quality of the film didn't matter.

The one thing I'll give about Superman 3 is the junk yard fight Between Bad Superman and Clark.

That whole sequence is one of the best in the original series of films imo. There's alot you can read into it in terms of what the fight between Bad Superman and Bumbling Clark represents or symbolizes. Probably more than the writers themselves realized.

It's a great scene imo.