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For me the best Comic book films are:
Superman The Movie - the original and best comic book film. Love the three act structure to the film which each have their own styles, the only down side is the ending is a little weak as you can tell it is a larger film that has been cut in half, the other half been Superman II which was mostly filmed at the same time.
Superman II - A great sequel that ups the bad guys and continues the story and development of the main characters. Bot cuts of the film are worth a view to. Watched this one to death as a kid.
Batman - This is all about Jack to be honest who seals the film in every way. Its a tight film from start to finish. Some great lines also - "Where does he get those wonderful toys" "We've been ratted out boys" "I'm Batman". This is the most un Tim Burton film you will find, looks like he had to rein in the goth and weird stuff as he might have been under too much pressure from the studio, he did let it all loose though on Batman Returns which is why the film never really feels like a Batman film and more a Burton film about the bad guys.
X-Men 2 - The first comic book film in my eyes to really take the themes and characters of the actual comic and make a great film out of. It has great action scenes and loads of character development. This is when Hollywood woke up to the idea that comic book films have the potential to be very good films and make lots of money.
Spiderman - Have been a Spiderman fan for many a year and was hoping this would be a great film, i didn't need to worry because Rami nailed it. The only weak link in the film is the actual bad guy who is a little bland.
Spiderman 2 - This is everything the first film is and more, the action and the effects are better, the story is better and the bad guy has more depth. Its much like The Empire Strikes Back of comic book films in that it gets straight into the action with nothing to setup and ends with lots of open threads for a sequel to wrap up. Love it
V for Vendetta - The first real adult comic book film for me and just showed that it didn;t have to be about superhero's for them to work on the big screen.
Batman Begins - At last we got a Batman origin story and a great one at that. Loved the layered story that Nolan uses to split the film up. And the realistic approach was a breath of fresh air. Only slightly let down but the other the top action sequence final act.
The Dark Knight - The best and last great comic book film. It will be a long time before this film is beaten. Its just agreat film and to boot it has Batman in it. It could be a film without Batman in and it would still be great. The realistic approach is fully used here and is all the better for it. And The Joker is just amazing.
As for the MCU i enjoyed phase 1 and most of phase 2 but i have to admit Age of Ultron has left me with fatigue to be honest. There was just to much going on and no real direction of where it was all going. It felt to much of a set-up for all the other films to come and had no real great story of its own to tell. I understand what Marvel is trying to do and kudos to them so far for creating such a great world over all the films but i think they are starting to think of to many films ahead. Phase 1 and 2 were so good because we got to see are fav characters up on the screen for the first time and then get together for a big fight in The Avengers. Unfortunately that new factor has worn off now so they are trying to replace it with loads of characters and big story arks with lots of films feeding into each other. I don't think its working to be honest and hope they slow down because they are building themselves up for a big fall.
And then we have DC which is playing catch up to what Marvel have done. I will reserve judgement on them until after Suicide Squad and Batman Vs Superman, but to be honest both films look very far from the greats of The Dark Knight and Superman the Movie. I understand they are going for a fresh take as you can;t do the same thing over and over but i just don't like the look of it all so far, and hey i enjoyed Man of Steel, but i wish they had made a direct sequel to that and then created a spin of into Justice League.
Maybe i'm getting old or maybe their are just to many comic book films at the moment but i long for the days of original Summer Blockbusters that are not Sequels, Reboots or Comic book films, but the studios have to make money!!!!!!!
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