Tag: comic book adaptations
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 19 - Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi)
I wish I could in good conscience put Spider-Man 2 higher on this list. It’s a wonderful film in many ways and the wall-crawler has always been one of my favorite superheroes. If pushed, I...
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 20 - Thor
In order to put together a list on 35 of the best live-action comic book and graphic novel adaptations of all time, one must be predisposed toward accepting some silly things, but I must admit...
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 21 - Ant-Man
The neverending debate, Marvel versus DC, seems to always be boiled down in its simplest form to an argument of light-hearted fun versus dark and brooding gloom. Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man was a huge chip in...
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 22 - The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises - the third film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy - has more flaws and is less historically significant than Batman Begins, so why is it higher on this list? In a...
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 23 - Spawn
Despite an abhorrent critical reception, 1997’s Spawn - adapted from Todd McFarlane’s graphic novels - was an exceptional film that was just a bit before its time. A quick scan of Rotten Tomatoes reviews shows...
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 24 - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season Two
(Note: MASSIVE SPOILERS ahead! Do not read this if you don’t want major plot points revealed) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season Two is a prime and complex cog in the machine that is the Marvel...
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 25 - Avengers: Age of Ultron
(Note: This entry on the list is relatively new, so know that there are minor spoilers). If one hasn’t seen most of the adaptations on this list - specifically those in the Marvel Cinematic Universe...
Top Comic Book Adaptaions: No. 26 - Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan)
Batman Begins , released a decade ago in 2005, brought a level of respect and earnestness to live-action-big-budget comic book adaptations that had never been seen before. If anything, the film swung so hard in...
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 27 - Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America was never my favorite as a kid. He was such a fuddy-duddy compared to Wolverine, Spider-Man, and Batman. When Captain America: The First Avenger was released in 2011, all of that changed. Chris...
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 28 - Batman (Tim Burton)
Without Tim Burton’s Batman we probably wouldn’t even be here doing this whole fun exercise. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to rank this film in the Top 10 based on legacy alone. Batman was the patient...