Rapid Fire Friday – ‘Super-hero / Comic Book Movie Edition’
To celebrate the release of Superman Returns, I figure I would go through some of the comic movies from the last few decades and give my usual quick thought on the casting of each. And no, haven’t seen Supes yet… probably go in the next few days.
Batman – Michael Keaton was a good Bruce Wayne but a horrible Batman. Val Kilmer a good Batman but a horrible Bruce Wayne. George Clooney should have been the perfect Batman but ended up in the worst movie.
Hellboy – Pearlman nailed the big red monkey in a way that I think no one else could have.
Sin City – The only tough part to cast here was Marv and Mikey Rourke did a great job. On the other hand, casting Jessica Alba as Nancy was a bad move since she wouldn’t do the nudity that the book called for. A lesser known actress who would be willing to do the nudity would have been a better call.
The Crow – Brandon Lee was amazing in the role of the Crow but I think that is part of the problem with the other movies is none of the others could match what Lee did.
The Mask – I can’t think of anyone else who could have pulled this off besides Jim Carrey (and I’m pretending Son of the Mask was never made).
Daredevil – Okay, I’m alone on this… but I like this movie (the director’s cut version) and like Ben Affleck as Daredevil. But so many people just hate Affleck that it could have been an amazing movie and still people would hate it.
Elektra – Jennifer Garner was all right but the movie was bad… I mean awful. I give comic movies a lot of slack and this is the first one I wanted to walk out of.
Spawn – Did anyone care who played Spawn? The good casting in this was John Leguizamo as the Clown. The odd casting was D B Sweeny in a role of an African-American character Terry Fitzgerald.
Blade – Wesley Snipes was an obvious choice for Blade and did a great job in the first two movies. I think in Trinity though Ryan Reynolds as Hannibal King basically stole the movie from him.
Fantastic Four – Is more like the Fantastic Two. Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans were perfect as The Thing and The Human Torch. Ioan Gruffudd was all right as Mr. Fantastic but really didn’t have the role to stretch himself in. Jessica Alba should have been invisible in this movie and Julian McMahon as the villain just doomed the movie. Okay, too many bad puns. The movie wasn’t horrible but it could have been a lot better.
The Hulk – Not a tough role to cast since the hero side would be all CGI. I think Erik Bana was fine as Bruce Banner but I don’t think Ang Lee knew he was making a Super-hero movie.
Spider-Man – Definitely the strongest franchise currently running. The casting so far has been perfect from Tobey Maguire to J K Simmons. I wasn’t that thrilled with Kirsten Dunst until the upside-down kiss in the rain scene… then I was fine with her.
X-Men – The first two movies were well cast. Hugh Jackman is Wolverine now. But by the third movie they were throwing so many characters in that it really didn’t matter who was who because you would never get a chance to know any of them.
The Shadow, The Phantom and The Rocketeer – I put these three together because to me they are very similar. I really like the casts and the movies but none of them get the respect they deserve. There are some days I’ll sit down and watch all three in a row.
Superman – Christopher Reeves is being hailed as the perfect Superman and I have to wonder how much his accident put the Richard Donner films into a better light. I honestly don’t remember the Superman movies being thought of that highly until recently and the new movie just seems to be a sequel. For me, I’m hooked on Smallville and Tom Welling is Clark Kent.
The Punisher – I’m biased here. Before the new version of the Punisher came out I got to meet Tom Jane and really like the guy. So when I watched the movie I already liked it. But I think everyone can agree that Jane is 100 times better than Dolph Lundgren.
Judge Dredd – Stallone was born to be Judge Dredd… end of story. The movie was bad but Stallone was the obvious choice at the time.
Swamp Thing – Who the Swamp Thing was didn’t matter… but Adrienne Barbeau bathing in the swamp was a brilliant casting move in my dreams for weeks later.
Tank Girl – How many people remember this movie? Another cult classic type. Lori Petty was great in this… plus you get Ice-T as a kangaroo.
Barb Wire – I watch this movie all the time… well, the open scene at least.
Supergirl – I know this movie was made and I remember seeing it… but that’s about it. Helen Slater was probably fine in the role… I’ve just never been a fan of the character so I’ve never tracked down the movie to see it again.
Steel – I’m fairly certain it was trying to find Shaq a film vehicle and not a cry from fans to see John Henry on the silver screen that got this movie made.
Catwoman – What the fuck?
To celebrate the release of Superman Returns, I figure I would go through some of the comic movies from the last few decades and give my usual quick thought on the casting of each. And no, haven’t seen Supes yet… probably go in the next few days.
Batman – Michael Keaton was a good Bruce Wayne but a horrible Batman. Val Kilmer a good Batman but a horrible Bruce Wayne. George Clooney should have been the perfect Batman but ended up in the worst movie.
Hellboy – Pearlman nailed the big red monkey in a way that I think no one else could have.
Sin City – The only tough part to cast here was Marv and Mikey Rourke did a great job. On the other hand, casting Jessica Alba as Nancy was a bad move since she wouldn’t do the nudity that the book called for. A lesser known actress who would be willing to do the nudity would have been a better call.
The Crow – Brandon Lee was amazing in the role of the Crow but I think that is part of the problem with the other movies is none of the others could match what Lee did.
The Mask – I can’t think of anyone else who could have pulled this off besides Jim Carrey (and I’m pretending Son of the Mask was never made).
Daredevil – Okay, I’m alone on this… but I like this movie (the director’s cut version) and like Ben Affleck as Daredevil. But so many people just hate Affleck that it could have been an amazing movie and still people would hate it.
Elektra – Jennifer Garner was all right but the movie was bad… I mean awful. I give comic movies a lot of slack and this is the first one I wanted to walk out of.
Spawn – Did anyone care who played Spawn? The good casting in this was John Leguizamo as the Clown. The odd casting was D B Sweeny in a role of an African-American character Terry Fitzgerald.
Blade – Wesley Snipes was an obvious choice for Blade and did a great job in the first two movies. I think in Trinity though Ryan Reynolds as Hannibal King basically stole the movie from him.
Fantastic Four – Is more like the Fantastic Two. Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans were perfect as The Thing and The Human Torch. Ioan Gruffudd was all right as Mr. Fantastic but really didn’t have the role to stretch himself in. Jessica Alba should have been invisible in this movie and Julian McMahon as the villain just doomed the movie. Okay, too many bad puns. The movie wasn’t horrible but it could have been a lot better.
The Hulk – Not a tough role to cast since the hero side would be all CGI. I think Erik Bana was fine as Bruce Banner but I don’t think Ang Lee knew he was making a Super-hero movie.
Spider-Man – Definitely the strongest franchise currently running. The casting so far has been perfect from Tobey Maguire to J K Simmons. I wasn’t that thrilled with Kirsten Dunst until the upside-down kiss in the rain scene… then I was fine with her.
X-Men – The first two movies were well cast. Hugh Jackman is Wolverine now. But by the third movie they were throwing so many characters in that it really didn’t matter who was who because you would never get a chance to know any of them.
The Shadow, The Phantom and The Rocketeer – I put these three together because to me they are very similar. I really like the casts and the movies but none of them get the respect they deserve. There are some days I’ll sit down and watch all three in a row.
Superman – Christopher Reeves is being hailed as the perfect Superman and I have to wonder how much his accident put the Richard Donner films into a better light. I honestly don’t remember the Superman movies being thought of that highly until recently and the new movie just seems to be a sequel. For me, I’m hooked on Smallville and Tom Welling is Clark Kent.
The Punisher – I’m biased here. Before the new version of the Punisher came out I got to meet Tom Jane and really like the guy. So when I watched the movie I already liked it. But I think everyone can agree that Jane is 100 times better than Dolph Lundgren.
Judge Dredd – Stallone was born to be Judge Dredd… end of story. The movie was bad but Stallone was the obvious choice at the time.
Swamp Thing – Who the Swamp Thing was didn’t matter… but Adrienne Barbeau bathing in the swamp was a brilliant casting move in my dreams for weeks later.
Tank Girl – How many people remember this movie? Another cult classic type. Lori Petty was great in this… plus you get Ice-T as a kangaroo.
Barb Wire – I watch this movie all the time… well, the open scene at least.
Supergirl – I know this movie was made and I remember seeing it… but that’s about it. Helen Slater was probably fine in the role… I’ve just never been a fan of the character so I’ve never tracked down the movie to see it again.
Steel – I’m fairly certain it was trying to find Shaq a film vehicle and not a cry from fans to see John Henry on the silver screen that got this movie made.
Catwoman – What the fuck?
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