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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Into the SpiderVerse. Watchmen was close to being great but missed the mark a bit. V for Vendetta is entertaining but botched the source material.
Justice League has no business in the conversation.
Batman Begins, TDK, superman II, spider man 2, Blade, SpiderVerse, infinity war, GOTG, Logan, DOFP.
Maybe X2, Deadpool, Dredd, First Class, Hellboy 2, Sin City, Iron Man, 300.
Some combination of the above is my top 15. No idea how to actually rank them though.
I have a hard time choosing what’s the best. Then we get into conversations like whether Road to Perdition should be on the list. Or A History of Violence.
Are we talking best movie overall? Or best adaptation? Best superhero movie?
TDK has probably the best performance but it’s mid tier at best other than Ledger. The story is borderline nonsensical.
I think I’d put Infinity War, Spider verse and sin city as the top 3 adaptations. They felt the most like watching a comic book come to life.
I feel like there’s a whole bunch of pretty good superhero/comic book movies but very few that are great. It’s hard to nail that mix of being a great movie and being a blockbuster. Usually you pick one. Could there ever be a comic book movie on par with something like Gladiator? Where it is both a top notch film and a blockbuster?
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I do think the correct answer is Infinity War...
That really felt like a comic book come to life and was also the culmination of 18 prior films.
The only thing that holds it back a bit is that the conclusion in EndGame was just okay.
But Infinity War itself is still probably the best movie theatre experience I've ever had. People leaving that theatre amazed by the movie but also a bit shocked it ended the way it did.
From a critical perspective it might not be the "Best Movie" but IMO it's still the standard for what Comic Book movies and universes should aim to achieve.