Batman's first cover appearance (wikipedia)
I came across this amusing blog post today, highlighting a debate among dorky lefty bloggers over which was the best/worst comic-book adaptation film of the aughts. Personally, I liked X2, Batman Begins, A History of Violence, Hellboy.
Elektra was sort of awesomely bad. Daredevil would have been awesomely bad too, if someone other than Ben Affleck had been in the title role. He’s just not fast enough in a fight scene, and fancy editing can’t really make up the difference (see, e.g., Paycheck). Instead, sadly, it slides into the just-plain bad column. I thought Spider-Man was awesomely bad (oh come on, Cliff Robertson? I kept expecting to see Sandra Dee at any moment.) except for the terrible decision to neutralize one of the most expressive faces in acting with a stupid, immobile green mask. That was just dumb. I also believe that what elevates the first Fantastic Four movie from just-plain bad to awesomely bad is the fact that Michael Chiklis was actually in a suit. Wise, wise decision.
Most ones that were thought of as just-plain bad were ones I hadn’t seen…which is for the best! I come at these opinions not being a comic-book/graphic novel person, but rather a fan of action films.
What do you think, dear reader?
