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[Perfection]

NANANANANANANANA, BATMAN!

Begins was really good, so were the Burton directed ones.

 

[cubsfan6506]

I liked the newer batman a lot.

 

[hossam]

transformers was really good but i never really read the comics.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

I'm not that big a comic fan, but I really enjoyed the X-Men and Spiderman series (not the third ones though) as well as the new Batman. Haven't seen much of the others bar Sin City, which was a couple of hours I'm never getting back.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Fantastic Four was really bad (I only saw the first one). I never read any of the comics mentioned (or any, really).

 

[The Ninja]

I've seen some good movies from comics, but the awesomest movie from a comic won't be until someone does a Order of the Stick movie.

The Ninja

 

[Stevenpfo]

Batman Begins hands down.

I read a ton of comics as a kid. I didn't collect them. Just read everyone else's ... I was the original pirate

This thread reminds me that I want to see V for Vendetta again. Last time I saw it was in Afghanistan on a pirated DVD. It looked like crap. I still loved it though.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Has anyone who has seen V for Vendetta read the graphic novel too? If so, what things did they change for the movie? I don't know why Alan Moore distanced himself from it. EDIT: I haven't seen the movie.

We've got Heroes on telly here which seems to be abit of a rip-off of the plot from Watchmen too. Watchmen wasn't as good as V for Vendetta though I thought.

 

[Stevenpfo]

This is a big quote here from Wikipedia:

Alan Moore, however, distanced himself from the film, as he has with every screen adaptation of his works to date. He ended cooperation with his publisher, DC Comics, after its corporate parent, Warner Bros., failed to retract statements about Moore's supposed endorsement of the movie.[8] After reading the script, Moore remarked:

"[The movie] has been "turned into a Bush-era parable by people too timid to set a political satire in their own country.... It's a thwarted and frustrated and largely impotent American liberal fantasy of someone with American liberal values standing up against a state run by neoconservatives—which is not what the comic V for Vendetta was about. It was about fascism, it was about anarchy, it was about England."[9]

He later adds that if the Wachowskis had wanted to protest what was going on in America, then they should have used a political narrative that spoke directly at America's issues, similar to what Moore had done before with Britain. The film changes the original message by arguably having changed "V" into a freedom fighter instead of an anarchist. An interview with producer Joel Silver suggests that the change may not have been conscious; he identifies the V of the graphic novel as a clear-cut "superhero... a masked avenger who pretty much saves the world," a simplification that goes against Moore's own statements about V's role in the story.[10] Moore also disputed several other details in the film, such as whether "eggy in the basket", which V cooks for Evey, is an actual British dish. As Moore puts it: "They don't know what British people have for breakfast, they couldn't be bothered. 'Eggy in a basket' apparently. Now the US have 'eggs in a basket,' which is fried bread with a fried egg in a hole in the middle. I guess they thought we must eat that as well, and thought 'eggy in a basket' was a quaint and Olde Worlde version."[8]

Co-author and illustrator David Lloyd, by contrast, embraced the adaptation.[11] In an interview with Newsrama.com, he states: "It's a terrific film. The most extraordinary thing about it for me was seeing scenes that I'd worked on and crafted for maximum effect in the book translated to film with the same degree of care and effect. The "transformation" scene between Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving is just great. If you happen to be one of those people who admires the original so much that changes to it will automatically turn you off, then you may dislike the film — but if you enjoyed the original and can accept an adaptation that is different to its source material but equally as powerful, then you'll be as impressed as I was with it."[12]

You can always do what i've done in the past. If you know in advnace they've changed to much then watch it in a frame of mind that's it is a completely new work of art and don't waste your entire time just comparing everything.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Yeah I've just been readng that on Wiki. I didn't realise it was set in America... kind of ruins the whole Guy Fawkes outfit thing. And not being about fascism... hmm.

I remember when reading it that I thought it would make a great film since it is very cinematic in art style anyway. I guess many of the themes would have had to have been watered down for a movie.

 

[MobBoss]

Has anyone who has seen V for Vendetta read the graphic novel too? If so, what things did they change for the movie? I don't know why Alan Moore distanced himself from it. EDIT: I haven't seen the movie.

We've got Heroes on telly here which seems to be abit of a rip-off of the plot from Watchmen too. Watchmen wasn't as good as V for Vendetta though I thought.

Actually, I do believe the guy that made 300s next project is "The Watchmen".

 

[C~G]

I think it's possible it has more to do how much I liked the original comic rather than with the quality of movie.

I have somehow liked Batman since I think it's mythology is based into something concrete and contains darker elements. The struggle of his shady two-faced character is more clear than with others and mostly Batmans powers are pretty humane of quality. He must rely on his wits, good physique and gadgets to overcome difficulties rather than superpowers.

Couple of movies have presented the character well and Batman Begins is my favourite of the bunch, I was surprised of it since I expected lackluster.

Most of the comics here are crap in my book and when they get into the cinema it takes only cosmetic change and they turn into super-crap.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Well a watchmen movie will be quite interesting, less controversial than V for Vendetta anyway. I bet they cut this bit...

I never said, "The superman exists, and he's American." What I said was,"God exists, and he's American."

 

[downtown]

Spiderman 3 was AWESOME. I laughed so hard during the dancing scenes...I think I've seen it like, 3 times.

I loved most of the Batman and superman movies too. 300 and Transformers weren't bad...and thats all I've seen. I admit though, I have next to no comic book knowledge.

 

[randomthings]

V for Vendetta is probably the best comic book movie ever.
Just my two cents.

 

[kuukkeli]

Of the films on the poll I only like Sin City. Burton's Batman and 300 are barely watchable but there's no way I can call them good. V for Vendetta is better than anything on the list besides Sin City but even it's only mediocre. I guess I'm not too much in to comic book movies.

 

[woody60707]

Spiderman 3 was AWESOME. I laughed so hard during the dancing scenes...I think I've seen it like, 3 times.

I thought it was a great movie too. It just had a very different tone then that other two. I Don't think people were able to get past that.

I loved most of the Batman and superman movies too. 300 and Transformers weren't bad...and thats all I've seen. I admit though, I have next to no comic book knowledge.

Transformers was GREAT! maybe it was because I was expecting it to be a crap movie. But all I could think leaving was "what a great movie".

And yea, the latest Batman movie kicked ass

 

[Yoda Power]

Spiderman, Batman, Transformers, Sin City, The Punisher and X-men were well done.

Daredevil, Hulk and Fantatic Four really sucked hard though.

 

[Rambuchan]

Of the movies listed I liked "Sin City" the best. So I voted for it. That was a visual feast and set the tone for many later conversion movies to come, like "300", which was good looking tedium imho. Burton's "Batman" films aren't great but they were pretty cool back in the day and at least they deal with the darkside, as CG pointed out. I'm fairly sure, however, that I'd find them dreadful if I watched them now.

Another comic / graphic novel of Alan Moore's that got made into a bad movie was "From Hell". That was a seriously good graphic novel but the film did nothing for me.

I want to know when they are going to start pillaging the "Preacher" series.

"V for Vendetta" is one I need to read. The movie was enjoyable in many ways, but I can well see what the author's gripe is about. It seemed like a kind of geographical political halfway house. His comments seem well justified. However, the bottom line imperative is bound to have dictated such a course as he complains about.

Come to think, the Asterix films should have been listed! Some of those were excellent.

When you're a die hard fan, it's hard not to get turned on by these being made into films. The thing that grated for me though were the accents.

But Stevenpfo makes an astute point for this discussion...

You can always do what i've done in the past. If you know in advnace they've changed to much then watch it in a frame of mind that's it is a completely new work of art and don't waste your entire time just comparing everything.

 

[classical_hero]

When you're a die hard fan, it's hard not to get turned on by these being made into films. The thing that grated for me though were the accents.

Especially considering that it was in French.

Out of the options, I voted for Batman Begins, not the pre Batman Begins stuff, which was crap. I also voted for Sin City, 300, Spiderman (For 1 and 2), an Transformers. Transformers would have been better if the fight scene was much bettter.