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Quote: Renegade Carpark @ August 29 2009, 12:38 PM BST

Spider-Man 3. :(

What a great big steaming pile of web slinging wank that was. Look Peter Parker's turned evil, he puts on make up, hates women and dances at jazz clubs - wait that's not evil, it's called being a homo.

That f**king scene in the jazz club! Angry WTF?! Lasted way to long.

Quote: Leevil @ August 29 2009, 12:47 PM BST

That f**king scene in the jazz club! Angry WTF?! Lasted way to long.

Loved Ghost World but then I'm a huge Thora Birch fan Lovey

Upon hearing her name, I always get the image from American Beauty. (the bit with the floating bag) ;)

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ August 28 2009, 10:25 PM BST

For every couple of good movies like Batman & Robin or Judge Dredd, you get plenty more that are turkeys.

I hope this is a joke.

Quote: sootyj @ August 29 2009, 7:58 AM BST

Watchmen had the look but none of the brain. The bit at the end where niteOwl beats up Ozymandias shows just how much it missed the point.

He doesn't, does he? I'm sure Niteowl goes to try and stop him and just gets swatted aside several times.

Anyway, Ghost World, some of the Batman movies The Crow; they were all good.

Quote: Matthew Stott @ August 29 2009, 1:57 PM BST

He doesn't, does he? I'm sure Niteowl goes to try and stop him and just gets swatted aside several times.

Correct.

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ August 28 2009, 10:25 PM BST

For every couple of good movies like Batman & Robin or Judge Dredd, you get plenty more that are turkeys.

I would rate Batman and Robin or Judge Dredd as some of the worst comic to film adaptations. Joel Schumacher is an the devil.

My favourite comic book movies is probably Iron Man. I think it is the best to date and will stand the test of time. The last two Batman films were phenomenally good. I still have love for Tim Burton's original Batman movie despite it's misgivings. I really liked both Hellboy movies but that could be because I'm a Hellboy comic nut (I actually thought the 2nd film was a better movie). I always love pointing to Ghost World to say "look at how rich comic book stories can be!". Minus the Wolverine flick (seriously...why?!) the X-men movies were the first superior comic book movies in my opinion.
I don't know why people harp on V for Vendetta I still think it was a solid movie. Moving away from the Thatcher era cold war feel would have been a disservice to the original book.
I really liked Watchmen but I really don't understand why they had to change the ending so much? They stayed true to the comic SOOOOO closely and then BAM "here you go kids a new ending I think is better than your favourite comic".
Overall I'm really excited about anything Marvel is throwing our way now that they have this storyline set in place across all boards thanks to the genius writings with Iron Man.
Sorry...this went on really long. Comic book movies are just one of my favourite things ever.
I'll leave you with my guiltiest of guilty comic book movies. The first Fantastic Four Movie that was soooooo bad it was never even released. The only copies are illegal copies.

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Do yourself a favor and watch this movie, it's one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Here's a preview, Doctor Doom was the best!

Quote: Matthew Stott @ August 29 2009, 1:57 PM BST

He doesn't, does he? I'm sure Niteowl goes to try and stop him and just gets swatted aside several times.

Anyway, Ghost World, some of the Batman movies The Crow; they were all good.

That and at the very end of the comic Niteowl accepts Ozymandias is right and leaves him alone a sad and broken man.

The film ending is like Winston Smith assassinating Big Brother and blowing up the ministery of Truth.

Quote: Curt @ August 29 2009, 2:23 PM BST

I'll leave you with my guiltiest of guilty comic book movies. The first Fantastic Four Movie that was soooooo bad it was never even released. The only copies are illegal copies.

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Do yourself a favor and watch this movie, it's one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

It's brilliantly awful

Quote: Gavin @ August 29 2009, 3:53 PM BST

It's brilliantly awful

Aparently it was made by Irwin Allan on the basis it would never be released. But so he could blackmail who ever made the proper film with threatening to release it. Thus making the proper F4 film look stupid.

Fortunately the F4 couldn't have looked any dafter if it tried.

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Laughing out loud

Quote: Gavin @ August 31 2009, 5:38 PM BST

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

DC! Save Marvel :P

They can't their owned by Warner Brothers!! Oh the humanity!
I can already see it, Good by edgy Marvel movies the likes of Iron Man and Xmen, hello Archie and Howard the Duck. Sick

Quote: Matthew Stott @ August 29 2009, 1:57 PM BST

He doesn't, does he? I'm sure Niteowl goes to try and stop him and just gets swatted aside several times.

Anyway, Ghost World, some of the Batman movies The Crow; they were all good.

At the very end of the film NiteOwl gives Ozy a shoeing after he nukes New York.

In the book he sulks and then shags Sally Jupiter.

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