Alvey : X-Men: The Last Stand

I took Niki, Jack and my whole team to see X-Men III at the end of the last CodeJam. I didn't want to blog about the movie immediately because I couldn't tell if I liked it or not.

To me, the giant battle scenes between hundreds of mutants made it tough to connect to any one character.

Kelsey Grammar's Beast was a highlight in both the combat and non-combat scenes. That was unexpected. Only Frasier could deliver Hank McCoy's trademark line "Oh my stars and garters" believably.

I was talking to my favorite blog designer last week and I mentioned that my favorite comic book superhero movies are the first two X-Men and Spider-Man films. He doesn't like Tobey Maguire, so it makes loving the Spider-Man films impossible for him. I told him that I didn't hate Daredevil, but I was hard-pressed to come up with a worse comic book superhero movie. Then I remembered The Hulk.

Here are my rankings:

Spider-Man II
X-Men II
Spider-Man
X-Men
Batman
Superman II
Superman
Batman Begins
Superman Returns
X-Men III
Fantastic Four
Batman Returns
Daredevil
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin
Superman III
Superman IV
The Hulk

What movies did I miss? How would you rank them?

Most likely if I left one off it was because I haven't seen it (like Hellboy, The Punisher and Elektra) or didn't consider them superheroes (Flash Gordon and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).

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Celly 2039 days ago

Sin City could be considered a Super Hero Movie... That would for sure make my top 10..

Also, Punisher is on Showtime this week... I'm sure it'll quickly make it into your 18th spot.. ;)

And you forgot about Catwoman and Supergirl... They might also beat out the hulk.. ;)

Oh, and there is Spawn as well...

If I can trust you to read my spawn comics in a dust free white room with cotton gloves, I'll fedex you the whole original Todd McFarlane series... ;)

Spawn was based off of Todds college roommate... (Al Franklin?) -- I tried that, but no one wanted my "Lactose Fighter" series.. Everyone said the string cheese outfit was "disturbing"...

Sejour 2002 days ago

1. Spider-Man II
2. X-Men II
3. Spider-Man

I agree with you !

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