Quote from: Gib;559058I wasn't really engaged by The Avengers, which surprised me. While it wasn't bad, I certainly didn't get the charge out of it that I did from Ironman or even TDK. Yeah, I know I'm the only one.

Not at all.  I'd say while The Avengers was a very enjoyable movie it wasn't as good a movie as Iron Man or Captain America.  It was the satisfyingly explosive end cap to Marvel Studios' (first series of) successful solo hero flicks, nothing more and nothing less.

Holy necro Batman! (Reaches for Bat anti-necro spray next to Bat Shark Repellant). Still, maybe it's worth asking the question again, what with a pile of Supers films out since 2006 (!)

My favourites are Watchmen, The Dark Knight, Incredibles, Batman Begins, X2, Avengers, not in any particular order. The rest range from average (Amazing Spiderman, Spiderman 1, Iron Man 2) to good (Spiderman 2, Iron man Superman II, Batman and Batman Returns, Crow - I think, it's been a while, X men first class) to terrible (Daredevil, That thing with the basketball player, Batman forever, Batman and robin, Fantastic Four, Spiderman 3, probably more I should remember but don't want to).

The genre has had its shares of hits, misses and 'oh yeah, it was ok'. The danger is that the genre will soon become over saturated and it will be mostly dross that gets turned out. See the sword and sorcery genre for an example.

The best superhero movie ever - EVER! - is The Incredibles. Seriously.

But I thought Iron Man and Avengers were great. I haven't seen Batman Begins or Captain America yet, though. What Marvel managed to pull off with their Avengers series of films was incredible.

Did watch The Incredible Hulk (2008) last night, though. I preferred the Avengers Hulk, but I can understand why he'd have had to go through the 2008 film to become that person.

Moved to Media & Inspiration.

I think the Marvel people signed Mark Ruffalo up to do a string of Hulk movies based on his Avengers performance. He more or less stole the show for me. The most impressive part about the Avengers film is that they managed to cram so many A Listers (Sam Jackson, Robert Downey topping the list) and A-/B+ listers (Black Widow, Thor, Cap America actors) and kickstarted some up and comers (Ruffalo, the guy who plays Hawkeye, soon to be in Bourne legacy) in one film without it imploding. Reminds me of the old war movies that had just about everyone who was anyone in, Bridge too far etc.

Oh, and the Hiddleston (loki) fellow shares honours with Ruffalo too.

Looking forward to watching it on Bluray at the end of September. I think it'll set new sales records, without a doubt.

er, Sin City?

Quote from: APN;559118I think the Marvel people signed Mark Ruffalo up to do a string of Hulk movies based on his Avengers performance. He more or less stole the show for me.

What I liked was how he was used to but not comfortable with the Hulk. I'm not sure the character could pull off being the centre of a film, but as an ensemble member, he really works.

Of course, even with my reservation above, I would go and see a Ruffalo Hulk movie, because Marvel have more than proven that they know what they're doing.

(It's a shame that Marvel couldn't do a Superman movie, really. That would be great.)

It's hard to pick just one!

The best of the best is Iron Man, The Avengers, or Captain America, for me.

My Super Ex-Girlfriend and The Mask.

Quote from: ColonelHardisson;1070Spiderman II by a big margin.

I thought Spider-Man 2 was a lot better than the first one.

Avengers was also excellent. And a set-up for Thanos? For me, that pushes it over the edge...

So, Avengers gets my vote (which is strange because I've ALWAYS hated the Avengers comics, but a different medium can have that effect).