What is YOUR Top 10 Comic Movies of the Decade?

[DARKKNIGHT]

This debate over where or not "The Dark Knight" should have been called "Gothan City" is ridiculous. First, TDK is clearly a Batman movie...he is the main protagonist as well as the main character. Second, there is no way WB would allow it to be called Gotham City. Third, the opening shot of TDK is the Batman symbol coming towards the camera out of a field of blue flames. So the opening shot is directly tied to Batman. Case closed.

Saying that The Dark Knight should be called Gotham City is akin to saying Lord of the Rings should have been called Middle-Earth.

 

[ProjectX2]

Here is a complete list of comic book movies that have been released over the last ten years:

X-Men
Josie and the *****cats
Ghost World
From Hell
Blade II
Spider-Man
Men in Black II
Road to Perdition
Daredevil
Bulletproof Monk
X2: X-Men United
Hulk
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
American Splendor
Hellboy
The Punisher
Spider-Man 2
Catwoman
Blade: Trinity
Elektra
Constantine
Sin City
Batman Begins
Fantastic Four
A History of Violence
V for Vendetta
X-Men: The Last Stand
Superman Returns
Ghost Rider
300
TMNT
Spider-Man 3
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
30 Days of Night
Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
Wanted
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Dark Knight
Punisher: War Zone
The Spirit
Watchmen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

 

[Ultimate Houde]

Bulletproof Monk?

That movie was hilarious, for the Russian Monk Mafia Princess alone.

 

[bluebeast]

Heh. *****cats.

 

[Planet-man]

Okay, fair enough, I was splitting hairs. Here's another try: The first shot of INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is Indiana Jones looking for a golden idol in Peruvia. Why isn't it INDIANA JONES AND THE GOLDEN IDOL OF PERUVIA? CASINO ROYALE's opening shot involves a man in Prague. Even if we want to include the 'sequence' so it involves Bond, why isn't it called JAMES BOND IN PRAGUE?

Because I never said it applies to every film, and it isn't a rule. It's trope that I see used sometimes. I personally think The Dark Knight was playing with it.

Because the opening shots set the tone and atmosphere, and while some say "this is what this is about", some open with prologues. The bank scene in THE DARK KNIGHT is a prologue. It has that long pan of the city because this is where the movie is set. The city in TDK is primarily setting, not character.

And even if it was about the first "shot" of the movie, why doesn't the blue smoke with the Batman symbol count as a shot of the movie? That's the first shot, isn't it? It's not the production company logos. It's unique to the movie, and the sound creeps in over the top. It's the first shot made for the movie. And it's a big bat symbol, so it must be about Batman, right?

I think you're taking this too literally....

Again, I'm not saying the "first shot" thing is some conclusive proof of anything either way. It's a side-note, supporting evidence, etc. I think, and I think Gothamite does too, that Gotham is the essentially the main "character" in TDK because of the way the rest of the movie plays out. The whole prologue sets the tone for that too.

Even the title "The Dark Knight"(which I definitely think the movie should be called) isn't just referring to an alias of Bruce Wayne, but the whole city's reaction to a modern-day version of the ancient black-knight concept. It's about more than just a human with a catchy nickname.

The idea that Gotham City is the central character of the movie and that the movie is somehow about the inner-workings of the city is just inaccurate.

My opinion is "just inaccurate"?

How are you a mod again?

 

[Ultimate Houde]

I love this argument.

It is the best argument of twenty ten yet.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

Josie and the *****cats
Ghost World
American Splendor
Constantine

Oooooo.....forgot about those.

Those might not warrant a spot in the Top 10, but I'll gladly watch Josie and the *****cats before I watch Fantastic Four or From Hell or Catwoman.

I need to watch American Splendor and Ghost World again to see if the warrant any higher ranking. I haven't seen them in years.

 

[ultimatedjf]

Planet-man and I know where it's at.

 

[Gothamite]

When was "great" a requirement? I'm saying the origin story has been done over and over. They did in in MASK OF THE PHANTASM,

No they didn't. Mask of the Phantasm is not Batman's origin story. His parents don't get shot, he doesn't train to become Batman and he only briefly references a vow he made in the past. It chronicles completely different events to the events of Batman Begins and other Batman origin stories. Burton's film is more Batman's origin than this one.

...they did it in YEAR ONE,

Which was (again) a completely different thing. We didn't get so much as a glimpse of Batman's training and the story was a Jim Gordon story first and a Batman story second.

they did it when he first appeared

Two pages? They shouldn't make a movie about his origin, because it's already been 'done' over two pages 65 years previous?

You said they've done the morality tales to death, and I was simply saying the origin has been done to death too.

Stories like Batman Begins have not been done to death. They just plain, haven't. The only story that comes to mind that even remotely resembles Batman Begins is "The Man who Falls" by Denny O'Neil. I honestly can't think of a single other story where Batman is seen training all over the world to fight evil in Gotham later on.

Also, during this "boring tension" scene, you have Batman fighting Joker's goons and the police simultaneously, and then a drag-out brawl with the Joker, and Harvey Dent in the shadows killing cops and kidnapping Gordon's family. If the sequence lasted fifteen minutes it's because of all this happening. Compare this to the climax of BATMAN BEGINS where you've got the duel on the train, Gordon in the tumbler, and Rachel with the Scarecrow, and it not only lacks the spectacle of TDK, but it also lacks the substance, as beyond the destruction of Gotham, we have a repetition of the "I am your father" scene in the Wayne mansion. In TDK, not only is there the spectacle, but you have two declines of morality, one in Dent, one in the spirit of Gotham, and you have Batman meeting Joker for the first time since Rachel's death and ultimately refusing to kill him.

This is all irrelevant when I already stated that I don't believe Begins to be the better film, it just entertains me more. Personal preference. Opinion.

 

[thee great one]

Oh snap he used the "it's his opinion card".

 

[Langsta]

This whole thread is an opinion!

 

[SSJmole]

Here is a complete list of comic book movies that have been released over the last ten years:

X-Men
Josie and the *****cats
Ghost World
From Hell
Blade II
Spider-Man
Men in Black II
Road to Perdition
Daredevil
Bulletproof Monk
X2: X-Men United
Hulk
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
American Splendor
Hellboy
The Punisher
Spider-Man 2
Catwoman
Blade: Trinity
Elektra
Constantine
Sin City
Batman Begins
Fantastic Four
A History of Violence
V for Vendetta
X-Men: The Last Stand
Superman Returns
Ghost Rider
300
TMNT
Spider-Man 3
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
30 Days of Night
Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
Wanted
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Dark Knight
Punisher: War Zone
The Spirit
Watchmen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

That's not complete. Where is the animated movies? or Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut?