Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Comic Book Movies

I was watching reruns of Scrubs tonight and JD was talking about how much he enjoyed the movie "Judge Dredd." That reminded me of when I went to see that movie (in the theater, no less) and after watching it, my brother made the astute comment, "I wish I had just burned my $5 [yes, back then movies only cost $5 (I sound more and more like my dad every day)]. It would have been faster and less painful to watch." It also got me to thinking that there have been some pretty bad-as-in-god-awful comic book movies made recently. With that in mind, and with Ghost Rider out this week, I'd like to pose a question: What are the 5 worst comic book movies ever made?

Here are the contenders:

Judge Dredd
Catwoman
Daredevil
Electra
Hulk
Batman Forever
Batman and Robin
Blade II
Blade Trinity
Constantine
Punisher
Spawn
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
X-Men 3

Of these, I think the worst are
5. Hulk
4. Judge Dredd
3. Batman and Robin
2. Electra
1. Catwoman

Any that I'm leaving out? What are your 5? And in case anyone is wondering, there is only one movie up here that I haven't seen. I love comic book movies. I think that they can be some of the best action movies out there (see X2 and Spider-Man 2) and, unfortunately, some of the worst.