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What was the worst superhero movie of all time? I'm mean, the absolute worst in a multitude of ways: Bad actors, bad music, didn't follow the story, etc.

I think the movie Daredevil pretty much was the worst comic book movie of them all. Ben Affleck's acting, the pitiful choreography, Colin Ferrel as Bullseye: It had a recipe for diasaster.

So what was the worst comic book movie of all time? and why?

'Ben Affleck' and 'acting' used in the same sentence. Yes Daredevil was absolute drivel.

Ultraviolet.

What was the worst superhero movie of all time? I'm mean, the absolute worst in a multitude of ways: Bad actors, bad music, didn't follow the story, etc.

I think the movie Daredevil pretty much was the worst comic book movie of them all. Ben Affleck's acting, the pitiful choreography, Colin Ferrel as Bullseye: It had a recipe for diasaster.

So what was the worst comic book movie of all time? and why?

And I'd just managed to purge that from my mind:(

The Fantastic 4 and its sequel Ride of the Silver Surfer

Reasons... they were just bad... and the silver Surfer had the super power to make up his own super powers as he went along. One minute he can fly, then he can meld through whatever he wants, then he can bring people back to life....

Daredevil was bad too... but all in all most comic book movies manage to be better than the norm.

Nick Fury: Agent of Shield, I mean come on. The Hoff as Nick Fury? Plus no plot, no acting, no budget, a first year film student could do better ( no offence to first year film students). Did the writers even read a Nick Fury comic? Blah!

All of them. Except Superman Returns and maybe Hellboy.

Batman and robin, no contest. Arnold Shwartzenager as Mr. Freeze..ugh

"Lehtz mehk sahm Ize!"

I truely envy you happy souls who, quite naively, think that movie adaptions of comic books are something that only began in the last decade.
Like any wretched villain, however, I am driven by this jealousy to shatter your happiness and the blissful ignorance that hath spawned it. Allow me to introduce Captain America (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103923/).
You may now begin vomiting.

Batman and robin, no contest. Arnold Shwartzenager as Mr. Freeze..ugh

"Lehtz mehk sahm Ize!"

Let's not forget Batman Forever I believe with Jim Carrey in the most absurd rendition of the Riddler ever.

I truely envy you happy souls who, quite naively, think that movie adaptions of comic books are something that only began in the last decade.
Like any wretched villain, however, I am driven by this jealousy to shatter your happiness and the blissful ignorance that hath spawned it. Allow me to introduce Captain America (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103923/).
You may now begin vomiting.

damn... you beat me to it.

others would be...

The Punisher (http://imdb.com/title/tt0098141/)
Elektra (http://imdb.com/title/tt0357277/)
someone already mentioned Batman and Robin... but Batman Forever should be added to that...
Swamp Thing (http://imdb.com/title/tt0084745/)
and Return of the Swamp Thing (http://imdb.com/title/tt0098193/)
and dunno if Man-Thing (http://imdb.com/title/tt0290747/) would
fit as a movie...
and while others may include Howard the Duck (http://imdb.com/title/tt0091225/), I say it's campyness and cheezy factor actually worked for the movie.

Fantastic 4 was so bad I couldn't even finish it. Lets see what else...

Well the uber good ones were V for Vendetta and the newest Batman.

Spider-Man 3. It was so terrible that at one point I nearly confused it with a commercial for TAG Body Spray.

Ok. thought of another, Superman IV! It single handedly destroyed the Superman franchise and comic movies in general for years.

Batman & Robin. The most cheesy, underbuget and badly acted comic book film EVER. With such classic lines from Arnie Schwarznegger a la Freeze like "Hey people. Chill. *Uses freeze gun*" and "Cool party!" and "Freeze in Hell, Batman!". Then, theres the 'brilliant' plot. Plus, George Clooney sucks as Batman. I mean, why the Hell does he have nipples on his costume?!

Fantastic 4 was so bad I couldn't even finish it. Lets see what else...

Well the uber good ones were V for Vendetta and the newest Batman.

V was ok.

and the newest Batman? you mean Batman Begins?

all the ones the bloody Movie Studios get their hands on

Batman and robin, no contest. Arnold Shwartzenager as Mr. Freeze..ugh

"Lehtz mehk sahm Ize!"

You win, BoR is by far the worst. The second worst could be Fantastic 4 but it's not even close to BoR.

You win, BoR is by far the worst. The second worst could be Fantastic 4 but it's not even close to BoR.

... go watch the movie Fiddle suggested... Captain America.

it will make BoR a fucking classic...

I truely envy you happy souls who, quite naively, think that movie adaptions of comic books are something that only began in the last decade.
Like any wretched villain, however, I am driven by this jealousy to shatter your happiness and the blissful ignorance that hath spawned it. Allow me to introduce Captain America (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103923/).
You may now begin vomiting.

...My God...I never knew...:p

Yup, that just might beat out Daredevil

Also, Batman & Robin and Batman Forever are contenders for the worst now.

and the silver Surfer had the super power to make up his own super powers as he went along. One minute he can fly, then he can meld through whatever he wants, then he can bring people back to life....

You're not familiar with the Surfer then...that Power Cosmic pretty much is like that. He would spend most of his comics brooding about how his lot in life sucks and whatever would be going on wouldn't even nudge his train of thought, then he'd get annoyed, wave his hand to fix it and then do a three page monologue bitching about how they don't deserve his help.
Nick Fury: Agent of Shield, I mean come on. The Hoff as Nick Fury? Plus no plot, no acting, no budget, a first year film student could do better ( no offence to first year film students). Did the writers even read a Nick Fury comic? Blah!
Holy hell, that got made? The universe was protecting me from that until now, I hope you're happy...
I truely envy you happy souls who, quite naively, think that movie adaptions of comic books are something that only began in the last decade.
Like any wretched villain, however, I am driven by this jealousy to shatter your happiness and the blissful ignorance that hath spawned it. Allow me to introduce Captain America (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103923/).
You may now begin vomiting.
Yeah, well, the damn scene was shot in my home town, so...I don't have an end for that....

The only one that I've seen that I can say is the worst is the original Dolph Longrin Punisher.

I surprised no one has posted this (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/special/2007/comic/?home_sidebar=1) yet. It is the Rotten Tomatoes: Comix Worst to Best, and it has some really rancid ones. It says the worst one, at number ninety-four is 2005's Son of the Mask. I haven't seen it, but looking at its description I would have to agree.
The best one, according to the list, is Spider-Man 2. Being the best of the Spider-Man movies, I can see how it made the top.

What was the worst superhero movie of all time? I'm mean, the absolute worst in a multitude of ways: Bad actors, bad music, didn't follow the story, etc.

I think the movie Daredevil pretty much was the worst comic book movie of them all. Ben Affleck's acting, the pitiful choreography, Colin Ferrel as Bullseye: It had a recipe for diasaster.

So what was the worst comic book movie of all time? and why?

That's my choice but I can never tell if it was because the movie itself was so bad, or because I wanted it to be good and it was so disappointing. And even though I'm no great fan of his, Affleck was hardly to blame for the badness of the film--it was a shit script and a director who thought it should be a 90 minute Evanescence video that made that movie suck so hard.

Apparently the league of extraordinary gentlemen is truly woejous, but I haven't had the balls to sit thru it myself. Saw "swamp thing" and remember drunkenly ranting about shooting people involved in it, but booze saved me from any clearer recall. Never lasted all the way through "batman forever", save to note that it did seem to be as shite as it was made out to be.

That's my choice but I can never tell if it was because the movie itself was so bad, or because I wanted it to be good and it was so disappointing. And even though I'm no great fan of his, Affleck was hardly to blame for the badness of the film--it was a shit script and a director who thought it should be a 90 minute Evanescence video that made that movie suck so hard.
God, you should see what that fuck did to Ghost Rider...or, no-you really shouldn't. Friends don't let friends watch Ghost Rider...that saddens me on a deep down level, because Ghost Rider was my favorite comic for so long. What sucks is both these giant steaming piles made enough money that this dude will get to continue to fuck up peoples third tier favorites. He's responsible for three abominations of things I thought might be ripe for adaptation-Daredevil, Ghost Rider and Simon Birch (so bad they had to change the name, it's an adaptation of A Prayer for Owen Meaney.

He's trying to outpace Paul WS Anderson (AvP) in crappery.

Clearly none of you have ever seen the ashcan movie they made for the Fantastic Four (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Four_%28film%29). After watching that, it makes Jessica Alba's acting skills seem as good as Meryl Streep's.

I mean, why the Hell does he have nipples on his costume?!

The costume wasn't made with nipples :eek:

Ultraviolet.

"I was born into a world you might not understand."

No Violet, you were simply born into a world that is created by cutting the scenes out of every action movie ever, pasting them together, voing them over, and then photoshoping your face over Neo, Terminator, Rambo, Blade, etc.

the hulk was a terrible movie. i actually slept through most of it. it was just boring. i felt more excitement in an economics lecture.

The Punisher (http://imdb.com/title/tt0098141/)

I might be in the minority (or not, I'm not sure), but I actually liked The Punisher.

Fantastic 4 was so bad I couldn't even finish it. Lets see what else...

Well the uber good ones were V for Vendetta and the newest Batman.

V for Vendetta was pretty good, but the graphic novel was much better, IMO.

I might be in the minority (or not, I'm not sure), but I actually liked The Punisher.

John Travolta Punisher or Dolph Lungren Punisher?

John Travolta Punisher or Dolph Lungren Punisher?

The former.

I might be in the minority (or not, I'm not sure), but I actually liked The Punisher. the John travolta one is not the one I'm referring to...

Clearly none of you have ever seen the ashcan movie they made for the Fantastic Four (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Four_%28film%29). After watching that, it makes Jessica Alba's acting skills seem as good as Meryl Streep's.
I've seen it... I laughed so hard I think I bruised a couple of ribs...

and if that counts as a movie... may I present: The Justice League (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League_of_America_%281997_film%29)

He's trying to outpace Paul WS Anderson (AvP) in crappery.

Dear jesus that was cat - and they're making a sequel, I think.

By the way, its Uwe Boll whose reckoned to be the worst.

the John travolta one is not the one I'm referring to...

Oh, okay.

Silly me, the answer is 300 of course.

the hulk was a terrible movie.

Hulk wasn't a movie, it was a PowerPoint presentation on film. While you can't really ding a CGI character for bad acting (though it might be sufficient cause to shoot the animators in this case), it was easily one of the worst edited films I've ever tried to sit through. Comic book panels belong in comic BOOKS, not films.

Gonna cast my vote for Batman & Robin as the worst.

1st Runner-Up: Batman Forever.
2nd Runner-Up: Superman IV.

Yes, as has been said these movies collectively put 2 great comic franschises into a comatose state for a decade +. I was almost in tears with gratitude when they were rebooted and done WELL.

It was clear, especially in the case of the Batman movies, that they weren't being written by people who loved the characters. They were made by people who obviously didn't take the story or the characters at all seriously and it showed. It was all about the $$$.

George Clooney even admitted that when he played Batman he played it as if Bruce Wayne were gay. WTF? Batman had no romantic subplot one way or the other in this one, so it's not even relevant, but even if it were why would you take a character who was already established as liking the ladies in the first 3 movies and suddenly play him as gay?

The answer: Because he wasn't taking the role seriously.

I know, it might seem funny to expect a superhero charatcer to be played seriously, but it isn't. A lot of the better comic book movies use a lot of symbolism and imagery to tell a story or make a point that's completely relevant, and the fact that it's told about a superhero is incidental.

Silly me, the answer is 300 of course.

I liked 300 :(

Hulk wasn't a movie, it was a PowerPoint presentation on film. While you can't really ding a CGI character for bad acting (though it might be sufficient cause to shoot the animators in this case), it was easily one of the worst edited films I've ever tried to sit through. Comic book panels belong in comic BOOKS, not films.

That was the problem I had with Ultraviolet. Edited to be a comic book, not a movie.

300, the not Dulph Lundgren version of the Punisher (has Lundgren ever been in a good movie other than Rocky 37 or whatever it was?), Batman Begins, and the First two Spidey movies were good comic book movies. Superman Returns was not bad either, but thats because Kevin Spacey made such a great Lex Luther.

This wasn't really a movie, but I recently saw a 1966 Spider-Man cartoon. It was about 86% stock footage of Spidey swinging through New York with the same sound effects Scooby-Doo used.
At the very end, a character says, "I don't believe it!"; I forget why. To this Spider-Man wittily replies, "Would you believe one of Mother Murphy's coffee cakes?" Does anyone have any idea what this means? The only instance it appears on the world wide web, according to Google, is when someone wrote about the same cartoon, commenting on how they did not know what this meant. Any ideas?

This wasn't really a movie, but I recently saw a 1966 Spider-Man cartoon. It was about 86% stock footage of Spidey swinging through New York with the same sound effects Scooby-Doo used.
At the very end, a character says, "I don't believe it!"; I forget why. To this Spider-Man wittily replies, "Would you believe one of Mother Murphy's coffee cakes?" Does anyone have any idea what this means? The only instance it appears on the world wide web, according to Google, is when someone wrote about the same cartoon, commenting on how they did not know what this meant. Any ideas?you need to understand the 1960's culture I guess.

but those were better than those 1970s spiderman made-for-tv movies...

Web shooters sounds like pistols. (and they were filmed in reverse. so it's actually footage of someone pulling a rope off of something.)

Spiderman walks on walls, (this they showed) so why does he enter the warehouse through the front door and stand in the middle of the floor?

and forget the swining from webline to webline.

Steel (http://www.amazon.com/Steel-Shaquille-ONeal/dp/0790733269)

Shaq + DC Character Steel = Travesty

you need to understand the 1960's culture I guess.

but those were better than those 1970s spiderman made-for-tv movies...

Web shooters sounds like pistols. (and they were filmed in reverse. so it's actually footage of someone pulling a rope off of something.)

Spiderman walks on walls, (this they showed) so why does he enter the warehouse through the front door and stand in the middle of the floor?

and forget the swining from webline to webline.

Not to mention his Spider Sense was ESP in the show...

Allow me to introduce Captain America (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103923/).
You may now begin vomiting.

Yes, I knew someone would mention this.

EDIT: OOPS! I thought you meant this version (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078937/). It's not even the same character, for Stan's Sake!

Out of the superhero flicks that I have seen, I'm gonna have to go with both Batman and Robin, and Batman Forever. *shudders*

I don't doubt there are infinitely worse ones. Captain America sounds awful.

I truely envy you happy souls who, quite naively, think that movie adaptions of comic books are something that only began in the last decade.
Like any wretched villain, however, I am driven by this jealousy to shatter your happiness and the blissful ignorance that hath spawned it. Allow me to introduce Captain America (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103923/).
You may now begin vomiting.

Oy, that was terrible.

Watched it with me bro, I did. And laughed and laughed and laughed.

you know... everyone is listing comic book heroes... what about the non comic book hero movie...

like Garfield
Richie Rich
Casper

you know... everyone is listing comic book heroes... what about the non comic book hero movie...

like Garfield
Richie Rich
Casper

You obviously have never seen Captain America. It makes those three look like Gone With The Wind, Casablanca, and The Godfather, respectively.

you know... everyone is listing comic book heroes... what about the non comic book hero movie...

like Garfield
Richie Rich
Casper

I couldn't sit through twenty minutes of Garfield. Ugh, that movie was awful.

You obviously have never seen Captain America. It makes those three look like Gone With The Wind, Casanova, and The Godfather, respectively.

read my first post and post 19.

I did see Captain America. ;)

Well I don't know if anyone mentioned it or not, but the movie version of The Phantom (http://imdb.com/title/tt0117331/) they did a few years back was actually not a bad (little) movie at all, imo.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/Phantompost.jpg/200px-Phantompost.jpg

You obviously have never seen Captain America. It makes those three look like Gone With The Wind, Casanova, and The Godfather, respectively.

Do you possibly mean Casablanca? :p

Do you possibly mean Casablanca? :p

Dammit. I had a mind slip.

I shall fix it!

Well I don't know if anyone mentioned it or not, but the movie version of The Phantom (http://imdb.com/title/tt0117331/) they did a few years back was actually not a bad (little) movie at all, imo.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/Phantompost.jpg/200px-Phantompost.jpg

Yes. It was.

Not to disagree or anything.

:D

Dammit. I had a mind slip.

I shall fix it!

No sweat. Happens to me all the time. :)

read my first post and post 19.

I did see Captain America. ;)

Ah. Pretty much any movie compared to that PoS gains instant classic status.

I can't believe this thread's gone on for 4 pages now and no-one's made mention of Judge Dredd. Why is that? Is it that bad you all have mercifully expunged from your collective memories?

True, there were a couple of good points: The Angel Gang and Hammerstein.
But what the hell were they thinking casting Stallone as Dredd? Perhaps the worst casting ever.
"Ah ahmmm tha laurghhh!". yes Sly, of course you are.
I think even PeeWee Herman could have pulled off (fnar fnar) a more convincing Dredd.

I can't believe this thread's gone on for 4 pages now and no-one's made mention of Judge Dredd. Why is that? Is it that bad you all have mercifully expunged from your collective memories?

True, there were a couple of good points: The Angel Gang and Hammerstein.
But what the hell were they thinking casting Stallone as Dredd? Perhaps the worst casting ever.
"Ah ahmmm tha laurghhh!". yes Sly, of course you are.
I think even PeeWee Herman could have pulled off (fnar fnar) a more convincing Dredd.

Never saw Judge Dredd. I was told to avoid it.

God, you should see what that fuck did to Ghost Rider...or, no-you really shouldn't. Friends don't let friends watch Ghost Rider...that saddens me on a deep down level, because Ghost Rider was my favorite comic for so long. What sucks is both these giant steaming piles made enough money that this dude will get to continue to fuck up peoples third tier favorites. He's responsible for three abominations of things I thought might be ripe for adaptation-Daredevil, Ghost Rider and Simon Birch (so bad they had to change the name, it's an adaptation of A Prayer for Owen Meaney.

He's trying to outpace Paul WS Anderson (AvP) in crappery.

Oh shit, I totally forgot about that. My girlfriend rented that because she used to like some of the comics or something. (To be honest I never read them so I can't judge whether or not they were worth turning into a movie).

Anyway it was totally rank.

Also, fuck you Sly Stallone for ruining Judge Dredd.

I liked 300 :(

As did I my good man, as did I.

Some people have too much of a stick up their ass to just sit back and enjoy the movie.

Nick Fury: Agent of Shield, I mean come on. The Hoff as Nick Fury? Plus no plot, no acting, no budget, a first year film student could do better ( no offence to first year film students). Did the writers even read a Nick Fury comic? Blah!

Yeah. And he tried to play the character as a complete hard-ass, but he backed down whenever confronted by his superiors whom he held in contempt.

The whole movie should have been 15 minutes long. The bald guy on the base yells at Fury saying something to the effect of "if you want to come back then you've gotta follow the rules," because he was smoking. Then Fury should tell him "want to be here? You assholes begged me and I got sick of listening to your whining. Now I'm tired of listening to your bitching. I'm leaving and I hope the villain kills all of you. When he does I'm going to send him a bottle of scotch with a thank you note, then I'll kick his ass. Screw you guys, I'm going home."

And for a shitty movie, it leaves surprisingly little room for funny porno spoofs. I mean, Nick Furry: Agent of F.I.E.L.D.? Yeeuch!

Out of the superhero flicks that I have seen, I'm gonna have to go with both Batman and Robin, and Batman Forever. *shudders*

I don't doubt there are infinitely worse ones. Captain America sounds awful.

You can't really compare a movie with 70's production values against one from the 90's. But you're right about the post Tim Burton Batmen. When Clooney and Robin got launched out of the rocket, they weren't projected by the explosion. They were pulled out by the suction that the rest of the movie produced.

However, I do thank the Clooney one for teaching me that an entire city blanketed in ice will completely thaw in less than three seconds if the sun shines on it. :rolleyes:

Thought of another abomination: Constantine.
Yet another study in how to fuck up a movie through casting.
What goes through a hollywood exec's mind?
My guess is something like this:
"Ohhh...a really good strong well developed character full of flaws. I know! We'll cast a weak as dish-water can't-act-to-save-himself pretty-boy and then we'll proceed to gut, molest violate and totally ignore all the interesting and cool things about that character."

Superman Returns was not bad either, but thats because Kevin Spacey made such a great Lex Luther.

Kevin Spacey sucked blue whale as Lex Luthor. Lex Luthor is an insane genius, not a Mafia leg breaker. That is all.

Yeah- Batman & Robin was pretty much roach-bait. Clooney & O'Donnell and Schwarzenegger were probably the worst picks for those particular roles that could have been found even if you tried.

My rating: 4 barf-buckets


As bad as it was, remember an old 80's version of the Flash? Oh my God, it was horrible. I tremble at the memory of seeing one of my favorite superheros raped to make a cheaper than average movie of the week.

My rating: it made me cry and not in a good way


I've always been a fan of the Punisher but the big screen hasn't been kind to Frank Castle. All in all, Punisher(2005) could have been a whole lot worse. It is MUCH better than the two previous pseudo-attempts at making a Punisher movie. That being said, it could have been a whole lot better. John Travolta was awful as Howard Saint portraying a sophisticated sociopathic mob king-pin as a middle-aged Vinny Barberino.

My rating: 2 stars and a sigh. It had potential.


:sniper:

I surprised no one has posted this (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/special/2007/comic/?home_sidebar=1) yet. It is the Rotten Tomatoes: Comix Worst to Best, and it has some really rancid ones. It says the worst one, at number ninety-four is 2005's Son of the Mask. I haven't seen it, but looking at its description I would have to agree.
The best one, according to the list, is Spider-Man 2. Being the best of the Spider-Man movies, I can see how it made the top.

I was looking through that list. I can't believe I forgot the Blade trilogy. A super-hero movie in which the hero is such an unbelievable a-hole that I was rooting for the villain.

The whole "all of their strengths none of their weaknesses" thing is boring. The opening sequence of the first says everything the movies are going to deliver. Just throw fresh meat into a blender for an hour. You'll get all of the gore, all of the action, all of the dialogue, all of the character development, and all of the plot. And when you're done, you'll be able to make hamburgers. Something the movie can't offer.

Heroes are supposed to be conflicted. There's supposed to be some drawback to being part creature of darkness. At least Spiderman runs into problems when he merges with Venom. Being a douchebag just seems to be one more superpower in Snipes' theatrical hands.

In the original the closest thing the movie had to a good guy was the rulers of the vampires, and they all get slaughtered. And what the hell was with kicking that last syringe into the villain? All the others can be thrown, but for some reason poison has a little extra umph if it's kicked into it's target.

And the kid he hires in the second movie? Whistler beats the shit out of the kid for no reason, but it's fine because it turns out that he's a traitor, even though Whistler didn't know it at the time. And the kid's whole apprenticeship turns out to be an elaborate ruse so that Blade can fulfill his master plan of tricking the kid into holding the bomb so that he can blow him up. Sure he can slice Ron Pearlman in two with a flick of his wrist, but a whiny adolescent is a cagey foe who must be finessed.

I'd complain about the third one, but my schedule no longer permits me time for therapy sessions, so I don't really feel strong enough to go and see it yet.

P.S. I would have said "spoiler alert," but nothing could spoil that shitfest to being any worse than it already is.

Thought of another abomination: Constantine.
Yet another study in how to fuck up a movie through casting.
What goes through a hollywood exec's mind?
My guess is something like this:
"Ohhh...a really good strong well developed character full of flaws. I know! We'll cast a weak as dish-water can't-act-to-save-himself pretty-boy and then we'll proceed to gut, molest violate and totally ignore all the interesting and cool things about that character."

That couldn't have been more not-Constantine without it being completely unrecognizable.

I guess no one remembers the Doctor Strange movie.

Just as well.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0077469/

Steel (http://www.amazon.com/Steel-Shaquille-ONeal/dp/0790733269)

Shaq + DC Character Steel = Travesty

Oh my god you are right! That was horrible.

My Post Traumatic Crappy Movie Syndrom caused me to suppress the memory.

I thought Batman Begins was pretty lame and way over casted. The only thing bad about Spidey-3 was the cinematography. It was way better than 2.

I guess no one remembers the Doctor Strange movie.

Just as well.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0077469/

Teh Doc Savage movie was even worse.

I was looking through that list. I can't believe I forgot the Blade trilogy. A super-hero movie in which the hero is such an unbelievable a-hole that I was rooting for the villain.


Nahh. Blade put those pesky blood-suckin' bastards in their place.

I guess no one remembers the Doctor Strange movie.

Just as well.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0077469/

Hot damn, I'd forgotten. Now I want my amnesia back.

What was the worst superhero movie of all time? I'm mean, the absolute worst in a multitude of ways: Bad actors, bad music, didn't follow the story, etc.

I think the movie Daredevil pretty much was the worst comic book movie of them all. Ben Affleck's acting, the pitiful choreography, Colin Ferrel as Bullseye: It had a recipe for diasaster.

So what was the worst comic book movie of all time? and why?

It definitely competes with Fantastic Four, that's for certain. "Good thing the Orchestral Hall is 900 feet tall." -Kevin Murphey, the Rifftrax for Daredevil.

Hmm...it's a tough call, but I'm going to have to go with Hulk (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286716/)

I expect a film with the Hulk in it to be at least mildly entertaining. This film was so boring I almost expected Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo to start mocking it from the front row of the theatre...

...yes, I saw this snoozefest in the theatre. I warned the people I was with, but was outvoted.

There was a Fantastic Four movie made in the late 90s that was so shitty it wasn't even released to theaters or home. I think a movie that nobody wanted to release says much about suckitude.

Stallone made the mistake of offending fanboys by setting his Judge Dredd in a somewhat more serious and realistic aftermath scenario rather than the blatantly outrageous and satirical environment that everyone who read 200 AD came to love. His vision is closer to our reality than the comics are and I didn't find it a bad film in that context.

There was a Fantastic Four movie made in the late 90s that was so shitty it wasn't even released to theaters or home. I think a movie that nobody wanted to release says much about suckitude.

Hehe, made by Roger Corman, wasn't it? :p

I can't believe this thread's gone on for 4 pages now and no-one's made mention of Judge Dredd. Why is that?

\Because they too did not want to relive the horror? The fucker tried to make it as burger tie-in friendly as possible. When they went and gave it a 15 cert he went in with a clippers to try and minimise the violence even more, but when they wouldnt budge on the trimmed version he just left it in.


I guess no one remembers the Doctor Strange movie.

Seen it, jesus help me. And then there was http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072886/

Just watched "The Phantom" the other day and that was dire. My father-in-law had an old VHS tape of it, so I watched and it was so cheesy and crap I watched it to the end.

Like any wretched villain, however, I am driven by this jealousy to shatter your happiness and the blissful ignorance that hath spawned it. Allow me to introduce Captain America (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103923/).
You may now begin vomiting.I see your Captain America and raise you the original Fantastic Four (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109770/).

And yes, I've actually seen it. Worse than Captain America (both of them, really), and far worse than Dr. Strange.

Three more have risen from the sewerage demanding to be recognised:
League of Extraordinary Gentleman
Yet another buggering of Alan Moore's genius writings. Comic had wit, pathos, humour and oodles of satire.
Main character was Miss Murray, who had no apparent superpowers with supporting characters the opium-addicted has-been Allan Quartermain, the totally sociopathic Invisible Man, the mysterious Nemo and the increasingly sadistic Hyde.
That was the comic.
The film was an elephantine abortion that had been bludgeoned into mince then mixed with feces.
Miss Murray became a very minor supporting character - a vampire at that. Guess we can't have a woman being more important than Connery in a movie, eh?
Quartermain became a huge noble heroic character - and the main character in the movie.
Nemo was nowhere to be seen. Oh wait. sorry he is there, but is so forgettable I can't even remember what he looks like.
Same goes for Hyde.
Invisible Man is a happy-go-lucky cockney who becomes all noble at the end and saves them all (when in the comic, he actually tries to kill them all off only to be raped and tortured to death by Hyde).

2nd turd bubbling to the surface is
From Hell
An atmospheric, truly disturbing - even frightening - graphic account of Jack the Ripper. With two of the main characters: Abberline (a fat middle-aged dectective) and Hinton (a foppish dandy 'psychic') somehow metamorphised into Johnny Depp in the film.
It went downhill from there.

Last (and definitely least) is
Howard the Duck
ummmm....can't say much about it. Don't want to. Really don't want to think about it.
arggghhhhh!!!!!!! I just did! Oh God, the pain, the pain!

I see your Captain America and raise you the original Fantastic Four (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109770/).

And yes, I've actually seen it. Worse than Captain America (both of them, really), and far worse than Dr. Strange.
I just saw the IMDB page.
"Holy Freud, Batman. I think you're right."
Oh god.

Anyone else remember those old Spiderman films?

Iirc they were so bad they made Nick Fury look good..Which it might have been, if they had casted Kurt Russel as Fury (which I still feel they should)

not a comic book super hero, but Under Dog (http://imdb.com/title/tt0467110/). Hasn't been released yet, but I feel safe in assuming it is a rancid terd.

Why, Disney, Why? Why must you take everthing dear to people's childhoods?
Why have you anally raped my fond memory of Inspector Gadget, with a very shitty movie? Why do you own the rights to The Muppets and now Futurama?

Even with jason lee voicing our beloved underdog, he seems very laconic (From what I heard) are you now selling out Earl?

This has been a rant from Troglobites, good day and fight the good fight.

not a comic book super hero, but Under Dog (http://imdb.com/title/tt0467110/). Hasn't been released yet, but I feel safe in assuming it is a rancid terd.
I saw the trailer before At World's End, the movie will be horrible, terrible, unmitigated trash. Animal-mation is bad in movies where animals are the main characters and it is especially bad when trying to recreate golden era cartoons.

At first, I thought it was a sequel to that Dogs vs Cats movie where cats were trying to takeover the world and dogs had to stop them.

The spiderman movies, with 300 in close second.

I see your Captain America and raise you the original Fantastic Four (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109770/).

And yes, I've actually seen it. Worse than Captain America (both of them, really), and far worse than Dr. Strange.if Dr. Strange counts... then what about Generation X (http://imdb.com/title/tt0116401/).

From Hell
An atmospheric, truly disturbing - even frightening - graphic account of Jack the Ripper. With two of the main characters: Abberline (a fat middle-aged dectective) and Hinton (a foppish dandy 'psychic') somehow metamorphised into Johnny Depp in the film.
It went downhill from there.


I didn't know there was a comic "From Hell" before the movie.

not a comic book super hero, but Under Dog (http://imdb.com/title/tt0467110/). Hasn't been released yet, but I feel safe in assuming it is a rancid terd.

Why, Disney, Why? Why must you take everthing dear to people's childhoods?
Why have you anally raped my fond memory of Inspector Gadget, with a very shitty movie? Why do you own the rights to The Muppets and now Futurama?

Even with jason lee voicing our beloved underdog, he seems very laconic (From what I heard) are you now selling out Earl?

This has been a rant from Troglobites, good day and fight the good fight.
He doesn't rhyme and he doesn't live in a dogworld. It's not a parody of super-heroes, cartoon heroes, hell, it's not even a shill for Cheerios...in what way is it Underdog? It's got more elements of Krypto than it does Underdog...

if Dr. Strange counts... then what about Generation X (http://imdb.com/title/tt0116401/).


Wow, that passed completely under my radar. I wonder what I was doing.

Wow, that passed completely under my radar. I wonder what I was doing.

TBH... I like Finola Hughes, so seeing her in the modified uniform of Emma Frost kinda made it up for me. :p

Spiderman 3. Period.

I see your Captain America and raise you the original Fantastic Four (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109770/).

And yes, I've actually seen it. Worse than Captain America (both of them, really), and far worse than Dr. Strange.

For your viewing displeasure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_X5C6e3ZeY

And no, there is no way in hell I would watch this. You win. Period. Fin. End of story.

For your viewing displeasure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_X5C6e3ZeY

And no, there is no way in hell I would watch this. You win. Period. Fin. End of story.


Theres a tribunal in the Hague for things like that.....

Theres a tribunal in the Hague for things like that.....

count yourself lucky that you only watched the trailer... and not the whole thing.

count yourself lucky that you only watched the trailer... and not the whole thing.


It never made it this far...not even on video. However I did see "Wizards of the lost kingdom" so its not like I got off entirely....

I didn't know there was a comic "From Hell" before the movie.
you've certainly missed out there then. One of Alan Moore's best writings.