Monday, December 15, 2008

The top 5 worst superhero movies of all time.

Ive decided to create a buffer between my next posting wich is to rate and review the top 5 best flicks of 08.So in the meantime in between time here we have a summary of the worst 5 superhero movies of all time in all their intended glory.

5.SUPERMAN IV THE QUEST FOR PEACE.1987.Christopher Reeve,Gene Hackman

This unfortunate entry and conclusion to a series was the victim of movie making gone political.
The message is simple yet overwhelming...nukes are bad.And so who better to drive the point home than the big guy himself and his ragtag crew of familiar buddy faces.If the intended topical point were to be successful it would have to be entertaining.It was neither.To prove this fact, we need look no further than the actress who portays Martha Kent in the show Smallville and who ironically also played Lana in an earlier Superman movie(Annette Otoole) and her comments in an interview where she was describing her times filming Superman III and she looked back on it fondly.She was then asked which entry in the series was her favourite of the 4 and she remarked quite simply ¨there was a fourth?¨

4.DAREDEVIL.2003.Ben Affleck,Jennifer Garner,Jon Favreau

This ho-hum comicbook adaptation for all intents and purposes was a well made action movie and the chemistry between Ben and Jen was genuine, much like it was when he was making ho-hum movies with his ex, the other Jen.That aside, it suffered from the bulk of its audience having no clue who any of the major players were in this confusing and pointless clash.And why make it to begin with?Of all the comics to choose from, we are treated to a blind womanizer who can twirl a baton almost as good as any runner up miss teen U.S.A.

3.CAPTAIN AMERICA.1990.Matt Salinger,Ned Beatty

Whats that you say?You didnt know this movie exhisted?Youre not alone.I remember seeing a preview for this movie in the summer before its release when the biggest movie of its time (Batman)1989 was swallowing the industry whole.The preview for Captain America was so simple and dramatic and it had you craving more.The preview was simply the captains famous shield flying through the air in slo motion towards some baddies in a dark alley.You knew what it was and because you had just finished watching an awe filled Batman, you were excited at the prospect of another such movie.
Well, 14 months later, a friend and I rented Captain America at a video store because it was yanked from the theatres after a 5 day stint.To this day, I would still like my two dollars back.
I actually find myself at a loss for words at how bad this movie was.Lets just say that if you have children under the age of 9 you could actually give one of them a garbage can lid and grab a camcorder and make a better version.In fact, let me give you the fifty bucks(double the original budget) to help you produce it.

2.PASSION OF THE CHRIST.2004.Jim Caviezel,Maia Morgentsern

Cmon!! He barely even used his powers in this one.

1.FANTASTIC 4 RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER.2007.Jessica Alba,Michal Chiklis ,The other 2

Once again I was giddy for the previews for this one.They were soooo well done.This is one of those all too common cases where if you have seen the preview, you have seen the movie.The first 20 minutes fly by because you still think that its going to be awesome on account of the potential and the ultimate question of is he bad or is he good.Whats bad here is Albas ¨acting¨.This chick couldnt act her way out of a wet paper bag, even if the role were acting her way out of a wet paper bag poorly.
Everyone here looks disinterested.Almost as if they were carrying out some sort of community service ordered by a judge who was a fan of the storyline.Again the potential was there and it just didnt live up to its hype.Kinda like that time I took this girl out on a date who was a bonafied model.I bragged for days about how i was going on a date with a model that i knew and I had built it up sooo much in my head, that when the date was taking place, I found myself wishing I were someplace else.She liked to talk about herself a LOT.This movie does the same thing.And when the lights came on at the end of the date\movie I realized they werent as attractive as I had built them up to be.

2 comments:

  1. JORD!
    Great list! It is very hard to argue with your list, especially FF2. However, here are a few that didn't get as widespread of a release but were still so terrible that may deserve an honorable mention.

    For your consideration:

    The Punisher - Did we really need Ivan Drago as the Punisher?

    Captain America - So bad that the studios implemented a decade long ban on any further Captain America films.

    Ghost Rider - Although the thought of setting Nick Cage's head on fire may sound appealing, watching this movie was not. Nuff said.

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  2. oops, my bad.. you already had cap on there... good call.

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