I will be watching and reviewing every single English-language comic book film which meets my criteria. The restrictions are as follows:
No serials.
No pilots, failed backdoor pilots on a case-by-case basis. (IE, no Witchblade, but Generation X or Nick Fury will probably be fine.)
TV movies only if they are stand-alone. This means that unfortunately, I can't review the Hulk TV movies, because they are just part of the series.
No animated films.
The film must be based on a comic book, not a franchise which happened to become a comic book. (IE, no Timecop or Aliens vs. Predator)
I won't review anything I absolutely can't find, but I will call upon all of my resources to find things.
The master list, subject to addition or subtraction (From Wikipedia):
30 Days of Night (2007) X
300 (2007) X
American Splendor (2003)
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990)
Art School Confidential (2006)
Barb Wire (1996)
Batman (1966) X
Batman (1989) X
Batman Returns (1992) X
Batman Forever (1995) X
Batman & Robin (1997) X
Batman Begins (2005) X
The Dark Knight (2008) X
Blade (1998) X
Blade II (2002) X
Blade: Trinity (2004) X
Bulletproof Monk (2003)
Captain America (1979, TV movie)
Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979, TV movie)
Captain America (1991)
Catwoman (2004)
Constantine (2005) X
The Crow (1994) X
The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
The Crow: Salvation (2000)
The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
Daredevil (2003) X
Dr. Strange (1978, TV movie)
Elektra (2005)
The Fantastic Four (1994)
Fantastic Four (2005)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) X
Faust: Love of the Damned (2001)
From Hell (2001)
G-Men from Hell (2000)
Generation X (1996, TV movie) X
Ghost Rider (2007) X
Ghost World (2001) X
Hellboy (2004) X
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) X
A History of Violence (2005) X
Howard the Duck (1986)
Hulk (2003) X
The Incredible Hulk (2008) X
Iron Man (2008) X
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) X
Judge Dredd (1995) X
Justice League of America (1997, TV pilot)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) X
Man-Thing (2005)
The Mask (1994) X
Son of the Mask (2005)
Men in Black (1997) X
Men in Black II (2002) X
Monkeybone (2001)
El Muerto (2005)
Mystery Men (1999) X
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998, TV movie) X
Power Pack (1991, TV movie)
The Punisher (1989) X
The Punisher (2004) X
Punisher: War Zone (2008)X
Red Sonja (1985)
Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998)
Road to Perdition (2002) X
The Rocketeer (1991) X
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997)
The Shadow (1994) X
Sheena (1984)
Sin City (2005) X
Spawn (1997) X
Spider-Man (2002) X
Spider-Man 2 (2004) X
Spider-Man 3 (2007) X
The Spirit (2008)
Steel (1997) X
Supergirl (1984)
Superman and the Mole Men (1951)
Superman (1978) X
Superman II (1981) X
Superman III (1983) X
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Superman Returns (2006) X
Swamp Thing (1982) X
The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Tank Girl (1995) X
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) X
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) X
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
Timecop (1994) X
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision (2003)
Up in Flames (1973)
V for Vendetta (2006) X
Vampirella (1996)
The Vault of Horror (1973)
Virus (1999)
Wanted (2008)
Watchmen (2009) X
X-Men (2000) X
X2 (2003) X
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) X
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) X
Those I've already seen are marked with X's, but I plan to re-watch before reviewing, since I watched most of them before puberty.
This will continue and be a feature on the blog for a long time, I suppose.
About Me
- JJLW
- About Me: I'm John. Most of my friends call me Jack. I like to sleep, though I rarely do. I'm strangely attracted to women that remind me of Marla Singer. I thankfully actually date women who are a lot healthier, in body if not soul. I'm divorced. I'm a single parent. I'm either childlike or immature, depending on the person you ask. I used to be a hopeless pessimist about love. I then became a hopeless romantic about love. I'm currently a hopeless loser so far as romance is concerned. I'm taller than you, and that makes me a better person overall. I watch cartoons, I read Harry Potter, Dean Koontz, and comic books, and I can beat you up if you tease me about it. I'm a progressive masculist, but I like to feign misogyny from time to time. If you're a woman from age 20-40, even halfway attractive and fairly intelligent, I will probably want to jump your bones. I decide what is attractive and intelligent, though, so don't get your hopes up, if you're into fugly, dumb fellows such as myself. My goal in life is to become the trophy husband of some rich older woman. But I guess I'd probably be more like a participation ribbon.
3 comments:
A couple of things-
You're missing out on a couple of really good animated movies. A couple of the Batman ones especially are probably as good if not better than most of the live action films. But I guess the line has to be drawn somewhere.
Also, are you going to be reading some of the comics to get context and do a comparison, or are you just going to judge the film on its merits?
I was originally going to put in the animated films. I still may if I somehow blow through this current list, seeing as how I'd love an excuse to watch Mask of the Phantasm or New Frontier again. The reason I cut them out is that there are so many, most of them fairly poor (I've seen a lot of them), that they just made the list bulky. I'd really like to complete this, but I'm pretty lazy. Streamlining the list will help me keep to the project. Things like When the Wind Blows and Fritz the Cat are likely going to be added to the list, provided I can get a hold of the source materials. Speaking of...
So far as the films based on graphic novels, I've read a good amount of the sources. I have pretty good background in Marvel/DC characters, and many of those comic book films are based on miniseries or famous storylines. For example, in preparation for The Dark Knight, I'll read The Long Halloween. For films not based on any particular novel, miniseries, or monthly storyline, I'll have to do research on the character. Either way, once I've compiled sources, I'll compare the printed material with the film in the course of the review. Those sections won't be so much critical analysis as brief objective comparison, however, because for the most part I don't believe that there is a correlation between source loyalty and quality.
Thank you for your input.
This is a most excellent idea.... Good luck!
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