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1apokoliptian
Nov 9, 2011, 6:43 pm

Let's stare at the bright side now. What was the Best comic book adaptations into movie?

2wookiebender
Nov 9, 2011, 6:44 pm

Sin City, without a doubt in my mind.

3legallypuzzled
Nov 9, 2011, 7:13 pm

I thought Road to Perdition turned out pretty good, although Tom Hanks took a little getting used to in the mobster role.

4BruceCoulson
Nov 10, 2011, 10:51 am

V for Vendetta; captured the basic essence of the source material quite well.

5brianjungwi
Nov 10, 2011, 10:58 am

I also enjoyed V for Vendetta, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Kick Ass were fun. I actually like a lot of comic movies.

It's easy to agonize over some films, but i really liked Spiderman 2, X - Men First Class (for the most part), Iron Man, and the last two Batman movies.

3> I also liked Road to Perdition, though haven't read the comic

6jnwelch
Nov 11, 2011, 4:37 pm

I'm another one who really liked the Scott Pilgrim movie. Sin City of course was a lot darker, but awfully good.

I also liked Spider-Man, the recent Batmans, Iron Man, and X-Men First Class. I started to mention Thor, but those first 20 minutes or so were too painful.

7LitClique
Nov 11, 2011, 4:55 pm

Ghost World's escaped mention, so far.

8apokoliptian
Nov 12, 2011, 9:36 am

>7 LitClique:
Yeah, Ghost World. For me, it is a case in which the movie worked better than the comic itself.

9wookiebender
Nov 13, 2011, 10:19 pm

Lots of good movies being listed. There's also American Splendour which I really liked, but have never gotten very far with the book.

10brianjungwi
Nov 13, 2011, 11:23 pm

7> I always heard Ghost World was quite good, but never got around to watching it or reading the comic.

I also never read any of the HellBoy comics, but I enjoyed the movies, especially the visuals in the second one.

11apokoliptian
Nov 14, 2011, 10:15 am

>5 brianjungwi:
Spider-Man 2 is great for me. I almost cry every time I see the people carrying the almost dead Spidey after the train fight. It is iconic! And the translation of the classic Ditko sequence was done very good.

I think that a movie adaptation to be good does not need to be perfectly the same, but must translate and communicate between medias, maintaining the core feel or message. For me V for Vendetta is great, besides the fact that is not the same as the comic.

12apokoliptian
Nov 14, 2011, 10:22 am

The New Captain America is Awesome. It kind of united all medias previous representations of Cap, like Warren Ellis would do with Planetary or Geoff Johns in Green Lantern: Rebith.

13edgewood
Nov 15, 2011, 8:15 pm

The Incredibles! Okay, I know it wasn't a comic first, but it was great.

I loved Ghost World, though it differed a lot from the graphic novel (which I also love).

14BruceCoulson
Nov 16, 2011, 11:03 am

Given that The Incredibles drew most of its inspiration from comic books, I think we should allow it in.

Captain America was also a good re-boot, as was the first Iron man.

15apokoliptian
Edited: Dec 3, 2011, 7:39 am

I think that the All-time best movie adaptation is Blade by Stephen Norrington, once that at time that first movie was made, Blade wasn't even being published. They recreated the character with a hype that was not reflected by original one.

16AvocadoPenguin
Jan 30, 2012, 8:00 pm

I totally agree with everyone who cited Ghost World. It manages to stay true to the spirit of the comic without being restrictively devoted to the source material.

17apokoliptian
Jan 31, 2012, 7:30 pm

Let`s wait for Tintin

18groovykinda
Feb 11, 2012, 7:06 pm

Archie: Return to Riverdale! Okay, just kidding. Though it was fun.
I'd say Spiderman, just because you could tell what a comic nerd Sam Raimi is.