How would you rank your top 5 Comic book Movie Adaptations?

I haven’t seen very many but I did like the first Batman with Micheal Keaton.Spiderman was alright too.I am not crazy about his outfit though

Watchmen. Five times.

I was struck by how accurately the movie imitated certain panels, and by Jackie Earl Haley’s portrayal of Rorschach (almost as great as Heath Ledger as the Joker), as well as Patrick Wilson as Dan. The only thing that bugged me about the movie was the omission of the Black Freighter stuff, but I understand why it was left out. Hands down, it’s the best adaptation I’ve ever seen.

@Seelix Yah The Watchmen was pretty good. As far as loyalty to the source material its probably a runaway #1. It didn’t crack my top 5 cuz while its an awesome epic story, it just isn’t in my top 5, lol.

1. The Dark Knight
2. X-Men 1 & 2
3. Spiderman 1 & 2
4. Iron Man
5. Batman (89)

1. Batman Begins
2. Spider-Man 2
3. X2: X-Men United
4. Kick-Ass
5. Hellboy

1. The Crow
2. Watchmen
3. Persepolis
4. Sin City
5. Akira

The Dark Knight is not technically an adaptation, but I agree that it is an excellent film.

@SavoirFaire Ohh its an adaptation, just not a direct one. It borrows very heavily from a few graphic novels, most importantly “The Killing Joke.”

The Rocketeer
Iron Man
X-Men: The Last Stand
Sin City
The Road To Perdition
Superman Returns
The Dark Knight
X-Men: First Class
V for Vendetta
300

Sin City
V for Vendetta
Watchmen
Iron Man
Batman (89)

In no particular order :

Blade
The Crow
Kick Ass
The Mask
Hellboy

5th – DARK KNIGHT – Christopher Nolan paid respect to the material and the intellect of its fans.

4th – SUPERMAN 1 – Richard Donner, Chris Reeve and John Williams were brilliant.

3rd – BATMAN 1 – Tim Burton and Anton Furst served a visual cinematic feast. And that costume rocked!

2nd – BLADE 2 – Guillermo del Toro’s great direction made all the difference.

1st – KICK ASS – Soooo much funnn! ( Ok, baby girl, gonna shoot you again, kay? )

Special Mention – Conan the Barbarian

1. The Dark Knight
2. X-Men
3. Spiderman
4. Kick Ass
5. Sin City / Iron Man

@tedd I don’t think there is such a thing as an indirect adaptation. The Dark Knight makes great use of what some of the best Batman writers have added to the franchise, but it does not transfer any particular work from the page to the screen. If the question were “how would you rank your top 5 movies based on comic books?” then I would have placed The Dark Knight on my list; and if that was your actual intention in asking the question, then perhaps I will post a different list. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with answering the question loosely, but I chose to answer it more strictly.

1 Dark Knight
2 Iron Man 2
3 Spiderman (first one)
4 Xmen First Class
5 Kick Ass

@filmfann xmen last stand? Seriously? that was almost as bad as spiderman 3….

@SavoirFaire Have you read the Killing Joke? lol

And I should have worded the question differently, by based off of I simply meant characters and such based off of comics, not direct stories. Hence the inclusion of TMNT, or Iron Man, or a litany of others on the list.

Yeah, most comic book movies are not direct adaptations, with a couple of exceptions (mainly those based on oneshot graphic novels, like Watchmen or V for Vendetta). Origin stories are often picked and chosen from different “versions” or “universes”. Marvel’s Ultimate universe, for example, is very different from the original universe, and from what I’ve seen, the Marvel movies often take a lot of inspiration from these “rebooted” origins. When you’re dealing with characters that have been around for decades, like Spider-man, Superman or the X-Men, it’s pretty much guaranteed that changes will be made and that not all the fanboys will be happy.

@tedd Fair enough.

And yes, I’ve read The Killing Joke. I’ve also read Year One, The Long Halloween, Gotham By Gaslight, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, The Dark Knight Returns, and numerous scattered Batman comics. The Dark Knight uses the nihilistic, “multiple choice past” Joker of The Killing Joke to great effect, but it uses elements of many other stories as well (particularly The Long Halloween).

V For Vendetta and Sin City, I think.