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Superhero movies you can't believe got made because they were so poor
- Thread starter Cybersai
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Another movie I thought was largely pretty great that a lot of people seem to dislike. *shrug*
Suicide Squad is one of the worst movies that I have ever seen. There's maybe 3 good things in it and one of them is a dude eating a chicken leg. The rest is trash.
Not if SS is that poll.
I feel like for most movies, even horrible ones, I can look back and say, "at least that was a cool scene" or find something positive. Not this movie. Absolutely atrocious.I know it most likely doesn't count as superhero, but I want at least give it an unhonorable mention.
The Catwoman movie was in development a long time. It was meant to be a spin off of Batman Returns. I remember reading a long time ago an alleged leaked draft that continues the story of the Elfman version of Catwoman with here in a sort of asylum with amnesia.
I think a lot of people in this thread will post movies they don't like, as opposed to movies that looked bad on paper and somehow they got made. I think Catwoman, The Spirit and Steel are worthy of being in this thread, because not even on paper they were good ideas. I don't mean only the script, but also the cast and directors or writers.
Edit: also add me to the list of people that enjoyed League of Extraordinary Gentelmen. Even tough I did not read a comic until many years later, I still think it was passable.
I think a lot of people in this thread will post movies they don't like, as opposed to movies that looked bad on paper and somehow they got made. I think Catwoman, The Spirit and Steel are worthy of being in this thread, because not even on paper they were good ideas. I don't mean only the script, but also the cast and directors or writers.
Edit: also add me to the list of people that enjoyed League of Extraordinary Gentelmen. Even tough I did not read a comic until many years later, I still think it was passable.
Yeah, never got this one. Not only do you make a sequel to Daredevil but you make it about Elektra? At the very least, if it was about Bullseye I might be able to justify it because Colin's Bullseye is fun to watch.THERE WAS A FUCKING ELEKTRA MOVIE MADE IN 2005.
The very late 90s(around 1997) to early 2000s(around 2007) were full of these weird ass low effort comic book/sci fi movies. They were just kinda...there.
You can shit on something like Spawn, but I'd watch it over the Affleck Daredevil or the Evans Fantastic Four any day of the fucking week.
Maaan, i'm still waiting the sequel lmaoI know it most likely doesn't count as superhero, but I want at least give it an unhonorable mention.
As a child in the 90s I auditioned for a bit part in that movie.
(I didn't get it.)
I know it most likely doesn't count as superhero, but I want at least give it an unhonorable mention.
Revisiting this movie, it's actually pretty good (until the last act).
It's nothing like the comic, but taken as it's own thing, it's definitely not horrible.
Oh, now we are bad mouthing The Shadow?
Just complete nonsense, The Shadow is a fantastic film. Baldwin, John Lone, and Penelope Ann Miller all do pitch-perfect work, the film is gorgeous, and the script is a wonderful bit of winking pulp adventure. The only real weakness in the film is the relatively lackluster climax and that was literally due to a natural disaster.
Huh? I thought GOTG vol. 2 improved upon the character development from the first film.
With that said,m: Fant4stic, no contest.
Considering the trouble production it went through, it's just amazing at state the film was released.
With that said,m: Fant4stic, no contest.
Considering the trouble production it went through, it's just amazing at state the film was released.
Oh, it was definitely horrible. I'm actually sad that Sean's career had to end with such a crap.
To the matter of the topic of this thread, there's actually very few superhero films that I think meet this criteria:
- Supergirl
- Steel
- Catwoman
- Elektra
- Fant4stic
- Thor: The Dark World
- Suicide Squad
- Supergirl
- Steel
- Catwoman
- Elektra
- Fant4stic
- Thor: The Dark World
- Suicide Squad
Ah yes, the movie where Sam Jackson and Scarlett Johansson dress up as Nazis for some reason.The Spirit
BVS DOJ. I say that sincerely. Movie was utter garbage. I don't know how the squander arguably the two most famous superhero characters of all time that badly. Movie was an incoherent, jumbled mess. It was utterly dour and also had what has to be the most ham-fisted segue to the extended DCEU halfway through the film; as if it was designed to have an intermission and extra trailers included.
The Spirit
Literally one of only 2 films I ever walked out of the theater from. The other was 2005's A Sound of Thunder.
I remember seeing this in the cinema and thinking it was decent, but that was a long time ago. Maybe I'll re-watch it again at some point.The Spirit
Every DC Extended Universe movie.
About 50% of Marvel Extended Universe movies.
All Spider Man movies except Spider Man 2
All Super Man movies.
All Batman movies pre Batman Begins.
About 50% of Marvel Extended Universe movies.
All Spider Man movies except Spider Man 2
All Super Man movies.
All Batman movies pre Batman Begins.
You should read the original Alan Moore comic. It's like, a billon times better.
This is not a congratulatory thing. Some posters are literally ignoring both the intent of the thread and even the title to randomly just post "superhero movies I don't like" without even quantifying why you "can't believe they were even made". I'm explaining this to you, but I mean you're essentially part of the problem with your one word, drive-by post, so I guess I'm fully intent on wasting time tonight.
Spawn wasn't meant to be considered a movie, it was just supposed to be an extended promo for the soundtrack.
It justified its existence.
It justified its existence.
Blade Trinity.
Let's take everything good about the first two and get rid of them. We'll kill Whistler in the first 20 minutes so all the effort to get him back goes out the window for a cheap shock moment. Then let's use the whole thing as a back door pilot for a spin off series. Which we won't end up making anyway. Oh and get that Triple H guy, wrestlers in films are big business now.
It's no wonder Wesley Snipes turned in to a bit of a dick on set. He probably saw how much of a train wreck it was turning in to.
Let's take everything good about the first two and get rid of them. We'll kill Whistler in the first 20 minutes so all the effort to get him back goes out the window for a cheap shock moment. Then let's use the whole thing as a back door pilot for a spin off series. Which we won't end up making anyway. Oh and get that Triple H guy, wrestlers in films are big business now.
It's no wonder Wesley Snipes turned in to a bit of a dick on set. He probably saw how much of a train wreck it was turning in to.
This is a great and positive way of looking at it.
I don't want to go so far as to say his behavior was warranted, this is still some next level unprofessional dickishness*:
...but its not like that is what doomed the film, the whole thing was just terrible, and it might be the most memorable thing about the whole fiasco.
*for those who don't know, Wesley Snipes wouldn't open his eyes during the scene so the filmmakers had to post-production him some cartoon ones.
I feel like, at least in autopsy, it's easy to understand what happened with movies like Suicide Squad and Fourtastic, but I don't think any amount of production details or delving into human psychosis has managed to fully rationalize Batman v. Superman for me.
Like, I can sort through some of what happened--Man of Steel did reasonably well and they were still riding high on Nolan's Batman trilogy so the tone seemed like a decent bet--but I just can't wrap my head around how the writing and editing devolved into such a mess without a Suicide Squad/Trailer Park butcher-cuts scenario or a mid-stream retooling like Fourfantic Fun had. And I absolutely, positively, cannot wrap my head around the casting of Lex Luthor, no matter how hard I try.
Like, I can sort through some of what happened--Man of Steel did reasonably well and they were still riding high on Nolan's Batman trilogy so the tone seemed like a decent bet--but I just can't wrap my head around how the writing and editing devolved into such a mess without a Suicide Squad/Trailer Park butcher-cuts scenario or a mid-stream retooling like Fourfantic Fun had. And I absolutely, positively, cannot wrap my head around the casting of Lex Luthor, no matter how hard I try.
The Spirit
Watched it for free and still felt ripped off. A god awful movie that was obviously directed by a complete (sexist) amateur.
I know it most likely doesn't count as superhero, but I want at least give it an unhonorable mention.
Saddest part of this is that it drove Sean Connery into retirement.
THERE WAS A FUCKING ELEKTRA MOVIE MADE IN 2005.
The very late 90s(around 1997) to early 2000s(around 2007) were full of these weird ass low effort comic book/sci fi movies. They were just kinda...there.
You can shit on something like Spawn, but I'd watch it over the Affleck Daredevil or the Evans Fantastic Four any day of the fucking week.
From the showrunner of Iron Fist season 2!
Holy crap, I saw that movie less than a week ago and I am already struggling to recall what happened in it.
I'm still not convinced this was ever a real thing after watching that.
Italian Spiderman is a youtube parody though. I don't exactly think that's what OP had in mind!
Yeah hell even per wee was ok in this . Also it's obviously a parody on superhero movies and it was legit funny ....
I still can't understand how after such a great first film they could shit the bed so much with the second. How many good movies has Rodriguez made? Two?
I can't believe theres people seriously putting GOTG Vol 2 on here.
The only one that immediately springs to mind is Suicide Squad. Even Batman v Superman for all its crumminess, didn't feel quite as awful, cobbled together, cheaply made (I am aware it likely had a large budget FYI), crap as SS does.
The only one that immediately springs to mind is Suicide Squad. Even Batman v Superman for all its crumminess, didn't feel quite as awful, cobbled together, cheaply made (I am aware it likely had a large budget FYI), crap as SS does.
Alright, you people have to get over this ridiculous Thor 2 thing you've somehow deluded yourselves into believing.
it isn't that bad, it's not even the worst MCU film(that would be Iron Man 2, of course), and even so it is league's better than the likes of Catwoman or Steel.
It is okay to not like a movie but please be sensible.
it isn't that bad, it's not even the worst MCU film(that would be Iron Man 2, of course), and even so it is league's better than the likes of Catwoman or Steel.
It is okay to not like a movie but please be sensible.