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[terrestrial]

35 minutes ago, cannastop said:

OK, how do you explain this? How is a movie based on a comic book not a comic book movie?

 

To me its

1. is it representing the character like in the comics (not totally, but at least the gist) or are only a few details to recognise, the story only very loosely connected. LaurenceBrolivier listed quite some points why I'd not add Blade as such

If its only a few points... see 2.

 

2. I look for what is the main Genre, the first genre I'd name if someone would ask me to describe a movie / its genres.

 

Like sometimes a story gets changed so much, its now e.g. a horror movie first, and a CBM only as a lower weighted genre. If in my POV CBM is lets say only on #3 or lower, I'd not even think for a second about it as a CBM

 

3a Source material is for me only relevant if the source material is still ~ there, like e.g all Matt Damon Bourne movies are great spy-action movies, but not Bourne movies at all, as the essence of the books is absent, even does mostly the opposite of what made the books so unique. The only Bourne movie I'd call so, is Bourne Legacy, as it gets the gist of the books, beside the main character not even be The name giving character of the series.

3b If a CBM is about a SH (implied e.g. per title...), and then the movie drifts away from that SH character, depending on how much, then that too can loose the CBM categorisation for me.

[The Panda]

The Blade franchise is eligible.  No point debating that.

 

if you don’t want to vote for it that’s completely on you!

[Avatree]

Yes! Alita: Battle Angel will finally get the recognition she deserves.

[Walt Disney]

My Vote:

 

1. Marvel’s the Avengers

2. Avengers: Infinity War

3. Captain America: Civil War

4. Avengers: Endgame

5. Avengers: Age of Ultron

6. Captain America: The First Avenger

7. Iron Man 2

8. Doctor Strange

9. Iron Man

10. Superman II

11. Men in Black

12. The Dark Knight

13. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

14. Guardians of the Galaxy

15. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

16. Superman

17. Iron Man 3

18. Thor

19. Men in Black II

20. Thor: Ragnarok

21. Ant-Man

22. Batman Returns

23. Batman Begins

24. Spider-Man: Homecoming

25. Thor: The Dark World

26. Spider-Man: Far From Home

27. X-Men: Days of Future Past

28. Batman Forever

29. Superman III

30. The Dark Knight Rises

[Avatree]

Worth thinking about which movies are based on comic books. I'm sure the same set of superhero films will grab every spot on the list but it's worth bearing in mind these are some CBMs eligible for this list:

 

Diary of a Teenage Girl

Oldboy

Road to Perdition

A History of Violence

Men in Black

Blue is the warmest colour

Nausicaa of the valley of the Wind

[baumer]

So I am assuming that the Watchmen will not count because it's a graphic novel?

[75Live]

5 minutes ago, baumer said:

So I am assuming that the Watchmen will not count because it's a graphic novel?

 

Same difference 😛 But Watchmen was a comic before it was combined  into a graphic novel anyway

Edited July 27, 2019 by 75Live

[cannastop]

1 hour ago, Avatree said:

Nausicaa of the valley of the Wind

Lots of Ghibli movies actually.

[Avatree]

1 minute ago, cannastop said:

Lots of Ghibli movies actually.

yeah I guessed that but i was just reading an article and it only mentioned that one, couldn't be arsed to go through the Studio Ghibli catalogue to check which ones are original and which ones are adapted from maanga.

[cannastop]

7 minutes ago, baumer said:

So I am assuming that the Watchmen will not count because it's a graphic novel?

It counts.

[cannastop]

Just now, Avatree said:

yeah I guessed that but i was just reading an article and it only mentioned that one, couldn't be arsed to go through the Studio Ghibli catalogue to check which ones are original and which ones are adapted from maanga.

The Castle of Cagliostro (Hayao Miyazaki movie not by Ghibli)

Nausicaa (not technically a Ghibli movie)

Only Yesterday

Whisper of the Heart

My Neighbors the Yamadas

The Cat Returns

From Up on Poppy Hill

The Wind Rises

[Avatree]

7 minutes ago, cannastop said:

The Castle of Cagliostro (Hayao Miyazaki movie not by Ghibli)

Nausicaa (not technically a Ghibli movie)

Only Yesterday

Whisper of the Heart

My Neighbors the Yamadas

The Cat Returns

From Up on Poppy Hill

The Wind Rises

I really need to watch more but I hate watching subtitled films at home. I can manage it fine in the cinema. I've only seen three of them, and seen them in the cinema. The tale of princess kaguya, and two others... I am embarrassed to say I am not sure which ones they are, even though i bought a ticket to see them, and it was recently.

 All of the studio ghibli films look the same and I get easily confused.

Edited July 27, 2019 by Avatree

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, Avatree said:

I really need to watch more but I hate watching subtitled films at home. I can manage it fine in the cinema. I've only seen three of them, and seen them in the cinema. The tale of princess kaguya, and two others... I am embarrassed to say I am not sure which ones they are, even though i bought a ticket to see them, and it was recently.

 All of the studio ghibli films look the same and I get easily confused.

Well do you not like the dubs?

[Tower]

4 minutes ago, Avatree said:

I really need to watch more but I hate watching subtitled films at home. I can manage it fine in the cinema. I've only seen three of them, and seen them in the cinema. The tale of princess kaguya, and two others... I am embarrassed to say I am not sure which ones they are, even though i bought a ticket to see them, and it was recently.

 All of the studio ghibli films look the same and I get easily confused.

Kaguya looks nothing like the others.

[cannastop]

3 minutes ago, Tower said:

Kaguya looks nothing like the others.

Neither does My Neighbors the Yamadas.

 

Otherwise, they kind of do. But WDAS also looks similar to itself.

[Avatree]

15 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Well do you not like the dubs?

I don't think i've ever watched a dubbed film in my life. Personally, I don't see the point. If i am going to watch a film, I will watch it in the original language used and intended by the filmmakers.

 

@Tower obviously Kaguya is very different.

They pretty much all look the same to me. That's not a dig at Ghibli, it's just due to Anime being completely foreign to me, so to someone who knows nothing about it, it all looks similar. I understand the point above about WDAS, i dont disagree. but it's like if I listened to rap music, it all sounds the same to me. or if I look at some black and white films they all look the same.

I am sure if I started watching japanese animation i would distinguish them. I'd know if i had watched My Neighbour Totoro because it has a big distinct creature lol.

 

One of the ones I've seen had a flying castle... but Ghibli has done two of these so I'm not sure if it is Castle in the Sky or Howl's moving castle. or maybe i've seen both. Lol.

Edited July 27, 2019 by Avatree

[Avatree]

hahaha fuck me. just looked in my emails to see the ticket bookings.

 

4 minutes ago, Avatree said:

I'd know if i had watched My Neighbour Totoro because it has a big distinct creature lol.

 

and I fucking did watch My Neighbour Totoro. I am a right clown.

 

(and Castle in the Sky)

Edited July 27, 2019 by Avatree

[cannastop]

10 minutes ago, Avatree said:

One of the ones I've seen had a flying castle... but Ghibli has done two of these so I'm not sure if it is Castle in the Sky or Howl's moving castle. or maybe i've seen both. Lol.

Haha. Well I mean, I can tell the difference.

[baumer]

1) The Dark Knight

2) Superman 2

3) Avengers End Game

4) Avengers Infinity War

5) Iron Man

6) Watchmen

7) Superman

8} Deadpool

9) Avengers

10) Spider-man 2 (2004)

11) X2 (X-men part 2)

12) Batman Begins

13) Spider-man

14) X-men 

15) Alita:  Battle Angel

16) Captain America:  Winter Soldier

17) Wonder Woman

18) A History of Violence

19) Kick Ass

20) 300

21) Suicide Squad

22) Batman vs Superman

23) V For Vendetta

24) Ant-Man

25) Logan

26) Weird Science (1985)

27) The Incredible Hulk (2008)

28) Kingsmen

29) Oldboy

30) Guardians of the Galaxy part 2

[DAR]

 

Best comic book films

1. The Dark Knight 
2. Spider-Man 2
3. Road to Perdition 
4. Spider-Man into the Spiderverse 
5. Batman Begins
6. Batman
7. Superman 
8. Deadpool
9. Spider-Man 
10. Sin City
11. The Rocketeer 
12. Superman 2
13. Thor Ragnarok
14. V for Vendetta
15. The Dark Knight Rises
16. X-Men Days of Future Past
17. Iron Man
18. Avengers Infinity War
19. Hellboy:  the Golden Army
20. Avengers 
21. Red
22. A History of Violence 
23. Mystery Men
24. Captain America the First Avenger
25. Guardians of the Galaxy 
26. 300
27. Iron Man 3
28. Blade II
29. Black Panther
30. X2

 

Edited July 28, 2019 by DAR