Poll: Movies based on comix Good or Bad?

[apmpnmdslkbk]

So far allot of comics stories have made their way to the big screens (batman and spiderman are some examples that are very popular) and it seems that some people enjoy these movies and some dont.

In most cases the person that reads the comic is very happy with the movie because it stays true to the comic (spiderman's (part 1) storyline for example was changed only a little) and in other cases the comic fan will hate the movie because the plot is completely different (Wanted for example was completely different from the movie).

Most average moviegoers will not care about the changes but the plot and graphics of the movie. But still I just want to know your ideas on the matter.

 

[Fire Daemon]

I'd honestly rather it if the writters created their own ideas for their movies. They could atleast try and be original.

 

[Bah]

This is ludicrous. It's like asking "movies based on books: good or bad?" or "movies based on games: good or bad?" The answer to all three questions is the same as you'll get if you ask "Movies: good or bad?": most aren't that impressive, but there's a lot of great stuff out there. To ask "movies based on comix" is to attempt to equate everything from Persepolis to The Crow to Howard the Duck.

 

[Larenxis]

A lot of comics have good storylines, but also great art. With films like 300 it really translates to the screen, and works well. It sucks that they mess around with plot so often, but it's like that with everything.

EDIT: Although in the case of Ghost World, the movie changed the plot a phenomenal amount and it worked great. Definitely better than the graphic novel story-wise, although it didn't have quite the same sincerity.

 

[Knight Templar]

Marvel-

TV Show= bad
Comic= good
Movie= Gold
Game= can't go wrong, mostly.


DC-

TV Show= bad
Comic= Really good or just ok.
Moive= Mostly sucky.
Game= Just plain wrong, mostly.

 

[Lord Krunk]

Depends on the book/comic.

While I enjoy the concept of X-Men, you really need to elaborate on that further.

I hated the Fantastic Four (Maybe because it reminds me of the Famous Five or Secret Seven by controversial author Enid Blyton?), Ghost Rider and Superman in all areas of media, so movies of them was not a good idea.
(The only reason I don't mention Iron Man or Batman is that I haven't seen their recent movies...yet)

For books, I understand that you can't add the whole thing, but at least be a bit creative! (I'm nodding towards LOTR and To Kill a Mockingbird, here)
Take the Harry Potter movies for example. They're not movies, they're montages of random
scenes from the book!

If you're going to make a movie of a comic, do it well. That's all I ask.
I'm EXPECTING that from the new Tintin movie, Peter Jackson + Steven Spielberg! Don't fail me!

I still don't believe that Peter Jackson is involved with the Halo Movie.

 

[Blayze]

Nextwave. If that ever got made into a movie, it'd be the greatest superhero movie of all time.

 

[Cakelord]

Some movies based on comics are bad for a few reasons. I'm actually afraid of seeing the Deadpool movie when it's made for fear the actor fails to speak in the voice I imagined Deadpool speaking in, that would really take away from my respect of the character if he sounded like a bass singer from one of the Southern states of America.

 

[BlazeTheVampire]

The superhero comics-to-movies are a little different than say, I Am Legend. I enjoy the superhero movies because they don't have to be exactly accurate to the comics. They're just a new story with the same characters for the most part. That and I totally had the hots for Chris O'Donnell as Robin.

But I hated I Am Legend. First off, Will Smith pisses me off to begin with because I've yet to see him act. Second off, the vampires just became unintelligent violent creatures. And then, they changed the entire ending of the movie to this dramatic Will-Smith-gets-killed thing when that's not how the book or graphic novel ended at all. They included the real ending on the special edition DVD for people like me who were upset that they changed the ending, but I still can't forgive them. It's like taking a great classic story and just changing the ending, like having everyone live in a Shakespeare tragedy.

 

[SilentHunter7]

I'd honestly rather it if the writters created their own ideas for their movies. They could atleast try and be original.

A lot of adaptations are original. In fact they're so original, only thing I've seen them reuse was the name of series. ;P

 

[cleverlymadeup]

But I hated I Am Legend. First off, Will Smith pisses me off to begin with because I've yet to see him act. Second off, the vampires just became unintelligent violent creatures. And then, they changed the entire ending of the movie to this dramatic Will-Smith-gets-killed thing when that's not how the book or graphic novel ended at all. They included the real ending on the special edition DVD for people like me who were upset that they changed the ending, but I still can't forgive them. It's like taking a great classic story and just changing the ending, like having everyone live in a Shakespeare tragedy.

no they didn't even include the real ending for i am legend, the only version to come close to it was "the last man on earth" with vincent price. at the end of the book he dies, the Will Smith version was changed a lot from the book but him dying at the end was not at least according to the Richard Matheson book

as for comic book movies, some are good and some are bad. the big issue is a lot of the DC property, cept for batman and superman, is totally ruined by warner brothers who owns DC. the issues marvel has had was different studios owned different properties and they had to pick and choose which characters they could use in each movie.

i will say Marvel is getting better at the movie making thing tho and this new Marvel Studio idea is great

 

[ninja_factory]

If the movie can be as good as Ironman, 2 batman movies, and Batman begins then fine. The first Spiderman movie, I thought, was good (Despite Tobey Maguire(sp?) as Spiderman; I don't think he was the best choice for it), but the 2nd and 3rd one were unnecessary.

Don't get me started on Ghostrider or Superman Returns. I think the film for both movies should've been lost in an unfortunate accident on it's way down the assembly line.

But that's just my opinion.

Although I will say the comic to movies that have been coming out recently have been better then they were a few years ago. The Dark knight looks pretty good so far and I am curious about the Deadpool movie...but either way if they mess it up I'll be content with the good old comics books.

 

[stompy]

Like everything, they can be done right, and they can fail miserably. You just gotta find the ones that are good, and stay away from the ones that aren't.