This is the way....to make an awesome Mandalorian Helmet

To celebrate the awesome first season of The Mandalorian I found this video from Punished Props Academy on You Tube.

My son loves building props from movies and this looks like a fun project I might endeavor to do with him!
Just remember once you put it on....

The Mandalorian Episode 8: Redemption

The final episode of The Mandalorian absolutely stuck the landing! I was a bit nervous with the way the episode began with the two storm troopers, that felt very fan filmy in my opinion.
Redemption picks up immediately where the previous episode concluded, the crew are pinned down in the Clients building by Moff Gideon and dozens of Storm Troopers and Death Troopers with a E pod repeating gun pod aimed at them.
IG-11 races to them with baby Yoda in tow, in the chaos the Mando takes a grievous head wound and tells the others to escape via the sewage system tunnels. They refuse to leave the Mando to die but he refuses to remove his helmet and break the rule. But finally concedes to allow IG-11 (the one team member he's had the biggest issue with) to remove his helmet since IG-11 isn't "alive".
The group fumble thru the sewers to where the Mandolorian hideout is only to discover they Mando's are either dead or escaped. The Mando recieves guidance from the Armorer on what to do with the Child...the Foundling is now tasked with his own foundling....the circle is now complete.
The armorer fashions the Mando his signet and gives him his jet pack.
The group make their escape via an underground lava river but a company of troopers are waiting to ambush them at the mouth of the river. As the group slowly drifts closer to the end of the tunnel they scramble to fight the ambush. IG-11 offers to save them by activating self destruct protocols which the Mando refuses to accept as a solution, not because the Mando needs him help fight the Storm Troopers but because he's finally over come his prejudice for the droid.
Thanks to IG-11's sacrifice the group escape but find themselves pinned down by Moff Gideon in his TIE fighter. In one of the coolest action sequences of the season The Mando shoots a grapple line at the TIE as it flys overhead and gets wisked off behind Gideon, the Mand plants some charges and releases from the TIE as the wing get blown off and Gideon crashes off in the distance. The Season concludes with Greef Karga and Kara Dune staying behind as the Mando flys off with the child.
Then we get the best surprise cliff hanger since Episode IV, The camera scrolls to where Gideons TIE wreckage sits and suddenly something begins to cut thru the fuselage and Gideon emerges holding the Darksabre!
 



I hope we see what fate befell Bo Katan, since it appears Moff Gideon knows alot about the night of a thousand tears on Mandalore.

Kenobi Fan Film by Jamie Costa

Christmas arrived a few hours early for Star Wars fans this year as Jamie Costa released his Kenobi Fan Film.
Jamie Costa impressed me with his 2016 fan film Han Solo a Smuggler's Trade, and this time he took it to the next level. I think Rian Johnson could learn a thing or two about respecting the source material and understanding Star Wars legacy characters.
Between Jamie Costa and Star Wars Theory we know that George Lucas's Galaxy is still alive with the fandom!

The Mandalorian Episode 7: The Reckoning

The Mando receives a transmission from Greef Karga offering a proposition to return to Navarro to kill the Client in exchange for clearing his name with the bounty hunter's guild. The Mando returns to Sorgen to recruit Cara Dune to help with Karga's plan. The duo then travel to Kuiil's planet to recruit him only to discover he found and rebuilt IG-11 as well as re purposed him to help Kuiil around the farm. After a lengthy exposition the Razorcrest takes off with the Mando and his party of a Rebel "dropper", an Ugnaught mechanic, a re purposed IG assassin droid, the Child and 3 Blurgs.
We get a glimpse at the dynamic of this rag tag group and unlike the ST these characters don't mesh together as well as Rey, Fin and Poe, they're pride and prejudice create a believable dynamic.
We also are treated to a scene that caught me completely by surprise when Cara and the Mando are arm wrestling.
This is a fantastic scene because it shows how the force has slipped away into mysticism that few even know about.
fast forward to Navarro, the party meet up with Greef Karga and his 3 guild members.
Now this is where something fascinating hppens that was hinted about in episode 2, the group gets attacked by a group of Mynocks and Greef suffers a nasty wound that is poisonous. It's here we see the Child use Force Healing to save Karga's life. This is something that we might have witnessed in the PT in AotC and RotS when Sidious places his hand on Crispy Anakin! Now this technique seems contradictory to the advice Yoda gave Anakin in episode III about learning to let go of the things we love....because I bet if they taught him that technique he might've saved Shmii and his destiny would've been completly altered!
There was one other great moment in this episode when Mando, Cara and Greef are sitting with the Client, we get a great bit of dialog that further develops the state of the galaxy when The Client asks the Mando if he thinks things are better since the revolution,....it's clearly not. And questions why Mandalore refused the aide of the Empire. He also mentions the great Purge which explains all the moments throughout the season where people seemed shocked to meet a Mandalorian. It seems as if the Empire executed a scorched Earth operation on Mandalore towards the end of the Empire's rule.
Episode 7 leaves off with a cliff hanger that had my whole family yelling at the TV.
Excellent Excellent episode! I cannot wait for next fridays season finale!

The Mandalorian Episode 6: The Prisoner

The Mando visits an old acquaintance, Ran, who requests help on a job. Ran explains it's a 5 man job and they need the Razorcrest.
This episode felt very different than any of the previous episodes, it reminded me of the Suicide Squad in a galaxy far far away. Xi'an especially came across as a Harley Quinn wanna be, I was glad to see a Twi'lek as more than just a sexualized manner and it was nice to see a male Twi'lek in live action. The mission was to breach a New Republic prison ship and break Qin, Xi'an's brother, out.
There's an atmosphere of un ease from the moment the Mando arrives on Ran's space station, and the episode does a great job of keeping the suspense through till the very end!
There's a good deal of action in this episode, Mando takes down about eight New Republic Security Droids that are definitely not to be taken lightly, they're no rodger rodger's! And later we see Mando get into a very tough one on one against the Devaronian. Burg, who takes a flame thrower to the face and keeps on coming! This fight does show how to avert our expectations correctly when Mando seeming end the fight with a similar tactic we saw in the first episode.
I enjoyed Bill Bur's character, Mayfield, an ex Imperial sharpshooter, there's a funny interaction when we're first introduced to him where the Mando throws shade at him and Mayfield retorts "I wasn't a Storm Trooper wise ass!". I also thought it was hilarious when Mayfield was egging the Mando on while they were heading to the mark saying maybe the Mando was a Gungan and talked like Jar Jar!
There wasn't much of Baby Yoda in this episode but what we got was enough, seeing him hiding from Q9-0 on the Razorcrest had my wife and son on edge, I can't wait to see the new meme's of Baby Yoda trying to use the force and then looking at his hand wondering how he blew away the droid only to see it was the Mando.
My favorite scene in the episode was when Mayfield was alone in the corridor of the prison ship with the red emergency light and flashing lights, very reminiscent of Aliens and every other flash you saw the Mando sneaking up behind Mayfield. That was great cinematography!
Congrats to Dave Filoni for becoming an X Wing pilot!
And now my theory about who that was at the end of episode 5 is wrong....I don't think it's Moff Gideon, so I'm gonna jump on the Boba band wagon. It was Tatooine, and perhaps she was meeting Boba at Mos Espa...

 

Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer

Natasha Romanoff drops her trailer
Princess Diana, "Hold my Sword".
An awesome trailer is no indicator of how good the movie is gonna be, but this trailer was so totally awesome!
And apparently Steve is back!
I'm hoping he dies again in this movie and comes back in the 3rd WW movie!
OMG they killed Steve! Those Bastards!
I did like the juxtaposition between Diana and Steve there at the end of the trailer, good stuff!

Thor watched this trailer and was like, "You're Breathtaking!"

The Mandalorian Episode 5 The Gunslinger

The Mandalorian has every bounty Hunter in the galaxy looking for him except a young wanna be named Toro Calican. Young Toro is tracking Fennec Shand, a notorious merc whose worked for many crime families.
This episode starts with a dog fight between the Razor Crest and a sleek quad engine star fighter.
Things are looking dire for Mando and baby Yoda as the bounty hunter has disabled one of the Razor Crests engines but a quick maneuver with the trust reversers and full flaps extension the hunter becomes the hunted.
I'm not sure extending flaps in space would help slow the Razor crest down as there is 0 atmosphere.....anywho.
This episode is fan service overload as we hear Mos Eisley tower reach out to the Razorcrest with landing coordinates. We arrive at docking bay 35 and are greeted by Peli Motto and her pit droids, I enjoyed how she portrayed a mechanic, true to form finding all sorts of problems that need to be fixed. and once the Mando leaves she's sitting around playing Sabacc with her droids!

The Mando heads out to look for work to cover the costs of the repairs and we end up in the Mos Eisley Catina! Of course we head there, and this is where we meet wanna be Han Solo, Toro Calican.
The Mando teams up with Calican to go after Fennec Shand the merc I mentioned earlier.
We get a lesson on the natives, Mando get's shot in the ass but the Beskar protects him, and we catch Fennec. Mando leaves Toro with Fennec and the young n hungry wanna be gets a brilliant idea but it costs him his life.
For me the episode seemed a bit underwhelming but if you take a step back and think about it there are some questions it brings up. Where was Fennec running to beyond the Dune sea? How does the Mando know so much about Tuskens? Who's the new owner of the Mos Eisley? Allowing droids to work the bar? The place has really gone to the Dugs!
Everyone's wondering who the mystery person was at the end of the episode, I think it's most likely Bill Bur's Bounty Hunter character. I don't think we'll see Moff Gideon till we return to Navarro.

007 No Time to Die Trailer

For the most part I've enjoyed Daniel Craig's Bond movies but when I heard the rumors that Lashana Lynch was to take the title of 007 I had reservations. With all the wokeness in Hollywood; Ghostbusters 2016, Terminator Dark Fate, Charlie's Angels, Captain Marvel if UA & Universal wanted to destroy this franchise who am I to stop them. But after seeing the trailer I have hope that won't be the case. I think this is Craig's final Bond film and it looks like he's gonna go out with a bang, I'm glad to see Lea Seydoux is back from Specter and looking forward to seeing how far the rabbit hole goes.
I really love how Craigs bond series really builds upon itself with each new entry, my favorite 2 are Casino Royale and Skyfall.

The Rise of Skywalker IMAX poster is NOT the way!

This Poster is not the way!
Drew Struzan is laughing his ass off at these atrocities!

















And the other one from earlier this year with the Hot Toys Palpatine figure used was another terrible poster.


Good to see they're saving money in the budget!
Personally I like this one the most...and it's made by a fan.

Black Widow teaser trailer

Dear Brie, watch a professional and learn how it's done on AND off the silver screen!

The Mandalorian Episode 4: Sanctuary

The Mando seeks a planet to lay low for awhile with baby Yoda and ends up on Sorgen, a backwater skughole, that's sparsely populated by blue krill farmers.
Mando meets a former Rebel Shocktrooper Cara Dune. The two hit it off right away >.- but she asks Mando to find another planet to hide on as she arrived on Sorgen first and wishes to remain under the radar.
As the Mando is prepping to depart 2 farmers approach him and ask for his help against raiders.
The Mando accepts under the condition the farmers provide shelter for him, baby Yoda and Cara.
Cara and the Mando train the farmers to defend themselves. Cara and the Mando discover the raiders have a tank....no an AT-ST!
OK so I'm rewatching The Clone Wars series on D+ also and just happened to watch S2E17 Bounty right after this episode of The Mandalorian...so we have bounty hunters defending farmers from pirates/raiders by teaching them how to fight and the Pirates/raider bring a tank/AT-ST to suppress the coalition.....hmmmm.
Aside from introducing Cara Dune in this episode it was a very basic story that I've seen time and again in shows like The A team and Knight Rider.

Gris Launch Trailer

This trailer is stunning! I reminds me of 3 games I love, Child of Light, Transistor and Journey! I'm definitely gonna check this game out!

The Mandalorian Episode 3 The Sin

Another strong episode this week, the Mando delivers baby Yoda to the Client and Dr Pershing, and collects a large cache of Beskar Steel which he brings to the mystery Mandalorian Blacksmith to forge him new armor because his "armor has lost it's integrity" and "he may have to "start over" Interesting choice of words! absolute intentional double entendre . This scene was the most intriguing to me as we got a few more nuggets of info regarding the Mandalorian culture...."This is the way"!
And a further glimpse into the Mando's troubled childhood,
Jyn's hiding spot was much better than his was.
We know he survives but I'm curious who saves him....we know he's a foundling so I'm guessing a Mando. With 5 episodes left I doubt we will delve too deep into Mandalorian clan structure this season but I have a feeling we will be treated to a revelation in the season finale. Clan Wren, House Vizsla anyone?
When the Mando meets up with Greeve we get a nice little comment to reiterating the state of the galaxy. The Mando asks Greeve what they plan to do with the Mark and Greeve tells him if he has a greivance to take it up with the New Republic, the Mando's reply "That's a joke" is very telling....
7 years have past since the events of RotJ and the galaxy doesn't seem that much better off, in some cases it might be worse!
This insight is sorely lacking in TFA!

Now to the question of Dr Pershing's comments to the Mando, He protected him, if it weren't for Dr Pershing "he'd be dead already." So there's more to this bounty than meets the eye! Someone wants baby Yoda dead but who??? Is Dr Pershing Imperial? Right now Greef Karga is the furthest from the trust tree in my opinion. I think he'll betray anyone if the price is right, and yes I believe the Mando purposely shot him where he did.
Now to the shoot out, seeing the Mando's come to the aid of one of their own was great! It brought back fond memories of TCW episode The Lawless when Bo Katan helps Obi Wan escape from Mandalore. The one part that felt off to me was when the Razor claw was leaving and that one Mando flies up along side and salutes him....seemed kinda cheesy to me.
So where are we headed in episode 4? The Ocean Dunes of Karnak? He still has the puck....

Capcom Pro Tour North American Regional Finals and SFV Champion Edition Announcement trailer

So as promised Ono took the stage at the conclusion of the Capcom Pro Tour NA regional finals.The crowd usually goes bonkers when Ono takes the stage to show a trailer for new content....not last night! Gill's trailer was met with sporadic clapping like when people aren't sure whether to Cheer or Jeer.
I was always sure Gill was coming, but honestly I thought he was going to be the final character revealed in season 5. This would segway nicely to SFIII's story line. Based to the awkward response to the reveal I don't think anyone expected Gill.
The second trailer for Champion Edition was met with the same level of applause....or lack there of.
Color me curious about Gill, he was rediculous in SFIII 3rd Strike, he made Bison look like Dan Hibiki!



 I'll probably get the upgrade kit for $25, the cost of Gill and the 40th character  is $10 right there, and the stage. I'll also be getting free FM from the 3 characters I was never gonna waste FM on, Ed, Blanka and Alex.

The Mandalorian Episode 2 The Child

Picking up where the first episode leaves off we see the Mando making his way back to his ship the vintage Razorcrest with baby

Yoda

, but as the expression goes "some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant". The Mando gets ambushed by a trio of Trandoshan bounty hunters. but manages to fight them off and protect baby

Yoda

. When he arrives at his ship he finds that Jawas have stripped it clean and left it on proverbial cinder blocks! The Mando chases them down as they try to flee on their Sandcrawler. This was a treat for OT fans and lesson #2 in proper Star Wars humor.
We are treated to some ultra kawaii moments between the Mando and the asset. Those of us with kids can appreciate when the Mando has to return the lil fella back to his stroller.
With no means of return back to the Client the Mando returns to Kuiil's farm. Kuiil offers to help the Mando get his parts back. Kuiil arbatrates an agreement between the Jawas and the Mando, the parts for the Razorcrest for an egg. This scene is a crucial point in the story because it reveals that this species is perhaps the most in tune with the force and it again illustrates that even Mandalorians aren't omnipotent.

. It also shows the connection the two beings have and raises one very important question, why are all these other bounty hunters trying to kill the asset while Dr Pershing was so adamant on bringing it back alive.
The episode concludes with an A-team style montage of Kuiil and the Mando repairing the Razorclaw and the asset waking up from naptime after over exerting himself.
I understand that the asset is a McGuffin but unlike a holo map, wayf-finders or a Sith dagger, this McGuffin feels less like a pointless object and more plausable within the galaxy.

The Mandalorian Episode 1

I've been eagerly waiting for this show since uncle Bob revealed it back in 2017! And today was the day I would find out if my hopes would be dashed or realized. I am here to say The Mandalorian has in 1 episode eclipsed anything the ST has shown thus far. The Mandalorian harkens back to a simpler time when a young farm boy met a crazy old hermit and dreamt of joining the academy to fight the Empire....a small story brimming with potential to expand. A story that sparked the imagination of a generation....my generation! The Mandalorian is just a simple man trying to make his way in the universe during a lawless, post Empire time in the Star Wars Universe. The look and feel of the very first locale hit the mark for me, it's a planet we've never seen before but it feels very familiar. It's clearly evident that The Mandalorian is using Spaghetti Westerns as the the genre to mold the story around, which is perfect considering the state the galaxy is in after the fall of the Empire. The scene where the Mando learns how to ride a Blurgg and the scene where the Mando scouts out the encampment where the mark is being held screams Spaghetti Western!  

Faverau and Filoni show they're respect for the source material by sprinkling in bits of fan service such as the Mando's rifle, Mythrol's mention of Life Day and Kuiil's mention of the Mythasaur. 

We also get hints of the state of the people of Mandalore thru a few lines by the Client and the scene where the MAndo brings the Beskar Steel to the Mandalorian Armory. This reiterates to me that Both Favreau and Filoni understand Star Wars but have a clear idea of how their story will fit into the Makers Universe and expand upon it, much like how Rogue One did.

The scene in the second half of the episode introduces IG-11 and serves to not only drive home the lawless state the galaxy is in but to also show these hacks Rian Johnson and JJ Abrams what Star Wars humor is and ISN'T. 

The shoot out at the encampment gives fans of IG droids and Mando's a glimpse of they're bad-ass-ness which is a treat but the episode also shows the Mando is not unstoppable...he has weaknesses and flaws. He is relate-able....a simple man trying to make his way in the universe.

In the interest of not spoiling the surprise at the end of the episode, the mark the Mando was hired to find is the cutest damn thing I've seen since baby Groot!

I cannot wait for the next episode on Friday! 

My hopes and fears for that Galaxy far far away on the eve of The Mandalorian

On the eve of the Mandalorian I find myself excited for the potential of this show but nervous for the future of the franchise after hearing the sobering rumors of how poorly the initial test screening for The Rise of Skywalker went.
I'm a fan and seeing how these ST movies have absolutely missed the mark and divided the fandom hurts a little, I introduced my son to Star Wars with the OT and then the PT and we watched some of TCW and all of SWR together. He's about to turn 10 and his interest in the once legendary franchise is waning! Part due to me, he hears me complaining about TLJ and the utterly deplorable manner the legacy characters have been treated in the ST and how 1 dimensional the new characters are. Ever since the announcement of these movies and the choice of 3 different directors I had a lingering question in the back of my mind; why?
So with 40 days till TRoS I hope this movie will succeed and help reunite the fan base to ensure future generations can enjoy adventures in that galaxy far far away. But truth be told I never had faith in JJ Abrams or Ryan Johnson or the plan to let each director "do their own thing".
So getting back to Hope, I have a good feeling about The Mandalorian, they certainly have the right people working on it, Dave Filoni the heir apparent to the Maker, Jon Favreau, Taika Waititi, Deborah Chow and an impressive cast with talent like Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers, Werner Herzog, Giancarlo Esposito.
I hope this show explores the Mandalorian Culture and what happened to them during the years of Imperial Control. I pray this show connects to the events of Star Wars Rebels and we are re introduced to Bo Katan (voiced by Katie Sackhoff) and the Dark Sabre! I wouldn't mind mentions of Tarre Vizsla, Dutchess Satine, and House Wren as well.....

This series has the potential to unite the fandom by connecting the OT and the ST thru a few threads and be it's own story at the same time just like Star Wars Rebels did!

Death Stranding Launch Trailer

I really hope this game is successful, I'm still interested in the game, I will certainly check it out around launch, but I'm afraid many people will pass on this because it's not clear what the story is about. I watched the game play trailer and the first thing that came to mind was "This game looks incredibly detail oriented" and some of the gameplay LOOKED similar the MGSV.
The graphics look outstanding, but this is a Hideo Kojima game, so that should come as no surprise!
I'm not sure I've seen any game that has had this many A-list actors in it, and I know I've never seen a game that has so accurately represented them digitally! 

Hope vs Nope The Mandalorian Trailer #2 vs TRoS Final Trailer

Hello there....
If you haven't guessed by my name, I'm a fan of Star Wars....more specifically the OT and the PT.
Now you're probably saying to yourself, "He's not a fan, he didn't post about the Final Trailer for The Rise of Skywalker".
Seeing Finn and a couple resistance fighters riding space horses on the exterior of a Star Destroyer that is departing from a space iceberg is all I needed to see to make up my mind about whether or not I was going to pay $$$ to see episode IX in theaters.
Last I checked Space Icebergs don't have an atmosphere!

That's not a reflection on still water!








Then last night Lucasfilm drops a second trailer for the Mandalorian....
Werner Herzog" The Fans....they're out there, waiting for you"
The Mandalorian "Yeah.....good"

Save us Filoni and Favareu.........you're our only hope!

Free Swim's Cinematic Super Hero Showdown! 2019 Edition

Here's the 2019 Edition of Free Swim's Cinematic Super Hero Show down. 

I started this back in 2008 with the Top 20 Super Hero Movies ,and again in 2012 with  Free Swim's Cinematic Super Hero Showdown 2012 Edition and then 2 years later with Free Swims Cinematic Super Hero Showdown 2014 Edition and then again in 2016 with Free Swim's Cinematic Super Hero Showdown 2016 Edition This years I've added a good amount of new super hero movies old and new.

The Super Hero movie genre is going strong and over the past few decades we've been graced with some truly memorable films and some sh*t fests we'd like to forget. I vaguely remember seeing Superman 1 in the theaters as a child and being completely blown away when Christopher Reeve flew over the Manhattan skyline, the advancement of CGI has taken the fantastic feats of Super Hero's  from the  comics and brought them to the silver screen, but the greatest special effects can't help a weak story or poor acting which is clearly evident in the last few movies on the list. Over the years, this list has revealed that almost every hero has one singular weakness....Second Sequelitis! The third movie in a Hero's franchise is usually the one that defeats them! The only Hero to break the mold so far is Captain America! 

Super Hero Movies I still need to watch to add to the CSHS are The Punisher 04 & 08, Ghost Rider/ Ghost Rider SoV.
Super Hero Movies I need to re-watch before adding: The Punisher 89.

Check out my list, do you agree/ disagree with the order? Do you feel Superman IV isn't the worst offender on the list? Share your thoughts Leave a comment....  

71. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

This movie just goes to show how far a great franchise can fall when greed overcomes! Such a sad fall from grace...

70. Green Lantern

First off, let me say I think Ryan Reynolds is a good actor, and this was not the Super Hero movie for him. If the Deadpool movie ever gets out of development hell he has to get the part!

Now onto Green Lantern....I will say the female co star was smoking hot, and the special effects for parallax was decent in some parts....

That's pretty much it :/

the aliens from the Green Lantern Corps seemed like rejects from the Star Wars prequels.

It took me two tries to make it thru this movie....that's all I have to say. If you have to see it don't spend real money to do so coughinterwebzcoughcough

69. Ang Lee's Hulk

Eric Bana you choose unwisely....

I still can't get over those scenes where the hulk bounced across miles of desert to get somewhere, uggh, green poop!

After seeing the trailer for Ed Nortons The Incredible Hulk I think this franchise may be salvageable. I hope there's no super bouncing Hulk!

68. Spawn

I spent money to see this in the theaters back in 1997!? How much did a ticket cost back then? I want it back! Spawn's budget a whopping 40 Mil, I'd say 39.5 mil of it was used on the Spawn CGI and .5 on a story. The fact it made 87 million world wide is a super human accomplishment in and of itself.

I'm sorry, Martin Sheen is a good actor but he must regret doing this movie, same with John Leguizamo.

The sets felt like left overs from the original Crow movie and the battle between Spawn and Leguizamo's Violator in Hell was cringe worthy, they literally used Ctrl C Ctrl V to create the army and they used the same scene twice in less than 5 minutes.

I don't think this was the vision Todd McFarlane hoped for for his Comic Book Character that actually is really well drawn and has a very interesting story.

67. Meteor Man

I'm glad that Rodey Rhodes (Goldilocks) got his act together....the military really is beneficial for some people!

This came out in 1993, the MCU wasn't even a thing, I was in college and in all honesty I have zero recollection of this movie, but it was free on demand so I watched it with my son last night, Meteor Man is more of a period piece than a Super Hero flick. The message the movie tells is a positive one and Robert Townsend's character Jefferson Reed is a believable reluctant Super Hero, a man who truly cares about the people and the neighborhood he lives in. He receives super powers after getting chased down an alley and struck down by a meteor (kryptonite), but his ultimate power is martyrdom.  This movie reiterates the saying "All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."

Meteor Man does boast an impressive cast! Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby, Don Cheadle; Tommy Lister (The president of Earth), Samuel L. Jackson, and Chris Tucker (RUBY ROD!)
The reason I put Meteor man above Spawn, Hulk and Green Latern is because it doesn't take itself too serious but still conveys it's message without becoming a total comedy. 

66. Superman III

The poster really says it all...doesn't it? The scene in the diner with evil superman was great though...it really tackled the theme of every super hero's battle with their "dark side", this one did it just a little worse than Spiderman III.

65. Dare Devil

Ben Afleck...is there nothing he can't do?! Apparently Super Hero movies...

After watching this snooze fest I wished I was blind too!

Colin Farrel as Bullseye, Michael Clark Dunkan as Kingpin and Jennifer Garner as Elektra, the big names are there what happened? Not much, this movie was highly forgettable and boringly predictable.
Dare Devil never felt much like a Super Hero movie, just a bunch of actors playing super hero...meh.

64. Suicide Squad

The best part of this movie was the trailer.
Save yourself the time and money and find the Assault on Arkham animated feature instead.

63. Darkman

OK so I did see this movie in the theaters way back in 1990 I had to hit the wiki to refresh my memory. 

Before Ras Al Ghul Liam Neeson was DARKMAN...dun dun duuuhhh...

Unlike most of the super hero's in this list the movie preceded the comics. The origin of Darkman is more akin to comics like The Crow or good ol officer Murphy of the Chicago PD...

Darkman is a little too similar to Batman both wear masks, both are vigilantes, both are waaay too serious. Batman has awesome crime fighting tools (anti shark bat spray) and vehicles, Darkman has a Fedora!

I think Darkman could've benefitted if it had a better villain, instead we got Durant :/ 

62. Batman

"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."

Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed!

This is a great intro to the Dark Knight for kids! I bought this movie for my son when he was 4 and a half and he LOVED it! 

Bat-Shark repellent spray, 

The Human Dehydrator, 

The US military selling a pre nuclear submarine to a P. N. Gwynn with only a PO box address!  

Campy, silly fun, perfect for kids!

KAPOWWW

61. Blade Trinity

I recently watched Blade Trinity on demand and wow....after Blade II this was a HUGE let down!
Kris Kristofferson saw the direction this series was headed and punched his ticket. Don't get me wrong the cast was all great but putting three great ingredients together doesn't always make a great product.
Look Ryan Reynolds was not meant to a part of the GLC, and his personality didn't mesh well in this universe....but fear not there is a Super Hero for Ryan Reynolds....DEAD POOL!
Now to Jessica Biel, I don't care if some of her fight scenes looked poorly choreographed....it's London! Truth be told she's the only reason I made it thru this movie...dear God she's hotter than the sun....that's how she killed all those bloodsuckers!
And finally there's Wesley Snipes being his bad ass day walker self...."some mutha fuckas are always tryin' to ice skate up hill."

60. Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy vs The Elves of Lothlorien....this was so awful, I left wondering if I had watched an early screening version. Avoid this movie at all costs! waste of time!

59. Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice

I did not enjoy this at all!
Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor was terrible.
Gal Gaddot felt shoe horned in.
Ben Aflek was better than he was as DareDevil but that's not saying much at all. And I still saw Ben Afleck not Bruce Wayne when he wasn't in the suit.

Doomsday was a visual embarrassment for the DCEU.

58. X Men III

Here's the case of Good-Better-Ooops.

I mean c'mon Bryan Singer hands the blue prints to Brett Ratner, the formula for success is right there and yet....

The movie wasn't a complete failure, I thought the Dark Pheonix was badass, Famke Jansen can be beautiful and horribly scary at the same time! Ian McKellan did a great job with Magnetto throughout the series, and Hugh Jackman IS Wolverine, but poor James Marsden, Cyclops ends up so pussywipped he dies at a lake and hardly gets mentioned there after!

And if your gonna kill off a central character like Charles "wheels" Xavier, have the balls to stick with your decision.

57. Captain Marvel

I'm 45 years old and Caucasian, was I allowed to see this movie?
I was excited to see this when it was first revealed, I really was, then around the middle of 2018 something strange happened, I (40 something white dude) was labeled as the cause of all that's wrong with the Earth by Gillette and then Brie Larson (Captain Woman) started on her crusade to champion wamen of color and denounce white dudes. As the release crept closer and closer the drama came to a boil with Rotten Tomatoes conspiracy theories and padded BO #'s. I lost ALL interest in seeing this movie, I finally got around to watching it after Avengers end game and I watched it with as much of an open mind as I could and my biggest problem was Nick Fury just doesn't feel right. I get it that he's young and new to SHIELD but neither of them seemed to give half an F in this movie. This movie could've been so much better if it played like an X files episode!  

56. Supergirl

Wanna see a Thespian's career go down the shitter? Peter O'Toole was HORRIBLY mis-cast! Was he cast because they had Marlon Brando cast as Jor El in Superman and thought O'Toole would bring some level of artistry to Supergirl?
I actually paid money to see this in the theaters back in 1984. Funny I don't have negative memories of this movie but after seeing it again the other night this movie is NOT very good! Kara almost kills the entire population of Argo city....a teeny tiny little city in "inner space" actually a pond in NYC, when she creates a dragon fly with the Omegahedron (sounds very powerful) and it fly's thru the cities protective shielding (saran wrap).

55. Spiderman III

This movie made $336,530,303 at the box office last year! Don't believe me? http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2007&p=.htm
It was #1, how could it be all the way down here at #29!?
I'm willing to bet anyone reading this dropped $9.75 to see this OVERHYPED mess last summer. Another classic example of a great franchise hitting sequelitis, not only that but the total misleading ad campaign, everyone and they're aunt thought Venom was gonna be the marquee villain! No, we got Sandman, and he wasn't very evil,he was a regretful thug trying to do the right thing for his kid but seemed to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Venom should've either been left for Spidey IV or made the main and ONLY villain. This movie failed to even come close to living up to the hype, too much was attempted too little was achieved.

54. Superman Returns

Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's a deadbeat dad from Krypton! That was one hell of a kiss Kal El! Great, Bryan Singer is going to give us a fresh new vision for the Man of Steel for the twenty first century....maybe not. This Superman stands for truth, justice and avoiding alimony checks! WHAT!? Kevin Spacey as Lex Luther cool! Do we really need to know how he got all his wealth, do we really need Lex Luther AGAIN? Isn't there anybody else Superman could've fought? At least we find out why Cyclops didn't get a proper funeral at Xaviers crib now!

So I spent $9.75 for a polished retcon, thanks alot!

53. Judge Dredd

I saw this one with my friend CJ, Judge Dredd isn't one of the mainstream super heroes, much like Dare Devil and Hellboy, so this movie attracted two types, the fans of the comic and those who were fans of 80's action star Sly Stallone. When this came out movie producers were still looking for larger than life actors to fill the boots of super hero's like Stallone, Ahnold and Dolf Lungren. I think this movie would've been better with a lesser known actor playing Dredd. Interesting character, poor translation to film.

52. Superman II

Hey where's Richard Donner? Who's this Richard Lester guy?

What was intended to be a continuation from the first film ended up as the first sequel in an abysmal downward spiral of Kryptonian fecal matter. If you want to see Supes II as it SHOULD'VE BEEN do yourself a favor and pick up the Richard Donner cut.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_II:_The_Richard_Donner

51. The Wolverine

I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so....

Maybe I'm just burnt out on Wolverine but this movie just had me rolling my eyes and face palming throughout...the bullet train scene stands out and the Silver Samurai fight at the end...meh.
This one's gonna fade into obscurity...











50. X Men Origins: Wolverine

Dysfunctional family, sibling rivalry, obesity, gambling, father/son issues, Will I Am getting a spinal tap, crappy CG adamantium claws, naked Hugh Jackman running around, killing defenseless old people, totally botched continuity....all forgiveable....


 Absolute failure realizing the Dead Pool character......JIHAD!!!!

49. Thor: The Dark World

Thor the Dark World picks up immediately after the Avengers with Loki in shackles back in Asgard.

Best thing about TDW, Tom Hiddleston, worst thing Natalie Portman....her performance was so dialed in.

I loved the scene with Jane and Thor at the lake on Naboo Asgard where Thor tries to explain the convergence, Holy fuckin' De Ja Vu! Hiddleston does such a great job as Loki, Malekith doesn't get nearly enough time to be developed! He's just a token bad guy. The other aspect of TDW that was mentioned but never explored was the rivalry between Lady Sif and Jane Foster, that could've been fun to see....

The post credits scene was a great tie in but did I miss how the ether solidified into an infinity stone?

48. Amazing Spiderman

Although this reboot of the franchise was "better" than Spiderman III, I still didn't find it that good.

The casting was meh, I didn't enjoy Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker and his Spiderman came across as some punk kid with a chip on his shoulder and a problem with authority that got some "sick" abilities and a costume.

Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben didn't work for me either....I just saw Martin Sheen. 

And Dennis Leary was Dennis Leary being a cop instead of a Firefighter.

Emma Stone is a fantastic actress and even her Gwen Stacey seemed hollow.

47. Venom

Honestly They should've made this movie with plans for an R rating! When I saw the leaked teaser years ago I thought this was gonna be ALOT gorier and darker that what we got. Maybe we'll get and R rated version for home release....there almost certainly is a ton of cutting room floor footage! I'm not gonna beat around the bush this movie is gutter trash except for every scene with Tom Hardy and Venom!  I'm glad it's doing well in the BO 463 Mil as of 10/24/18 because I genuinely like the character and like I said the best parts of the movie are Tom Hardy and Venom....there were a few scenes that had me LOL like the elevator scene when Venom tells Brock to jump out the window.

46. Antman

I finally got around to watching Antman....it was more entertaining than I expected. Michael Douglas was great as always and Paul Rudd did a good job. The movie had heart and as an introduction to the MCU it did a decent job, I appreciate that they didn't make Antman's entrance to the MCU a grandiose one. 
The final battle was hilarious. If you never see Antman you won't be lost with the MCU but it's a good simplistic superhero flick that doesn't take itself too seriously.

45. Thor

When ever a movie says "from the studio/ producers/ directors that brought you (......)" that's never a good sign. 
But this movie wasn't that bad....
Thor felt more like a good fantasy movie than a Marvel super hero movie to me, and unlike Iron Man it didn't feel like an origins movie either. I enjoyed Thor and can confirm he is no homo in this movie, but I wouldn't spend the money to buy it when it releases on Blu Ray & DVD.  My review here: Thor Review 

44. Hellboy

Guillermo del Toro brings a lesser known comic book hero to the silver screen. Ron Pearlman was great as Hellboy, Abe Sapien was cool to see on the big screen, the makeup Pearlman sports in the movie was very impressive. Nazi's, a baby from hell, Rasputin and hell hounds, unlike Judge Dredd, Daredevil and the Punisher this movie was a great representation of the comic book character, I'm looking forward to the sequel, The Golden Army!

43. Spiderman

It certainly took the friendly neighborhood Spiderman a long enough time to hit the silver screen, but due to Spidey's acrobatic crime fighting style it was probably impossible to do without the power of CG. I enjoyed the origins story it was funny seeing him discover his new powers, Rosemary Harris as Aunt May was great, I really think she was terrific. And she Shined even brighter in Spidey II. Tobey Maguire was ok as Peter Parker and Kirsten Dunst did a commendable job as Mary Jane.

The weak link in this movie was Willem DaFoe, I loved him in Platoon, but his performance in Spiderman went from creepy to downright clownish as the Green Goblin. That helmet was awful!

It's understandable why Spiderman did so well.....everyone knows Spiderman!

Fun but not amazing....

42. Ant Man and the Wasp

So now we know why Ant-Man didn't show up in Infinity War, he was under house arrest after trashing that airport in Germany with Cap.
I really enjoyed this much like the first Ant-man movie, it is just simple fun. Not many know this but the title for the movie was originally gonna be Scott Lang's Day off. Favorite parts were the car chase scenes the weakest scenes were anything with the Ghost.... yeah Hanna John-Kamen is amazingly attractive but her character was ridiculous so the ghost suffers from Molecular instability which has her phase in and out of this reality and can allow her to pass thru solid objects but yet she never falls thru the ground?? Yeah I get it that the suit helps her control it but what happened when she was a child? what's to keep her from phasing out and sinking into the ground then phasing in while she's miles beneath the earth??? I thought Michael Pena was funnier this time around. This is a safe intro into the MCU for the little ones.

41. Batman Returns

Look at the expression on Keatons face in this poster.... 
I had the same one after leaving the theater... 
Burton kinda screwed himself by having Nicholson's Joker in the first film whether he intended on a sequel or not. If this was the first and  Batman returns had Nicholson's joker it would've worked out better IMO. As good as DeVito was as the Penguin it can't compare to Nicholson as the Joker...he's trumped both ways.

40. Dredd

This was a HUGE improvement over Stallone's Dredd movie! Simple story with intense action. The scene with Ma Ma high on Slo-mo in the tub was cool! 

I did how ever see The Raid: Redemption shortly afterwards and the two movies are almost identical! Someone ripped off someone else's story.....

39. Dead Pool 2

For me DP2 was a a bunch of funny moments poorly edited together. I found the kid "firefist" extremely irritating, I couldn't care less about him so I had a difficult time caring for Cable's plot.
I wanted to punch Dopinder....he was so annoying.
The X Force parachute scene was hilarious, and I loved the Colossus Vs Juggernaut fight.
I didn't enjoy all the self pitying from DP in this movie and some of the jokes dragged on for too long in my opinion. 

The mid and post credits scenes were absolutely genius! Best use of time travel ever!!!






38. The Crow

I remember seeing this back when I was in college and thinking, "Why couldn't the batman movies be this awesome?"

Brandon Lee....son of Bruce Lee as a reincarnated vigilante angel! C'mon the movie is awesome some start to finish, amazing atmosphere, all Goth, with the title song from The Cure....which I was also a big fan of! 

A very cool movie about death and rebirth and then there's that whole Brandon Lee dying during filming a scene that's some crazy shit!

I remember my friends and I going frame by frame to find the moment he was shot...

FIRE IT UP!!!

37. Blade

When was the last vampire movie that made bloodsuckers so cool!? Blade was fresh and the hero was badass, Wesley Snipes was perfectly cast for the role, and Stephen Dorff as Deacon frost was a great choice also, the two played off each other too well. The overall story may have been a little hokey but it was fascinating to watch and goth kids everywhere rejoiced as this Superhero flick made vampires the in crowd.

The only low point in the movie for me was the end of the fight between Blade and Deacon Frost....the CGI effects where poor, the thing looked like a bubbling blood clot. Otherwise Blade was well worth the admission price.

36. X Men: Days of Future Past

Holy retcon Batman! Time travel can undo all the wrongs with X3 AND help realign this franchise. I'm getting burnt out on Wolverine. Michael Fassbender is great as Magneto...he breathes new life into the character. And speaking of new life....Quicksilver! I'm looking forward to seeing how Magneto's son crosses over to the Avengers franchise.

35. Man of Steel

Is this franchise worth this many attempts to regain it's cinematic glory that was the original Christopher Reeves Superman? I don't know, what I do know is this was a much better movie than Supes Returns! Henry Cavil was well cast. I couldn't care less that Kal El snapped Zod's neck...I'm not a purist. The things that irked me were when Zod makes first contact Clark is in the kitchen drinking a beer while a football game is playing on TV behind him, it's also dark outside so lets figure it's between 8 and 9PM in Smallville Kansas (Central Time Zone), which means it's between 9 and 10 PM in Metropolis (NYC), ok first why is the daily planet office packed like it's the middle of the day? And on top of that how is it also dark Japan, China, Tibet or where ever it is when Zod makes first contact.

The only other issue I have with Man of Steel is after the destruction of Zod's ship, Metropolis looks like Europe after WWII....it's totally FUBAR! Then Supes and Zod go mano a mano and destroy even more of Metropolis! Than minutes after Supes snaps Zods neck we see Clark walking into the Daily Planet and being introduced to Lois Lane! 

34. X Men Apocalypse

I enjoyed this for what it was, an action movie loosely based on the comic. I liked the beginning in ancient Egypt and how they inter-weave the story of Apocalypse into history and perpetuate the ancient alien theories.
Not bad....not great.   

33. Dead Pool

This was a love letter from Marvel and Ryan Reynolds to fans of Dead Pool. I enjoyed the movie, it absolutely nailed the character of Dead Pool, the soundtrack was perfectly fitting and honestly Ryan Reynolds was not only the perfect casting but he kinda earned it after being that fake ass "deadpool" in the X-men origins Wolverine movie... 

I couldn't keep track of the in-genre jokes but there was a shit ton of them! My favs were his jabs at his Green Lantern movie.

So Ryan you're 1 for 2 in the Super Hero genre (not your fault I know) lets kick some more ass in Dead Pool 2! Maybe Patrick "wheels" Stewart will make it for DP's second outing.

32. Iron Man 2

Everyone said Iron man 2, hell yeah! This movie is gonna be twice as good as the first!
Well it was bigger and had more action and Olivia Munn and epic indy car crashes but it really didn't seem better than the original in the end. It was fun but I wasn't feeling the Tony Stark charisma in IM2 like in The Avengers. And the final battle against Whiplash was very underwhelming.
A good sequel, larger scale, fun.....nothing epic like Alien to Aliens but a solid summer block buster experience. 






31. Iron Man 3

This one was tough to place! Should I compare it to the Avengers movie or Ironman 2???

There was no chance IM3 was gonna be able to compete against The Avengers so I am comparing it to IM2. IM3 has some really awesome sequences but it also has some not so awesome moments ...

1) 10 y/o Harley Keener helps a billionaire genius track down the Mandarin

2) Ben Kingsley not really The Mandarin

3) Guy Pearce really the Mandarin....breathing fire

4) Super Pepper Potts saves Tony Stark

Lets see where the M.C.U. takes Cap and Thor after the events of The Avengers!

30. X Men First Class

Michael Ironside commanding a battleship!!
Best Movie Evah















29. The Incredible Hulk

Can gamma radiation erase my memory of Ang Lee's Hulk movie?

This IS the Hulk I know! The Bruce Banner that's on the run from the U.S military, that is constantly moving around to avoid being caught.  The one I watched as a kid.

Ed Norton reminded me of the actor from the TV series, Bill Bixby.

I liked Tim Roth's character, Gen Blonsky who devolves into The Abomination. 

The fight between The Incredible Hulk and The Abomination was  awesome. 

HULK SMASH indeed!

28. Doctor Strange

Marvel Studio's definitely knows how to cast the best actors for their roles in the MCU. Benedict Cumberbatch is a much better Steven Strange than Kahn. Infact the entire cast was quite impressive! Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One, Mads Mikkelsen as Kaecilius and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mordo!
This was a lighthearted fun trippy origins movie, my son who's turning 7 loves the MCU but had a hard time with this one....mostly due to the spiritual/ astral plane aspects. But there was some very cool action sequences my favorite one's were between Tilda Swinton and Mads Mikkelsen.
Visually, Doctor Strange takes the effects of Inception and cranks them to 11. Doctor Strange also reminded me of the first Matrix with Mr. Dr. Strange's journey of discovery.

27. The Lego Batman Movie

Absolute hilarity from start to finish I enjoyed it as much as my son, and the soundtrack....pure gold! 

TLBM really expanded my knowledge of the Dark Knight and his Universe...Lobster Thermador....who knew!

And thanks to the movie I now know the secret password to the bat cave computer!

26. Blade II

Guillermo Del Toro (Hell Boy) took the best parts of the first and added more blood, more gore, and more horror but was able to retain the cooler aspects of the Vampire lifestyle in the 21st century. Is the enemy of my enemy my friend or enemy...Blade teams up with the Bloodpack, a formidable squad trained to hunt down Blade but find themselves allied against a new strain of vampire.

As cool as Deacon Frost was he seemed like a vampire technophile compared to Nomak, son of Vamp lord Damaskinos. Namak may come from vamp royalty but he ain't no pushover. The fight scenes were crazy eye candy!

Guillermo Del Toro made the second instalment of the series the "Empire Strikes Back" of the Blade trilogy!



25. Captain America: The First Avenger

I was really surprised by Captain America, the first trailer didn't really sell this movie too well, the fan made one was pure gold though. 
Captain America was a very entertaining movie with a superb cast and awesome action and Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull! Mr Rodgers.......
Chris Evans is perfect as Steve Rogers / Captain America.
Check out my Captain America Review .

24. X-Men

It's tough enough to do an origins story for one Superhero, Bryan Singer attempts to introduce 6 hero's and 4 villans...not an easy task, just ask Sam Ramiri about Spiderman3! X Men accomplishes this task pretty well, for Joe-movie-goer who never read one X Men comic they were able to differentiate all the different characters,their abilities, who's good, and bad. Wolverine and Rogue are really the only two character's who's origin is touched upon and Wolverine's continues through to the second movie.

Ian McKellan as Magnetto took some getting used to, Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier was a perfect casting in my opinion.

Lite on action, and a rather silly story X Men accomplishes the difficult task of introducing so many different super hero's.

Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) steals most scenes and is the marquee character, which isn't a bad thing.

23. The Dark Knight Rises

The third and final chapter in Christopher Nolans Dark Knight trilogy was good, the movie mirrored  the occupy wall street protests going in NYC. Bane represented the 99% (the lowest common denominator)  ....the people's champion during batman's absence. 

Watching TDKR was similar to having the last 50 pieces in a 1000 piece puzzle, you can see what the picture is gonna be but some parts haven't been figured out yet.

I'm glad Nolan choose Bane as one of Batman's final villains, he's well enough known without being mainstream and gave Nolan room to mold him to fit in this trilogies realm. Tom Hardy as Bane, Cillan Murphy as Dr. Johnathan Crane, Joseph Gordon Levitt as Detective John Blake...all members of team Nolan did fantastic jobs with their roles.  The highlight for me was Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate....her little secret was fantastic! Ya gotta always watch out for that slow blade!

A respectable conclusion to a fantastic trilogy for a comic book super hero!

22. Wonder Woman

I finally got around to seeing this and I was pleasantly surprised, I appreciate how they introduced Diana and the Amazons but then once Diana arrives in Europe she isn't slicing and dicing her way through all her obstacles in front of her. She discovers things aren't black and white and realizes her true strength isn't from anger....the dark side versus the light side so to speak.

Gal Gadot and Chris Pine seemed to have good on screen chemistry which could've been this film's Achilles heel if they didn't. Interestingly I didn't have an issue with the use of slo mo in this movie....it was used well to capitalize on the action scenes, at times it felt like a God of War QTE but, like I said, I wasn't distracting.  

21. Avengers: Age of Ultron

The hype for Avengers Age of Ultron was at biblical levels and honestly there wasn't much of a chance of it meeting our lofty expectations, the movie was fun and had some spectacular action scenes, and seeing the World's Mightiest Super Hero's team up is awesome but....ultimately I feel AoU sacrificed the enjoyment of this individual film for the overall MCU experience.

Joss Whedon had alot of puzzle pieces that needed to connected in AoU in order to lay the groundwork for phase 3 and he did so masterfully but that's my overall issue with the movie....it felt like multiple movies pieced together to form a super hero mosaic.

20. Batman

Tim Burton takes the Dark Knight and puts his trademark atmosphere into Gotham City, Jack Nicholson creates a Joker that all others are compared to, I can't wait to see where Heath Ledger takes the Joker in the upcoming TDK! Michael Keaton does a good job as Bruce Wayne/Batman, but any scene Nicholson was in he stole the spotlight.

Burton's vision of Gotham was great but his Batman was not as dark as his comic version. Batman unlike most superhero's is more of an anti hero as he is more akin to a mercenary.

19. Spiderman: Far from Home

I really like Tom Hollands Peter Parker/ Spiderman! Not a spoiler, J Jonah Jameson broke that scoop!
Honestly bringing Mysterio to the big screen could've/ would've failed in other studio's hands but they chose the perfect actor, Jake Gyllenhaal, to bring Quentin Beck into the MCU! Decent conclusion to Phase 3, 

18. Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse

This movie is stunning AND it's story, not entirely new, was full of heart! When I say it's not entirely new I mean I've seen a similar story line in the third season of the animated series Ultimate Spiderman Web Warriors. 

If you miss this in the theaters I can not recommend enough getting this on Blu Ray! 

One of the strength's of this movie is the power of relationships, which is demonstrated with every character. For example Kingpin has a very understandable motive for what he's doing, Miles Morales and his relationship with his uncle Arron and his parents, Peter B. Parker's relationship with Mary Jane, Gwen Stacey's relationship with Peter Parker, and all the other Spidey's relationship with Miles Morales. 

17. Big Hero 6

I can't believe I forgot this gem in all my previous Cinematic Superhero Showdown's! Although this is a Disney Pixar film BH6 is actually a Marvel Comic, I took my son to see this and I was floored at how much we enjoyed it.

The animation is is gorgeous, the voice actors do an incredible job and truly evoke the wide range of emotions in this movie.

This movie has lots of heart! 

Yokai might be a little scary for the lil ones but other than that this is the perfect introduction to superhero's to your children....and Stan Lee does make his obligatory appearance! 

I want a sequel! I want to See Tadashi return as 

  

16. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

The sequel to the undisputedly awesome 2014 GotG is Frank Miller's recurring nightmare...but I loved it. In Vol 2 The team gets split up, Peter, Gamora and Drax crash the Milano. Peter learns who his father is and fights him after his father offers to rule the universe with him. Meanwhile Rocket and Yondu team up with Nebula but are betrayed and handed over to the bad guys..............................................................................wait a minute what movie am I writing about?

Long story short this was a terrific sequel that only suffered because of people's unrealistic expectations. 

The whole Tazer Face scene had me laughing so hard I snorted like a pig! 

15. Thor Ragnarok

What a comeback! I mean the first Thor movie was OK, I didn't really care for The Dark World but Ragnarok took all the good elements of the Thor movies and sprinkled in a more lighthearted tone more akin to Guardians of the Galaxy and HUZZAH! the best Thor movie to date! Cate Blanchett hit a grand slam in my opinion as Hella! Perfect Casting! And I also thought Tessa Thompson was another great casting choice.  

I saw this with my son and he loved it...(he's almost 8 and thankfully was laughing so loud he didn't hear the orgy comment when they were headed towards the devils anus) and yes that's really in the movie!

Karl Urban as Skurge was good and Korg's voice was hilariously off. 

I really enjoyed Ragnarok, the retro sound soundtrack, and visual style, it matched the fresh more fun approach of the movie and never felt over done or forced. Thor Ragnarok was  definitely worth the price of a ticket!   

14. Joker

There was a time when I respected the opinions of "professional" movie reviewers...

If your expecting to see the Joker creating mayhem in Gotham City, you're gonna be very disappointed!
When DC movies do it right you get a brilliant film that exemplifies Art imitating Life. This is the case of Arthur Fleck in this film! The scariest thing in this movie is the fact that there could be an Arthur Fleck out there in real life! The socio/economic/polical atmosphere these days could make what I saw become reality...like I said when DC puts one of their properties in a believable 

13. The Dark Knight

Why so Serious?

Before TDK came out I thought Nicholson's Joker would be the one all other's would be compared to, I was wrong Heath Ledger's (RIP) Joker is the most powerful and disturbing villain in any super hero movie I've ever seen, money, power, infamy, Ledgers Joker doesn't care about any of that he is the epitome of chaos. Aaron Eckhart does a great job as Harvey Dent/Two Face

12. Iron Man

After seeing this movie I decided to do this list, Iron Man was a fun ride! Simply put Robert Downey Jr. was a great casting choice for Tony Stark, as far as an origins movie I think it was slightly better than Spider Man 1, Jeff Bridges was a better villain than Willem Dafoe, and Iron Monger was so much better than the Green Goblin ugghh that mask was soooo stoopid! Gwyenth Paltrow's Pepper Potts was as good as Kirsten Dunst's Mary Jane, but I like Pepper Potts character a bit more. Iron Man was definitely worth the $10 a ticket...dam movie tickets are getting so dam expensive, and the theaters for the most part aren't reflecting the high prices in their quality....but that's another discussion.

11. X Men 2

Lets get the proverbial ball rolling! With the origins stuff out of the way more or less lets take these mutants to the next level. I wasn't to crazy about Ian McKellan's Magnetto in the first movie but he grew on me in each consecutive sequel. X2 started out with an attack on the president and set the stage for what was hinted at in the first movie. Humanity's fear of the unknown and the atrocities we do to each other because of our fears.

X2 unites the 2 mutant sides against the humans, this angle was also done in Blade 2...it worked well in both movies.

X2 also introduces Nightcrawler and Lady Death Strike to the cast of mutants, both visually impressive in their own way, Nightcrawlers makeup is very impressive, LDS beautiful yet deadly and the fight between her and wolverine was great! X2 adds more action without sacraficing the over arching story. A definite improvement over the first X Men film.

10. Spiderman Homecoming

Spidey really needed this movie to be good, after the roller coaster ride we've had with the last 3 and fortunately Homecoming was great, highly entertaining and I really bought Tom Holland as Peter Parker, and Michael Keaton as the birdman Vulture was the best realized villian Spidey has faced in his cinematic career in my opinion....yes I think Keatons Vulture is better than Molina's Doc Oc. 

The movie did an incredible job fitting into the MCU and at the same time adding new layers to the Avengers/ MCU. 

And kudos to Marvel and Sony for pulling off a plot twist that M. Night Shaymalan would be impressed by!

9. Spiderman II

What was that line from Scream 2? Oh yeah, "sequels suck", this doesn't seem to be the case for some of our super hero's...at least for the second sequel.

Like Blade and X2, Spidey hit the floor running in his sequel, unlike those two, Spiderman had to fight the good fight alone, but when Peter Parker resolved his persona issues he found himself facing the visually impressive Doctor Octopus. Played by Alfred Molina, he really did an amazing job with the villain. This movie had people cheering when Spiderman fought Doc Oc.

Spiderman 2 really captured the essence of the comic book character, every single character in the movie seemed like they were torn straight from the comic book! Great Super Hero, terrible delivery boy lol.

8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

I'm sorry but does Gary Shandling look like a toad or is it me?
Amazing follow up to Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers! Far better than Iron man's post Avengers movie. The film stands on it's own and works well in the M.C.U. so joe movie goer can enjoy it and those that have been keeping up with the MCU can enjoy it for what it is and how it fits into the larger picture. Chris Evans was the ideal choice for Steve Rodgers. I enjoyed the story and how HYDRA survived in the shadows and continued to manipulate society from post WWII all the way to the present and actually infiltrated/amalgamated into SHIELD. This actually got me hyped to see the Agent Carter series also. There's so much shit going on heading into Age of Ultron! Hydra has an Infinity Stone, will Bucky help the Avengers battle Ultron, will Thanos show up? Will Magneto show up to free his children (of the atom)Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver?


7. Guardians of the Galaxy

The number one reason I enjoyed GotG so much was IT'S A FUN MOVIE! It's an adventure in space, that isn't hindered by political intrigue, taxation of trade routes, scientists that act like they're sponsored by red bull when surveying a strange new world, messiah-like characters that save humanity from machines, yada yada yada.
Having prior knowledge of the comic's isn't really necessary to enjoy the movie and in fact may be a good thing if you're not in case  the MCU made some changes to GotG cannon. The soundtrack as I suspected absolutely fits the comedic atmosphere of the movie with some amazing songs from the 80's!

It's been a long time since I've enjoyed a movie so much that I'd be willing to pay to see it a second time, but I would for GotG.

6. Batman Begins

Best origins story for any super hero so far, tied with Spidey 2 for best authentic representation of the character from it's comic book source material.

Why is this so much better than say Superman returns? Chris Nolan had an ORIGINAL vison, and didn't just polish up Burton's Batman. He also gave us a really unique villian instead of re-using the Joker again we got one of the franchises original villians, Ras Al Ghul and Sarecrow! Christian Bale is so much better as Bruce Wayne/Batman than Michael Keaton, George Clooney or Val Kilmer.

If the Joel Shumacher series left a bad taste in your mouth, Batman begins will be like a shot of Listerine!

Although this is the best representation of the comic book character, Batman Begins doesn't seem like a comic book story at all, absolutely worth having in your personal collection!

5. Captain America Civil War

Allow me to congratulate Cap, he has done something no other Super hero has been able to accomplish, have 3 good films that have each been better than the previous! Think about it, Christopher Reeves Superman, Tobey Macguire's Spider-Man, The first 3 X-Men movies, Even Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy! None of them were able to do what Chris Evans Captain America has done.

I remember writing the review for Captain America: The First Avenger and saying how surprised I was at how much I enjoyed it, now 5 years later I'm writing to say, I expected a great Captain America movie and I got perhaps the greatest movie in the MCU to date...no pressure Star Lord.

4. The Avengers

The Avengers movie is best described as greater than the sum of it's parts, meaning as good as Iron Man 1 and 2, Captain America and Thor were The Avengers took all those awesome super heroes and amplified them to the power of greyskull the SUN!!
Super Fun Summer Super Hero Flick, Great Acting, Awesome Dialog, Special Special Effects.
   










3. Avengers Endgame

End Game and Infinity War are the films that define this generation much like Empire Strikes back and Return of the Jedi did in the 80's! Endgame is Fanservice in it's purest and most sincere form!
Check my full thoughts and feelings regarding Endgame. 












2. Avengers: Infinity War

10 years the MCU has been building up to this and for those of you who have invested in these films the payoff was so incredibly worthwhile! The biggest complaint about the MCU has been the villians, save Loki and a few others that have stood out among the crowd. There's a reason why Thanos has been in so many post credits scene's.....he is absolutely the BEST Villian the MCU has had so far (sorry Loki)!  








1. Superman

When you mention any other actor who's done a super hero movie none more than Christopher Reeve embody the Hero they played more in my opinion. Sure Superman is dated and the special effects pale in comparison to newer super hero movies like Guardians of the Galaxy, but none have the heart and soul that this film had! One of my favorite scenes in any movie is when Phyllis Thaxter as Martha Kent walks out to Clark Kent in the wheat field, that scene is beautifully understated and yet full of so much emotion!

Christopher Reeve's Superman represented all that was great about America and all humanity regardless of what was happening in real life. When I saw this as child I believed, just as the poster said...

The music by Johnathan Williams was just as powerful as Superman. Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor might not have been a very powerful villain but his diabolical plan was evil yet genius enough to qualify him for magna cum laude of evil villain school.

Superman remains a timeless American classic.