in recent years comic book movies have
been hitting it out of the park but
there are always a few exceptions and of
course a lot of stinkers that we would
much rather leave buried on the moon
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 biggest missteps in comic book movies
that we can agree on adapting a comic
book to the cinema world is a lot harder
than it looks and because a superhero
movie necessitates a big budget
there will be big box office
expectations as well this is what it
means to be a judge this is the
commitment I expect as a result pleasing
diehard fans as well as the general
public results in a really fine line
these movies need to walk here are some
of the recurring sins that comic book
movies need to avoid don’t have the face
I’m an octo you got a minute to live
fill up with words just a role the
meandering seas no real cover 10 overuse
of foreshadowing sequel baiting elects
you sit savage apparently serving a life
sentence is most eager to join us
kicking off our list is a technique that
can leave your audience hungry for more
foreshadowing if you already know your
movie is going to be part of a huge
story arc it’s ok to leave the audience
with a little taste of what’s to come
I’m here to talk to you about the
Avenger initiative for example the use
of post-credit scenes in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe were a good way to
let audiences know that the best was yet
to come in recent years however movies
have been going way too overboard with
the foreshadowing
more and more we’re seeing movies don’t
really about the movie were watching
right now but the one we are expected to
come back for next year sometimes that
movie never gets made making the whole
endeavor a big waste of time why would
we need a name because we’re a team now
and there’s four of us so we should come
up with a name for it like the Human
Torch and the torches number nine
shoehorning in characters for no reason
a supporting cast is necessary in any
movie but you need to be respectful to
all of the characters in your movie more
specifically if you’re gonna have a
comic book icon like Wednesday see in
your spider-man film she should be more
than just a throwaway love interest okay
thank you when your movie stars Superman
don’t have him play second fiddle to a
bubbling Richard Pryor I mean how was I
to know he was gonna start doing his
thing when you started doing your thing
more importantly if you really need to
include several important x-men EWTN’s
in a Wolverine centered movie some of
which are making their silver screen
debut have them contribute to the story
in some way otherwise it can ruin the
character and sours the audience to them
for the future do you Remmy LeBeau do I
owe you money no then reveal aboah
number eight too many subplots know I
have no intention of settling down this
man killed my uncle and he’s still out
there sometimes when one movie plot
doesn’t feel satisfying enough adding a
secondary plot or two can make things
interesting but that can also be pretty
risky if a movie needs to have subplots
be careful of how many they need to
squeeze in if the water spirits accept
me I can return to my dream and find
what I missed if you try to juggle a
blooming or dying romance alongside
battling the main villain while that
same villain has his or her own romantic
subplot the whole story is gonna get
lost in the translation Norman Osborn
has falsified evidence against me in
order to take control of my work while
individual character arcs are important
for character development too many
narratives make a movie that will just
collapse in on itself do you like a
drink I’m sorry what was I thinking bad
for the public image right mr. key to
the city
number seven too many jokes and
one-liners
shots are so good I’m not to show you
some time not a deal-breaker per se as
one of the fun perks of being a
comic-book hero is that you can add some
humor to your dialogue while taking out
the bad guys
spider-man is essentially known for this
and he excels at it just let me go
another knife don’t feel like yes it’s
real nice my weakness it’s small knives
just let me get everything but if your
hero is established as a serious and
professional or the situation is dire in
desperate a joke can spoil the whole
mood for a scene I would ask to break
anything clearly you’ve never made an
omelet he beat me by one second some
movies have even taken this much too far
and it’s clear that the filmmakers got
way too carried away with their own
sense of humor cool it with the jokes
boys
talk about you cold shoulder number six
trying to be too gritty Hey clobbering
time
what do you think I think you’re talking
like that pop you think you talk to me
like that fans continue to praise the
dark night birth darker tone beams and
atmosphere capturing the spirit of
Batman perfectly however nowadays more
and more movies are trying to capture
that same gritty feeling which just
doesn’t work the same way when your hero
is say I don’t know an alien in a
skin-tight blue jumpsuit superheroes are
inherently fun and a little campy with
origins and stories that don’t often
lend themselves to be taken too
seriously
yet some Studios insist on trying to
make it work and refuse to learn their
lesson a cynic Johnny into the field
you mean he’s sending himself into the
field the only way to stop him is to
cure
number-5 awful casting do they do they
no doubt one crucial element to any
successful blockbuster is the casting so
if you’re looking for the right actor to
play your leading hero or villain going
with the big name isn’t always the right
call you are so good
of course names attract a crowd but if
he or she doesn’t fit the part you end
up with a good actor in a crappy movie I
knew you’d say hey what are you doing
good night
it’s not unheard of for big-name actors
to phone in their roles so cashing
someone who actually wants to be there
is very important even if the movie
turns out to be awesome
a miscast role doesn’t do anyone any
favors our enemies are your enemies
disorder war just a matter of time
before dirty bomb goes off in Moscow or
an EMP fries Chicago number four
favoring CGI over practical effects and
please don’t make the supersuit green or
animated CGI is necessary for most
comic-book movies we get it but in some
cases it just goes way too far when it
comes to creating fantastical sci-fi
scenery and monstrous green creatures
smashing the hell out of everything CGI
is probably necessary smash but more and
more this has become a substitute for
things that the filmmakers are just too
lazy to do manually the result is a
movie that can end up becoming a bit of
a joke that huh – pika
speaking of costumes why did they drop
the claw props in the original x-men
films and replace them with silly
looking computer-generated claws look at
this shit what is that number 3
rebooting too early rehashing origin
stories
oh look Uncle Ben died again it’s bound
to happen
franchise fizzles out and gets lost for
a few years and then someone decides now
is the right time to dunk it in the
Lazarus Pit so to speak each of you
working together with a level of
commitment and collaboration putting
aside petty squabbles if you want to fix
what my generation broke but if you
reboot a movie franchise too soon you’ll
be forcing the same audience to rewatch
the same story and inevitably then
choose which director told the story
best with great power comes great
responsibility
origin stories are already the hardest
part of a movie to pace seeing it over
and over again so soon with a different
actor makes the first half of any reboot
feel completely pointless you always
said I had the potential to do something
important who’s to say this isn’t it
number two too many villains let’s cool
it for now I’ve got someone I want you
to meet one of the best and most
important parts of any superhero story
is the villain and with every hero comes
some of the coolest bad guys ever put to
screen you complete me you’re garbage
your kills for money however no matter
how awesome the villain there’s no need
to cram so many into one film
characters like spider-man and Batman
can handle one or two villains at a time
but the more crowded things get the less
screen time each villain will end up
getting you’re so right
I’m thinking humiliation it makes sense
to have villains working together but
too many villains is always kryptonite
to a superhero movie interested
yeah before we unveil our number one
misstep here are a few dishonorable
mentions they’re all just scared kids we
don’t know what they are right now all
we know is that they are dangerous and
powerful which makes them extremely
valuable to the guys who run this place
I am smarter than you alright it’s
clobberin time
number one not honoring the source
material
I am the Mandarin why bother making an
adaptation of something if you’re just
gonna ignore your inspiration the best
part of any comic book film is capturing
the spirit and feeling of the original
comics so study more than just the
character names please wait you don’t
have to do this
maybe you do anti-heroes in particular
are something that comic book movies
tend to struggle with whether it’s
everyone’s favorite Merc with a mouth
getting his mouth sewn shut or DC’s lead
femme fatale becoming a nonsensical well
we don’t even know what she becomes in
2004’s Catwoman cat women are not
contained by the rules of society at
least with the former the studio seems
to have learned their lesson this guy’s
got the right idea he wore the brown
pants daddy needs to express some rage
do you agree with our list that’s why we
risked so much to save you what do you
think is a comic book movies greatest
weakness for more super critical top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com well I’m totally over
all right positively me too definitely
great the stems though buds doing a nice
been hitting it out of the park but
there are always a few exceptions and of
course a lot of stinkers that we would
much rather leave buried on the moon
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 biggest missteps in comic book movies
that we can agree on adapting a comic
book to the cinema world is a lot harder
than it looks and because a superhero
movie necessitates a big budget
there will be big box office
expectations as well this is what it
means to be a judge this is the
commitment I expect as a result pleasing
diehard fans as well as the general
public results in a really fine line
these movies need to walk here are some
of the recurring sins that comic book
movies need to avoid don’t have the face
I’m an octo you got a minute to live
fill up with words just a role the
meandering seas no real cover 10 overuse
of foreshadowing sequel baiting elects
you sit savage apparently serving a life
sentence is most eager to join us
kicking off our list is a technique that
can leave your audience hungry for more
foreshadowing if you already know your
movie is going to be part of a huge
story arc it’s ok to leave the audience
with a little taste of what’s to come
I’m here to talk to you about the
Avenger initiative for example the use
of post-credit scenes in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe were a good way to
let audiences know that the best was yet
to come in recent years however movies
have been going way too overboard with
the foreshadowing
more and more we’re seeing movies don’t
really about the movie were watching
right now but the one we are expected to
come back for next year sometimes that
movie never gets made making the whole
endeavor a big waste of time why would
we need a name because we’re a team now
and there’s four of us so we should come
up with a name for it like the Human
Torch and the torches number nine
shoehorning in characters for no reason
a supporting cast is necessary in any
movie but you need to be respectful to
all of the characters in your movie more
specifically if you’re gonna have a
comic book icon like Wednesday see in
your spider-man film she should be more
than just a throwaway love interest okay
thank you when your movie stars Superman
don’t have him play second fiddle to a
bubbling Richard Pryor I mean how was I
to know he was gonna start doing his
thing when you started doing your thing
more importantly if you really need to
include several important x-men EWTN’s
in a Wolverine centered movie some of
which are making their silver screen
debut have them contribute to the story
in some way otherwise it can ruin the
character and sours the audience to them
for the future do you Remmy LeBeau do I
owe you money no then reveal aboah
number eight too many subplots know I
have no intention of settling down this
man killed my uncle and he’s still out
there sometimes when one movie plot
doesn’t feel satisfying enough adding a
secondary plot or two can make things
interesting but that can also be pretty
risky if a movie needs to have subplots
be careful of how many they need to
squeeze in if the water spirits accept
me I can return to my dream and find
what I missed if you try to juggle a
blooming or dying romance alongside
battling the main villain while that
same villain has his or her own romantic
subplot the whole story is gonna get
lost in the translation Norman Osborn
has falsified evidence against me in
order to take control of my work while
individual character arcs are important
for character development too many
narratives make a movie that will just
collapse in on itself do you like a
drink I’m sorry what was I thinking bad
for the public image right mr. key to
the city
number seven too many jokes and
one-liners
shots are so good I’m not to show you
some time not a deal-breaker per se as
one of the fun perks of being a
comic-book hero is that you can add some
humor to your dialogue while taking out
the bad guys
spider-man is essentially known for this
and he excels at it just let me go
another knife don’t feel like yes it’s
real nice my weakness it’s small knives
just let me get everything but if your
hero is established as a serious and
professional or the situation is dire in
desperate a joke can spoil the whole
mood for a scene I would ask to break
anything clearly you’ve never made an
omelet he beat me by one second some
movies have even taken this much too far
and it’s clear that the filmmakers got
way too carried away with their own
sense of humor cool it with the jokes
boys
talk about you cold shoulder number six
trying to be too gritty Hey clobbering
time
what do you think I think you’re talking
like that pop you think you talk to me
like that fans continue to praise the
dark night birth darker tone beams and
atmosphere capturing the spirit of
Batman perfectly however nowadays more
and more movies are trying to capture
that same gritty feeling which just
doesn’t work the same way when your hero
is say I don’t know an alien in a
skin-tight blue jumpsuit superheroes are
inherently fun and a little campy with
origins and stories that don’t often
lend themselves to be taken too
seriously
yet some Studios insist on trying to
make it work and refuse to learn their
lesson a cynic Johnny into the field
you mean he’s sending himself into the
field the only way to stop him is to
cure
number-5 awful casting do they do they
no doubt one crucial element to any
successful blockbuster is the casting so
if you’re looking for the right actor to
play your leading hero or villain going
with the big name isn’t always the right
call you are so good
of course names attract a crowd but if
he or she doesn’t fit the part you end
up with a good actor in a crappy movie I
knew you’d say hey what are you doing
good night
it’s not unheard of for big-name actors
to phone in their roles so cashing
someone who actually wants to be there
is very important even if the movie
turns out to be awesome
a miscast role doesn’t do anyone any
favors our enemies are your enemies
disorder war just a matter of time
before dirty bomb goes off in Moscow or
an EMP fries Chicago number four
favoring CGI over practical effects and
please don’t make the supersuit green or
animated CGI is necessary for most
comic-book movies we get it but in some
cases it just goes way too far when it
comes to creating fantastical sci-fi
scenery and monstrous green creatures
smashing the hell out of everything CGI
is probably necessary smash but more and
more this has become a substitute for
things that the filmmakers are just too
lazy to do manually the result is a
movie that can end up becoming a bit of
a joke that huh – pika
speaking of costumes why did they drop
the claw props in the original x-men
films and replace them with silly
looking computer-generated claws look at
this shit what is that number 3
rebooting too early rehashing origin
stories
oh look Uncle Ben died again it’s bound
to happen
franchise fizzles out and gets lost for
a few years and then someone decides now
is the right time to dunk it in the
Lazarus Pit so to speak each of you
working together with a level of
commitment and collaboration putting
aside petty squabbles if you want to fix
what my generation broke but if you
reboot a movie franchise too soon you’ll
be forcing the same audience to rewatch
the same story and inevitably then
choose which director told the story
best with great power comes great
responsibility
origin stories are already the hardest
part of a movie to pace seeing it over
and over again so soon with a different
actor makes the first half of any reboot
feel completely pointless you always
said I had the potential to do something
important who’s to say this isn’t it
number two too many villains let’s cool
it for now I’ve got someone I want you
to meet one of the best and most
important parts of any superhero story
is the villain and with every hero comes
some of the coolest bad guys ever put to
screen you complete me you’re garbage
your kills for money however no matter
how awesome the villain there’s no need
to cram so many into one film
characters like spider-man and Batman
can handle one or two villains at a time
but the more crowded things get the less
screen time each villain will end up
getting you’re so right
I’m thinking humiliation it makes sense
to have villains working together but
too many villains is always kryptonite
to a superhero movie interested
yeah before we unveil our number one
misstep here are a few dishonorable
mentions they’re all just scared kids we
don’t know what they are right now all
we know is that they are dangerous and
powerful which makes them extremely
valuable to the guys who run this place
I am smarter than you alright it’s
clobberin time
number one not honoring the source
material
I am the Mandarin why bother making an
adaptation of something if you’re just
gonna ignore your inspiration the best
part of any comic book film is capturing
the spirit and feeling of the original
comics so study more than just the
character names please wait you don’t
have to do this
maybe you do anti-heroes in particular
are something that comic book movies
tend to struggle with whether it’s
everyone’s favorite Merc with a mouth
getting his mouth sewn shut or DC’s lead
femme fatale becoming a nonsensical well
we don’t even know what she becomes in
2004’s Catwoman cat women are not
contained by the rules of society at
least with the former the studio seems
to have learned their lesson this guy’s
got the right idea he wore the brown
pants daddy needs to express some rage
do you agree with our list that’s why we
risked so much to save you what do you
think is a comic book movies greatest
weakness for more super critical top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com well I’m totally over
all right positively me too definitely
great the stems though buds doing a nice
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