Comments on: The 10 Best Castings In Comic Book Movies

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:22:47 +0000

Ron Pearlman was the perfect Hellboy. No one can argue with that! Anyone could play Spiderman, its just a suit, but Toby was the best possible Peter Parker. All these are great except the Lex Luther’s, I probably only disagree because the Superman movie sucked, and I haven’t seen the old one in a while, but thats one mans opinion. You did great congrats

By: sarah

sarah — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:52:45 +0000

my biggest question is

where the hell is Christopher Reeve??

By: trash

trash — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:58:35 +0000

did you forget heath ledger (joker), and Hugh Jackman (wolverine) ???

By: Blindmonkey

Blindmonkey — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:52:02 +0000

Pretty good list but a lot left out…for at least an honorable mention…

HEATH F**KING LEDGER as the Joker!!!!!!!!!!

Christopher Reeve as Superman

Danny Devito as the Penguin (More so honorable mention)

Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon

Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth

Jack Nicholson as The Joker

Michelle Pfiefer as Catwoman (Honorable Mention)

Willem Dafoe as Green Goblin

But I would take any of the above and easily swap them for

Thomas Jane as The Punisher
Ed Norton as Bruce Banner (Even though I loved him)
Jennifer Garner as Elektra

By: Top comic books

Top comic books — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:41:40 +0000

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By: David V

David V — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:13:07 +0000

Another vote for Gary Oldman as Commisioner Gordon.

By: Shane the War Journalist

Shane the War Journalist — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:05:24 +0000

I can say with all honesty that I agree with the list. I woul’ve added a few, such as:
Wesley Snipes-Blade
Michael Clark Duncan-Wilson Fisk a.k.a. the Kingpin
RDJ was absolutely fantastic as Tony, despite being 20yrs older. Another great pic was Ron Perlman(Hellboy 2 was great, can’t wait for #3). Jen Garner was one I did pretty much agree with. By the way I also enjoyed Daredevil(Director’s Cut is the only way to go with it, though). And I’m always a fan of Tom Jane.

By: Regular Man

Regular Man — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:52:36 +0000

John, I gotta a lot of respect for you man, but I gotta say Christopher Reeves brought dignity to the Superman character. You yourself called it a risky film at the time and I agree it was. Hackman could not have done it alone. Til this day, I still get chills when Superman yells, “AAAGGGHH!”, after Lois died. I went bonkers for that scene.

So again John, please big-up (meaning shout-out) Christopher Reeves. He was way better than….Jennifer Garner? I literally cringed on that one.

By: Hector De Jesus

Hector De Jesus — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:55:39 +0000

John i would really love your input considering this is your blog. Am i on point or am i nutter? lol

By: Hector De Jesus

Hector De Jesus — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:02:07 +0000

im a huge comics fan. been reading them since i learned how to read. some of the comic book movies i loved, some i’ve hated. in the end however, hollywood never delivers on what the true essence of the hero(or villian for that matter) should be. feel free to disagree with me. its a beautiful thing when we can discuss such things and throw our personal ideas around. so here is my list of the top ten casting choices of comic book movies
1- Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xaxier: Absolutely perfect choice. he captured the spirit of the man marvelously. no one else can do it.
2-Robert Downey Jr as Anthony Stark: Another perfect choice and he performed beautifully. I happen to enjoy watching Downey on the screen and i was thoroughly pleased when he was tapped to play Marvel’s favorite playboy. Great choice.
3-Hugh Jackman as Wolverine: Now at first i raised hell about someone so tall(he’s 6′3) playing the runt(Wolverine is 5′3) but after seeing him in the movies(really after X2) i was satisfied with the choice. Not satiated…but satisfied. I can’t see anyone else playing the character and in truth there is no one i know of who can capture Logan for me. (any ideas people?)
4-Michael Keaton as Batman: Just the right choice. I liked Christian Bale’s take on the character but i grew up with Michael Keaton’s version. Keaton nailed the Bruce Wayne part, dark, brooding and conflicted. Good Batman.
5-Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man: I wish Tobey could be at the top of my list considering that the Wall Crawler is my favorite all time hero but his debacle in Spider-Man 3 got him knocked down a couple of notches. Spider-Man 2 was his best showing. Peter is another conflicted hero, driven by the deaths of his uncle, and Gwen Stacy(why was she in SM3 i’ll never know) and Harry. And where was the sarcasm? Petey is right up there with Torch and Deadpool when it comes to the smartass comments. There were a lot of aspects missing from Peter’s character and it diminished Tobey’s performance.
6- Alfred Molina as Doctor Otto Octavius: Well Al is the first villain to make my list and the one actor who got his villain pretty close to the comic. I know most of you will disagree but this how I feel. I was skeptical at first, but became pleasantly surprised at how much he convinced me he was Ock. They played with his backstory a little but some changes had to be made i guess. Still, nice Doc Ock.
7- Edward Norton as Dr. David(Bruce) Banner: I disliked Eric Bana playing Banner so i was glad when they tapped Ed Norton. Eric is a good actor but they didn’t develop his character and he wasn’t believeable to me as Dr. Banner. Norton captured my attention. He played the genius scientist, the conflicted lover and the lone wanderer well i think. Let’s see what happens in the sequel.(spoiler alert-villain is definitely the Leader)
8- Danny DeVito as Penguin: Good choice. I liked his Penguin except for the whole horny perv thing with Catwoman and the lady on his election team. Penguin is annoyingly philosophical and they didn’t get that much. He did make me laugh though. Reading the Penguin in the comics, i always found him funny and DeVito got that for me.
9- Wesley Snipes as Blade: Good choice to play Blade. No one else can do it but him. Incidentally, Trinity sucked. The movies are far better when its just Snipes as the main character. Waiting to see Morbius make a appearance.
10- Heath Ledger as the Joker: This entry is pending seeing as i love the previews already. If he floors me as the Joker(and i hope he does God rest his soul) he is going to shoot straight to the top. I think Ledger finally got the FULL character of the Joker, insane maniac and hysterical villain. I love Jack but he played the ‘clown’ more than the ‘insane’ part. We’ll see.
O.K. that covers it. Undoubtedly many of you will disagree with my choices and thats cool but truthfully i know I missed many more people
Honorable Mention: Ron Perlman as Hellboy, Ian Mckellan as Magneto, Brandon Lee as the Crow, James Marsden as Cyclops, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman and i can go on but i won’t.
Understand please that i’m aware of the fact that is a response to “the 10 Best Castings in Comic Book movies” but i added my love of the original comic book character to what i saw on the screen so thats it. Enjoy or insult! Pick your poison.