This one is going to stir a lot of discussion. The good folks over at Rotten Tomatoes have put up their list of the 94 Worst to Best rated comic adapted movies of all time. Some of the stuff on this list won’t surprise you at all… some will floor you. Here’s the list from worst rated to best:
94) Son of the Mask
93) Elektra
92) Catwoman
91) Garfield The Movie
90) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (My company worked on this. Even I know it sucked)
89) Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
88) Batman & Robin – 21.9 (Yes, the Arnold one)
87) Pathfinder – 23.1 (Who thought Vikings vs. Indians could be so boring?)
86) Virus – 23.2
85) Monkeybone – 24.0
84) Judge Dredd – 25.3
83) Alien vs. Predator – 25.8
82) Bulletproof Monk
81) Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
80) The Crow: City of Angels
79) Fantastic Four
78) Steel (Sahq Attack!)
77) Supergirl
76) Blade: Trinity
75) Appleseed
74) Tales from the Crypt – Bordello of Blood
73) The Punisher (I admit it, I kinda liked this one)
72) Ghost Rider
71) Superman III
70) Howard the Duck
69) Spawn
68) The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
67) TMNT (it was better than I thought it would be)
66) Art School Confidential
65) Richie Rich
64) Dennis the Menace
63) Barb Wire
62) The Shadow (WTF?? I LOVED Shadow!)
61) Men in Black II
60) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 – The Secret of the Ooze
59) Tank Girl
58) The Phantom (Billy Zane forver)
57) Casper
56) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – The Movie
55) Daredevil
54) Batman Forever
53) Constantine
52) Azumi
51) Timecop
50) Blade (Doug is so mad it’s this low)
49) Annie
48) Josie and the Pussycats
47) Uzumaki
46) The Addams Family
45) The Princess Blade
44) Blade 2
43) Popeye
42) Creepshow
41) From Hell
40) Heavy Metal
39) X-Men: The Last Stand
38) Ichi the Killer
37) Mystery Men (I’d put this much higher)
36) Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
35) Spider-Man 3 (this should be lower)
34) 300 (Wow… I thought this might crack the top 10)
33) The Rocketeer
32) Hulk
31) Dick Tracy
30) Swamp Thing
29) Barbarella
28) Addams Family Values
27) Batman (Tim Burton original)
26) The Mask
25) Flash Gordon
24) Batman – Mask of the Phantasm
23) Batman Returns
22) V For Vendetta
21) Akira
20) Over the Hedge
19) Superman II
18) The Crow
17) Superman Returns
16) X-Men
15) Sin City
14) Ghost in the Shell
13) Hellboy
12) Oldboy
11) Road to Perdition
10) Metropolis (2002 animated)
9) Superman: The Movie (Christopher Reeve Original)
8) Batman Begins
7) Men in Black
6) A History of Violence (I Hated this movie)
5) X2: X-Men United (This is my #1 on this list)
4) Spider-Man
3) Ghost World
2) American Splendor
1) Spider-Man 2
So what do you think? Remember, these are in order of their ratings over on Rotten Tomatoes, averaged out from hundreds of reviews. How would your top 10 look? How would your bottom 10 look?
