Showing posts with label The Crow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Crow. Show all posts

Friday, April 30, 2010

Friday (Ten): Top 10 Superhero Movies

The Movie Case just released their Top 10 Superhero Movies list. It's great list, go check it out. In honor of their great list, here's another great list.


#10. The Crow


#09. The Fantastic Four (1994)
Production company, Constantin Film, was about to lose their rights to make a Fantastic Four movie. Thinking on their toes, the company did what they had to do. They made a Fantastic Four movie. They gave Roger Corman a miniscule budget and told him to get to work. What they didn't tell Corman (or any of the actors) is that they never intended on releasing this movie. Decades later, the movie is a cult classic, and only available to watch online. Things worked out well for Constantin Film, however, as they made two gigantic Fantastic Four movies in 2005 and 2007.


#08. Spider-Man
A recent re-watching of Spider-Man reminded me just how entertaining it really is. Great origin story, pro wrestling cage match, rad villains, and much more. Even though the casting of MJ still seems wrong, this is what I want from new superhero movies: a lot of fun.


#07. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1. Ninja Turtles lying half-dead in bathtubs is unacceptable.
2. I like my Turtles funny.
3. Ninja...Ninja Rap!


#06. Robocop
Robocop gets looked over too often. He hardly shows up on superhero lists and I think that's bullshit. He starts out human, undergoes a tragic accident, is transformed into a robotic cop with a license to kill. What about that doesn't sound like a superhero?

#05. Mystery Men
Everyone loves an underdog. This movie's full of them. A girl who throws bowling balls, a guy with anger management issues, another guy who's only invisible when no one's looking at him. William H. Macy plays a man who shovels well! Other than Meteor Man, this might be the most underrated film on the list.

#04. The Meteor Man
I recently wrote on The Meteor Man for part of my Kid Flicks series. You can read the post here.
#03. Batman Returns
Batman Returns > The Dark Knight. There, I said it. In my opinion, this is how the Batman comics were meant to be adapted. Burton absolutely nailed it. As fantastic as Ledger was as The Joker, this movie has a better Batman, better secondary villains (DeVito as The Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman), and a better overall plot. No Patriot Act subplots, plenty of henchmen, and best of all, no ridiculous Bale voice choking out every damn line written for him.

#02. X2: X-Men United
I just have a soft spot for X2.


#01. Unbreakable
Take what I said about Mystery Men and The Meteor Man back. THIS is the most underrated movie on this list. The Sixth Sense will always go down as M. Night's masterpiece and that's fine. But what isn't fine are the discussions that Sixth Sense is his only good movie. Unbreakable is my favorite superhero movie and it has zero explosions, no one can fly, and the action is minimal. But without the myths that Unbreakable examines, you wouldn't have any of the other movies on this list.

Friday, November 6, 2009

38 Great Things About The Crow

1. NIGHTMARE INSPIRING HAPPINESS
2. NO SKIMPING ON CGI CROWS
3. STREET-WISE TOUGH KID (I.E. DICK TRACY)
4. LOOKS A LOT LIKE SPAWN
5. GREAT CROW POV,
ALTHOUGH THEY SKIMPED ON IT
6. JEFF HARDY IMPRESSION 7. INSPIRED STING'S
(THE PRO WRESTLER--NOT THE SINGER)
OUTFIT

8. KNIFE-CATCHING
9. PUSSIEST SOUNDTRACK EVER!
(SEE: MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT,
PANTERA AND ROLLINS BAND)

10. LOOK! IT'S THE BLACK GHOSTBUSTER!
11. LOOK! IT'S WALTER FROM THE WARRIORS!
("HE SHOT CYRUS!")
12. LOOK! IT'S LORD NIKON FROM HACKERS!
13. ANTAGONIST TURNED INTO KITCHEN ACCESSORY
14. VENGEANCE

15. FOUR CANS OF GASOLINE EQUALS THIS

16. THE BAD GUYS HAVE NAMES LIKE FUNBOY, TIN TIN, AND TOP DOLLAR

17. MAIN BAD GUY LOOKS LIKE
GARY OLDMAN HAD A BABY WITH
TABOO FROM BLACK EYED PEAS

18. CAMERON DIAZ TURNED DOWN THE ROLE
OF SHELLY BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T LIKE THE SCRIPT

19. THE JOKES: "JESUS CHRIST WALKS INTO A HOTEL.
HE HANDS THE INNKEEPER THREE NAILS AND ASKS
'CAN YOU PUT ME UP FOR THE NIGHT?'"

20. THE CROW POSSESSES THE POWER TO
WILL MORPHINE OUT OF A WHORE'S ARM
21. EPILEPTIC MINDREADING FLASHBACKS

22. PROOF THAT BRANDON LEE'S CAREER
WAS ON THE SAME TRACK AS BRANDON LEE


23. THE REALLY GREAT DIALOGUE

24. PATRIOTIC ROOFTOP GUITAR SOLO

25. LOOKS LIKE DARK CITY26. T-BIRD, WE HARDLY KNEW YE

27. THIS

28. VIGILANTE JUSTICE

29. GRIZZLED-FACED LIEUTENENT

30. AND DON'T FORGET THIS! 31. FANTASTIC SETS 32. THE DETROIT ARSONIST LEAGUE 33. STARRING HEATH LEDGER AS THE JOKER 34. COPS WHO CONSTANTLY SAY "WHAT THE CRAP?"

35. THE CROW IS SO 1990'S
THAT EVEN PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE
FEEL NOSTALGIC

36. JUMPING FROM ROOFTOP TO ROOFTOP
IN SLOW MOTION
37. ALL THE BEST SCENES TAKE PLACE DURING RAINSTORMS

38. EXCEPT FOR THE SCENES
THAT TAKE PLACE DURING
MONEY STORMS