Top 5 superhero films

I am a massive geek and am not ashamed to admit it, I mean I write a film blog for gods sake, not exactly highly ranked on the cool list. One of my other interests as a geek is that of the world of superheroes and villains. As a child I loved spiderman, batman, the xmen and many others. This interest didn't die once I reached adulthood, yes I am an adult so shut your mouth. Much to my wonder superhero films have been having a good run of late and are fast becoming commonplace. As a result this list is my top 5 superhero films, not just of the last few years but of all time.

1) Spiderman 2

The first spiderman, Sam Raimi ones, was brilliant. The villain was great, the casting was great and finally spiderman got to swing his stuff around the streets of the big apple. The second of the trilogy, lets not talk about the third, improved on the first in many ways. Firstly Peter becomes a more well rounded character whose flaws and struggles with both aspects of his dual life ooze out of the screen beautifully and Tobey Maguire, whilst shit in most things, excels as the awkward geek turned superhero. Secondly the relationships between Pete, Aunt May, Harry and Mary Jane are developed and all reach new heights during the film. Lastly the villain is awesome. Doc Oc was never one of my faves in my cartoon days but Alfred Molina brings the character to life. Awesome.

2) Avengers Assemble

This is pretty much in this list for one reason only, I thought it was going to be shit. When I heard Marvel were gonna do a medley film bringing the avengers, never one of my fave groups of superheroes, together for a little romp my heart sank into thoughts of money grabbing nonsense. I then found out Joss Whedon, of Buffy fame, was directing and I became slightly more interested. Safe to say however that when I sat in the cinema to watch it I was less than enthusiastic. To my surprise I loved it. The comedy is spot on but doesn't overwhelm the story, the characters all get their own time and attention and are developed well and the Hulk does indeed smash. Managed to do what I thought nigh on impossible. Great.

3) The Dark Knight

Now many of you will be thinking that all three of the Nolan Batmans should be on here and you would be right however that would make the list slightly dull now wouldn't it, wouldn't it?? Anyway this is my favourite of the three. As with the avengers there is one main reason and it is a very similar one. No its not swapping out Mrs Cruise with Maggie Gyllenhaal or the fact Batman seems to have developed a small amphibian in his throat, it is the late Mr Heath Ledger. When I heard he would be playing the Joker, best villain ever, I scoffed and laughed and indeed guffawed at the preposterousness of it all. Had to eat my words a tad once I saw the film. He is a powerhouse of crazy. Heaths Joker is anything but a Joke. He is chilling, unhinged, oddly charismatic but ultimately a complete feckin lunatic. So amazing.

4) X-men 2

Much like the spiderman trilogy the first Xmen set the scene brilliantly and the third let the side down like Glenn Johnson in an England match........or most of the England team for that matter. The second however is nothing short of genius, well not quite but there are only so many complimentary terms I know. It explores the story and background of many of the main characters but especially Wolverine and Jean Grey. Hugh Jackman was an inspired choice to play the hairy metal one and Famke Jansen can do no wrong in my book as she was once Xenia Onatop, nuff said. It also lets us delve slightly more into why Magneto is such a dick and also what motivates him. Plus how can you hate a film that has Sir Patrick Stewart, Sir Ian McKellen and Brian Cox (wheres the sir Liz, come on sort it out).

5) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance............

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only joking that was shite.......

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Its Kick Ass

This manages to blend both comic book nonsense with comedy in a beautiful, funny bloodbath of a film. Nic Cage as demonstrated by my joke, O yeh I know it was funny, often is horseshit in films, Next, both Ghost riders, Knowing, Bangkok Dangerous, The Weatherman, need I go on. In this however he is insanely brilliant and quite often steals the scene, that is however if it wasn't for Chloe Moretz aka Hitgirl. She is a whirlwind of obsenity and limb removing violence that is at first quite shocking and oddly charming. The rest of the cast also play things brilliantly. Mark Strong is a great bad guy alongside McLovin as his dimwit son. This then leaves us with the lead. As good as unknown (I still don't know his name and yes I am too lazy to go on IMDB) the guy embodies hopeless loser with a heart of gold and the common sense of a lemming. If you haven't seen this film where the hell have you been, unless my mother is reading this then please don't watch it mum, you will hate it. Everyone else get it now.

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