Best Comic to Movie Transition
 

Figured this thread would be better suited here than in the general ol` media forum. Basically, of all comic book originating movies, which do you feel stayed the most loyal to the source?

Due to lack of experience in this area, I`ll play it safe and say the original Spiderman... Mainly because it was pretty much the same as the cartoon series and I heard the cartoon series was pretty accurate.

Also, for fun, what movie totally fucked off the original comic?

Sin City, I guess. Very well made, and a refreshing alternative to *yawn* Spiderman and Batman.

I'm pretty sure that Sin City takes this pretty easily. Actually, A History of Violence might also be a faithful adaptation. I've never read the comic though.

Most faithful? Yeah, probably Sin City.

Best? Batman Begins. I just adore that movie.

And Spider-Man 1 wasn't very faithful/accurate at all =(

Sin City was quite good, though.

The first Batman was really, really damn good. Jack Nicholson as The Joker? You can't do much better than that. Batman Begins was a really good movie, but as far as acting goes, gimme Kim Basinger over Katie Holmes any day.

I don't know if it really counts, but American Splendor was a really, really good movie. I guess it was more about the creation of it, though.

On a somewhat related note, Hajime no Ippo produced the most faithful manga to anime series that I've ever seen. The movies were also very accurate portrayals of stuff from the comic.

Sin City... hands down. Used pretty much even the same dialogues. About the one that totally f*cked up the cartoon, how about V for Vendetta?

Spiderman were the best really, fresh breeze and many people enjoyed it. Then Batman Begins, god ive rewatched parts of that movie so many times.

My three favorite comic book movies are X2, Spider-Man 2, and Elektra, in that order. Out of those, I'd say Spider-Man 2 was truest to the comics. I haven't seen Sin City to say if it is or not.

The 1st Batman movie with Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton. And that movie got Catwoman RIGHT-ON!

I said this somewhere else recently. If they got Catwoman "RIGHT-ON" then why is she blonde?

I thought Spawn was a rather nicely done adaptation :P

Spawn was nicely done for an adaptation. I actually found it to be a pretty good action flick. I might be alone on this one.

I liked the first Spider-Man movie, but Green Goblin was never one of my favourite Spidey villains.

Batman Begins was another good movie. I just watched it again earlier today.

Batman Begins and V For Vendetta. Can't wait for The Dark Knight though :ninja:

Sin City for most faithful and Batman Begins for best transition to the medium movie. Some people argue the Burton-Batman was better/best, but they're plain wrong. Not that the Burton Batman was bad in any way, but Begins is the much better movie.

Batman Begins and Spiderman (1 & 2) are great transitions. As for the WORST, I would say the Fantastic Four wins hands down because of what a wuss they turned Dr. Doom into. Doom is supposed to be one of the greatest villains of all time, and they made him a joke!

I have not seen Superman yet (the new one) but I have heard it stays faithful to the book.

I'm going out on a limb to say that "300" will probably be the best after it's released. Right now, I'd have to say Hulk...okay, I'm lying. Sin City. Worst? Hmmmm...yeah, Fantastic 4 easily. Ruin Doom, and you've ruined the team and the movie. Not to mention Mr. Reed Richards himself being somewhat of a complete moron, despite the fact that he's ridiculously smart.

Immediate disqualification for reasons of fucking awful taste.

Spiderman, Sin City, Punisher (I thought) and soon enough 300. Hopefully after Sin City it means people might actually treat old Miller stories like they deserve.

Disqualified for adding nothing to the thread.

Having had little exposure to the character, I would say that Punisher was a good representation of the character, despite being a little over the top.

I can tell from this thread that there are a lot of Frank Miller fans, what with all the Sin City suggestions and the few 300 guesses.

The Phantom.

Of all the comic book movies ever made - and we can all admit it's been a pretty iffy bunch - not a one has hit the nail on the head as well as this underrated gem from the 90s.

It's meant to be a cheesy throwback to the same serials that inspired Indiana Jones, and it does it well with a lot of gorgeous action set peices, a stupid grin from Billy Zane behind that rubber suit and some incredible scene chewing by Treat Williams as Xander Drax. It's meant to be cheap, silly rainy Saturday afternoon fare and it does it in spades.

Yeah, other movies may be better like Spider-Man 2 or Batman Begins, but no other superhero movie has understood it's source material half as well as The Phantom.

Honorable Mentions: Ghost World, Road To Perdition, Batman Begins, Superman, Hulk

Sin City was very well done. Batman Begins was quite good as well. They both make the transition from comic to film look easy.

I don't want to sound nitpicky, but The Phantom started as a comic strip, not a comic book. I suppose that might still count, considering how little difference there is between how he was written in strip form and how has been and is being written in book form.

He was also the first superhero. Whats your point?

One of the reasons that there are so few issues of Action Comics #1 is that they were used as "filler" for newspaper comic strips the year after. They actually cut up the comics and pasted them onto "new" strips, so they'd pay the artist less. Does that discredit a comic book because it was made into a strip? Not at all. Pull your head out of your ass.

As much as I want to vote Sin City for this one I think that the honor is going to go with Road To Perdition for this one. This little black and white noir novel was turned into one of the most beautifully shot and best acted adaptations ever created. Plus... It has a ghostly beautiful soundtrack written by Thomas Newman; you can't really go wrong with this combination.