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Superman (1978) vs Batman (1989) vs Spider-Man (2002)

Best movie?

  • Superman (1978)

    Votes: 13 18.1%

  • Batman (1989)

    Votes: 30 41.7%

  • Spider-Man (2002)

    Votes: 29 40.3%
  • Total voters
    72
VulcanRaven

VulcanRaven

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Which one is the best one? I love all 3 but I have to go with Spider-Man. Batman and Superman just don't have the strongest scripts. They are mostly carried by the great actors.

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Spider-Man 2002 I don't know if there's a better Spider-Man movie, Peter losing his nerve from his uncle dying, they've got the epic goblin performance giving Spider-Man hell, to me MJ was fine.
 
Superman 78 for sure. Still the template for a lot of superhero movies today.

But then Spiderman 2002 set up Iron Man in 2008 to change superhero movies for the 2010s.
 
The original Superman. Then spidey. Then Batman.

Mainly because I like Superman and his ideals a lot.

Spidey was great and put Ramey in the mainstream.
 
Spider-Man by miles. Batman movies were never really great. Batman shined with the cartoons and with the Arkham trilogy, but aside from The Dark Knight which got carried by the Joker, Batman in movies has not been very well done. Superman was also just ok until Henry Cavill made him even greater, but thats history now. The Spider-Man movi, Tobey, gave a massive life to hero movies.
 
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Batman 1989, the crowds were going wild. The hype was unreal. Superman paved the way, but this was a huge event and it has been over a decade since a Superhero movie like this had been released.

Prince involved? Keaton? Jack? Kim? the tone and director was just spot on a great take, a mix of comic and grit.
 
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Batman = Superman > Spiderman but I like all 3.

Tobey is a mediocre Peter/Spiderman and Kirsten is a terrible Mary Jane. JK Simmons is the best casting ever though.
 
Batman 1989 was a goddamn event. Great cast, designs, story, atmosphere, effects, score ... had everything.
 
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Spider-Man is probably the most straight forwardly good one, but I've always loved Batman's crazy level of ambition, I really, really miss when blockbusters would have that kind of pop surrealism.

Superman paved the way and Reeve was the best cast, there's a difference between a good actor cast in the role and a guy who truly feels like he simply embodies the character, but there's some odd aspects the script, making the world go backwards reverses time? But it works in a child fantasy logic sort of way.

It's a tough choice, but I would pick Spider-Man.
 
Spider-man
Superman
Batman

Spider-man was the start of an era.
Superman also really good.
Batman the only one I felt wasn't even that good and was just more awkward. When I think of Batman during that time, I think of Batman Returns, which was also its own style of insanity
 
Batman.

I love Superman but the turning back time thing was always dumb.

As for Spider-Man, it was a decent start but the sequel is the masterpiece that superhero films still emulate to this day.
 
Superman because Reeve gives a perfect performance as Superman/Clark Kent. Whenever I think of Superman, I think of Christopher Reeve.

Dafoe is the best villain though.
 
The first time you see Spider-man swinging chasing that car in the theater as a kid just looked magical.
Feel like even Tom Holland's swinging in the marvel/sony movies doesn't match it
 
1 Spider-Man
2 Batman
3 Superman

The visuals are stunning and Sam Raimi is a legend.

Compare the fight between Goblin and Spider-Man to any fight scene from MCU films. No contest.

Despite being much older than the MCU, his movies look the most real and have the most visual pop thanks to all his awesome camera work.
 
Superman.

Christopher Reeve is a legend.

The Superman theme is timeless and unforgettable.

That movie is iconic will likely never be beaten in that sense. Batman was made by a guy who said he would never even read a comic, and Tobey Maguire is weak.
 
Superman is the only that actually gets the character right. Batman is the better pure popcorn flick since Superman Iikes to take its time. Spider-Man has always been painfully overrated and is really only salvaged by Dafoe and Jameson.
 
Definitely not Batman. I caught it a few years ago and had to turn it off, terrible. A real surprise as I thought it'd be good.

Ranking :
Spiderman
Superman
Batman.

Peak neogaf thread btw - trying to crown one of three decades old movies as the best.
 
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In no specific order :
Superman as best super-hero movie.
Spider-Man as best movie all-around.
Batman as most stylish movie.
 
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i assume you werent around in 1989? Batman was EVERYTHING
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It was a pre release marketing event than had not been seen before. In most peoples view Batman was "just a comic for kids" and that campy 60's show. Just the Batman logo everywhere and the Prince soundtrack getting a lot of radio play.
 
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The first time you see Spider-man swinging chasing that car in the theater as a kid just looked magical.
Feel like even Tom Holland's swinging in the marvel/sony movies doesn't match it
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I think that might be my favorite web-swinging scene. It looks almost practical in some shots because darkness hides the cgi pretty well.
 
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Batman easy

Batman took over the world in 1989 it was insane



People liked the 2002 Spider-Man movie that much? Spider-Man 2 was GREAT but the first one was.....decent just like the first X-Men movie
 
Batman 89. Such an event. One of my earliest movie memories. So many good quotes. And I'll still put on Prince's "Trust" now and then.
 
Spider-Man 2002 is still my favourite superhero movie. So amazing. Has aged like wine. Spider-Man 2 is my second favourite. Nearly perfect films.

The theme still gives me chills.



I'm remembering back how S-M2 ends with Peter swinging away from the apartment and MJ looking at him with a slightly sad look. So poignant.
 
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The 1989 Batman movie has both Prince and Danny Elfman going toe to toe, song for song, with stand out performances from all of these actors: Jack Nicholson, Micheal Keaton, Kim Bassinger, Robert Wuhl, Micheal Gough, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, and Tracey Walter. I feel like no movie came close to the star power and cultural impact 10 years before or 10 years after. I still quote a line or two from this movie everyday. We had to buy a new VHS because we wore out the ribbon from watching it over and over. Its Batman by a mile.
 
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