Writer's Block: Live action hero
Aug. 10th, 2011 06:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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My favorite remains the 1978 Superman film. Chris Reeve's performance is the gold standard for superheroes, heartfelt and earnest but also likeable and light. And while the film is a bit silly, it gets to the heart of Superman and to why I love comic book heroes.
Least favorite? Probably the two Schumacher Batman films. No filmmaker has ever had less of sense of what makes a character work than Schumacher did.
ETA: The worst film, in terms of overall quality, was the second Swamp Thing film. Not that the first was great either, but Heather Locklear as Abby Arcane might be one of the worst casting decisions of all time. However, at least they kind of got Swamp Thing right, and Dick Durock was always at least passable in the role (and often good on the later TV show).
My favorite remains the 1978 Superman film. Chris Reeve's performance is the gold standard for superheroes, heartfelt and earnest but also likeable and light. And while the film is a bit silly, it gets to the heart of Superman and to why I love comic book heroes.
Least favorite? Probably the two Schumacher Batman films. No filmmaker has ever had less of sense of what makes a character work than Schumacher did.
ETA: The worst film, in terms of overall quality, was the second Swamp Thing film. Not that the first was great either, but Heather Locklear as Abby Arcane might be one of the worst casting decisions of all time. However, at least they kind of got Swamp Thing right, and Dick Durock was always at least passable in the role (and often good on the later TV show).
