I'd easily rank every single one of those way, way, way, way higher than Watchmen. Except maybe IM2.
Hell, I'd also throw Avengers 3 and 4, GotG1 and 2, Cap 2, Ant-Man, 4 out of 7 Spider-Man films, 3 out of 7 X-Men films, and the first Blade into that mix. Maybe Blade 2, if I'm having a really good day and am in JUST the right mood.
About the only thing Watchmen really has going for it is high concept, but it's not even the film's own original concept, and it isn't really done all THAT well. Worse, what was an incredibly influential deconstruction 30 years ago feels a lot less meaningful after a thousand other stories have come along since doing the exact same premise. Which blunts some of its edge (which probably helped contribute to it ultimately bombing at the box office).
Again, it's not a BAD movie. But it's not really a GREAT movie, either. And ultimately, it's mostly just a forgettable movie.
Well, I'm triggered.
Korruptor posted...
You say that, but Burton's first two Batman films turned (the latter two he only produced, but I will say that B&R is fantastic in its own way) out great and, Zack Snyder's *other* work aside, I'd easily put Watchmen over ANYTHING in the MCU.
Burton didn't touch B&R.
First one was decent for the bastard child of TDKR and the Killing Joke, second one was some artsy project that Burton had too much creative control. Heck I don't remember anything from that movie other than Walken being Walken, Pfeiffer giving me a boner, and Devito playing as the Baron Harknoen from Dune.
I thought Burton was still a producer on B&R? Or did they drop him altogether after Forever?
Revelation34 posted...
Aaantlion posted...
Civil War,
That one had practically nothing to do with the comic. They just slapped the name on it to make the comic book fans think they would actually adapt it.
None of the movies tie that much to the comics other than at a surface level. Plus the full story arc would take far too long to tell, involves too many characters (including ones they didn't have rights to), etc.
I_Abibde posted...
Or it might be that I generally do not have good taste. I also thought Superman Returns was great. *shrugs*
It was enjoyable. Man of Steel seemed the better film, but there wasn't as much joy to it. ---