Rank all the Superman films

[The Laughing Fish]

Seeing as Superman on film is in limbo right now, it might be a good time to start ranking our best to worst movies starring the Last Son of Krypton.

Here is my ranking:

• Superman 78/Man of Steel
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
• Superman III
• Superman and the Mole Men
• Superman II
• Superman Returns
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Yes, I do believe S78 and MOS are tied together as the best Superman movie. Both have their pros and cons, whether the fanboys from either camp like to admit it or not.

[thecolorsblend]

01- Superman- The Movie
02- Man Of Steel
03- Batman v Superman
04- Superman III
05- Mole Men
06- Superman IV
07- Superman II
08- Superman Returns

I usually take a lot of crap for ranking Superman II so low on the list. But honestly, that's how little regard I have for the movie. It's just plain BAD, I don't care what anybody says.

My justification for ranking STM as #1 comes down to Reeve, Hackman and Williams. When it comes to Reeve and Williams, it's all been said. What can I possibly add to that? But Hackman gets overall less praise. Still, he does this marvelous slow burn through the movie where he starts off a little silly and light-hearted. But the worm turns in a big way when Superman opens the trunk of Kryptonite. It's that moment that Hackman stops being all fun and games and starts being a legitimate threat, not just to the millions of people on both coasts but now to Superman directly. It never goes over the top but he's not playing around anymore once Superman opens that box. He's deadly.

Man Of Steel is a VERY close second to STM.

Superman Returns will always be the one that HURTS. It hurts less these days. But when that movie came out, it was such a gut-punch. I usually tell people that SR is to me what The Phantom Menace was to a lot of Star Wars fans. I seriously doubt I would've even bothered watch a sequel to SR if one had ever been made.

Superman III is another movie that I take a lot of grief for ranking so highly on my list. But it's a pretty conventional Bronze Age Superman story. Anybody who doesn't think so knows precisely jack nothing about the Bronze Age Superman. Stories like Superman III were quite common back then, especially in the early 80's. Ilya Salkind may very well go to his grave never receiving the credit he deserves for being a truly honorable custodian of the Superman myth. And that's a real shame too because I shudder to think how the character might have suffered under somebody else's control.

Trust me, people, we dodged a bullet.

[The Laughing Fish]

My justification for ranking STM as #1 comes down to Reeve, Hackman and Williams. When it comes to Reeve and Williams, it's all been said. What can I possibly add to that? But Hackman gets overall less praise. Still, he does this marvelous slow burn through the movie where he starts off a little silly and light-hearted. But the worm turns in a big way when Superman opens the trunk of Kryptonite. It's that moment that Hackman stops being all fun and games and starts being a legitimate threat, not just to the millions of people on both coasts but now to Superman directly. It never goes over the top but he's not playing around anymore once Superman opens that box. He's deadly.

You're right. But perhaps an even better example is the very first scene we're introduced to Lex, where he presses the button that causes the trap door to push the police detective towards an oncoming train. Very cold-blooded.

For all the talk about how "light-hearted" the Reeve era was, those movies have their moments of darkness. It wasn't always fun and smiles.

[The Dark Knight]

1. Man of Steel
2. BvS: Dawn of Justice
3. Superman: The Movie
4. Superman II
5. Superman III
6. Superman IV
7. Superman Returns

I haven't seen The Mole Men, so I can't comment.

I like my first four films, but after that I don't really care. Snyder's run is what interested me in the character again, so his films get top billing. Man of Steel gets first place for being a pure Superman outing where he's not sharing the screen time with another hero. Superman: TAS is where it's at for me overall, though.

[Edd Grayson]

Superman: The Movie
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Man Of Steel
Superman II
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman III
Superman Returns

Haven't seen Superman and the Mole Men.

I hope we'll see more Superman on film.

[The Dark Knight]

I hope we'll see more Superman on film.

And I think it's gonna be a long long time.

[The Laughing Fish]

I hope we'll see more Superman on film.

And I think it's gonna be a long long time.

Judging by the pathetic lying and deception by this garbage excuse of a corporation called Warner Butchers, I'd rather they'd just stop making superhero movies altogether. They'll pander to the mindless idiotic masses to the point they'll compromise and hurt their development of films in the worst way possible.

f*** 'em!

[The Laughing Fish]

HAHAHAHA, oh man!

I found this Twitter screenshot of some idiot who has a YouTube channel called Geeks + Gamers making this delusional comment regarding MOS and the evil Superman knockoff Brightburn:



That MORONIC comment invalidates any criticism he has of MOS, as far as I'm concerned. It's because of brainless, hypocritical dickheads like this we're not getting another Superman again in the foreseeable future and Batman is getting rebooted yet again. But we're just expected to put up with this sh*t and happily accept any crap Warner will put out to desperately appease these morons, right? I don't think so, you can count me out.

"Rain forty days, please f***ing rain and wash these turds off my f***ing life."

[thecolorsblend]

HAHAHAHA, oh man!

I found this Twitter screenshot of some idiot who has a YouTube channel called Geeks + Gamers making this delusional comment regarding MOS and the evil Superman knockoff Brightburn:



That MORONIC comment invalidates any criticism he has of MOS, as far as I'm concerned. It's because of brainless, hypocritical dickheads like this we're not getting another Superman again in the foreseeable future and Batman is getting rebooted yet again. But we're just expected to put up with this sh*t and happily accept any crap Warner will put out to desperately appease these morons, right? I don't think so, you can count me out.

"Rain forty days, please f***ing rain and wash these turds off my f***ing life."

G+G is an otherwise legit YouTube channel. Jeremy is right about virtually everything else so I tend to look the other way when it comes to his views on MOS and BVS.

[The Laughing Fish]

G+G is an otherwise legit YouTube channel. Jeremy is right about virtually everything else so I tend to look the other way when it comes to his views on MOS and BVS.

I couldn't care less about his channel or Jeremy's opinions. When somebody makes a statement as idiotic as that, I won't be giving them the time of the day. I have no tolerance for such stupidity. The world has suffered enough of it.