Five Superhero Movies Worse than Daredevil

As we mentioned on the podcast there is quite a bit of hatred pointed at the Daredevil film by the movie geek community. A quick scan of Amazon reviews (of the directors cut) threw up the following quotes that I doubt will be appearing on the poster any time soon:

That last one in particular confuses me. “Trite” I can understand, even if I don’t agree with it. But antiseptic? Really? An antimicrobial substance that’s applied to living tissue/skin to reduce the policy of infection, sepsis or putrefaction?

I give that review one star out of five for its irrelevance and haberdashery.

I get that people don’t like Daredevil. Especially the theatrical version. But “worst film ever”?

John Lennon was once asked by an interviewer if Ringo was the best drummer in the world. “No” he replied “He’s not even the best drummer in The Beatles”

Here are five superhero movies worse than Daredevil:

Batman and Robin

This film is awful on so many more levels than “the Batsuit has nipples”. But…. the Batsuit has nipples.

Batman and Robin killed the Batman franchise stone dead for eight years. Saying that, without it would we have had the Nolan reboot?

Spider-Man 3

Controversial I know. But the reason I think that Spider-Man 3 deserves it’s place in this list is that Spider-Man 1 & 2 were so-damned-good. There was no gradual drop off in quality like with Batman in order to prepare us for the eventual disappointment of a crappy movie. No, it went from great, to fantastic, to sucky emo Peter Parker dancing.

You broke my heart Spider-Man 3. You broke my heart.

Xmen: The Last Stand

Don’t kill off Cyclops. It’s not big, and it’s not clever. And while you are at it, don’t kill off 90% of the other characters too.

Also, just because Halle Berry demands more screen time doesn’t mean you should give it to her. Storm is boring. Sorry, but she is.

Catwoman

It’s virtually impossible to comprehend the thinking behind the producers of this travesty. Like with Batman and Robin, the costume alone is bad enough. It seems the traditional Catwoman sexy catsuit not being anywhere near as slutty or impractical for movie going audiences. We need outfits that would be seen as too provocative at a lap dancing club apparently.

However even if you ignore the slut-suit it’s the plot and the unnecessary and confusing alterations to the Catwoman mythology that really transform this movie into the abomination that it is.

Bad filmakers. Bad! Go sit in the corner and think about what you did.

Ghost Rider

Enough said.

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  • Morticia

    http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/desserts/crumble

    I like Ghost Rider because it makes me howl with laughter. Don’t think that was the film makers intention but there you go.

    • http://quityourdayjob.com.au Lee

      LOL I saw this comment in the moderation queue before reading Dan’s post and only spotted the link to the crumble recipe then thought to myself, mmm spam is getting weirder.

  • Phil

    I agree with all of these, I havent even seen Catwoman and I never will.

    Honourable mention should go to Punisher: War Journal which I had to stop watching it was so awful nasty mean spirited film

    • http://quityourdayjob.com.au Lee

      I watched Catwoman because I wanted to know how truly horrible it was. I actually think it takes out the number one spot, it is a despicable piece of trash that I don’t even recommend for the stupidity.

      War Journal was pretty abysmal as well.

      • Dan

        I’d agree that Catwoman deserves the top spot. It just wouldn’t have tormented Ian so much:)

  • http://quityourdayjob.com.au Lee

    I’m surprised that Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer doesn’t get a look in here if only for the ridiculous Reed Richards dance number.

    • Phil

      yeah true but the Fantastic Four movies never made me angry like the above films. I mostly had a ‘meh’ reaction. They were competently made films that were just engaging.

      • http://www.facebook.com/marshmi Ian

        Catwoman made me very angry. It didn’t have to be that bad, it really didn’t.

        • http://quityourdayjob.com.au Lee

          It’s like it went out of its way to be shite

    • Dan

      There are a few that might have made it if I’d extended the list a bit, but I am too lazy to google the posters than more than five:)

      I’m not actually sure I’ve seen any of the fantastic 4 films however.

      • http://quityourdayjob.com.au Lee

        I argue that the first one does fit the feel of the early F4 comics but it never really elevates itself above comic book adaptation film, the second one just continues further down that road and it’s hard to see why they bothered.

  • http://www.facebook.com/marshmi Ian

    Here are some comments from my Facebook share of this post:

    Carl wrote “How’d I know it was going to be Nick Cage! Told you he’s a tool :) ”

    John wrote “I don’t care how much you enjoyed the bat-nipples it’s still a terrible movie! I mean, it’s not as bad as Ghost Rider, but what is?”

    Andrew wrote “I’m glad Ang Lee’s Hulk didn’t make it onto the list. I quite liked that. Then again, I quite liked the Daredevil movie overall, too…that said, I think it’s uncool to not at least say why Ghost Rider was crap. If there’s nothing more to say, why not say what’s already been said?” Take that Dan Hughes!

    And Adam wrote “you put shit on daredevil, which i agree is warranted, however what about Elektra, the spin-off of a piece of shite is……”

    I’m trying to get these guys (except John) to like the Facebook page, but they’re resisiting.

    • Dan

      You’re getting some pretty good comments on your Facebook wall Ian. Cheers for plugging us man, we appreciate it.

      • Ian

        My pleasure Dan, despite your misguided views on certain films.

  • http://www.caddicks.com/blog Jeff

    Well, I agree with the reasons you include Spiderman 3, but I can’t agree that it’s worse than Daredevil. The most obvious pink elephant in the room sticking a sai in your eye that should be on this list instead is Electra. I actually felt stupider after watching that film. It is undeniably worse than the film that spawned it.

    I’m also not sure I’d put Xmen 3 on the list, but I have a harder time arguing that.

    Arguably you could put The Last Airbender on here, but that might be stretching ‘superhero’.

    Of course, we could always trot out “Supergirl” or “Superman 4″.

    • http://quityourdayjob.com.au Lee

      Hang on a second, Superman IV The Quest for Peace.

      Yup.

      We have a bloody winner.

      • http://allthatcomeswithit.com Dan

        I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Superman IV to be honest. Not that I really want to.

        • http://quityourdayjob.com.au Lee

          you dont.

  • Dan

    Elektra probably is worse than Daredevil, but as I said on the show I didn’t actually mind it all that much. That may be different if I watched it more critically however.

    I really really hated X3. It was mean spirited and burnt bridges which had no reason to be burnt at all.

    • Phil

      X3 was utter crap, I mean they killed off Cyclops in the first 15 mins then Professor X in the first 30 talk about not getting the source material. Even Wolverine wasn’t that likable in that movie

    • http://www.caddicks.com/blog Jeff

      I haven’t listened to the podcast yet (I know, I know… it’s on the list for this afternoon), so maybe I’ll rant against your unreasonable tolerance of Electra there.

      Like I said, I can’t really argue with you on X3. It had some interesting visuals and I didn’t mind the general idea behind the plot, but the treatment of Cyclops alone brings up at least the possibility of being on this list.

      • http://www.caddicks.com/blog Jeff

        And maybe in one of these posts I’ll spell Elektra correctly.

    • http://geeksofchrist.wordpress.com/ Mickey

      That movie redirected a bridge too.

      • http://quityourdayjob.com.au Lee

        I see what you did there ;)

  • James

    I completely agree about X-Men 3 being awful. That film nearly single handily destroyed my faith in watching films (well that, The Phantom Menace and The Matrix sequels). I really loved the first two X-Men movies which only made the crushing disappointment of the 3rd film worse especially as they killed off Cyclops and Prof. X. If only Bryan Singer had stayed on instead of leaving to direct Superman Returns as it would have been interesting to see Keanu Reeves as Gambit.

    • http://allthatcomeswithit.com Dan

      Don’t talk to me about the Matirx sequels. I’ve never had my heart crushed so badly than I did when I excitedly sat down in the cinema to watch Matrix Reloaded.

      • Phil

        ah yeah I remember that crushing feeling, I went to a midnight screening of that film…

      • SG-3

        There were NO sequels! THERE WERE NO SEQUELS!!!

        • Ian

          You’re preaching to the converted my friend!

    • http://geeksofchrist.wordpress.com/ Mickey

      The Wachowskis Matrices:

      in which, “i” = sequels
      and, “j” = suckitude

  • http://geeksofchrist.wordpress.com/ Mickey

    I quite like some of the commonly hated Superhero flicks. Ghost Rider is pure cheese, and I assumed that was why Nicholas Cage and Sam Elliot agreed to appear. If there is a shred of sincerity in the film, Cage will not participate.

    The 1994 version of Fantastic Four is really neat. Every review I’ve ever heard or read opens with smugness and assumes this film is trash because of the behind-the-scenes stuff (something about Marvel wanting to retain filming rights, so they had to film something though they weren’t obligated to release it.) But it’s really very much like a comic on screen – which is rare. And Doctor Doom appears way Doomier here than he did in the Jessica Alba features (which I admit I haven’t seen).

    I’ve already expressed my love for Supergirl on here. And that is a quite hated film. Though I can peek out the side of my rose-colored glasses to see that this film does indeed seem to be a pile with much steam artlessly ascending, stinging the eyes of the audience.

    • http://allthatcomeswithit.com Dan

      I’m not sure I’ve ever seen the 1994 Fantastic Four. Perhaps I should dig it out (although to be fair I don’t actually even like the comic book fantastic 4 that much)

  • http://www.facebook.com/chrisb1306 chris

    No superman returns, really. As for X3 yeh it was the wearkest of the trilogy but i would have put wolverine in its place, really didnt like that film.

    • http://allthatcomeswithit.com Dan

      I still say that I quite enjoyed Wolverine. I think that with the vast majority of these movies it’s all about the expectation. If you anticipate it will be great, and it’s crap then it seems all the more upsetting.

    • http://geeksofchrist.wordpress.com/ Mickey

      Yeah, Superman Returns burns because of it’s so relentless in its averageness. It’s not engaging enough to be good, and it’s not dull enough to be bad. It’s just stubbornly stuck there in the middle.

      Since the film can’t make up its mind, the audience is left to take the initiative – I step forward and declare, “I hate this movie.”

  • http://schwoit.com Dean a.k.a. Dan’s Grateful Benefactor

    Ummmmmm where is Green Lantern? Or are we all just putting that down as a figment of our imaginations that did not really happen?

    • http://allthatcomeswithit.com Dan

      It’s not an exhaustive list, but you are right – Green Lantern belongs there too.

  • http://rolhirst.blogspot.com/ Rol

    I obviously feel the need to defend Peter’s emo-dancing though I do agree that after the first 2 Spideys (particularly 2), 3 was a huge disappointment. I can also think of loads more superhero movies that are FARE worse than Daredevil…

    Green Lantern
    Elektra
    Fantastic Four 2 (and possibly 1)
    Punisher War Zone
    Ghost Rider 2 (probably worse than 1)

    Anyway, I liked Daredevil. They just tried to tell too much story in one film. Other than that, it was pretty good fun.

  • http://rolhirst.blogspot.com/ Rol

    Sorry, that should have read “FAR worse than Daredevil”. Obviously.

  • http://dadwhowrites.wordpress.com Dad Who Writes (Gabriel)

    Elektra. I could feel my synapses dying, minute by endless minute.