It’s been a great year for movies based on comicbook and
superhero properties being released in 2017.
Most of them have pretty much been excellent, and as a result I thought I’d do a quick ranking of worst to best. So, here we go…
Most of them have pretty much been excellent, and as a result I thought I’d do a quick ranking of worst to best. So, here we go…
7) Justice League
As I said in my Justice League movie review, I don’t think
this is a terrible film. It has great character interactions and is enjoyable
enough whilst watching it to have a fun time at the cinema. However, it’s also
pretty straight-forward and somewhat forgettable, as a result it’s definitely
the weakest comicbook superhero movie of 2017.
6) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
Although after recently re-watching Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 on Blu-Ray and coming away much more positive than my initial cinema going disappointment, I still feel this is one of the weaker MCU movies and as a result weaker comicbook movies of 2017. It doesn't quite capture the magic of the first one for me and I didn't find the story as compelling. However, as with all Marvel Studios movies, it's still good, this one's just not a stand-out.
5) Wonder Woman
As it’s only a couple of places higher on my list, I need to outright
say that in my opinion Wonder Woman is leagues better than Justice League and GotG Vol 2 overall (just in case the position doesn’t effectively convey that). However,
although Wonder Woman is an absolute triumph of a movie and easily the best in
the DCEU, I don’t think it’s better than the next 4 films listed...
4) The Lego Batman Movie
Laugh out loud funny. Packed full with jokes, in-jokes and
easter eggs, this is an absolute joy of a movie. I loved it.
3) Thor Ragnarok
Another great time at the movies, in my full movie review of Thor Ragnarok I said it was an absolute crowd-pleaser, which is extremely
exciting and funny. It’s good to see Marvel aren’t afraid to mix up the formula
and they allowed Taika Waititi to put his stamp all over this. The
best Thor movie of all time.
2) Spider-Man Homecoming
What a great Spider-Man film. It may not have the sky
scrapper webslinging of the previous two versions or the dynamic of Andrew
Grafield and Emma Stone relationship in the “Amazing” films, but as per my my movie review of Spider-Man Homecoming I think this is the best Spider-Man film ever made. Great story, great
villain, great characters and great action, this nails Peter Parker at
high school whilst balancing being a
superhero and looking up to The Avengers. In any other year, this would have
easily been at number one, but…
1) Logan
Logan ranks not only as one of the best comicbook movies of
2017, but also one of the best of all time. For me, the very best superhero
movie’s transcend the genre and can be recommended to anyone who doesn’t
generally like superhero movies (trust me they exist). Logan sits with The Dark
Knight in terms of comicbook movies that feel like they’re real film films (if
you know what I mean?) and as a result
just beats Spider-Man Homecoming to the number one spot.
Well that’s my list, it’s been a great year for superhero
movies and it’s even better when you realise that Wonder Woman, Spider-Man,
Thor and Wolverine have all had their best and most definitive outings in the movies
ever.
Would you have the same order? What's your favourite comicbook movie of 2017?
Written by @RossBishop for MoviePush. Follow Ross on Twitter.
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