Ladies and gents since we now one day away from the end of the year I thought that i'd do something that i've not done before and that is list of my personal top 5 worst and best comic book films of the year. To make things very easier on my self and and also because so few comic book companies have released films this year not every comic book company is going to get mentioned in this post and so here we go.
WORST
5) Men in Black: International
Do I even need to say why this is on the worst list it's a film that is so bad and is so obviously there just to push an agenda it's beyond a joke. The idea of having multiple MIB organisations across the globe is a cool idea but the film does nothing with it because it's more focused on shoving an agenda down your throat then it is telling an actually good story or creating lovable or in this case even likeable characters.
4) Dark Phoenix
This film spat in the face of everything that came before it watching this film to me felt like an insult because i've spent nearly twenty years with this franchise through it's ups and it's downs and in one film they said none of that even matters. You know how I now that because this is meant to be a prequel to the original films and there are things done in this film that don't add up when you factor in all of the other movies people who are alive in the very first X-Men movie die in this one and what's worse is this could have been such a cool film if they split it up and gave us time to get to really know Jean but they don't at all.
3) The Kitchen
This is a film that's so bad that to this very day i've not seen it all the way through i've only seen enough to form an opinion on it. There's no character progression at all and worst of all there's no plot to the film whatsoever I don't know how this could have worked as a film because i've not read the comic book and after seeing the movie i don't want to because of the fact that I could be getting more of what I hated about the movie.
2) Hellboy
This film could have been so freaking cool and indeed there are cool things in the film the issue is it's bogged down by unlikable characters and a plot that is so cliched that you know what's coming. With the Hellboy franchise you have the power to go anywhere and yet by sticking the film in present day London and not going anywhere else it makes the film uninteresting and the worst crime that this film commits is that it's forgettable a Hellboy movie no matter how it is should never be forgettable.
1) Captain Marvel
The MCU mostly turns out solid comic book movies and very rarely do they get one wrong this is one of those cases for me. Since like with MIB: International it's more focused on shoving an agenda down your throat then telling a good story and having a likeable hero mush has also been made about Brie Larson's acting which given the script not even the best actors could make it work so I have to give her a pass on that however I won't give the film a pass on the fact that it adds nothing to the overall story of the MCU you can skip this movie and go straight into Endgame and you'll miss nothing important.
BEST
5) Spider-Man: Far From Home
This was the film to follow Avengers: Endgame and while it's not as good as Homecoming in my opinion it does a good job of showing us what the world is like following both the events of Infinity War and Endgame i'm going to try and not spoil any of these films but you see Peter struggling to cope with what I think is PTSD as well as grief and that's not something shown in comic book films and it really does work here.
4) Shazam!
This film proved that the DCEU is capable of turning out a good film when they really want to and that studio meddling does indeed result in bad films (i'm looking at you Rise Of Skywalker and Suicide Squad). This was honestly a really fun movie and that right there is the one thing that a Shazam movie should be it should be fun because it's a kid in an adult body how are you meant to take that idea seriously it just lends it self so well to being fun and goofy and it works so well in my opinion.
3) Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The first and only animated film to show up on this lost and trust me I could have made a whole list just based of DC animated films. Like Shazam the best thing about this film is that it's fun and given the title that's really what this movie should be it didn't need a deep story or deep character development it just needed to be fun and that's exactly what it was it was a fun movie and one that I recommend anyone to watch.
2) Avengers: Endgame
Now I want it to be known that I really love this movie so much so that I reviewed it twice and the fact that it's second on this list doesn't make it a bad thing it's only here because I had a very tough choice to make. What else is there to say about this film that hasn't been said by everyone else who's seen it it's a great movie and a great conclusion to over ten years of storytelling , world building and character development and this is the only movie this year where I cheered loudly in a theatre and that is something I never do.
1) Joker
Now you know why I had a tough choice to make regarding the number one spot because both this and Endgame are so good I highly recommend seeing both of them. What topped it tho for me was the fact that this film stayed with me for days after seeing the film where as I stopped thinking about Endgame the night after I saw it there really is nothing more I can say about this film that hasn't been said other then just go and see it it's that good.
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