Favorite Super-Hero Movie

Just in the past 2-3 years there have been several super-hero movies made from both comic publishers: Marvel & DC Comics. Marvel is currently beating DC Comics in the box office as they have made several more movies than DC Comics. Just this summer alone, Marvel has 3 movies (Thor, Cpt. America, & X-Men: First Class) out this summer and DC Comics has one movie (Green Lantern) out this summer.

I am going to exclude full-length animated movies made by both DC & Marvel. I am also going to exclude super-hero movies that are similar to Watchmen and just focus on the movies based on the more popular characters such as Spider-Man & Batman.

I am more of a fan of Marvel characters than the DC Comic characters but the movies that DC Comics make are produced much better than Marvel movies. The biggest example is Batman Begins & The Dark Knight. If I based off of just the total production of the movie and not the character or super-hero abilities, then I would go with The Dark Knight.

Based on character, my favorite super-hero from DC Comics is Green Lantern and I was a fan of the movie. My favorite super-hero from Marvel is "Gambit" from the X-men and he was featured in X-Men Origins: Wolverine but he didn't have a big part and was a somewhat minor character. I have always enjoyed the X-Men considering they have several mutant powers and each movie showcases something different. I would say that my favorite movie based on character is X-Men: First Class which is an origin movie for Prof. X & Magneto.

So, overall I would have to say that my favorite super-hero movie overall is X-Men: First Class. It was not a typical cheesy super-hero movie and has substance to it. I would say that it is equivalent to The Dark Knight in production quality. It had a very good storyline and was set in the 60s and put a different twist on a major history event, the Cold War. There it is, X-Men: First Class is my favorite Super-Hero Movie.

Wondering what came in second, here is my top 5 super-hero movies:

1. X-Men: First Class
2. The Dark Knight
3. The Green Lantern
4. Iron Man
5. Iron Man 2

This list can change by 2 movies coming out next summer: The Dark Knight Rises (DC) & The Avengers (Marvel).

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