Superhero Movies: My Favorite Moments…
I was driving to work the other day listening to my mp3 player when the John Williams masterpiece, ‘Theme From Superman’ comes on. It’s an amazing piece of work and immediately conjures the Christopher Reeve films. As human actors go, he nailed it. But then I started thinking about all the superhero movies I’ve seen. If you know me, you know I geek out over anything superhero-related. I see a cardboard display in the theatre and I’m psyched. I love that superhero movies had this huge resurgence in the early 00s.
So mentally, in my head, I’m listing the top five superhero movie moments. Not whole movies. That’s an important distinction. A horrible superhero movie could have a spectacular scene in it and make this list. You’ll see what I mean. Also, YouTube yanks these videos down as fast as it can, so don’t be surprised if the video doesn’t play anymore or if there isn’t even any video.
#5 – The team is born. ‘Mystery Men’ is seriously underrated as a superhero flick. It’s a great film. The superhero tryouts are a great moment. Every crackpot and their brother shows up to join the group. ‘PMS Avenger. I only work four days a month. Is there a problem with that?’
#4 – ‘I’m Batman.’ Micheal Keaton was a great pick for Batman. A lot of people thought he couldn’t pull it off, but he did it well. Early in Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’, Keaton hangs a crook over the edge and instructs him to tell all his friends about the new vigilante. When the crook asks, ‘who are you?’, Keaton delivers THE line: ‘I’m Batman!’ Yes, you are.
#3 – Stop that train. In ‘Spider-Man 2′, Doc Ock destroys the controls of a train. Spider-Man works desperately to stop and ultimately succeeds. As he’s falling unconscious after, the people of New York catch him and bring him in. Good stuff.
#2 – Leaving these cards. When Warner Bros relaunched the Batman franchise after Clooney and Schumacher destroyed it, I was hopeful. They delivered. ‘Batman Begins’ REDEFINED the superhero film and put it right up there with boring-ass dramas as real theatrical fare. This scene is from the end. Lt. Gordon shows Batman a card from a new villain on the scene. He flips it and it’s a joker. My wife will vouch for me; I literally jumped in my seat with glee.
#1 – Lois Lane rescued. Let’s make this clear. The ending of ‘Superman’ is RIDICULOUS and STUPID. This scene, however, is awesome. I get teared up watching it. I don’t even care that you know that.
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November 24th, 2009 at 1:13 am
4 & 5 don’t do much for me. But I’m with you on 1,2,3 and you nailed the order too.
I like several scenes from Iron Man – maybe I’d throw the the scene where after trying the flight part of the suit out for the first time… “Yeah I can fly.” Or when the tank tries to shoot him in his first real combat and he shoots what appears to be a tiny rocket, that proceeds to destroy the tank.
Also maybe a Superman II scene where Zod has Superman kneeling before him only to realize he hasn’t given up his super powers at all.
Good list.
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