So is The Dark Knight still the best CMB movie?

Do you guys still think The Dark Knight is the best comic book movie or do you thinkits over rated in terms of best comic book movie to ever release?

I think its the Best Batman movie but saying its the best comic book movie is abit of a stretch now, what do you guys think?

yes. and its not overrated. not even slightly.

Also the fact that people still have to ask if anything has beat it yet, means it still is.

@fallschirmjager said:

Personally, I think the Winter Soldier is better. TDK is definitely top 3 and has the best acting out of any comic movie.

For me it's a tie with The Avengers, I find it really difificult to compare them, since they are really different in tone. Captain America: the Winter Soldier and Hellboy are also not far behind.

@maverick93: What about Watchmen?

It never was, it's second to A History of Violence.

It never was, it's second to A History of Violence.

Yes for various reasons. It's had a greater lasting impact and influence than any other CBM and started the trend of making actually good CBM (along with spiderman, to be fair.) Ratings are still better than the other CBM's all these years later.

A great movie, but for some reason I don't like it as much as the others. Maybe because it's a really heavy film, so I don't rewatch it so often.

A great movie, but for some reason I don't like it as much as the others. Maybe because it's a really heavy film, so I don't rewatch it so often.

Cap:TWS

imo? no.

The Dark Knight is the best CBM ever no doubt..with thrill,action,a very deep message and of course the most important and magnificent thing about TDK was THE JOKER the greatest villain in the world and immortalized by Heath Ledger..Avengers was great too but TDK is greater.Also X men Days of The Future was very Awsomeeeee.

The Dark Knight is the best CBM ever no doubt..with thrill,action,a very deep message and of course the most important and magnificent thing about TDK was THE JOKER the greatest villain in the world and immortalized by Heath Ledger..Avengers was great too but TDK is greater.Also X men Days of The Future was very Awsomeeeee.

I haven't watched it *begs for my life to be spared* but I can't imagine it being better then avengers, or tws...I did see batman begins though, I wasn't impressed.

Not at all. Spider-Man 2 was, and still is, the greatest comic book movie ever made.

Subjective.

I see why it would be called the greatest, I thought it myself for a while, but now I think Avengers is the best.

From a story and acting perspective it is. I hardly see it as a CBM just because of how unconventional and drama filled it is.

My top 3

1. Days of Future Past

2. The Dark Knight

3. The Winter Soldier

Crumb is god tier.

BB

@matthewparker: Then you need to watch it. Now.

@matthewparker: Then you need to watch it. Now.

It isn't even the best Batman film, let alone best CBM.

Personally I think it is the best my a long shot. But it kinda depends how you look at it. If you're using the term "comic book movie" quite literally, then there is definitely an argument to be made that no there have been a couple better direct adaptations. But as a film based on a comic book character and elements/themes of his story, then I don't think there is a film that comes close. The thing is a piece of cinematic art that will stand the test of time, its not just a generic, action/fx filled comic book flick.

X-men Dofp

The Avengers

TDK

X-men Dofp

The Avengers

TDK

Nope

Overrated, the morality elements are so on the nose. And the end speech was just corny as Superman 4

Nope

Overrated, the morality elements are so on the nose. And the end speech was just corny as Superman 4

Still prefer Avengers. The Dark Knight was a great movie but it really didn't evoke the type of Batman I like, it was too grounded and the villains weren't as extravagant as I'd of liked.

No Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier is to me better than realistic Batman movies.

Batman Begins is the greatest CBM of all time.

I say yes. It is not just a good CBM, it's just a plain great regular film. To this day, it has stood the test of time, when other CBMs come out, it's the one film everyone compares them to. Great plot, great leads, great supporting cast, a phenomenal villain, interesting themes and cinematography, it is the only movie involving a superhero I would give a 10 out of 10 to and one of my favorite movies period.

Yes.

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Yes, The dark knight is still the best cbm movie

X-Men: First Class and Watchmen are better.

I also like the first Iron Man better, despite it's non-existent third act.

you like bad movies xmen all suck watchmen was good but did not live up to comic

irom man was good

@captinduck: I should paraphrase; the director's cut of Watchmen is better.

First Class was excellent, I don't know what you're talking about.

In my opinion, what The Dark Knight had going for it was that it was more than just your typical superhero movie

@flameboy298: No. and it never was.

@flameboy298: yes it is

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/watchmen/

Watchmen (2009)

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Gritty and visually striking, Watchmen is a faithful adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel, but its complex narrative structure may make it difficult for it to appeal to viewers not already familiar with the source material.

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Watchmen the movie provides ample evidence that more is more, but less might have been closer to Moore in spirit (that is, anarchic, witty and compelling).

April 14, 2013Full Review Tom CharityCNN.comTop Critic

If you haven't read the source material I think you're going to dislike it even more than I did. So yeah, it's sort of bad news around here.

May 6, 2011Full Review Laremy LegelFilm.comTop Critic

Great book, mediocre adaptation.

March 13, 2009Full Review | Comments (37)Richard RoeperRichard Roeper.comTop Critic

Watchmen left me looking at the exit far more often than at the screen.

March 9, 2009Full Review | Comments (28)Peter RainerChristian Science MonitorTop Critic

Zack Snyder's film version of Watchmen is a grim and grisly excursion into comic-book mythology.

March 6, 2009Full Review | Comments (30)A.O. ScottNew York TimesTop Critic

[T]there are problems both with the tale, which was an awful lot more subversive 20 years ago than it is today, and the telling, which in contrast to Moore's radical experimentation is disappointingly staid and straightforward.

March 6, 2009Full Review | Comments (4)

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dark_knight/

The Dark Knight (2008)

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Dark, complex and unforgettable, The Dark Knight succeeds not just as an entertaining comic book film, but as a richly thrilling crime saga.

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An exceptionally smart, brooding picture with some terrific performances.

April 10, 2013Full Review Tom CharityCNN.comTop Critic

The Dark Knight is a film that's fantastic on the action front, seeds its acrobatics in its own reality, and always feels relevant even when its ideas are drowned out by clatter.

November 24, 2011Full Review Dave CalhounTime OutTop Critic

Christopher Nolan is much, much smarter than your average filmmaker.

July 6, 2010Full Review | Comments (18)Laremy LegelFilm.comTop Critic

The symbiosis of good and evil is the film's philosophical core, and images of duality and cloaked identity are strewn through it like shards from a fun house mirror.

October 18, 2008Full Review | Comment (1)Joe WilliamsSt. Louis Post-DispatchTop Critic

Christopher Nolan's latest exploration of the Batman mythology steeps its muddled plot in so much murk that the Joker's maniacal nihilism comes to seem like a recurrent grace note.

July 18, 2008Full Review | Comments (451)Joe MorgensternWall Street JournalTop Critic

The film is so relentlessly bleak that, paradoxically, its blackness is not given its full due. But this comic-book movie is more disturbing, and has more freakish power, than anything else I've seen all year.

July 18, 2008Full Review Peter RainerChristian Science MonitorTop Critic

Were films judged entirely by the emotive impact of their opening and closing images, The Dark Knight would be a masterpiece.

January 24, 2013Full Review Rob HumanickProjection Booth

The glimpse into the Joker's darkness during his documented torture scene is a credit to the devastatingly lost potential of Heath Ledger.

January 2, 2013Full Review Blake Howard2UE That Movie Show

It's not just the best Batman film ever. It's not just the best superhero movie ever. It's more than a money-spinner, a franchise, a comic-book cash-in. The Dark Knight is a stunning piece of work that deserves every word of praise spoken about it.

October 14, 2012Full Review Ali GrayTheShiznit.co.uk

^this

Yes, it still definitively is.

@captinduck: Oh, wow, that's *yawn* yeah that's really somethin'.

Great answer,also agree with Avengers :D

You're a time traveler?

@captinduck: This is all off personal opinion, rottentomatoes or any general review isn't going to change someone else's opinion... unless they're desperate to conform for some reason... Lots of people loved MoS even though it got pretty harsh reviews online.

In my opinion Watchmen was a great adaptation of the graphic novel. Not necessarily the best CBM, but it's definitely up there. I would say either The Dark Knight or Captain America: The Winter Soldier are the top.