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Comic Book Movie Winners and Losers of 2009

While 2008 was a high-profile year for movies adapted from comic books (Iron Man, The Dark Knight), 2009 had its own army of super properties arrayed on the big screen — nine notables all tallied, including the highly anticipated Watchmen. So, how did this year's movies stack up? We take a look back at 2009, identifying the winners and losers.
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It's our picks of winners and losers of the year. Here's the list, but you'll have to read it at ReelzChannel to get the reasoning, then come back here and tell us if you agree or disagree.

  • PUSH - Loser!

  • Watchmen - Winner!

  • Dragonball Evolution - Loser!

  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Winner!!

  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Winner!

  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Loser!

  • Whiteout - Loser!

  • Surrogates - Loser!

  • Astro Boy - Winner!


Honorable losers...
-Street Fighter: The legend of Chun-Li
-Blood: The Last Vampire
7 Yes
34 No
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11/25/2009
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119 Comments

I would say that X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a loser also since the movie sucked the big one
Ryden - 11/25/2009, 9:18 AM
Wolverine financially was a winner. but, the film in a whole was... a loser.
InFamouslyCool - 11/25/2009, 9:18 AM
I agree with Ryden and IFC.
MsKyle08 - 11/25/2009, 9:21 AM
I can't say Wolverine was a loser simply because it gave us the following.

An awesome as hell video game
Awesome toys
A Deadpool movie.

So yeah. It did more good than bad.
MovieTheaterLad - 11/25/2009, 9:23 AM
Nope, Wolverine was flawed, and not a very good adaptation, but the movie itself was ok..certainly not bad.

Great stuff, agree wholeheartedly except for ROTF, for the sheer idiocy of it Id have to lean towards loser..but then, i guess it did have cool giant robots hitting stuff too...

You should post the article here in its entirety I reckon.
RorMachine - 11/25/2009, 9:24 AM
wolverine = loser
tyko450 - 11/25/2009, 9:24 AM
hha, I can already see Lee's reponse to this..

"No way, BOREOGINS was shit! Gi Joe was awesome..and based on toys you know!";)
RorMachine - 11/25/2009, 9:30 AM
if the deadpool movie is based on the deadpool character in the wolverine movie - its gonna blow.
although some flowers do grow from poop so i may be wrong.
A7 - 11/25/2009, 9:33 AM
They all sucked exept watchmen which was so good that it was worth a year of bad movies, and even though g.I. Joe was a loser I kinda liked it.
comicboyV1 - 11/25/2009, 9:33 AM
Star Trek doesn't count!?!?!?!?!??!?
SirExcalibur - 11/25/2009, 9:40 AM
i jsut saw the trailer for the expendables. Looks like the greatest 80s action movie ever but it was made 20yrs too late. Still gonna see it.
MsKyle08 - 11/25/2009, 9:40 AM
Unfortunately I have to agree with Ryden, Infamously, and MsKyle.

I love Hugh. I love Wolverine, but that movie was definitely not a WIN.

But also I don't really even agree with Transformers as a winner. It had some amazing special effects, and supercool CGI, but other than that I did not enjoy it.

But look at this... Im all stating opinions without reading the RC article so I am off to do just that

DarthMulder - 11/25/2009, 9:41 AM
GI Halo > Transformers
TheJester - 11/25/2009, 9:46 AM
comicboyV1

I also liked GI joe. Everybody keeps pi$$ing and moaning that it sucked but, c'mon, it's a movie about action figures. What did you expect, Shakespeare? It looked cool, there were cool fight scenes, there were hot chicks. Mission accomplished.

And here's what gets me, GI joe is a loser even though it made boat loads of money and a lot of people dug it. Meanwhile, Astro Boy has earned less than a third of its production budget so far and is receiving lackluster reviews. That's a winner?

Those Reelzchannel dopes have got to define their criteria more clearly. It seems to me that this list was made by some dweeby fanboy who's just spouting off about the movies he did or didn't like.
gibbyblaylock - 11/25/2009, 9:47 AM
i thought "BORIGINS" LOL SUCKED! AND SHOULDNT BE MENTIONED HERE. B/C A "TRUE" FAN WOULD ONLY SEE THAT PIECE OF SHIT ONCE. ITS NOT A REPEAT VIEWING. i dont see why STAR TRK didnt get "honorable" mention but "BLOOD" does? WATCHMEN "THE ULTIMAE CUT" IS THE BEST CBM OF '09
dellamorte1872 - 11/25/2009, 9:49 AM
Wait, when did Whiteout come out?
Stumblin - 11/25/2009, 9:49 AM
lmaoo@ stumblin. nuff said!
MsKyle08 - 11/25/2009, 9:51 AM
a winner because of a "video game, toys, and spin off".. that's an interesting way of seeing it. i don't play with toys or video games so idk about that.. but YAY for deadpool. i pray it's nothing like Wolverine, cause then it'll be a loser as well.

InFamouslyCool - 11/25/2009, 9:52 AM
They should change the title to "financial winners and losers of 2009".
GreenLantern416 - 11/25/2009, 9:56 AM
How can W*NKERINES BORIGINS be classed as a winner???

It got voted WORST cbm of the year here at CBM's????

Lmao!

; D


WATCHMEN BEST cbm and movie of the YEAR easy!!
LEEE777 - 11/25/2009, 9:58 AM
ok so I read it.

@ CBM: It's not just so called "purists" that didn't like Wolverine, and bad interpretations of characters were NOT the only flaw.

Annnnd Tformers 2 made all that bank on the strength and reputation of the first one, not becuase it was any good. I really only saw it because I saw the first one, and I bet millions of people worldwide did exactly the same.

This is a very biased article, and if money made is your only compass for success well then good for you. But "film" as an art form is much bigger than how much the movie costs or how much it earns.
DarthMulder - 11/25/2009, 10:03 AM
@GreenLantern: yeah right? that's exactly what I am saying
DarthMulder - 11/25/2009, 10:04 AM
Watchmen wins hands down in my book! Wolverine was so terrible and I thought it couldn't get any worse til I saw it on a plane!!
TheAnswer - 11/25/2009, 10:04 AM
Well... ReelzChannel isn't responding. So i can't read it. But yeah...
Shaman - 11/25/2009, 10:04 AM
I dunno about Watchmen being a 'winner'. The director did a hatchet job on it and it was just awkward. It was not as bad a GI Joe. BORIGINS was BAWFUL. TF2 could have been alot better. Did'nt see astroboy. Can't wait til this dissapointing year comes to an end, worst year ever. Happy Holidays.
Number21 - 11/25/2009, 10:05 AM
I couldn't agree with you more gibby!!!
gestlmutant - 11/25/2009, 10:08 AM
Ermmm.. How come the article isn't just posted here?

Decent read anyways.. Still doesn't prove that Wolverine is a winner though lol
Imran - 11/25/2009, 10:12 AM
How is ROTF better than Surragates?

Oh,and "W*NKERINES BORIGINS" is a definite LOSER.
InSpace - 11/25/2009, 10:13 AM
What a disappointing year.
supermarioworldE - 11/25/2009, 10:15 AM
People are way too jaded, cynical, and uptight when it comes to movies these days. Now that comic book movies are all the rage, suddenly everybody's a fanboy??? I hear jocks and preppy types whining about the accuracy and faithfulness of CBMs all the time and I know that these jerk holes have never set foot in a comic shop. But suddenly it's in vogue to go see the latest CBM and complain about it.
Then you got your 16 year old crumb-snatchers who've never watched a single episode of GI joe or Transformers, and wouldn't know from the likes of Alan Moore or Frank Miller. But, there they are, analyzing the mise en scene and better narrative points of every X-man and Ninja Turtle that graces the silver screen!?

Worse than that are the fanboys themselves. Since when is a fanboy's geek cred measured in how viciously he pans a CBM?? The damn fanboys are always the first in line for these flicks, not so that they can say they were the first to see it, but so they can be the first to trash it! Nobody hates a comic book movie more than a comic book fan. You name the CBM, doesn't matter how good. It could be Dark Knight, the original Superman, Iron Man, Spider Man, ANYTHING; I've heard fanboys ripping all of these movies APART!

Maybe we should go back to the bad ol' days when I grew up where there were almost NO CBMs and we would've KILLED to see a movie like Transformers or Wolverine. And we would love that stuff because it validated our interests and it entertained us. Batman (1989) wasn't the most accurate CBM, and it wasn't groundbreaking cinema, but it was a movie about a funny book that we liked that was made for US to see. And we LOVED it back then!

But, I digress. All I'm sayin' is that comics and cartoons are NOT the gospel. Sometimes it's better to stick to the source BUT sometimes the source is campy and hokey and artistic license is okay. It's time for us fanboys to ADMIT it, some CBMs are BETTER than the source material.

THERE, I said it.
gibbyblaylock - 11/25/2009, 10:21 AM
is this based on Box Office?

There are errors with this immediatelly.....Namely transformers duece love.
Keven - 11/25/2009, 10:21 AM
WAIT COMICS AREN'T THE GOSPEL? My whole life has been flipped upside down!
Michael Galusick - 11/25/2009, 10:23 AM
•PUSH - didn't bother to see

•Watchmen - Winner!

•Dragonball Evolution - didn't bother to see

•X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Loser++

•Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Loser+

•G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - missed it

•Whiteout - missed it

•Surrogates - Winner!

•Astro Boy - so-so
Wiredwizard - 11/25/2009, 10:29 AM
X men Origins wolvrine: With its box office, decidedly bright future, and the awesome Hugh Jackman, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is definitely a winner.

ROTF: So, even though Transformers got critically panned for good reason, we're declared in a winner because it made money and has the legs for more sequels — not to mention Megan Fox's legs, which are reason enough, themselves.


How does that define a winner?
InSpace - 11/25/2009, 10:31 AM
I SAY IF YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHINGS A WINNER, YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH THEY MADE..ALL THE WINNERS HAD THEIR THINGS TO CRITIC ABOUT BUT IN THE END IT WAS THE MONEY THEY GENERATED THAT SAYS THEY WON BIG TIME
GUNSMITH - 11/25/2009, 10:40 AM
yeah i agree this is only about how much money these movies make. if we based these movies if its good or not well X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen would not be consider as winners.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was not great but it was kind of good. Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow kicked ass.

Street Fighter: The legend of Chun-Li is total rubbish but its funny seeing how Chris Klein trying to act and saying his lines "NASH OUT" LMAO.
jazzman - 11/25/2009, 10:46 AM
We're all entitled to our opinions and shouldn't just take it and like it like lap dogs. If a movie's good, then it's good, if it's bad then it warrants a thrashing. It has nothing to do with being an accurate adaptation or not. JUST BECAUSE they decided to make a film about our childhood passions doesn't mean that we should automatically like it. If they make sense, they can take all the liberties in the world, if they don't then i paid for the damn film so i'm entitled to say how shitty it was. "Accurateness to the source material" is only one criteria. There are plenty more to judge from.
Shaman - 11/25/2009, 10:55 AM
@ gibbly

if you think any of us go see CBM's hoping they're going to suck then you're off your rocker. as for the "non-comic fanse acting like they know what's wrong". i personally think its THOSE people that keep these terrible CBM's pumping. wolverine origins is a perfect example. anyone thats read even a FEW wolverine comics can tell you how terrible an adaptation it was, and how far off it was to the comics. its the people that don't know any better that thought it was awesome.
CorndogBurglar - 11/25/2009, 11:04 AM
i don't get how everyone says the snake-eyes/stormshadow fights were anything special. they were short, and broken up into 2-3 hit combos, then scenes change to someone else that no one cares about. ray park and byung hung lee's talent were wasted in this movie, neither of them did ANYTHING spectacular. gi joe was easily the worst movie this year.
CorndogBurglar - 11/25/2009, 11:08 AM
AWWWWWW but G.I. Joe was so cool!!!

The one that i really really agree with is Watchmen.
That movie & book changed my life
Fartman - 11/25/2009, 11:10 AM
what was so bad about push?
I liked it, but i never got in to the comics.
chucksome12391 - 11/25/2009, 11:12 AM
and watchmen might be the best CBM of all time
CorndogBurglar - 11/25/2009, 11:14 AM
Supermike? lol just kidding, Fartman.
Poor old supermike said something just like that on one of his psycho vids
DarthMulder - 11/25/2009, 11:17 AM
yep Watchmen was t3h shit. But my favorite CBM is still Iron Man.
DarthMulder - 11/25/2009, 11:18 AM
I don't think Push even started as a comic book.

And I agree with you CorndogBurglar, I never saw how people say, "Man G.I. Joe sucked! But at least Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes had awesome fight scenes!" When in reality, they were mediocre, nothing above a fight scene in a TV show.

Wolverine was bad, but comic book faithfulness aside, it was terrible in every aspect that a movie could be. No actual emotions, Wolverine apparently had a tortured past, though after seeing the film he hardly seemed to have that hard of a time. He was mostly bubbly through the damn movie, horrible cliché scenes, holding Silver Fox while screaming in the air as the camera pans out. Moments in the movie that did not make any sense like the leftover adamantium used to make a damn six shooter, which is bullshit. What the [frick] is a six shooter going to do that sitting in an execution line isn't? Remember the scenes when that happened pre-adamantium? The movie as an entirety was shit and if you add the fact that it was far from faithful makes it even worse.
Stumblin - 11/25/2009, 11:20 AM
@ Stumblin: Agreed.
DarthMulder - 11/25/2009, 11:24 AM
PUsh was joke, Wolveeee it was ok, but making changes to the characters in some aspects is so disrespectfull thou, I still enjoyed it. Watchmen was the BEST HANDS DOWN.
Spock - 11/25/2009, 11:28 AM
MarVell- Ironman is also my all time favorite CBM. After all those years, i never thought i'd see a better CBM than the first Blade. But Ironman is the reigning champion at the moment, in my book ;)

Hmmm... so the darkside finally one huh, Scullybanger?
Shaman - 11/25/2009, 11:40 AM
lame version of a article i plan on doing later
grif - 11/25/2009, 11:42 AM
do that Grif. I just hope it ends up on the front page.
DarthMulder - 11/25/2009, 11:45 AM
PUSH WAS NEVER A COMIC, IT WAS A MOVIE FIRST, THEN COMIC SECOND IN ANTICIPATION "OF THE WARM REACTION FANS WOULD GIVE IT" AND OBVIOUSLY IT WASNT THE CASE. THAT WHY I WONT SEE KICK-ASS. IT WAS SOLD AS A MOVIE FIRST, BUT MILLAR AND HIS CLOUT GOT EVERYONE ALL PSYCHED AND HE "DECIDED" TO "DO THEM BOTH AT THE SAMETIME". IT IS SELL-OUT SHIT! I REFUSE TO SEE IT.
dellamorte1872 - 11/25/2009, 11:46 AM
I'd say Surrogates was a winner it was good flick to watch.
ASStro boy please you couldn't pay me to see that film.
Transformers 2 was a good flick too.
G.I. Joe c'mon another toy based flick both tramsformers and G.I. Joe are Toy based movies not CBM movies
didn't see Whiteout.
The Best movie of 2009 is Star Trek and that's not even a CBM movie!!!!!!!
georgia49th - 11/25/2009, 11:48 AM
GIJOE, Winner: The movie had a great cast, the heroes don't take themselves too seriously (with the exception of SnakeEyes.) The cast of villains PERFECT! Arnold Vosloo was a surprise, but I don't think I'll ever hear 'For he's a jolly good fellow' without my skin crawling ever again. The action is mindblowing, nobody liked the kick ass 'car chase' with Joes in supersuits?! That was bad-ass!
Wolverine, Loser: This one had a lot of potential, but the involvement of Sabretooth (his total personality change)doesn't work, though Liev Shriber would've been perfect for the part if Bryan Singer had gone that way. The cameo of Cyclops is completely pointless. Gavin Hood wasn't brave enough to go for a violently rated R film. The Weapon X story deserves it! The whole connection between Stryker and Xavier is practically non-existent. Making Xaviers appearance at the end awkward and unnecessary.
Loser, Transformers 2: C,mon, they're gonna beat the badguys with Magic DUST. The guys who wrote Star Trek and the 1st Transformers have more talent than that!
Wesley Colvin - 11/25/2009, 11:50 AM
Astro Boy sucked a big one in Japan.
I gotta say....I agree with Japan.
DeathBringer1983 - 11/25/2009, 11:54 AM
Out of those on the list I've only actually seen Wolverine and Watchmen (but I definitely plan on watching ROTF and Surrogates) but I have to agree about the two I have seen! Watchmen was excellent and Wolverine was badly flawed in many ways but was still a decent and watchable movie! :)
JoshW - 11/25/2009, 12:14 PM
U want a real GI Joe check this out. If you like Afro-Samurai u will like this



SHHH - 11/25/2009, 12:15 PM
the simple fact that you listed Wolverine as a winner invalidates the entire list and makes the rest of the article bullshit. not only was that one of the worst comic adaptations ever, but it was an absolutely terrible movie.
l0rdleg0las - 11/25/2009, 12:31 PM
corndogburglar

I'm not saying that fans go to see movies HOPING that they'll suck but they go into them with a completely narrow view of what a good movie is. And worse than that is that every fanboy has his own personal narrow view of what a good movie MUST be and if the movie deviates from this idea in ANY way, they bash it. So, you wind up with a bajillion different fanboys who have each come up with a bunch of different reasons to dislike a CBM.

I don't think that fanboys HOPE the movie will suck, but they look for reasons NOT to like it instead of acknowledging the good!

Watchmen is a perfect example. I've heard all kinds of complaints. "It wasn't accurate enough" or "it was too accurate", etc. Yeesh!

I think that there should be a level of faithfulness to these flicks but a fanboy has to ask himself if the inaccurate changes are negative or are they an improvement upon the source. FACE IT, sometimes the comics are just too flippin' cheesy!

As a matter of fact, THAT would be a great list. Which CBMs OUTDID the comic and in what way?
gibbyblaylock - 11/25/2009, 12:40 PM
# PUSH - Winner!

# Watchmen - LOSER!

# Dragonball Evolution - Loser!

# X-Men Origins: Wolverine - LOSER!

# Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Winner!

# G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Winner

# Whiteout - Loser!

# Surrogates - Loser!

# Astro Boy - Winner!
SoratheKey - 11/25/2009, 12:40 PM
p.s. CDB

I agree that the non-fans contribute to the suckiness of CBMs with their low standards. But, by that same token, I think that fanboys contribute to this new 'complaining about CBMs' craze that even non-fans now cling to. It's sickening to me that it has now become hip to b!tch about CBMs.
gibbyblaylock - 11/25/2009, 12:47 PM
Thanks DarthMoulder.

SHHH, those cartoons are awesome! I cannot wait for them to be released on DVD, it's what the G.I. Joe movie should have been.

Wesley Colvin, to say that movie had a great cast is debatable, also, we know they did not take this movie seriously you could tell by how poorly done it was. The action was horrible and force fed, with horribly distracting CGI that looked like it was for Spy Kids. The dialogue was horrible, cliché and no thought was taken in the actual plot. How many flash backs does a [frick]ing movie need? Their were so many I felt I was going to have a seizure in the theater. I was enraged about how badly this was, I knew it wouldn't be faithful to the source, but I had an open mind. This however did not deliver, yes I get it's a popcorn flick, but their is a fine line between popcorn flick and pure shit. This was the latter.
Stumblin - 11/25/2009, 12:49 PM
Ahh, opinion overload! Look guys, as Shaman said, someone is always going to have issue with something on an article like this. Personally I just happened to agree with the choices for the most part. I also find it hilarious that people talk shit about Wolverine but maintain ROTF , Push or GI Joe were good! But again, opinions.

RorMachine - 11/25/2009, 12:52 PM
gibbyblaylock- First off, it's called being an individual and last time i checked, that was a good thing. Second, have you counted how many fans actually disliked Watchmen??? There are very few. You are way too extremist in putting ALL the fanboys in the same boat just on account of a few rotten eggs. Watchmen as well as Ironman was adored by fans and disliked by a very small percentage. Nothing of which would warrant you jumping on the extreme conclusion that you did. However, when it comes down to a bad film like GI Joe, the bad heavily outweighs the good so i don't see why the majority should act like sheep, worship the film for the few good parts and completely mentally block out the bad(which consists of 75% of the film) as if they were part of a Clockwork Orange project. Now if you have some beef againts nay-sayers then by all means DIRECT IT TOWARDS THEM, not towards "fanboys" in general. To concider every fanboy a bitch is what i find sickening. You are really putting us back in our so called "parents basement" with comments like those.
Shaman - 11/25/2009, 12:57 PM
People wouldn't b1tch if the movies weren't crap-fest.

# PUSH -Loser! Unwatchable. Heroes knock-off

# Watchmen - Win!

# Dragonball Evolution - Loser! A new level of bad

# X-Men Origins: Wolverine - LOSER!

Btw, Star Trek belongs here and... WINNER

# Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Loser! More robot action please and maybe a plot also.

# G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Loser. See the Doctor Rex.

# Whiteout - Loser!

# Surrogates - Loser!

# Astro Boy - Winner!
SHHH - 11/25/2009, 1:09 PM
@ gibbly

i hear ya man. but everyone is going to view things differntly. i thought watchmen was done perfect. the only REAL thing they changed that had any effect on the story was the squid. BUT it made MORE sense to change it the way they did, so i'm fine with it.

but there are still a lot of people around here that can take the movie for what it is and still enjoy it. i understand why things get changed, change doesn't always work out for the best, and when i feel it doesn't, then i complain, sure. but you can't expect everything to be like the comic. its impossible, so i see what you're saying!
CorndogBurglar - 11/25/2009, 1:39 PM
Looks pretty accurate except for the whole Wolverine movie being a winner lol NO
Instantclassic - 11/25/2009, 1:52 PM
Transformers a winner??? Maybe in terms of box office sales, but as a movie? Hell no! GI Joe was still a decent movie to me and that shoulda gotten some credit.
skullboy - 11/25/2009, 2:06 PM
I pretty much agree with all of these choices.
Bandrews1 - 11/25/2009, 2:25 PM
i kinda disagree with watchmen being a winner, that movie really did suck a$$, everybody that i talk to hated that movie, i end up throwing that movie away, cause it was so bad.
But i would say Wolverine was an excellent movie
clintavos - 11/25/2009, 2:44 PM
Yeah X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a definite loser and I actually semi enjoyed it up until the point they completly destroyed deadpools entire mythology...some script writers are real morons
RomeyRome2002 - 11/25/2009, 2:44 PM
I...oh, whats the point?
TucsonRican - 11/25/2009, 2:57 PM
I really liked Wolverine.

And I am also confused as to how Astro Boy is a winner when critics lean towards dislike and it did not meet its budget.
saymekian - 11/25/2009, 3:10 PM
Watchmen (Theatrical release)-Not good not bad
Watchmen (Director's Cut)-Dear god mega WIN

Wolverine- Better then last stand, but still a lose

Transformers ROTF- LOSE nothing but eye candy. Yes giant CGI robots are impressive and that was enough to sell us on the first one. Now we're over the shock of seeing our favorite childhood robots on screen and we want more.

Dragonball- EPIC FAIL

GI Joe- didn't waste my money, the trailer was enough proof of how awful it was.

Surrogates- didn't see it but looked good.

Astro Boy- didn't see it but heard good things and had impressive cast

Star Trek- one of the best movies of 2009

2010 looks to have a much better lineup of CBM

Crazyhorrormovienerd - 11/25/2009, 4:12 PM
@ clintavos

did you read the watchmen comic before you saw the movie?? the movie was made for the fans, if you had no exposure to it before you saw the movie, then i'm not surprised you didn't like it. most of the general public, it seems to me, didn't like it either. but it also seems that most of the fans loved it.
CorndogBurglar - 11/25/2009, 4:21 PM
@Crazyhorrormovienerd: You haven't seen the Ultimate Cut yet.
SHHH - 11/25/2009, 4:37 PM
Shaman,

Your comment raises interesting points. I certainly did not mean to imply that ALL fanboys have grown cynical but to make light of the fact that the complaining is too pervasive. It's like a trend.
In fact your comment seems to attempt to twist what I postulated to mean something else entirely. I'm not proposing that everybody be "sheep", quite the opposite. My comment is meant to inspire people NOT to fall into the criticism trap. Not to be sucked in to this strange growing conformist idea that the only way to prove how great a fan you are is in how well you are at picking out flaws in CBMs.

But I do apologize if my post seemed to lump ALL fanboys into this category. This was not my intention.

Also you seem to have missed the point of my post entirely. My original assertion, which I reiterated in a second post, was (and I'll put this in the most general terms possible for easy comprehension) just because a CBM doesn't EXACTLY follow the source material does not mean that it is automatically bad.

A good movie is a good movie so don't be so quick to discount it just because it's not SPOT ON with the comic or cartoon. And DON'T be a sheep and quickly jump to bashing CBMs just because it's the popular thing to do. BY ALL MEANS form your own opinion but you don't have to be a blowhard about it if you like it and somebody else doesn't or vice versa.

AND THAT is the POINT! As the saying goes "opinions are like A-holes everybody has one and they all stink"
gibbyblaylock - 11/25/2009, 4:59 PM
Oh, and Shaman

I never, never, ever called anybody a "bitch". This is a good example of another strange trend with sites like this. People want to jump to aggressive, negative conclusions about posts. Calm down, relax. It's only a message board, s'okay buddy.
gibbyblaylock - 11/25/2009, 5:04 PM
CornDogBurglar

Exactly. Sometimes you see the changes and you're like "What the crap? Why does Deadpool have huge swords coming out of his hands? How does he bend his arms at the elbows when they're retracted?". And other times you're like "Yeah, that makes sense, Magneto probably wouldn't look like a thirty-year-old body builder if he lived through the holocaust".

But then SOME fanboys have to whine and be all "Dark Knight was incredible and groundbreaking but Batman's costume wasn't all blue and gray and yellow so I'm going to ignore the finer points and flatly reject that flick".
gibbyblaylock - 11/25/2009, 5:15 PM
I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING!!!!

G.I. Blow was terrible. It was the worst CGI that i had ever seen in an action movie. It was alsmost half cartoon and half live-action.

Also, WATCHMEN is the best comic adaptation of all time. I have watched it like 10 times and also own Black Freighter.

Wolverine was good too. Liked it the most out of all the X-Men movies.

And also, I want to thank everyone on this site!!! It is the best site in the world!!!
IronMan24 - 11/25/2009, 5:42 PM
One more thing, what about Terminator Salvation?
IronMan24 - 11/25/2009, 5:47 PM
Transformers, a winner? Who is this retard?
bones86 - 11/25/2009, 6:13 PM
how in the hell was wolverine a winner??????damn!!!!!
ukboy28 - 11/25/2009, 7:01 PM
push is by far the worst one of them all !!
TiPsYrUs - 11/25/2009, 8:29 PM
im suprise to see that street fighter didnt make the cut, guess the movie was so bad they didnt wanna mention it !
TiPsYrUs - 11/25/2009, 8:31 PM
What about Star Trek? I dont even like Star Trek but the movie was amazing.
•Star Trek - 10/10
•Watchmen - 7/10
•Astro Boy - 7/10
•Dragonball Evolution - 6/10
•X-Men Origins: Wolverine - 6/10
•Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - 5/10
•G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - 5/10
JP - 11/25/2009, 9:09 PM
o and street fighter - 3/10
JP - 11/25/2009, 9:10 PM
i will say this. i saw ROTF...ON DEMAND LOL. the plot was horrendous. the decpticons need to find a secret energon stash? mom getting high? non-sensical attempts to "create" types of humor all demographics can enjoy...but i still had to see GIANT ROBOTS [frick]ING EACHOTHER UP, IN A BATTLE ROYAL. OVERALL? I WASNT REALLY A FAN, OR "PERSONALLY" OWN THE TRANSORMERS MOVIES. BUT THEY DO GET A VIEWING LOL, JUST NOT REPEAT ONES
dellamorte1872 - 11/25/2009, 10:54 PM
I hated Wolverine and Watchmen.
HannibalSmith - 11/25/2009, 11:36 PM
Wolverine origins is a loser.

Watchmen was a disappointing loser.
GuyFawkes - 11/26/2009, 12:04 AM
Wolverine origins is a loser.

Watchmen was a disappointing loser.
GuyFawkes - 11/26/2009, 12:06 AM
Transformers was financially a winner but was the biggest shitfest I've seen in a long time. Where was Terminator: Salvation?
TheDurkinKnight - 11/26/2009, 12:51 AM
Wolverine was way better than shitfest like hancock and GI joe.That's a fact jack.
bullsize - 11/26/2009, 2:06 AM
i'm new here but i figured since everyone is sounding off i'd like to as well.....so here's my PERSONAL take on things....

# PUSH -Loser! sucked

# Watchmen - definate win! only a few things i didn't like....

# Dragonball Evolution - Loser really sucked

# X-Men Origins: Wolverine - LOSER! don't get me wrong for people who haven't read the comics it was an entertaining movie but they have taken so much away from the character and i believe to much 'artistic' license...

Star Trek - Loser i admit to being a hardcore trek fan and i was unable to swallow the changes they made...maybe one day. but for someone like my wife who had never watched trek before i guess it was a great movie.

# Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Loser!!!!! it just plain sucked. the only reason i watched it was because my daughter wanted to see it. the original transformers movie was like a 1000 times better(i mean the 80's animated version)

# G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Winner i found this movie far more entertaining than the transformers movie. yes it was cheesy but it was still a good watch.

# Whiteout - Loser! i fell asleep

# Surrogates - Loser! sucked

# Astro Boy - Winner! cute movie....

here's to hoping 2010 is a better year....
terrivo - 11/26/2009, 2:18 AM
It's funny how 2008 brought us two giant success in CBM history, which only a few people marked as bad. And then 2009 comes along with a promising look and just delivers poorly, only Watchmen IMO was a great watch and a solid CBM, though alot of people disagree.

So well here's to hoping that 2010 will bring the A-Game, hopefully Iron Man 2 will live up to the hype and save the year if it goes wrong.
lyky90 - 11/26/2009, 4:30 AM
gibbyblaylock- Thank you for clarifying your comments. They really seemed like an offense to fanboys in general. In that case i completely agree. And the reason why we do get on the defensive is because there are as many guys coming on here to bitch about how fanboys are harsh critics as there are of guys complaining about insignificant details about every CBMs. MOST of us on here however, voice our opinions and back them up with pertinent arguments. But you're right, a sheep is a sheep. There are some that follow the bitch trend and some that follow the fanhate parade.
Shaman - 11/26/2009, 6:28 AM
push- cant say nothing didnt see it

watchmen- winner, but it was the same as the comicbook only the ending was different

dragonball evolution- loser, they should of stood to the source matrials

X-Men Origins: Wolverine- winner, i thought it was a good movie that told woverine back story well so people could get how he lost his memory and got his metal claws

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen- winner, i liked the movie

g.i.joe- winner, it stood to the source matrails and only change things and they had all the character right

whiteout- loser, just by the trailer you could tell is going to suck

Surrogates- cant say nothing didnt see it

astroboy- cant say nothing didnt see it

start trek- winner, im not a star trek fan but this movie was awesome it told a good story of how the crew got together that no one never done before so it was great cant wait for part 2

Terminator: Salvation- winner, like the movie
flames809 - 11/26/2009, 8:24 AM
# PUSH - Winner: Just. The plot was a little confusing and the pacing a bit off, but for all that, the characters and world depicted were interesting enough to merit further exploration. I hope it gets a sequel.

# Watchmen - Winner! Best CBM to date (Director's Cut).

# Dragonball Evolution - No. Just no.

# X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Loser!!

Winner?! WINNER??!!! Have you read Wolverine? Are you familiar with the character in the slightest? A Foxup of the highest order. Not only a painfully bad adaptation of an actual great origin story, but full of toe-curling cliches, gaping plot holes, awful characterisations and just missed opportunities all round. Just wrong on so many levels it hurts. And WTF did they do to Deadpool? :shakeshead:

# Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Not seen yet.

# G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Not seen, but saw enough clips and read enough of the (absolutely diabolical) dialogue to have been put off wanting to.

# Whiteout - Not seen yet, but reviews have put me off already.

# Surrogates - Not seen, but it's Brucey - how bad can it be?

# Astro Boy - Not seen, but will. But it's a cartoon. Shouldn't be on this list imo - apples and oranges.
KeithM - 11/26/2009, 8:27 AM
push- cant say nothing didnt see it

watchmen- winner, but it was the same as the comicbook only the ending was different

dragonball evolution- loser, they should of stood to the source matrials

X-Men Origins: Wolverine- winner, i thought it was a good movie that told woverine back story well so people could get how he lost his memory and got his metal claws

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen- winner, i liked the movie

g.i.joe- winner, it stood to the source matrails and only change things and they had all the character right

whiteout- loser, just by the trailer you could tell is going to suck

Surrogates- cant say nothing didnt see it

astroboy- cant say nothing didnt see it

start trek- winner, im not a star trek fan but this movie was awesome it told a good story of how the crew got together that no one never done before so it was great cant wait for part 2

Terminator: Salvation- winner, like the movie
flames809 - 11/26/2009, 8:41 AM
Shaman

Word up. I'm a fanboy and I like these forums. I like discussing CBMs and speculating on the ins and outs of upcoming CBM projects. I like deliberating about past CBMs and what was awesome about them and so forth. But I think that, because a lot of CBMs have been a success, some of the uninitiated non-fans and also some of the fans themselves, have gotten the wrong idea. They see regular fans debating and considering and ruminating on CBMs and they go "Oh, THAT'S what being a fan is, somebody who gripes about stuff".

There are some out there who don't see the reality which is that we are passionate about our interest and we like that the CBMs are successful because that could mean a wider audience and more like-minded people to yak about comics with.
Instead many people continue to ignore the fantastic source material and follow this strange mentality that a lot of them have adopted that if you immediately bash something that people will think that you know something about it that they don't. I'm not saying that all people who dislike the movies are guilty of this, but I've definitely seen it in action.
And it isn't just the tearing down of the film that bugs me. If somebody wants to talk about why and how they didn't like it, I got no problem with that. What's strange are the people who hate just for the sake of hating. Without reason or explanation.

It's weird, I see people do this with a lot of stuff like music and tv shows too. Like somehow hating something makes them seem smarter, like they have some inside, expert information on the subject. There should be a name for this phenomenon.

I think it should be called the "Simon Cowell Effect".
gibbyblaylock - 11/26/2009, 9:23 AM
Wolverine sucked. I tried to approach it without being a comic book fan and still thought it was poo. The action was corny and the movie didn't flow well for me.
dustin7933 - 11/26/2009, 9:50 AM
only 1 that won was watchmen. it didn't do so well in box office but remained #1 3x's in a row on dvd for blu-ray. the movie was good, n u all know. u had to understand it, n if u didnt then u fail big time. in my opinion the story was better then tdk's, but both movies where good. every other movie sucked this yr, but star trek, distict 9, and harry potter 6
kyle dalton - 11/26/2009, 10:57 AM
gibbyblaylock- HA HA!!! True That!!! Good name for it too LOL :P
Shaman - 11/26/2009, 11:21 AM
There are several parameters to judge the success of a movie, one of them is financial and another would be the quality of the product. I lean toward the second; otherwise I would have to consider Titanic the greatest movie of all time, which is definitely not. To me the losers and winners are:

•PUSH – Not a Comic book movie. Having superheroes doesn’t make it a CBM. I know there was a miniseries about it, but that was made after the movie.
•Watchmen – Winner. It might not have had a great success at the box office, but it was a great movie and true to the spirit of the comic.
•Dragonball Evolution – I can’t stand the manga, so I will never watch it.
•X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Loser. The movie was terrible, the special effects were cheap and some of it’s characters were not even close to his comic book counterparts.
•Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Loser. A terrible movie, with a bad plot and confusing special effects, I couldn’t tell which robot was on the screen.
•G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra – Loser. More bad special effects, terrible characters, ridiculous plot, terrible acting. It has all the ingredients of a mayor stinker.
I haven’t seen: Whiteout, Surrogates or Astro Boy.
Verdugo - 11/26/2009, 2:11 PM
G.I.Joe-special effects crappy,flow of the movie was all over the place,had aa few action packed scences that worked all in all 2 out 10 failed

Transformers 1 & 2-everything ran together couldnt make which robot was which I mention this in a earlier post 3 out 10 failed

Dragonball-it's not worth rating or discussing FAILED 0

Watchmen-interesting the blue guy looked a little out of place CGI wasnt really working for me. The storyline and acting was good I'd give it a 7 out 10 pass.

Ironman & Hulk-very good action,CGI,STORYLINE,and acting 8 out of 10 pass

TDK,BATMAN BEGINS,SPIDERMAN,AND BLADE all WINNERS in my book.

Dont know if Star Trek counts but if so it's atleast a 7 out of 10 also. Wolverine is a total FLOP but I dont really care for the X-Men movies,cartoons,or comics.
BLADE4040 - 11/26/2009, 8:40 PM
•PUSH - Enjoyed it 6/10


•Watchmen - Did not enjoy it. 4/10


•Dragonball Evolution - Did not see.


•X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Enjoyed it 6.5/10


•Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Did not see.


•G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Enjoyed it. 7/10


•Whiteout - did not see.


•Surrogates - did not see.


•Astro Boy - did not see.
GL2814 - 11/27/2009, 8:52 AM
Pretty spot-on!Except for GI Joe,I liked it.
NightAvenger4 - 11/27/2009, 11:43 AM
@SHHH- I know i really can't wait for that!
Crazyhorrormovienerd - 11/27/2009, 2:19 PM
@gibby....you are spot on thank you for the comment.
starsofwar - 11/27/2009, 9:08 PM
Wolverine can't be a winner. I don't know how TF2 got on there. Furthermore, I liked Surrogates, I don't see how that's a loser. PUSH, I wouldn't go to harsh on it. I honestly didn't understand it. GI Joe was way over the top.
SuperFlyinPwrs - 11/28/2009, 1:59 AM
I would say all of those movies listed were pretty bad. Watchmen was the only movie that was remotely interesting.
Azrael83 - 11/28/2009, 10:25 AM
WATCHMEN ABSOLUT WINNER.
OSCURO - 11/28/2009, 12:01 PM
Every film on that list is an absolute loser to me. 2009 SUCKED for comic book movies; especially the greatest comic of all time, a complete and total masterpiece, Watchmen, turned into a mediocore action film...though it has been a great year to be a science fiction fan; Star Trek and District 9 were nice surprises and Avatar looks like it is going to be great!
Quagmire14 - 11/30/2009, 12:34 AM
Not one movie on the list delivered.
Watchmen had some interesting elements to it but ultimately was filled with pretense. Snyder does not know how to do anything beyond beautiful visuals and picking the right song occassionally.
Last year gave 3 films that legitimately represented comic book lore: Dark Knight, Iron Man and Hulk (althogh flawed, it still gave me the Hulk in some sort of real sense).
I cannot honestly say that this year gave me any 'real superhero' at the movies.
Therefore these are all 'Losers'.
Lucasberg - 11/30/2009, 6:24 PM
Gosh and jeez.
A movie is not a good one only because it has good visuals and cool music.
Watchmen absolutely BLEW! in the department of charactors.The only ones that pleased me and felt authentic, were Dr. Manhattan and the Comedian.
Rorshach felt forced if still interesting and oh-my-gosh, night owl and yellow girl sucked so hard that I died and raised from the dead only to see them still sucking. And, I cannot even talk about the absolute defilement of Ozyfartface without feeling anger that rivals the darkside (I can feel it) because they made into a wuss one of the best villains I had seen in a comic.
Lucasberg - 11/30/2009, 6:40 PM
I would like to know who in the world is the consultant when making these movie adaptions. They should definately get on of you guys. I vote for Lee
theothegreat - 11/30/2009, 7:32 PM
Funny true story. You guys have heard my hate rants on GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, I refused to see it in theaters. I refused to buy it. I refuse to rent it. I did look at the trade paperback in my local comic shop and it bore out all that I thought would be wrong with the movie and felt more than justified in my hatred. Today my grandmother stopped by to see my wife and I. We had a nice visit and she said, "Oh, Jay. I bought something for you today. I remember I bought you so many of these when you were little..." It was a GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra Blu-Ray.

Because my grandmother bought it, I took it into my basement man cave tonight and watched it. When it was over at about 11:30 this evening, I ejected it from the Blu-Ray and placed it back in its case. I walked to the closet under the basement steps where I have a gun safe. I removed my Remington 870 Express. I loaded it with a single shell of double ought buck. I walked outside. I placed the Blu-Ray in the notch of a small tree. I stepped back about 15 feet and blew that goddamn thing into a hundred pieces. This promptly brought my angry wife out on the deck asking, "What the hell?"

Needless to say my nearest neighbors are about a mile away, so my wife was the only person I woke up... but damnit I hated it that much. So much that even though my saintly little grandmother bought it for me, so much did this demonically wicked thing taint my memories of the Larry Hama comic that I love so much that I had to destroy it. It was almost as if I were on auto pilot... it simply had to die.

So here is my final and official critique of GI Joe; I have seen it and I hated it with a passion so white hot that I had to obliterate it. I will say no more of this film. Tomorrow I will go pick up its ruins from my yard and burn it in my deck's fire pit. So there you go... to all the folks who said see it before you "hate on it." I saw it and hated it more than Hitler. So there you have it worst movie ever, CBM or otherwise. Channing Tatum can lick my nuts, flat ass acting no talent hack.

Faux Joe.
nerosday - 12/1/2009, 1:16 AM
Out of the ones I've seen in this list, the worst one was G.I. Joe, which was ok/good, but thats just my opinion. Wolverine was at least better than that. Best one is Watchmen...
TheCritic17 - 12/1/2009, 4:36 AM
Watchmen is hands down the best comic book movie of the year.

It's top 3 overall right beside Inglourious Basterds and District 9 as well.
Keven - 12/1/2009, 11:29 AM
"A Serious Man" was the best film this year. Easy.
Lucasberg - 12/1/2009, 12:42 PM

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