Hero or Villain?

Hero or Villain?

When you watch a super-hero movie, are you watching it for the Hero? or the Villain?

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By pjspider - Jun 22, 2015 09:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Comics

As I was thinking about how Spider-Man is going to be joining the MCU, and how Sony will still be making the independent Spider-Man movies, I remembered that we'll likely see more incarnations of his villains as well - the Green Goblin, Venom, probably Doc Ock, etc.

However, now that Superman's been "re-invented for modern cinema" for a couple years now, I find myself looking forward to seeing some of his major villains on the big screen for the first time.  Hopefully, ones like Brainiac, Metallo, and Darkseid, just to name a few.  Because up until now, Superman has really only had two physically formidable major villains on the big screen - General Zod... and Nuclear Man.  

I claim to be more of a Spider-Man fan than Superman, but I find myself almost dredding yet another Spider-Man reboot that rehashes characters we've already seen, while at the same time, looking forward to seeing new characters introduced on the big screen for Superman.

Then the question came to me - When I watch a super-hero movie, am I watching it for how much I love the Hero?  Or for how much I love the Villain?  Some films focus the spotlight on the heroes, while others pay more attention to the villains.  And I'm purposely not stating which movies I think are which, because I want you to think about it.  At the end of the day for me, I'm still going keep watching and enjoying almost all of them (there's a small handful I like to think were never actually made).

But what gets you more excited about seeing a new super-hero movie - the Hero or the Villain?  Discuss!

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TheManFromMars
TheManFromMars - 6/22/2015, 9:51 PM
That depends. Is it a Batman movie?

If it is, I'm going to see the villain.

If it isn't, I'm probably going to see the hero.
pjspider
pjspider - 6/22/2015, 10:02 PM
Or is it neither Hero nor Villain, but instead BOOM BOOM POW 'XPLOSIONS BANG!
Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 6/22/2015, 10:11 PM
I often find myself rooting for the villain in films. I also get a lot more excited for a comic book movie if the villain is a favourite of mine from the comics.

When people tell me that Batman is the most interesting character in comics, I have always said that an argument can be made that the Joker is a more interesting character than Batman.

This is all around a very interesting and thought provoking topic.
thunderforce
thunderforce - 6/23/2015, 6:31 AM
When I watch a super hero movie I watch for it for the comedy of course .
dragonator29
dragonator29 - 6/23/2015, 9:07 AM
Till now, TDK was the only movie I watched for villain.

Generally, I watched movie for heroes, MCU hasn't disappointed me in that part.

Captain America is my favorite heroes from what I have seen in the movies, and I never expected him to like him, let alone being my favorite. The movies(especially Winter Soldier)has done a great job in making Steve Rogers more than a than an American hero.

FlyntCoal
FlyntCoal - 6/23/2015, 9:15 AM
Both?

Both.
BrokenBat
BrokenBat - 6/25/2015, 8:07 AM
Well for me in a superhero movie it is very important that along with a good superhero, for the movie to be good it needs to have an amazing super villian. If the threat posed to our "hero" is not really a real threat than anyways his or her heroics are not that impactful.

so well yes I love to watch the heroes, but it is the villians who make or break superhero movies.
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