Comic Book Movies

Rotten Tomatoes posted a nice round up of comic book movies, worst to best. In light of my accusations of Superman sucking, it's interesting to see how all the big franchises stacked up. Here's the filtered list:

88 - Batman & Robin
81 - Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
71 - Superman III
54 - Batman Forever
39 - X-Men: The Last Stand
35 - Spider-Man 3
27 - Batman
24 - Batman - Mask of the Phantasm
23 - Batman Returns
19 - Superman II
17 - Superman Returns
16 - X-Men
9 - Superman: The Movie
8 - Batman Begins
5 - X2: X-Men United
4 - Spider-Man
1 - Spider-Man 2

All in all I'd have to say it's pretty accurate. The new Spider-Man isn't so hot, but the third X-Men was worse. Actually, there seems to be a strong pattern of the third movie sucking bad. But it doesn't have to be that way; it is possible for the third movie to be the best.

Superman is all over the place in the list, spanning pretty good to spectacularly bad. But Superman's top movie isn't as high as Spider-man, X-Men, or Batman's. Why? Because Superman sucks.

Need more proof? Take the average rankings:

• Superman: 39.4
• Batman: 37.3
• X-Men: 20.0
• Spider-Man: 13.3

It's official.