Rate the Pre-DCEU movies

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Good films

1. The Dark Knight
2. Batman Begins
3. Watchmen
4. The Dark Knight Rises
5. Constantine

Shit Films

6. Superman Returns
7. Green Lantern
8. Jonah Hex
9. Catwoman

Originally posted by Slowpoke
Liam is BB's villain, he only had a cameo in TDKR.

Bane never felt really menacing especially after it was revealed that he was just a goon of Talia, the portrayal of Talia didn't work well, too.

It would have been much better if Ras was behind this and make a comeback.

Pardon my grammar, I meant to state that I disagree with you on Liam Neeson in BB being a superior villain to Tom Hardy's Bane in TDKR. I thought Bane was the better antagonist, though obviously not in Heath Ledger's ballpark:

1. Ledger's Joker in TDK
2. Hardy's Bane in TDKR
3. Neeson's Ra's Al Ghul in BB

I do agree with you that the plot for the first two-thirds of Begins is superior to Rises, though I argue that Rises has one of the best endings to a superhero franchise ever compared to the weaker third act of Begins.

Originally posted by John Murdoch
Pardon my grammar, I meant to state that I disagree with you on Liam Neeson in BB being a superior villain to Tom Hardy's Bane in TDKR. I thought Bane was the better antagonist, though obviously not in Heath Ledger's ballpark:

1. Ledger's Joker in TDK
2. Hardy's Bane in TDKR
3. Neeson's Ra's Al Ghul in BB

I do agree with you that the plot for the first two-thirds of Begins is superior to Rises, though I argue that Rises has one of the best endings to a superhero franchise ever compared to the weaker third act of Begins.

To me Bane lost a lot of menace after it was revealed that Talia was the mastermind. And even before that, his open goal was to fulfill the wish of Ras so that's a bit weak to me.

Talia was a weak villain, too because she lacks of her own motive other than revenge+finish her dad's job. I think they should have their own motive.

^^^Nolan’s Bane was better than Schumacher’s Bane, but w. the reveal, he basically became the same thing, thematically.
Someone’s flunky.

Originally posted by Impediment
Constantine was wasted potential. The icing of the insult cake was that John wasn't even English, FFS. They loosely adapted the one shot story "All His Engines" and messed it up.

That might be true...But Keanu still did a good job of the role.

^^^Yeah he did, and the story was fun.
Peter Stormare killed it as Lucifer, too.

Yeah, Lucifer was killer.

Originally posted by Impediment
Yeah, Lucifer was killer.

Even ppl who hate the movie (and there are many) don’t deny Lucifer’s awesomeness.
It was a bit part, but imo it was -just- long enough to establish a lasting wow factor.

1.Catwoman (2004) - F-
2.Christopher Nolan Batman Trilogy - A although I thought Bane was crap
3.Superman Returns (2006) - C weak remake of the Donner flick
4.Green Lantern (2011) - D
5.Constantine (2005) - C
6.Watchmen (2009) - B
7.Jonah Hex (2010) - F