Top 5 comic character performances, movies + TV

Top 5 comic character performances:

1. Heath Ledger Joker

2. Jackie Earle Haley Rorschach

3. Michael Keaton Batman

4. Robert Downey JR Iron Man

5. Christopher Reeve Superman

Just my opinion. Top 10 would definately include Ed Norton Hulk and Wesley Snipes Blade...

^ Good ones.

5) Billy Crudup as Dr. Jon Osterman/Doctor Manhattan (Poetically mechanical, just like in the books.)

4) Wesley Snipes as Blade (Many don't know too much about Blade, but Snipes did his fucking homework on this cult-followed anti-hero.)

3) Jackie Earl Haley as Walter Kovacs/Rorschach (The grit, the anger, the intelligence, the social-awkwardness...nicely done, Haley.)

2) Heath Ledger as The Joker (Best interpretation of a villain ever. EVER!)

1) Ron Perlman as Anung un Rama/Hellboy (The epitome of comic to film when it comes to characterization. He knocked it out of the frickin' park.)

Worth mentioning: Robert Downey, Jr. as Stark/Iron Man, of course.

Ian McKellen as Magneto

I'd have to say Colin Farrell as Bullseye. He totally owned the role and stole the show in Daredevil.

^ Eh. Thought Duncan's Kingpin was alright, I guess. They tweaked the persona a bit--what little was shown of the character. I did feel the vibe of the Kingpin well, though. That I-own-this-fuckin'-city type of vibe. But ya, they wasted a lot of moments on Elektra and Bullseye. Should've saved them for a sequel once they've set up The Kingpin and maybe "Crimemaster" and The Enforcers, and The Owl fight for territory. I know Crimemaster and The Enforcers are kind of Spider-Man schtick, but they've went up against DD many times. Possibly more than Spidey. Plus, it links to Kingpin, which is DD's villain. The Arranger, which the character Wesley Owen Welch was probably a nod to, should've been a bigger part of the first movie.

Then the sequel deals with Elektra and Bullseye. Fans'd have been pumped. Going all crime-drama noir with the first one, and then showing the fans, "Remember, he's in the MU and has supervillains."

I'm not this Affleck hater, but why couldn't they have chosen someone else?

rwe1138 wrote:Ian McKellen as Magneto

That should've been one of my honorable mentions. He looks a good bit older in the films, but it is more faithful to reality of aging. But ya, he got it down pat.

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Patrick Stewart as Professor X
Alfred Molina as Doc Ock

Silent K wrote:Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Patrick Stewart as Professor X
Alfred Molina as Doc Ock

Those 3 might make my top 10 if i ever get around to it. Definately a top 15 list. Come to think of it, Tobey Mcguire spider-man is definately top 10.

1. Heath Ledger -Joker

2. Robert Downey Jr -Iron Man/Tony Stark

3. Christopher Reeve -Superman/Clark Kent

4. Ron Perlman -Hellboy

5. Ian McKellen -Magneto

Silent K wrote:Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Patrick Stewart as Professor X
Alfred Molina as Doc Ock

Forgot about Molina's Dr. Octopus. Patrick Stewart was, of course, nicely cast. I still feel Wolverine should've been a bit different and more in the background the first couple of films. I've never seem him like he was in the movies. Not that Jackman was bad, just could've had a better script for him, I guess?

BlueMaxx wrote:

Silent K wrote:Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Patrick Stewart as Professor X
Alfred Molina as Doc Ock

Forgot about Molina's Dr. Octopus. Patrick Stewart was, of course, nicely cast. I still feel Wolverine should've been a bit different and more in the background the first couple of films. I've never seem him like he was in the movies. Not that Jackman was bad, just could've had a better script for him, I guess?

I don't think Wolverine does "in the background".

^ Apparently not to Marvel or FOX. Heh.

J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson

1)Alfred Molina as Dr. Octopus
2) Terrence Stamp as General Zod
3) Thomas Jane as the Punisher
4) Ron Perleman as Hellboy
5) Doug Jones as Abe Sapien

^ Interesting list.

rwe1138 wrote:J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson

Great one! But just the one?