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Nolan did pretty well with all three, particularly the last two and ESPECIALLY the last one.

I’m a Marvel guy, but the Marvel movies haven’t all been that great, either;

Spider-Man (great)
Spider-Man II (excellent)
Spider-Man III (trash)

X-Men didn’t nearly live up, especially the casting.
Wolverine was just OK.

Both HULK movies sucked donkey balls.

Iron Man really brought it out but Avengers just wasn’t that good, bordering on the sucky.

Marvel didn't do the Spider-Man, X-Men or Wolverine movies. They have only produced Ironman 1&2, Thor, Incredible Hulk (Ed Norton version) Captain America and the Avengers movies. I thought they were also responsible for First Class, which is excellent, but they were not. I think The Avengers was the best of the lot, right up there with Dark Knight. Then again I am a Hulk fan and that movie was owned by the Hulk.

I thought this last Batman movie was the worst of the lot. I doubt I will even buy it. I own the first two, but Dark Knight is the only one I would watch multiple times, and that is not because of Batman.

I don't think we watched the same movies.

Nolan did pretty well with all three, particularly the last two and ESPECIALLY the last one.

Nolan I slow and b-o-o-o-ring.
Nolan II awful with a lousy ending message (that made no sense until redeemed in...)
Nolan III which served as an antidote to the poison of II. Clearly the best of the Nolan trilogy, but still so dark and dense that it cannot appeal to all ages of viewers.

I’m a Marvel guy, but the Marvel movies haven’t all been that great, either;

Spider-Man (great) AGREED.
Spider-Man II (excellent) AGREED.
Spider-Man III (trash) It was OK - too long, too much story.

X-Men didn’t nearly live up, especially the casting.

OK, that's where I really draw the line! X-Men was very good, X2 was really good and X3 was awesome. Granted, the casting of Cyclops was fairly weak, but Patrick Stewart as Xavier. Ian McKellen as Magneto, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Alan Cummings as Nightcrawler and - my favorite - Kelsey Grammer as Beast were inspired choices.

Even X-Men 1st Class had plenty of phenomonal casting. Michael Fassbender as young Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as young Mystique, January Jones as Emma Frost were good choices. And Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw... genius, pure genius. Sure, the minor characters had very weak casting, but by movie #4 most series sufffer really serious drop-offs. I didn't sense that.

Wolverine was just OK. AGREED, but I loved Liev Schreiber as Sabertooth.

Both HULK movies sucked donkey balls. ESPECIALLY THE 1st one!

Iron Man really brought it out but Avengers just wasn’t that good, bordering on the sucky.

Wow, I couldn't disagree more. I haven't anticipated a movie more AND had my anticipations met and exceeded more than by the Avengers. It was the most fun I've had at the movies since the original Star Wars (IV) in 1977.