[Future Snake Eater]

Oh, I know, believe me, I was just having some fun.

I enjoyed “Superman 2” but it doesn’t hold a candle to “Batman Begins” or “The Dark Knight” or “X-Men” or “X-men 2” or “Spiderman” or “Spiderman 2” or “Superman Returns” or “Blade” or “Sin City.”

The bar has been raised considerably since the early ‘80s.

[Borges]

Are your criteria production values and/or special effects? Then yes every next CGI-festooned thrill fest is the best ever made. My criteria are human drama.

[SnakeDoctor]

>> I enjoyed “Superman 2” but it doesn’t hold a candle to “Batman Begins” or “The Dark Knight” or “X-Men” or “X-men 2” or “Spiderman” or “Spiderman 2” or “Superman Returns” or “Blade” or “Sin City.”

I’d put Superman I and II a little higher than you would. Liked it better than X-Men. Better than Sin City or Blade. Possibly better than Superman Returns, Spiderman III, and XMen 2 (though its a close call). Certainly worse than Batman Begins, Spiderman, Spiderman II, and the Dark Knight (which is likely the best of the group). I think I’d rank as follows ...

Top Tier...

Dark Knight
Spiderman II
Batman Begins
Spiderman
Superman II: Donner Cut
Superman Returns
X-Men 2

Middle Tier

Spiderman III
Superman: The Movie
X-Men
Batman (Keaton/Nicholson)
X-Men III
Iron Man
Superman II (Lester Cut)
The Incredible Hulk (Ed Norton, 2008)

Bottom Tier

Fantastic Four
Batman Returns (Keaton/Devito/Pfeiffer)
Fantastic Four II (Silver Surfer)
Superman III
Sin City
Daredevil
The Punisher
Blade
Hellboy
Batman Forever (Kilmer/Carey/Jones)

Horrible

Batman (Adam West)
Hulk (Ang Lee)
Batman & Robin (Clooney)
Catwoman (Halle Berry)
Superman IV

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