Batman pretty much remains the gold standard. Not only was Nicholson a genius, Michael Keaton was widely acclaimed in Hollywood for producing the kind of brooding, haunted Bruce Wayne/Batman character that the movie needed and deserved. Overall I think the same rules apply to comics turned movies as to other movies- good casting, good story, and good direction are key. Special effects are essential but must never take the place of acting.
My sister Jeni was once married to a comic writer, Howard Chaykin, who has become quite the man about town in Hollywood in the comic-to-movie/tv genre. Most of his stuff on TV is crap, if you ask me. He did the "Flash" series in the 90's, remember that? Now he's doing Mutant X (is it even still on?). I love his comics - "American Flagg", the "Black Kiss" series. I would love to see Black Kiss being turned into a cross between Pulp Fiction and The Hunger, but I have no idea how you could do it right and get even an R rating. Flagg is a cool comic but it would end up as another Dredd, I'm afraid. > Jim wrote: > > So all told I'm torn: do I want my favorite stories to be made into movies? > For every "The Mask", "Batman", "Spiderman" or "Road to Perdition" it seems > like there's five "Daredevils", "Judge Dredds", "The Punishers" or "Batman > and Robins". > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145379 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
