The 10 Most Disappointing Superhero Films all of time(article)

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ut, with Fantastic Four the first unmitigated superhero movie failure in recent years, we thought it high time to revisit our list of the most disappointing superhero movies of all time, judged not just by the quality of the film, but by its box office reception, fan expectation, and a number of other criteria.

And yes, Fantastic Four makes the list – you just won’t see any of the previous attempts. There’s only room for one franchise disaster at a time.

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1.Green Lantern (WB)We’re still almost a year away from the true launch of the DC Cinematic Universe when we’re supposed to be well into it by now, and that makes Green Lantern the most disappointing superhero movie ever.

2.Daredevil (Fox)Too bad that vision was scuttled by a go-nowhere plot, downtrodden visuals, and uncharacteristically poor acting from all parties. Too many plot holes, and poor choices left Daredevil dead on the vine, and yet somehow the film still spawned an even more dismal spin-off featuring Garner's Elektra. Of course, by that time, audiences were far too disappointed to expect much.

3.Man of Steel (WB)
Man of Steel may not be as outwardly terrible as many of the films on this list, but it holds the distinction of being one of the most disappointing.While most fans would say that Snyder captured an aspect of Superman that had never been seen onscreen in his no holds barred physicality, many also felt that the film veered too far in this direction, heaping on wanton destruction (and a generous but unspoken body count)

4.Fant4stic Four 2015 (Fox) Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four had a lot riding on its shoulders as the third attempt (if you count Roger Corman’s abortive first try) at building a franchise around Marvel’s first family. As the second Marvel property in 20th Century Fox’s arsenal, along with the still kicking X-Men franchise, it represented Fox’s chances to begin building a superhero world that would rival that of Marvel studios.
But even after a surprisingly warm reception for the film’s first trailer, bad press, bad blood, and Trank’s disavowal of the film sent Fantastic Four into a critical and commercial nosedive that lead it to tank its opening weekend box office, likely crushing the hopes of FF fans and Fox alike at the future of the franchise.

That the film wasn’t any good – likely owing to studio interference, ill-advised reshoots, and a misunderstanding of the source material – doesn’t help Fantastic Four’s case.-

5. Ang Lee Hulk(Universal)-But it became an Ang Lee directed art mistake that reduced the not-so jolly green giant to a Shrek-like cartoon while somehow also making him the saddest, least exciting comic book character to hit the silver screen. Lee attempted to juxtapose campy elements influenced by the cult-classic Hulk TV show of the '70's with a plot that revolved around child abuse and domestic violence, resulting in a film which contained both scenes of a young Bruce Banner witnessing his mother's murder by his own father, and his alter-ego fighting a pack of mutant dogs

6.Spider-Man 3(Sony)- Unfortunately, lightning didn't strike thrice, and Spider-Man 3 was hamstrung by too many villains, including the baffling casting of Topher Grace as Eddie Brock. Spider-Man 3 also suffered from long stretches of Peter being possessed by the Venom symbiote, a condition whose effects veered more towards slapstick, failing to capture the inherent terror of the symbiote's comic origins.

7.X-Men Origins:Wolverine(Fox)-X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is widely considered to have been an unmitigated disaster. Origins featured nearly-unrecognizable versions of fan-favorite characters like Deadpool and Gambit, along with a plot that did everything it could to leave fans scratching their heads about just how the film even fit into the canon of previous X-Men films

8.Spawn(New Line/WB)-When it came time to develop the property into a feature film, however, the studio opted to go a more teen-friendly route that didn't exactly work with Spawn's demonic origins and inherent, gruesome violence, resulting in a film that failed to capture the true essence of the comics, while also failing to find a strong enough voice to make up for the differences.

9.Punisher:WarZone (LionsGate/Marvel Knights)-Drawing major influence from Garth Ennis's fan-favorite run, Punisher: War Zone was billed as an all-out, gonzo action slugfest. Instead, we got a film that swung too far to other side of the pendulum from previous attempts. Dark for the sake of darkness, wild without boundary, and lacking any coherent plot, Punisher: War Zone was less a love letter to big-budget action blockbusters and more a suicide note for Frank Castle's chances on film.

10.The Dark Knight Rises(WB)-Still a very good film in any other context (Christopher Nolan didn’t suddenly forget how to make a movie), Dark Knight Rises had everything to prove ... and apparently tried to.

Nolan seemed to cast aside the "real world" ethos that guided Batman Begins and the Dark Knight putting Gotham and the plot onto the world stage. He set up Bane as an uncharacteristically outlandish villain, radically shifted the movie’s (and the entire trilogy’s) ‘internal clock’ in the second act, and wrapped the epic up with a saccharine or uplifting ending (depending on your POV) that totally changed Batman's context in Nolan's gritty world.




Personally, I might add Avengers:Age of Ultron to the list.What was left was a decent film,but what was cut wouldve made for a more enjoyable film.

Also, I'd add Iron Man 2-due to the massive hit the first one was, as well as X3-a giant letdown that is still the highest grossing X-film to date.