| Quote: Originally Posted by fooknasty I would have to say that it was Singer's X-Men (2000) that really paved the way for comic book movies to be taken seriously. That movie showed that even outrageous source material (humans as mutants) could be taken seriously. Before that, comic book movies were not as popular and were considered a joke. Singer paved the way for movies like Spider-Man, Batman, Hellboy, etc. Not Tim Burton. Agree! X-men have set the standard. Too bad X-Men3 and Spiderman3 couldn't live up to such standard. |