| I just don't believe that Burton's Batman, after 11 years, was supposedly the movie that paved the way for the new comic book movies. After X-Men, studios realized that they could make comic book source material successful. I just don't believe that 11 years after Burton's Batman, studio execs said "Well in 1989, Batman was successful, therefore we should attempt X-Men and Spider-Man". X-Men brought the superhero genre back into relevancy, and not just with comic book geeks, but with everyone. If X-Men would have tanked, both critically and financially, no way would we have seen another 2 X-Men movies, let alone a Spider-Man franchise, 2 Hulk movies, and now 2 Batman movies. Singer put superhero movies on the map, and created a universe where you could place superheores and villians into a real world setting and take them seriously (But most importantly have them be successful financially and with the critics). In my opinion, he is responsible for 2 or 3 comic book heroes every summer now. |