At USA Today’s Pop Candy blog, Whitney Matheson compiles her list of top 20 comic-book movies worth renting. It’s a refreshingly varied collection that avoids many of the usual suspects in favor of films like Crying Freeman, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland and Lone Wolf and Cub.
Of course, Matheson also includes Popeye and Supergirl, so …
March 29th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Pop-eye rocks. Hater!
March 29th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
The Robin Williams Popeye flick is a classic.
She does have a lot of fun stuff on her list … Unbreakable, The Rocketeer, Flash Gordon. I’ve never seen the Specials, but I remember sitting through a panel at San Diego on it because we were waiting for whatever was in the room next. Thomas Haden Church is in it, and he was hilarious on the panel. Maybe I should go rent it this weekend, if I can find it.
March 29th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Hey, that’s the Chairman from Iron Chef America!
March 29th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
We the people, love Sweethaven …
March 29th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Popeye, whether you like it or not afterwards, is worth seeing because it’s such a deeply weird attempt at putting the character in the “real world” so to speak.
March 29th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
You’re dead to me, Melrose!
March 29th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
You forgot to mention that she included Brenda Starr….
March 29th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Don’t forget “The Crow”, the first only with Brandon Lee. Forget the crap sequels.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Ah, The Crow! Good one! I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of the sequels.
April 1st, 2007 at 8:30 pm
I’m surprised so many admit to liking the Popeye movie. I thought it was a very good movie until the fight scene at the end. It was a little too much over the top.