It’s time for the Spectacular Superhero Smackdown of 2012! Spider-Man vs. the Avengers vs. Batman. Which costumed crimefighter was the best of the summer? Vote in our poll.
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I still haven’t seen ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, nor do I really care to. I didn’t like any of the previous Spider-Man movies, and he’s just not a character that I care about. I’m not saying that it’s a bad movie (can’t judge what I haven’t seen), but I can’t drum up any enthusiasm for it.<\/p>\n
Of the other two, ‘The Avengers’ wins by a country mile. I had some issues with the film, but it was great summer entertainment. Joss Whedon intuitively understood that comic book movies are supposed to be fun<\/em>. I wish Christopher Nolan would learn that lesson.<\/p>\n Quite frankly, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ bored me to tears. Who makes a three-hour Batman movie with barely ten minutes of Batman in it? More importantly, why? While I didn’t hate the film the way that, for example, I hated ‘Prometheus’, I found it lethargic and ridiculously self-important, and just no fun at all. It’s certainly the weakest of Nolan’s three Batman movies, with by far the worst script he’s ever written. Honestly, after watching it, I still have no idea what the villains’ plan or motivation or intent was. The plot made no sense to me at all, and I have no desire to revisit the film to piece it together. <\/p>\n Even in terms of sheer visual spectacle, ‘The Avengers’ wrangled its action scenes on a much grander, more epic scale. Its apocalyptic urban mayhem was much more convincing. ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ felt very small and underwhelming in comparison.<\/p>\n Maybe that’s just me. Which movie did you like best? <\/p>\n