This for me is a toss up between Batman Dark Knight and Ironman the first movie. Each director portrayed the character so well. It was amazing to see how well of a job they did. If I had to choose I would go with Ironman. I think some of the humor they stuck in it just sealed the deal for me. It was a feel good, action packed, robot type movie that just really delivered, and it gave me a new found respect for Iron man in the comics. There have been some good super hero movies and some bad ones. My list of super hero movies from favorite to worst. I may be leaving some out.
1. Iron man
2. Batman Dark Knight
3. Incredible Hulk (2008)
4. Spider-Man
5. Thor
6. Iron Man 2
7. Batman (1989)
8. X-Men
9. Spider-Man 2
10. Batman Begins
11. Superman (1978)
12. HellBoy
Super Hero movies that I personally thought failed to show what they needed to:
Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Hulk (2003), Spider-Man 3, Fantastic Four, and Superman Returns. I personally thought these movies were failures even if they made decent money.
Those two batman movies just ruined the batman name at the time.
The 2003 Hulk movie while had some cool fight scenes, it just did not paint a correct picture of the Hulk for me.
Spider-Man 3 absolutely ruined Venom for me, and the story just didn't flow very well to me.
Fantastic Four was a little more cheesy than I was hoping for. The only actors I thought did decent jobs were Chris Evans(Human Torch) and Michael Chiklis (Thing). Julian McMahon (Dr. Doom) had honorable mention for me. Also on a side note...does anyone think Ioan Gruffudd (Mr. Fantastic) resembles congressman Anthony Weiner a bit? lol.
Superman Returns failed because it brought nothing new to the table IMO. Im tired of seeing him battle Lex Luthor. There are plenty of other villians for him to fight.
Lastly, Im really looking forward to the Captain America Movie. I have always really liked Captain America's story. If you are not familiar with his character I would recommend getting to know his story and attributes.
