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Spidey 3 on both counts

Looking forward to both of them..

It's nothing to do with the validity of Spider-Man or Superman as characters, but I would bet on Sam Raimi over Bryan Singer.

I also think putting the new Superman movie into the chronology of the old ones is a bad call. It will seem disjointed and will only invite harsh comparisons to Brando, Reeve and Hackman.

Singer has inspired moments. The Usual Suspects came out before people were inured to that kind of twist/misdirection film, but it's not as ornate a piece of storytelling as "Memento." The two X-Men movies, as far as I'm concerned, had a couple of great moments. Magneto tearing the gates off the concentration camp in the first film, and Magneto escaping from the prison in the second.

The counter-argument is that you only need so much Spider-Man. Spider-Man action is too specific to be a franchise like James Bond. It's all about climbing buildings and swinging on ropes and sticky goo. It inevitably repeats itself. There's already more memorable stuff in the first film than in the second. The third may be fighting to justify its own relevance.

There is so many Comic Book movies I'm looking forward to.
Spider-Man 3,Superman Returns,X-Men:Last Stand,and Fantastic Four 2(I loved the 1st one but thats me).
Superman is my favorite comic book hero so Returns has the edge I think.

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Originally Posted by TheNightFlier

Looking forward to both of them..

Oh yep, me too

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Originally Posted by ScandalUMD

The counter-argument is that you only need so much Spider-Man. Spider-Man action is too specific to be a franchise like James Bond. It's all about climbing buildings and swinging on ropes and sticky goo. It inevitably repeats itself. There's already more memorable stuff in the first film than in the second. The third may be fighting to justify its own relevance.

Personally, the action is not why I like the Spider-Man films. I like them because they treat the character with respect and give the story heart and feeling and human emotions, rather than big blow 'em up set pieces followed by more big blow 'em up set pieces. They're in there, but I feel they were secondary, especially in the second one.

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Originally Posted by Joseph B

This movie is as close to a "sure bet" as any movie *can* be:

* The character of Superman is well-known by practically every human currently alive above the age of five.

* In addition to post-toddlers, 'Tweens, and Teens, the movie will appeal to Gen-Y'ers, Gen-X'ers, and all other iterations of generations up and through the "Baby Boomers". (Talk about your demographics!)

* Even if the movie totally tanks in its initial domestic release, there's still overseas distribution, DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, PPV, Cable, and TV network cash avenues to make up the shortfall.

* Since the movie is built as a sequel to Superman II, it should breath new life into the viability of all of the Superman catalog titles.

* And all of this is not even considering the merchandising, and the anciliary boost to Superman "comic" books and graphic novels!

In short, this movie is "Bulletproof"!

In answer to the question, I'm looking forward to both of these new films equally ...

I agree. I think Superman Returns is going to blow the doors off, this movie is going to make a ton of money.