OldBoy

well, with "Watchmen" just coming out and a spurt of graphic novel based movies to come, i thought we should reflect on what has come thus far in the world of strictly or loosley based movies using a graphic novel as source material. and i searched and didn't find any just graphic novel favorites thread. i swear!

i tried to do the poll based on highest rated movies at IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes, so forgive me if i left out your favorite. and i am going to give this public poll thing a try.

i love "V For Vendetta","Wanted", "A History of Violence", "Ghost World" is very good as well, but "Sin City" has got to be my favorite thus far. It just blew me away when I first saw it, almost as a complete "blind buy" as i had no idea of anything about it prior to hype and stuff, saw it and was wowed! easily, most viewed since.

Torchur317

From the ones listed on the poll, I would have to go with Sin City....
With Road to Perdition & A History of Violence close behind....

kevinlord190

watchmen and 30 days of night

fumanstan

Oddly enough I liked V for Vendetta the best, followed by 300, Sin City, and then Watchmen.

Ash Ketchum

My favorites are Japanese live-action movies based on manga, like LADY SNOWBLOOD (1972) and the Lone Wolf and Cub movies from 1972-73, e.g. SWORD OF VENGEANCE and BABY CART AT THE RIVER STYX, the two movies used to compile the English dub, SHOGUN ASSASSIN (1980).

And let's not forget animated adaptations like AKIRA and CRYING FREEMAN (both 1988).

But, of the ones listed, I voted for 300, because I thought that one worked best as a movie.

OldBoy

i was going to put "Akira" in, but i guess went with the live-action. also, thought of "From Hell", but i personally didn't like that one too much.

RobCA

The only one I've seen (as far as I know) is Ghost World.

PopcornTreeCt

ditto

Though I'd probably put The Rocketeer next after A History of Violence.

The Antipodean

Of your list, Ghost World. But American Splendor really should be on there, it's an adaptation of a series of books, true, but probably the most interesting single comics-movie adaptation yet.As for History of Violence, it's a fantastic movie but it bears very little resemblance to the (IMHO mediocre) graphic novel.

chris_sc77

1. V for Vendetta
2. Sin City (Close 2nd though)
3. Watchmen
4. Road to Perdition
5. Ghost World
.....

From Hell is very good also.

LickTheABCs

The Crow.

Ralph Jenkins

Some good ones...

Female Convict Scorpion series (based on a manga, the second is my favorite)
Dellamorte Dellamore (a.k.a. Cemetery Man) (based on a comic strip called Dylan Dog)
The Crow
Sin City
Oldboy (based on manga)
Ichi the Killer (based on manga)

IIG

Ghost World is the best movie on the list.

Maxflier

Going to wait until after I get a chance to see Watchmen to cast my vote, but I can tell you it certainly won't be Wanted, that movie was pure shit.

calhoun07

A lot of good ones here...I had to pick Ghost World though. Sad to say, but I could identify just a little too much with Seymore. And I think it was superior to the graphic novel and I appreciated how Daniel Clowes worked with the director to bring it all together.

If I was to pick an "other" title, Persepolis would top the list every time. It was everything a graphic novel to movie should be...it copied the art style of the original graphic novel very well and stuck to the story. Just a marvelous work.

I keep hoping one day we will see a Maus movie done in the same way.

resinrats

Didn't even know 'History of Violence' was a comic. Rocketeer for me. Still love that movie.

Trevor

Tough choice for me, almost clicked on at least 4 of the choices. Probably should have voted for The Rocketeer, but ended up on Watchmen, as I think that movie might grow on me and end up being re-watched the most.

stingermck

I hate the term Graphic Novel. Its just a term for douche bags who wouldn't be caught dead reading a 'comic book'

With that said, I vote for Watchmen even though it was in singles format first.

OldBoy

glad to see the disparity. makes me want to see a slew of these again, with "Ghost World" topping the list.

islandclaws

Watchmen.

I really enjoy most of those films on there, but Watchmen was a really good film that I think is only going to get better upon subsequent viewings.

OldBoy

can anyone else NOT see the user choices for this poll?

MoviePage

Sin City is the coolest movie in that list.

Ghost World, however, is the best.

PopcornTreeCt

I hate the term too. For me it's like the term was created for comic book geeks so they can say they read "novels".

iggystar

Hey, that's exactly my order as well. (Check out my siggy.)

MR Round

Watchmen.