Posted by BrianLynch at computer-udp135334uds.eatntn01.nj.comcast.net on January 22, 2004 at 01:38:22:
In Reply to: Worst and best casting job in comics to movie? posted by Pigpen on January 21, 2004 at 23:58:16:
WORST:
Arnold Schwarzenegger as the "brilliant, emotionally removed" Mr. Freeze...who has trouble forming sentences although he's brilliant and likes to make bad puns when he's not being emotionally removed.
MOST DISSAPOINTING:
Halle Berry as a terrible Storm in X-MEN when Angela Bassett would have been so much better. Berry was better in X2 however. Somehow Storm lost her wacky accent, I'm thinking Forge hit her with an over-acting reducing ray of some kind.
BEST:
Christopher Reeve and Tom Welling as Superman (in the movies and SMALLVILLE, respectively). Great job, they are Clark Kent.
Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson as Batman and Joker. Keaton is someone you can believe being off-kilter enough to dress up like a bat and beat up criminals, and every line out of Nicholson was gold.
Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman. Tortured, crazy, flirty, she was Catwoman. I SAY THEE NAY HALLE BERRY.
Bill Campbell as The Rocketeer. He looks just like his comic counterpart, and he was great to boot.
Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart in both X-MEN. Just awesome. You believed in these characters, no matter how outlandish. Ian McKellan was great was Magneto, he was my favorite part of the first X-MEN movie, but he wasn't exactly what I pictured for the Magneto in the comics.
Colin Farrell as Bullseye in DAREDEVIL. Such an over the top insane performance, but I loved watching. The dude points to the bullseye on his head to remind his enemies what his name is, AND he sniffs a dying old lady.
Rapheal in TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. Where did they find that guy? He was GOOD.