Better trilogy: Sam Raimi's Spider-Man or Nolan's Batman?

[Todd Tomorrow]

I’ve enjoyed all three of the Nolan Batman films, of the Raimi Spider-Man films, I only like the second one.

Nolan’s Batman movies are the best itineration of that character, while I think the MCU movies have done a better job with Spider-Man than the Raimi films.

When it comes to Raimi, I far prefer Darkman to any of his Spider-Man movies, it’s one of my favourite superhero movies of all time.

[HotTastyChili]

Originally Posted by AmrlKJaneway

Man, I haven’t spoken to any of those guys in over a decade. Would be fun though...

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

No better excuse for a reunion. Of course, we would all need to hear it.

Why don't we all regroup with our respective metal bands and go on a co-headlining tour?

Originally Posted by Arawn

"Not enough SMILING! Not enough JOKES! Not enough MARVEL!"

Guess you didn't see the post where I said MCU humor was lame. It's not about jokes.

Originally Posted by AaronJ

The film certainly has its problems, the last act being the main one. It's a mess and it goes on for way, way too long.

Right, that's my big problem with the movie. The end devolves into Michael Bay disaster porn.

Originally Posted by Mephariel

I am sorry, but that is just a dumb explanation. So anytime you make a film where a guy wears a mask, you are not allow to make a serious movie? Why can't a comic book movie be serious and self-important? Why is that limited to art films or whatever you are thinking about?

Nah, all I said is a dude dressing in spandex or like a bat is inherently silly. Nolan did a good job of making that seem less ridiculous, but a lot of lesser films (the DCEU) just seem like their reach exceeds their grasp in trying to make the films "dark". Like I said, I think Watchmen was great, and it was incredibly serious and self-important. Superhero films are absurd by nature, so if you don't have a great movie backing the subject it's predisposed to fail miserably underneath the weight of the ludicrous premise.

Something that the Spider-Man trilogy expertly averts. These are compelling, fun, and uplifting films. Imagine if Zack Snyder was in charge of Spider-Man, we probably would have gotten emo Peter Parker right out of the gate, and not had to wait on the suit in Spidey 3.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by HotTastyChili

Right, that's my big problem with the movie. The end devolves into Michael Bay disaster porn.

Exactly. And IMO it's such a shame, since I really like the rest of the film. Oh well.

[CelluloidPal]

I say that both trilogies are on equal footing as starting off from good to great flicks but stumbling on their strongly underwhelming third entries.

[Arawn]

Trilogy curse is real yo.

[dcfan88]

I have to go with Nolan's Trilogy for a few reasons
- While most people love the first two Spider-Man movies and hate the third, I personally wasn't a huge fan of the first one. It felt too by the numbers and almost boring.
- I know mostly everyone hates the third installments in both of these, I don't completely hate Rises. It's easily the worst movie of the Dark Knight trilogy but it does have some solid moments and is a decent ending to the trilogy
- While Batman's voice in these movies is criticized, I thought he pulled off being Bruce Wayne and Batman. Tobey I thought was great as Peter Parker but I thought he was ok as Spider-man
- Dark Knight Trilogy also feels less dated to me compared to the Spider-man trilogy

[Jay Mammoth]

Originally Posted by HotTastyChili

Why don't we all regroup with our respective metal bands and go on a co-headlining tour?

Guess you didn't see the post where I said MCU humor was lame. It's not about jokes.

Right, that's my big problem with the movie. The end devolves into Michael Bay disaster porn.

Nah, all I said is a dude dressing in spandex or like a bat is inherently silly. Nolan did a good job of making that seem less ridiculous, but a lot of lesser films (the DCEU) just seem like their reach exceeds their grasp in trying to make the films "dark". Like I said, I think Watchmen was great, and it was incredibly serious and self-important. Superhero films are absurd by nature, so if you don't have a great movie backing the subject it's predisposed to fail miserably underneath the weight of the ludicrous premise.

Something that the Spider-Man trilogy expertly averts. These are compelling, fun, and uplifting films. Imagine if Zack Snyder was in charge of Spider-Man, we probably would have gotten emo Peter Parker right out of the gate, and not had to wait on the suit in Spidey 3.

Batman is a dark character, Nolan was staying true to the character.

[bandit29]

My two favorite Superheroes. Nolan's Batman trilogy is just a little better thanks to Spider-Man 3. I don't hate it but SM3 was such a missed opportunity.
The Dark Knight Rises was ok just too long. Same story could have been told 30 minutes shorter.

[Dedes]

Originally Posted by dcfan88

I have to go with Nolan's Trilogy for a few reasons
- While most people love the first two Spider-Man movies and hate the third, I personally wasn't a huge fan of the first one. It felt too by the numbers and almost boring.
- I know mostly everyone hates the third installments in both of these, I don't completely hate Rises. It's easily the worst movie of the Dark Knight trilogy but it does have some solid moments and is a decent ending to the trilogy
- While Batman's voice in these movies is criticized, I thought he pulled off being Bruce Wayne and Batman. Tobey I thought was great as Peter Parker but I thought he was ok as Spider-man
- Dark Knight Trilogy also feels less dated to me compared to the Spider-man trilogy

Tdkr isn’t Hated at all. It has 87% on rotten Tomatoes and 8.4 on IMDb and made a billion. It has just a loud minority

[CreasyBear]

Nolan's Batman films, easily. Consistently incredible movies, those. I love Spider-Man 2, though. The first one is a little too by the numbers and 3 goes so bonkers that it's nearly as enjoyable as the second for very different reasons.

[Cremildo]

I think none of the Nolan Batman movies is as perfect as Spider-Man 2, but overall the dark knight trilogy is more consistent.

[UniSol GR77]

Great poll.

[vegeta88]

Spider-Man 8/10
Spider-Man 2 9/10
Spider-Man 3 6/10

Batman Begins 9/10
The Dark Knight 10/10
Dark Knight Rises 8/10

The Batman trilogy is more consistent to me. Rises is not nearly as steep a drop in quality as Spider-Man 3. Even though I did enjoy Spider-Man 3 (I saw it twice in theaters). But I saw each of the Batman movies three or four times in theaters.

[dommie]

For me, it's not even close. Nolan all the way.

[Prog5000]

Batman. Not even close.

[doctor_who]

This isn't even close. Tobey's Spiderman isn't even the best Spidey trilogy. That belongs to Homecoming, Far From Home, and Avengers Parts1+2!

[j_sazin]

Gotta go with Nolan's trilogy.

Maybe it's partly because there have been so many Spider-Man movies since, but the Raimi trilogy feels much more dated. I love both, but gotta pick Nolan- each movie is an epic.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by doctor_who

This isn't even close. Tobey's Spiderman isn't even the best Spidey trilogy. That belongs to Homecoming, Far From Home, and Avengers Parts1+2!

Totally.

[GenPion]

The rebel in me says Spider-Man and the snob in me says The Dark Knight.

[Phillip c. Niethe]

Nolan's