Marvel/DC Comic Book Movies That Should Never Have Been Made

1. Spider-Man 3
Studio: Sony/Columbia
Director: Sam Raimi
Release Date: May 4, 2007
Box Office: $890,871,626

2. Green Lantern
Studio: Warner Bros.
Director: Martin Campbell
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Box Office: $219,851,172

3. Blade: Trinity
Studio: New Line Cinema
Director: David S. Goyer
Release Date: December 8, 2004
Box Office: $128,905,366

4. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Studio: Sony/Columbia
Director: Neveldine/Taylor
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Box Office: $132,563,930

5. Batman & Robin
Studio: Warner Bros.
Director: Joel Schumacher
Release Date: June 20, 1997
Box Office: $238,207,122

6. The Fantastic Four
Studio: Fox
Director: Josh Trank
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Box Office: n/a

7. The Fantastic Four 2
Studio: Fox
Director: Josh Trank (?)
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Box Office: n/a

8. Superman III
Studio: Warner Bros.
Director: Richard Lester
Release Date: June 17, 1983
Box Office: $59,950,623
Note: Ignored by Bryan Singer's Superman Returns!

9. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Studio: Warner Bros.
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Release Date: July 24, 1987
Box Office: $15,681,020
Note: Ignored by Bryan Singer's Superman Returns!

10. Captain America
Studio: 21st Century Film Corporation
Director: Albert Pyun
Release Date: December 14, 1990 (UK); July 22, 1992
Box Office: n/a

11. Steel
Studio: Warner Bros.
Director: Kenneth Johnson
Release Date: August 15, 1997
Box Office: $1,710,972

12. Jonah Hex
Studio: Warner Bros.
Director: Jimmy Hayward
Release Date: June 18, 2010
Box Office: $10,903,312

13. Man-Thing
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Brett Leonard
Release Date: April 30, 2005
Box Office: n/a
Note: It was released on the SyFy channel instead of making a domestic theatrical release as intended.

14. Catwoman
Studio: Warner Bros.
Director: Pitof
Release Date: July 23, 2004
Box Office: $82,102,379
Note: Winner for 4 Razzies including Worst Picture and Worst Actress (Halle Berry)

10 "Poorly-Received" Movies That Actually Got Good Reviews

1. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Studio: Warner Bros.

Budget: $250 million

RT rating: 87% / CinemaScore: A

Box Office: $1,084,939,099

2. Brave (2012)

Directed by: Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman

Studio: Disney/Pixar

Budget: $185 million

RT rating: 78% / CinemaScore: A

Box Office: $538,983,207

3. Iron Man 2 (2010)

Directed by: Jon Favreau

Studio: Paramount

Budget: $200 million

RT rating: 72% / CinemaScore: A

Box Office: $623,933,331

4. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

Directed by: J.J. Abrams

Studio: Paramount

Budget: $190 million

RT rating: 87% / CinemaScore: A

Box Office: $467,381,584

5. Godzilla (2014)

Directed by: Gareth Edwards

Studio: Warner Bros.

Budget: $160 million

RT rating: 74% / CinemaScore: B+

Box Office: $529,076,069

6. King Kong (2005)

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Studio: Universal

Budget: $207 million

RT rating: 84% / CinemaScore: A-

Box Office: $550,517,357

7. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Directed by: Marc Webb

Studio: Sony/Columbia

Budget: $230 million

RT rating: 73% / CinemaScore: A-

Box Office: $757,930,663

8. Star Wars: Episode III - 
Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Directed by: George Lucas

Studio: Fox

Budget: $113 million

RT rating: 79% / CinemaScore: A-

Box Office: $848,754,768

9. Avatar (2009)

Directed by: James Cameron

Studio: Fox

Budget: $237 million

RT rating: 83% / CinemaScore: A

Box Office: $2,787,965,087

10. Signs (2002)

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan

Studio: Touchstone

Budget: $72 million

RT rating: 74% / CinemaScore: B

Box Office: $408,247,917

Hank/Ant-Man and Janet/Wasp Need a Huge Spotlight in the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

When I learned that lead actor Paul Rudd is instead going to play criminal thief Scott Lang (the second person to be Ant-Man) and that Hank Pym (the original Ant-Man) will eventually be played by a 2-time Academy Award-winning, 70-year-old Michael Douglas, I started to remind myself that Marvel really need to make a movie/TV project to develop the backstory of Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym. So if Michael Douglas is not going to be in the Ant-Man costume, then I would suggest maybe a younger actor to physically look like Douglas himself. He should also have the original Ant-Man comic book personality mixed with the love-for-science (without the pacifist ways that makes him so weak in many fights) attitude in the underrated, better-written, & beautifully-animated cartoon The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. I hope that if the latest Ant-Man from Bring It On director Peyton Reed is a big success next summer after Avengers: Age of Ultron, then maybe Marvel should consider developing an ABC/Netflix Original TV show (same format as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, and Marvel's Daredevil) that focuses on Hank Pym's early days as the original Ant-Man. Wish that Ultron (played by James Spader) does share some connection with Michael Douglas' Hank Pym other than being "Tony Stark's creation." Depending if whether or not, the latest Avengers blockbuster movie sequel will have any sort of impact on the Ant-Man movie 2 months after its official debut. But most of all, they also need to find someone who might make an excellent Janet Van Dyne A.K.A. Wasp! I'd be glad for her Wasp character to have the fun-loving and feisty attitude from her Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes counterpart! Too bad it won't be Evangeline Lilly since, from what I learn, she is actually going to be Hank Pym's daughter named "Hope Van Dyne." But if what I hear is true about Jan being killed off prior to the post-Avengers 2 film, then I would suggest that they let the original Wasp (and I mean Janet, of course!) play an important & bigger role in an Ant-Man prequel television series where she actually fought alongside her beloved Hank (as THE Wasp) against the forces of evil (like Egghead, maybe) prior to their marriage and birth of their lovely daughter. If none of that is ever coming to fruition like most other potential fan-desired things we Marvel fans want to see in the MCU, then the only Hank Pym-Ant-Man and Jan Van Dyne-Wasp memories we would ever cherish is in the original comics (I bought a collection book of the Ant-Man/Giant Man comics from Barnes & Noble) and the forever-as-always best written Marvel animated Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes cartoon.

How the Sam Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy Should Have Ended

If X-Men: Days of Future Past was able to make us completely forget that the events involving the critically-maligned X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine ever happened and thus redeemed the entire X-Men movie franchise after correcting the mistakes via time-traveling, imagine what we can do to Spider-Man 3 since the underrated & least successful Amazing Spider-Man movies (which were unfairly treated as "inferior" when they have something even better to offer what the previous 3 could not) have nothing to do with them. I was happy that I gave away my old Spider-Man 3 DVD (and Blu-ray) to the Richard & McKay's video library store last month since, in my view, it was such an UNHAPPY ENDING to the series. This is my "official" Sam Raimi Spider-Man movie trilogy ending that I came up with to help erase events that may lead to the most forgettable, no matter how financially successful it was, Spidey threequel of all time (so forgettable like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was - please Disney & Lucasfilm, say that it's NON-CANON with the original 3 Indy movies if a 5th movie (whether as a reboot or a direct sequel) is not made in time!) if Sony can't afford to make a direct Spider-Man 4 movie after unceremoniously firing Sam Raimi before deciding to make a reboot that starts from scratch in the similar vein of Batman Begins.

After Spider-Man 3 ended, Peter woke up from a bed in the morning as if something triggered him to. He remembers experiencing some of the things he considers awfully terrible: his own best friend Harry becoming the New Goblin before dying at the hands of Eddie Brock/Venom, chasing after Flint Marko/Sandman who was revealed by Captain George Stacy as the true killer of Uncle Ben Parker, bonding with the Symbiote to go into an even darker path (but worst of all, his EMBARRASSING emo flirting and out-of-place dance moments!), pushing Mary Jane off like a punk after dancing with Gwen Stacy to "impress her". However, he also remembers dreaming about some positive highlights like balancing his time as both Peter Parker and Spider-Man, kissing Mary Jane on their "web of love," telling Aunt May that he is planning on proposing to M.J. for marriage, saving Gwen's life from the damaged building caused by a malfunctioning crane, and receiving the key to New York City while being praised by the cheering crowds for his heroic actions in the past few years. But he soon realized that [everything in Spider-Man 3] was all just a bad dream.
Just then, Mr. Ditkovich knocks on his door, asking for a rent. Peter opens the door and politely says good morning and happily gives him a $20 bill. Confused, Ditkovich and Ursula asks if Peter has been sleeping well. He replies that he never felt better before telling kind Ursula to ready the chocolate chip cookies when he gets back, which she happily obliges. Peter decided to check on the others he knew to see if they were "okay" after having a nightmare that he wants to forget. He calls Dr. Curt Connors on the phone to ask him if he still has a tiny sample of the alien Symbiote. Dr. Connors says that he has no "alien sample." This made Peter felt relieved that although really a dream, he never wanted to wore the black suit that he found again. He went to the police department to meet Captain George Stacy and asks him if Flint Marko really killed Uncle Ben. However, Capt. Stacy says that "he wasn't aware" that Flint Marko really committed a murder. He explained that the only criminal involved in the crime scene where Peter would find his uncle lying dead is Dennis Carradine, the person TRULY responsible for shooting at poor Ben before hijacking the car. With the confirmation from the police captain, the case is therefore closed and never again will it haunt Peter forever had the Sandman been revealed to be the true [accidental] killer. Next, he went to visit the Osborn Mansion to check on Harry, hoping that he is not dead or plotting on killing him after what happened to Norman. Harry's faithful butler Bernard opens the door and lets Peter in. Peter wanted to know if Harry is still alive and if he's still the same. Bernard (who never knew everything about Norman being the Green Goblin unlike in Peter's dream) doesn't believe this "goblin nonsense," but told him that Harry is fine and that he is "having a good time." Harry was upstairs, waving hi to Peter without even giving a glare at him after learning that Peter is really Spider-Man, the one that he was sworn to kill for his father's death in the first film. It's almost as if despite discovering his father's hidden lair behind the mirror which would have allowed him to become the New Goblin, Harry seems to have moved on, finally accepting that Norman Osborn is no longer the father he once cared for after refusing to kill his own best friend. Peter was thankful to see Harry back to his old self, even if he doesn't remember becoming the New Goblin seeking to kill him before they teamed up together to take on Sandman and Venom which resulted in his death. Peter and Harry were now friends again. A picture frame of Norman Osborn can be seen on the wall, as if giving a smile to what he called them "his sons." Later, Peter goes to the Broadway Theater where Mary Jane used to perform there before, in his dream, she was fired after being criticized for her "awful singing" during the "It's Wonderful" performance. He tells the manager if his girlfriend still has a job in her Broadway shows that does NOT INVOLVE SINGING OFF-KEY, for it has always been her college dream since graduating high school, before learning that she was never fired (which would have led her to her poor job at a night club). And with that, Peter decides to buy a wedding ring to do what should have happened in his dream had Harry not told her to break up with him at the bridge. But first, he would have to ask permission from someone close to him. Peter met up with his beloved Aunt May Parker, and he wanted to make sure if she is feeling all right before telling her that he bought the wedding ring that he will use to propose a marriage with Mary Jane. This made Aunt May feel so happy she hugged Peter. She said that Uncle Ben would be proud if he were still alive. At last, Peter called Mary Jane on the phone and told her to meet him at his old apartment. The following afternoon, Mary Jane arrived and curiously asks what Peter had called her for. Peter made a moving speech, telling her that ever since she discovered his secret identity as Spider-Man, he knows that Mary Jane once told him that she wanted to face his enemies with him even if it meant putting her in harm's way. He was proud to have M.J. by his side, and like she used to say, he can't survive without her. Peter kneels down and presents her a beautiful wedding ring that was meant to be a gift given to her at the French restaurant in his awful nightmare. Peter goes, "Mary Jane Watson, will you marry me?" Speechless, Mary Jane shouts out "YES!!!" In her joy, she embraced Peter in her arms before they both kissed each other. This was like the happiest moment Peter ever had.
Up on the rooftop, Peter, dressed as Spider-Man, happily sees the police cars driving down the streets as if pursuing down a bunch of criminal thugs in the bank. He was glad that all was well after defeating the Green Goblin and Dr. Octopus (to me, the ONLY VILLAINS of the Sam Raimi Spidey world in existence). He shoots out a web from his left wrist and swings up over the buildings one by one. Having been married to Mary Jane a year later and finally behind the New Goblin/Sandman/Venom threat which thankfully isn't real (or will soon be, but with some corrections this time), Spider-Man is glad that New York will always be safe as long as he's around. As his uncle would used to say, "With great power, comes great responsibility."

Why I Want Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 To Be Completely Forgotten Already

How long must we wait for a properly-handled black-suited Spider-Man movie that doesn't involve Tobey Maguire-Peter Parker's poorly-delivered "wisecracking" lines, cheesy musical dance moments, pointless retcons like Sandman being the true (though accidental) killer of Uncle Ben Parker in the 1st Spider-Man when it could've been the comic book burglar-like carjacker, potentially loose ends like Peter proposing to M.J. for marriage that never got resolved in the next following permanently shelved sequel(s), and a wimpy, miscast Topher Grace-Eddie Brock who became a less intimidating Venom and quickly die in the end without putting up a huge fight? Ever since The Amazing Spider-Man 2 came out at the start of this May before it instead opened to a disappointing worldwide gross of $708 million and surprisingly mixed reviews, I am shocked to learn how much of a huge debacle it was since then! And as the YouTube comment would say that "it makes Spider-Man 3 'a lot better'"! Are the YouTube reviewers saying that they "loved" Spider-Man 3 and that no matter how bad it was, they'll still see it like it were really real and keep calling it a Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy instead of DUOLOGY and say that it is "better" than the Amazing Spider-Man films (even though they have Andrew Garfield the best Spider-Man ever)!? Uh-uh! No way am I ever gonna see Spider-Man 3 as "canon" after I watch the 1st two which I liked! The Raimi films will NEVER be better than the Amazing Spider-Man movies for me if we view the most anti-climatic and WORST Spider-Man film ever made which upsettingly put an axe on the franchise without even a proper happy ending before the reboot happened! Don't care about the Harry Osborn-Goblin setup in Spider-Man 2 which makes Spider-Man 3 "necessary to watch"! That's what happened with the Jean Grey-Phoenix hint in X2 before next thing we know, it wasn't handled well in X-Men 3! The "New Goblin" subplot was greatly overshadowed by other subplots, anyway. And I DISAGREE about Peter (not dressed as Spider-Man!)'s fights with Harry the Goblin being one of the "greatest fights ever" (music felt out of place and not epic-y enough like Danny Elfman's, u know!)! Dane DeHaan, in MY view, is way better than James Franco's so-called Green Goblin! He looked like an actual goblin (almost as Willem Dafoe's cheap Goblin-like mask) and accomplishes things successfully unlike that whiny jerk! So it is most wise that we should SKIP Spider-Man 3 regardless of any resolution to Harry's vendetta on Spidey for Norman's death, which he does not shut up on! The Spider-Man 2 final swing closed the curtains on the Sam Raimi Spider-Man series (NOT "trilogy"! Yeah, I said it!) for me. I am glad that director Sam Raimi admitted that he was "very unhappy" with the way Spider-Man 3 had turned out. That I agree and he was right. Spider-Man 3 became very bad starting in the disrespectful "Who Killed Uncle Ben?" revelation part. And how dare he!? Robert Denerstein of the Rocky Mountain News says that Spider-Man 3 is a "satisfying conclusion"!!?? It most certainly is NOT! The Peter and Mary Jane sad dancing part is TOO DEPRESSING to close the entire Raimi trilogy! This movie completely LACKED all of the fun the 1st two had! Just like X-Men: The Last Stand and Blade: Trinity, both abysmal Marvel movie threequels that nearly hurt the 1st 2 fan-favorite ones! The only difference between this & Blade 3 and X-Men 3? Is that X3 was finally able to continue the story with The Wolverine and X-Men: Days of Future Past, with the latter erasing the so-called Dark Phoenix moment in The Last Stand which (spoiler alert) brought back Jean Grey and TRUE X-Men leader Cyclops from the dead! I truly wish that there was a DIRECT Spider-Man 4 that will redeem the 3rd one's mistakes and tie up loose ends so that we'll be completely behind it! But if Spider-Man 4 is never made because of "story issues," then we should best of all NOT mention or see Spider-Man 3 ever again! Doesn't matter if many video stores will keep selling Spider-Man 3 or include it in the "Spider-Man Trilogy" Blu-ray collection, neither of us will ever consider watching Spidey 3 if bought already! For it will always be a HUGE THORN to the well-acclaimed 2 chapters! Precisely why I decided to give away my Spider-Man 3 DVD and Blu-ray to the Richard & McKay's store! If X-Men: Days of Future Past was able to wipe out events that included X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, then that should have happened to Spider-Man 3! After all, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Terminator 3 and Salvation, RoboCop 3, TMNT III, Jaws 2-4, and Superman 3 & 4 are awfully-bad sequels that are best forgotten like they NEVER happened! Spider-Man 3 being the highest-grossing Spider-Man film (due to its $890 million worldwide gross (*shudders*) and its massive $151 million opening) is like saying that it is a "good movie" and should be fully-recognized and not forgotten! God help us all. It needs to be DISCARDED from the top 50 highest-grossing films list like Indiana Jones 4 (earning the most money with over $786 million than the previous 3!) needs to be! I wish it was actually the 1st Spider-Man movie ($403 million domestically; $821 million globally) that is the #1 Spider-Man movie of all time! And that the #1 2007 movie in America should have been either Transformers ($319 million) or Shrek the Third ($322 million). You Sam Raimi Spider-Man lovers shouldn't keep acknowledging  Spider-Man 3 like you still "loved it" when I, for one, think that The Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2 are a lot better than the INFERIOR Spidey threequel that does not deserve all of the recognition to the entire public when it has a lot of bothersome parts that we can't handle even if it had some oh-so-amazing highlighted moments! If we are to really erase Spider-Man 3 from existence, we should always remember the old Spidey flicks as TWO MOVIES, not as 3 movies! Just as we remember the classic Christopher Reeve Superman films as two instead of four. Besides, we shouldn't keep hating The Amazing Spider-Man; especially the latest Amazing Spider-Man 2! At least they all gave us the correctly-portrayed Spider-Man where Tobey Maguire failed to deliver by being way too serious, act so overemotional (crying for no reason since the bridge scene!), hardly mention anything "funny" when dressed as Spider-Man, and spend too much time as Peter Parker! As well as giving us a much more believable chemistry for both Peter and Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone all the way! Bryce Dallas Howard… boo!) before he would date Mary Jane Watson (who though after the uninteresting Kirsten Dunst?)! Andrew Garfield will always be my favorite Spider-Man despite how "flawed" the ASM movies really were!

This upcoming Venom spin-off helmed by TF/Star Trek/ASM 2 writer Alex Kurtzman is the reason why I want to pretend that the completely forced Venom in Spider-Man 3 is never real. But when I found out that it is possible that the Venom movie will be released BEFORE The Amazing Spider-Man 3 comes out in 2018, is Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker ever going to get a black suit before the arrival of Venom? Is Eddie Brock, this time NOT a wimpy and skinny comedy-related actor like Topher Grace, going to be bonded with the Symbiote to become a menacing Spider-Man knockoff anti-hero? If neither of them become a reality, then that would be a shame for me. How is it necessary for a Venom movie to come first prior to seeing the return of our favorite web-slinging hero in the next 4 years? Neither both The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Sinister Six showed any hint of Venom's appearance or the Alien Costume storyline. While Sony will probably not want to make a Spider-Man 3 rehash, even though I want a Spider-Man movie with the Alien Costume story done right, how are we ever going to see a black-suited Spider-Man on the big screen again (but with MORE screentime!) without getting crammed over by too much Peter Parker drama and unneeded "humorous" dance scenes that greatly ruined the excellent dark tone in the Symbiote subplot as the DECEITFUL teaser trailers have potentially depicted since 2006? And I know that there are others besides Eddie Brock who ever assumed the role of Venom with Flash Thompson being the example (popularly as "Agent Venom"), but I was hoping that the Eddie Brock character would be redeemed in the Amazing Spider-Man movie universe and make us forget about the Topher Grace fiasco since the controversial Deadpool-Weapon XI issue in the Wolverine Origins movie. If that won't be the case, then I may as well watch the well-handled Spider-Man: The Animated Series/Spectacular Spider-Man Venom episodes frequently to remain attached to the traditional Black Symbiote Spidey-Eddie Brock-Venom story. Sony had better reconsider that by releasing a Venom movie AFTER The Amazing Spider-Man 3 or 4!