GTZ Ranks Current topic: Rank Your Favorite Movies of 2023
26-May-17 7:30pm
#1 theJaw
Hello, I like to rank things. @bonham2 can attest.
I update this thread with new topics so the GTZers can share their definitive rankings of said topic. It's a great time.
Current Topic: Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2023
Past Topics:
1. Rank the Batman films
2. Rank the X-Men films
3. Top 10 TV Shows
4. Top 10 Favorite Albums
5. Top Favorite Fictional Characters
6. Rank Your Favorite Nicktoons
7. Top 10 90s Nick Shows
8. Top 10 SNES Games
9. Top 5 Favorite Video Game Locations
10. Top 5 Video Game Frustrations
11. Top 5 Horror Movies
12. Top 5 Thanksgiving Foods
13. The Christmas Edition
14. Top 10 Superhero Movies
15. Top 10 (or 5) Movies of 2017
16. Top 10 (or 5) Comedy Movies
17. Top 10 Animated Films
19. Rank Your Favorite Action Movies
20. Top 10 PS4 Games
21. Top 10 Movies of the Past 5 Years
22. Top 5 Video Game Disappointments
23. Top 10 Favorite MCU Characters
24. Rank the Traditionally Animated Disney Movies
25. Favorite Nostalgic Children's Movies
26. Rank Tarantino's Filmography
27. Top 10 Bands/Musicians
28. Rank the Nintendo Home Consoles
29. The Halloween Edition
30. Top 5 Thanksgiving Foods Pt. II
31. The Christmas Edition Pt II
32. Top 10 Movies of 2019
33. Top 10 Movies of the 2010s
34. Rank the Harry Potter Movies
35. Rank the Disney/Pixar Movies
36. Rank the Spider-man film franchise
37. Top 10 Episodes of TV
38. Top 10 Tearjerker Movies
39. Top 5 SNL Skits
40. Rank the 3D Mario Games
41. Top 10 Film Quotes/Lines of Dialogue
42. Top 5 (or 10) Thanksgiving Specials
43. Top 10 Live Action Movies of the 1990s
44. Top 10 Music Videos
45. Rank the DCEU Movies
46. Top 10 (or 5) Movies of 2020
47. Top 10 Disney Songs
48. Top 5 Celebrity Crushes
49. Favorite & Least Favorite Movies of 2021
50. Rank the Batman films (again!)
51. Top 10 Classic Rock Songs
52. Top 10 Summer Movies
53. Top 10 Autumn Movies
54. Top 10 Movies of 2022
55. Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2023
OG Batman movie post:
So, for other folks who watch stupid superhero stuff, Rank! Those! Stupid! Batman movies!!! I don't expect everyone to have seen all the ones on my list but if you've seen any, share your lists in the thread. Or don't, jerk.
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GTZ's favorite is Batman Begins. This is indisputable.
1. The Dark Knight
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Classic. Iconic Joker, great adaptation of Two-Face. Batman's mythos in the Nolan trilogy took its most interesting turn with the ending with Batman's metaphorical sacrifice. It was the ultimate grounded approach at a Batman movie, finding perfect ways to integrate those comic book moments.
2. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
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The only animated Batman movie to get a theatrical release is still one of the best. I'm huge into Batman: The Animated Series, and this movie is one of the best "entires" in that series and just one of the best takes on Batman in general.
3. Batman Returns
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Completely off nostalgia alone. This was among my favorite movies as a kid and remains a favorite Christmas movie. Michael Keaton had great nuance, especially as Bruce Wayne. Danny DeVito's Penguin was as memorable as it was gross. It wasn't a particularly great movie and it hasn't aged well, but I'll always love it.
4. Batman Begins
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Really dug the subtle, grounded approach of this movie - it was easily the most grounded of the Nolan movies. I'm a big fan of Ra's Al Ghul and, while I would have liked a legitimately immortal take on the character, Liam Neeson's man-in-the-shadows-creating-a-myth version was great for this universe.
5. Batman (1989)
http://www.therobots...
Another classic, the logo to this movie is etched into my nostalgia goggles for all-time. Nicholson's Joker is a legend at this point, and again, Keaton was fun as a straight-faced Batman.
6. The LEGO Batman Movie
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Will Arnett as the voice of Batman rules. All the cameos, both voice-wise and character-wise, were great. It was a fun spoof on Batman movies in general, with things kids and adults could both like.
7. The Dark Knight Rises
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Great way to top off the Nolan trilogy, but a little lesser than the other movies. I love Tom Hardy's Bane - even the voice. He came off sinister and brutal, and it was great to see Nolan so closely adapt the Knightfall stuff from the comics. That gets points alone. It did go a little long, and the third act was a little bit of a let down, but still a fun time.
8. Batman: The Movie
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Like the LEGO Batman movie, this one is great for a few laughs. Adam West's dumbed-down "comic story" Batman was so much fun, and the colors of this movie were great. And then there's the bomb scene, which may be my single favorite Batman scene ever just for the sheer absurdity.
9. Man of Tomorrow (BvS fan edit)
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You'll see where BvS actually ends up, but I dug this fan edit as it seamlessly meshed both Man of Steel and Batman v Superman. While a lot of the problems were still there (especially in the majority BvS section), I was in awe at how well the edits to make one epic Batman/Superman movie worked out - as well as the edits that did fix plot points.
10. Batman Forever
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Underrated in my opinion, because a lot of people would rank this as far down as Batman & Robin which is an insult. This wasn't a great movie by any means, and Tommy Lee Jones' awful take on Two-Face was just a poor-man's Batman 89' Joker, but Jim Carrey as Riddler was cool and the Robin origin scene was fun. The ending was awful, Robin being a grown ass man was awful, and Kilmer's Batman was forgettable. But I still thought the movie was okay.
11. 1940's Batman serials
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I'll just count both of the serialized theater series in one spot since they're decently obscure nowadays. These episodes were on TV on Christmas day when I was a kid, and I remember watching it from my Batman: The Animated Series tent that I got that morning. Fun to re-watch every now and then for that alone, but it's real awkward seeing some of the subject matter.
14. Batman & Robin
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If this list were ranked for comedy, this may beat out both Batman '66 AND the LEGO Batman movie. But alas. Clooney was phoning it in completely, Robin was still an adult, Batgirl was cringey, Mr. Freeze was gosh darn perfect and the Poison Ivy/Bane duo were the worst.
13. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Tomorrow
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This movie was awful. Affleck's Batman was just about the only thing I dug about it. But just the performance and look itself. The writing for Batman, besides Bruce Wayne's initial hesitance toward Superman, was pretty awful. Having him climb on a ceiling the first time we see him, his whole Martha schtick, his willingness to main (even if it was fun to watch).
14. Suicide Squad
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Does this movie count? Mostly Batman villains, the Joker/Harley Quinn combo and a short Batman cameo. I'll count it, but the movie sucks so this entry pretty much just exists to reiterate that.
#1 theJaw
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Hello, I like to rank things. @bonham2 can attest.
I update this thread with new topics so the GTZers can share their definitive rankings of said topic. It's a great time.
Current Topic: Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2023
Past Topics:
1. Rank the Batman films
2. Rank the X-Men films
3. Top 10 TV Shows
4. Top 10 Favorite Albums
5. Top Favorite Fictional Characters
6. Rank Your Favorite Nicktoons
7. Top 10 90s Nick Shows
8. Top 10 SNES Games
9. Top 5 Favorite Video Game Locations
10. Top 5 Video Game Frustrations
11. Top 5 Horror Movies
12. Top 5 Thanksgiving Foods
13. The Christmas Edition
14. Top 10 Superhero Movies
15. Top 10 (or 5) Movies of 2017
16. Top 10 (or 5) Comedy Movies
17. Top 10 Animated Films
19. Rank Your Favorite Action Movies
20. Top 10 PS4 Games
21. Top 10 Movies of the Past 5 Years
22. Top 5 Video Game Disappointments
23. Top 10 Favorite MCU Characters
24. Rank the Traditionally Animated Disney Movies
25. Favorite Nostalgic Children's Movies
26. Rank Tarantino's Filmography
27. Top 10 Bands/Musicians
28. Rank the Nintendo Home Consoles
29. The Halloween Edition
30. Top 5 Thanksgiving Foods Pt. II
31. The Christmas Edition Pt II
32. Top 10 Movies of 2019
33. Top 10 Movies of the 2010s
34. Rank the Harry Potter Movies
35. Rank the Disney/Pixar Movies
36. Rank the Spider-man film franchise
37. Top 10 Episodes of TV
38. Top 10 Tearjerker Movies
39. Top 5 SNL Skits
40. Rank the 3D Mario Games
41. Top 10 Film Quotes/Lines of Dialogue
42. Top 5 (or 10) Thanksgiving Specials
43. Top 10 Live Action Movies of the 1990s
44. Top 10 Music Videos
45. Rank the DCEU Movies
46. Top 10 (or 5) Movies of 2020
47. Top 10 Disney Songs
48. Top 5 Celebrity Crushes
49. Favorite & Least Favorite Movies of 2021
50. Rank the Batman films (again!)
51. Top 10 Classic Rock Songs
52. Top 10 Summer Movies
53. Top 10 Autumn Movies
54. Top 10 Movies of 2022
55. Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2023
OG Batman movie post:
So, for other folks who watch stupid superhero stuff, Rank! Those! Stupid! Batman movies!!! I don't expect everyone to have seen all the ones on my list but if you've seen any, share your lists in the thread. Or don't, jerk.
image
GTZ's favorite is Batman Begins. This is indisputable.
1. The Dark Knight
image
Classic. Iconic Joker, great adaptation of Two-Face. Batman's mythos in the Nolan trilogy took its most interesting turn with the ending with Batman's metaphorical sacrifice. It was the ultimate grounded approach at a Batman movie, finding perfect ways to integrate those comic book moments.
2. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
image
The only animated Batman movie to get a theatrical release is still one of the best. I'm huge into Batman: The Animated Series, and this movie is one of the best "entires" in that series and just one of the best takes on Batman in general.
3. Batman Returns
image
Completely off nostalgia alone. This was among my favorite movies as a kid and remains a favorite Christmas movie. Michael Keaton had great nuance, especially as Bruce Wayne. Danny DeVito's Penguin was as memorable as it was gross. It wasn't a particularly great movie and it hasn't aged well, but I'll always love it.
4. Batman Begins
image
Really dug the subtle, grounded approach of this movie - it was easily the most grounded of the Nolan movies. I'm a big fan of Ra's Al Ghul and, while I would have liked a legitimately immortal take on the character, Liam Neeson's man-in-the-shadows-creating-a-myth version was great for this universe.
5. Batman (1989)
http://www.therobots...
Another classic, the logo to this movie is etched into my nostalgia goggles for all-time. Nicholson's Joker is a legend at this point, and again, Keaton was fun as a straight-faced Batman.
6. The LEGO Batman Movie
image
Will Arnett as the voice of Batman rules. All the cameos, both voice-wise and character-wise, were great. It was a fun spoof on Batman movies in general, with things kids and adults could both like.
7. The Dark Knight Rises
image
Great way to top off the Nolan trilogy, but a little lesser than the other movies. I love Tom Hardy's Bane - even the voice. He came off sinister and brutal, and it was great to see Nolan so closely adapt the Knightfall stuff from the comics. That gets points alone. It did go a little long, and the third act was a little bit of a let down, but still a fun time.
8. Batman: The Movie
image
Like the LEGO Batman movie, this one is great for a few laughs. Adam West's dumbed-down "comic story" Batman was so much fun, and the colors of this movie were great. And then there's the bomb scene, which may be my single favorite Batman scene ever just for the sheer absurdity.
9. Man of Tomorrow (BvS fan edit)
image
You'll see where BvS actually ends up, but I dug this fan edit as it seamlessly meshed both Man of Steel and Batman v Superman. While a lot of the problems were still there (especially in the majority BvS section), I was in awe at how well the edits to make one epic Batman/Superman movie worked out - as well as the edits that did fix plot points.
10. Batman Forever
image
Underrated in my opinion, because a lot of people would rank this as far down as Batman & Robin which is an insult. This wasn't a great movie by any means, and Tommy Lee Jones' awful take on Two-Face was just a poor-man's Batman 89' Joker, but Jim Carrey as Riddler was cool and the Robin origin scene was fun. The ending was awful, Robin being a grown ass man was awful, and Kilmer's Batman was forgettable. But I still thought the movie was okay.
11. 1940's Batman serials
image
I'll just count both of the serialized theater series in one spot since they're decently obscure nowadays. These episodes were on TV on Christmas day when I was a kid, and I remember watching it from my Batman: The Animated Series tent that I got that morning. Fun to re-watch every now and then for that alone, but it's real awkward seeing some of the subject matter.
14. Batman & Robin
image
If this list were ranked for comedy, this may beat out both Batman '66 AND the LEGO Batman movie. But alas. Clooney was phoning it in completely, Robin was still an adult, Batgirl was cringey, Mr. Freeze was gosh darn perfect and the Poison Ivy/Bane duo were the worst.
13. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Tomorrow
image
This movie was awful. Affleck's Batman was just about the only thing I dug about it. But just the performance and look itself. The writing for Batman, besides Bruce Wayne's initial hesitance toward Superman, was pretty awful. Having him climb on a ceiling the first time we see him, his whole Martha schtick, his willingness to main (even if it was fun to watch).
14. Suicide Squad
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Does this movie count? Mostly Batman villains, the Joker/Harley Quinn combo and a short Batman cameo. I'll count it, but the movie sucks so this entry pretty much just exists to reiterate that.
24-Dec-21 3:55pm
#201 Best1989
I watched The Last Duel and liked it, it was interesting to see the changes with each PoV.
#201 Best1989
I watched The Last Duel and liked it, it was interesting to see the changes with each PoV.
24-Dec-21 5:08pm
#202 Miranda
I'm in the same place as Feeb. I haven't seen much of anything that stuck with me enough to rank. A couple of TV shows/limited series have, but that's it.
Maybe make a list of utter crap people want to beat down. Considering the climate the last few days that could be fun.
#202 Miranda
I'm in the same place as Feeb. I haven't seen much of anything that stuck with me enough to rank. A couple of TV shows/limited series have, but that's it.
Maybe make a list of utter crap people want to beat down. Considering the climate the last few days that could be fun.
6-Feb-22 10:47pm
#203 theJaw
HA got ya, no new topic I'm just revising my list for 2021 movies. Sry.
The Tragedy of Macbeth and Nightmare Alley take high honors. Only just watched them recently, but they are 2021 movies, so I felt this was appropriate.
Also, tick... tick... BOOM! takes a much higher spot on my list after a second watch.
Favorite Movies of 2021
1. The Tragedy of Macbeth
2. Bo Burnham: Inside
3. In the Heights
4. Dune: Part One
5. Nightmare Alley
6. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
7. tick, tick... BOOM!
8. The Many Saints of Newark
9. Spider-man: No Way Home
10. The Suicide Squad
11. The Beatles Get Back
12. The Green Knight
13. The French Dispatch
14. Batman: The Long Halloween (Parts I & II)
15. Bad Trip
16. Zack Snyder's Justice League
17. The Matrix Resurrections
18. Godzilla vs. Kong
19. Black Widow
20. The Harder They Fall
Least Favorite Movies of 2021
1. Mortal Kombat
2. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
3. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
4. Space Jam: A New Legacy
5. Willy's Wonderland
6. Army of the Dead
7. Halloween Kills
8. Stowaway
#203 theJaw
HA got ya, no new topic I'm just revising my list for 2021 movies. Sry.
The Tragedy of Macbeth and Nightmare Alley take high honors. Only just watched them recently, but they are 2021 movies, so I felt this was appropriate.
Also, tick... tick... BOOM! takes a much higher spot on my list after a second watch.
Favorite Movies of 2021
1. The Tragedy of Macbeth
2. Bo Burnham: Inside
3. In the Heights
4. Dune: Part One
5. Nightmare Alley
6. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
7. tick, tick... BOOM!
8. The Many Saints of Newark
9. Spider-man: No Way Home
10. The Suicide Squad
11. The Beatles Get Back
12. The Green Knight
13. The French Dispatch
14. Batman: The Long Halloween (Parts I & II)
15. Bad Trip
16. Zack Snyder's Justice League
17. The Matrix Resurrections
18. Godzilla vs. Kong
19. Black Widow
20. The Harder They Fall
Least Favorite Movies of 2021
1. Mortal Kombat
2. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
3. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
4. Space Jam: A New Legacy
5. Willy's Wonderland
6. Army of the Dead
7. Halloween Kills
8. Stowaway
8-Feb-22 12:53pm
#204 EB
Favorites of 2021: These are sort of in order, but I had a hard time deciding on the exact order so don’t read into it too much.
1. The Power of the Dog
2. Pig
3. Mitchell’s vs the Machines
4. Spider-Man No Way Home
5. Bo Burnham: Inside
6. The Harder They Fall
7. Judas and the Black Messiah
8. Long Halloween Part Two
9. Long Halloween Part One
10. Tragedy of Macbeth
Least Favorites:
1. Army of the Dead
2. F9
3. Reminiscence
4. The Guilty
5. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
#204 EB
Favorites of 2021: These are sort of in order, but I had a hard time deciding on the exact order so don’t read into it too much.
1. The Power of the Dog
2. Pig
3. Mitchell’s vs the Machines
4. Spider-Man No Way Home
5. Bo Burnham: Inside
6. The Harder They Fall
7. Judas and the Black Messiah
8. Long Halloween Part Two
9. Long Halloween Part One
10. Tragedy of Macbeth
Least Favorites:
1. Army of the Dead
2. F9
3. Reminiscence
4. The Guilty
5. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
8-Feb-22 1:17pm
#205 theJaw
@EB just updated my list to include Inside and Long Halloween, don’t know how I forgot about those. I guess I viewed Inside as more of a “special” but its filmmaking was great, and Long Halloween was animated and I for some reason didn’t even think of any of those. Great stuff regardless.
#205 theJaw
@EB just updated my list to include Inside and Long Halloween, don’t know how I forgot about those. I guess I viewed Inside as more of a “special” but its filmmaking was great, and Long Halloween was animated and I for some reason didn’t even think of any of those. Great stuff regardless.
9-Feb-22 9:36am
#210 bonham2
I missed the celebrity crushes list. My list is based on when they were at their peak:
1. Katie Holmes
2. Alicia Silverstone
Nobody else comes close, but in the interest of completing the list:
3. Natalie Portman
4. Jennifer Love Hewitt
5. Jessica Alba
#210 bonham2
I missed the celebrity crushes list. My list is based on when they were at their peak:
1. Katie Holmes
2. Alicia Silverstone
Nobody else comes close, but in the interest of completing the list:
3. Natalie Portman
4. Jennifer Love Hewitt
5. Jessica Alba
11-Feb-22 4:27pm
#216 Sid_Ceaser
bonham2 wrote:
I missed the celebrity crushes list. My list is based on when they were at their peak: 1. Katie Holmes 2. Alicia Silverstone Nobody else comes close, but in the interest of completing the list: 3. Natalie Portman 4. Jennifer Love Hewitt 5. Jessica Alba
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#216 Sid_Ceaser
bonham2 wrote:
I missed the celebrity crushes list. My list is based on when they were at their peak: 1. Katie Holmes 2. Alicia Silverstone Nobody else comes close, but in the interest of completing the list: 3. Natalie Portman 4. Jennifer Love Hewitt 5. Jessica Alba
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11-Feb-22 4:44pm
#217 bonham2
theJaw wrote:
That list is about as 90s as it gets, and I appreciate that.
Oh I forgot to include Tiffany Amber Thiessen (pre 90210 days)
#217 bonham2
theJaw wrote:
That list is about as 90s as it gets, and I appreciate that.
Oh I forgot to include Tiffany Amber Thiessen (pre 90210 days)
11-Feb-22 4:46pm
#218 theJaw
Scott wrote:
Top 10 classic rock songs.
Assuming you mean like 60s-80s, I don’t even know if I have a top 10 for that haha. There are some bands from back in the day that I love but unless I’m just filling up a list of songs made up from like 4 bands, I don’t have much to offer there.
But I’m down if other folks want to list theirs, I can set it up.
#218 theJaw
Scott wrote:
Top 10 classic rock songs.
Assuming you mean like 60s-80s, I don’t even know if I have a top 10 for that haha. There are some bands from back in the day that I love but unless I’m just filling up a list of songs made up from like 4 bands, I don’t have much to offer there.
But I’m down if other folks want to list theirs, I can set it up.
3-May-22 3:47pm
#220 theJaw
Just wanted to quickly post up my Batman movie rankings as there have been a few notable installments since this thread started with Batman film rankings, and I've re-watched quite a few since then too. I'm gonna post topics a bit quicker from now on so if folks aren't interested in this ranking, it won't be long before the next. Still taking suggestions and whatnot.
Anyhow, updated Batman movie rankings (I included Joker because come on):
1. The Dark Knight
2. The Batman
3. Mask of the Phantasm
4. Batman Begins
5. Batman Returns
6. The Dark Knight Rises
7. Batman 1989
8. Zack Snyder’s Justice League
9. Batman 1966
10. The LEGO Batman Movie
11. Joker
12. Batman Forever
13. Batman & Robin
14. Justice League
15. Batman v Superman
#220 theJaw
Just wanted to quickly post up my Batman movie rankings as there have been a few notable installments since this thread started with Batman film rankings, and I've re-watched quite a few since then too. I'm gonna post topics a bit quicker from now on so if folks aren't interested in this ranking, it won't be long before the next. Still taking suggestions and whatnot.
Anyhow, updated Batman movie rankings (I included Joker because come on):
1. The Dark Knight
2. The Batman
3. Mask of the Phantasm
4. Batman Begins
5. Batman Returns
6. The Dark Knight Rises
7. Batman 1989
8. Zack Snyder’s Justice League
9. Batman 1966
10. The LEGO Batman Movie
11. Joker
12. Batman Forever
13. Batman & Robin
14. Justice League
15. Batman v Superman
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