10 Famous Superhero Movies That Got The COSTUMES All Wrong
It's always exciting when a superhero movie is released to see how the characters in them
are going to look in live action.
In a lot of cases, they look fantastic.
Ben Affleck's Batman, Ryan Reynolds' most recent Deadpool, Robert Downey, Jr.'s Iron
Man and Tom Hiddleston's Loki all looked great, for example - but that's not always the case.
Whether it's because they were vastly different from the classic costumes seen in the comic
books, or because the actors hated wearing them, or because the fans just didn't take
to them at all, costumes in superhero movies have been the source of a lot of controversy
over the years.That applies to both heroes and villains and this video will take a look
at some prime examples.
Here are ten famous superhero movies that got the costumes all wrong.
Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine Thankfully, we've now had a cinematic version
of Deadpool worthy of praise - he looked awesome in 2016, even if his costume and makeup did
make it impossible for Ryan Reynolds to even sit down - but, back in 2009, in X-Men Origins:
Wolverine, we were given a version of the character that was all wrong - especially
with regards to the way he looked and the way he was dressed.He looked more like Baraka
from the Mortal Kombat video game series than he looked like Deadpool from the comic books
- and he was infamously nicknamed “Barakapool“ as a result.
In addition to having his mouth sewn shut, he wore simple elastic top pants and no top,
instead of Deadpool's famous all over red and black uniform.
It really was horrendous in every respect.
Daredevil in Daredevil We may have a great live action version of
Daredevil on the small screen these days, and Ben Affleck might have finally proven
his worth as a superhero in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but nobody will forget how
bad 2003's Daredevil movie was in a hurry - not least because of how silly the man without
fear looked in his costume in the movie.The hero of Hell's Kitchen is blind, so you can
forgive him for his poor choice, but the fact is that his red leather costume made him look
like a male dominatrix.
It genuinely looked as though it would make a squeaking noise every time Daredevil moved
and the tiny protruding horns on the headpiece made it look like something a child would
wear to dress up as the Devil on Halloween.
It's the type of thing you'd wear if you wanted to whip people while they were suspended in
a sex swing but, for fighting crime on the mean streets?
Absolutely not.
It also has a visible zip.
No superhero costume should ever have a visible zip.
Hal Jordan in Green Lantern CGI is a big part of Hollywood these days
- and even costumes that are mostly practical can be augmented with some computer-generated
imagery - but 2011's Green Lantern movie went a step further than any superhero movie before
it by making the lead character's costume entirely CGI.The idea was that the suit was
created by Hal Jordan's Green Lantern Ring and was made of pure energy, but the end result
wasn't great.
It just didn't look natural and didn't seem to combine harmoniously with the live action
actor wearing it - and when that actor has the superhero-esque body of Ryan Reynolds,
you'd expect better.
Reynolds himself also stressed that the bodysuit that he had to wear in order for the costume
to be generated over it must have been made of "actual woven misery", given how uncomfortable
it made him feel - and he even made reference to how bad the costume itself was in his latest
superhero outing as Deadpool.
John Constantine in Constantine If there's one thing that DC and Vertigo Comics'
John Constantine is known for, it's his iconic beige trench coat.
And what one thing did 2005's Constantine movie seemingly forget to give the character?
You got it - his iconic beige trench coat.Keanu Reeves starred as the character in the somewhat
underrated movie, but the item of clothing he is so notable for wearing in the comic
books was very conspicuous in its absence.
Instead, he wore a long black coat.
And while it wasn't terrible and didn't make him look silly or anything, it just wasn't
Constantine.
Thankfully, we have since had a live action Constantine television series, starring Matt
Ryan in the titular role, in which the character did wear a beige trench coat - but that's
now been cancelled.
Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe When Elizabeth Olsen first appeared in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe as Scarlet Witch in the mid-credits scene of Captain America:
The Winter Soldier in 2014, it was very exciting for fans.
Since then, she's appeared in 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron and 2016's Captain America:
Civil War as the character - and, to be fair to the actress, she's been great - but her
costume is incredibly boring compared to the comic book version of the character.Classically,
Scarlet Witch wears a very sexy red outfit that shows a lot of flesh, and it comes complete
with a red cape and a headdress, but the MCU version wears what are essentially everyday
clothes.
There's some red in the costume, but that's as far as the similarities with the comic
version go.
It might be unrealistic to hope for a costume identical to the one in the comics to appear
on screen - Olsen herself has even said that she's glad she didn't have to wear it - but
something closer than the one we were given would've been cooler.
Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse Nobody in their right mind would have thought
a crossover between the X-Men and Power Rangers was possible before 2016, but when images
of the titular villain in X-Men: Apocalypse first appeared, some people were almost convinced
it was about to happen!Oscar Isaac's character looked absolutely nothing like how Apocalypse
looks in the comic books and far more strongly resembled a certain Ivan Ooze from 1995's
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
The armour on this version of Apocalypse just wasn't bulky enough and it didn't have the
obvious protruding cables hanging from it.
More to the point, it just looked cheap - like, for example, it belonged in a movie that cost
$160 million less than X-Men: Apocalypse did 21 years prior.
It was also purple, which forced Fox to put a blue hue on the movie to make the colour
more closely resemble the comic book version.
Patience Phillips in Catwoman Michelle Pfeiffer might have hated her costume
in 1992's Batman Returns - she had to be vaccuum-sealed into it and it was very uncomfortable for
her, after all - but at least she looked damn good in it.
Halle Berry can't say the same for the time she portrayed a twisted version of the character
in 2004's awful Catwoman movie.Aside from the fact that the movie totally butchered
the origins of the character, gave her cat-like powers and changed her name to Patience Phillips,
Berry's Catwoman looked ridiculous.
More specifically, her costume was absolutely horrendous.
It looked cheap - like something from a low-class adult show in Amsterdam - and, while it showed
a hell of a lot more skin than Pfeiffer's version, it just wasn't as sexy and it didn't
quite have the same effect on men around the world as a result.
Batman in Batman & Robin 1997's Batman & Robin was the worst Batman
movie of all time and, although the lead character's costume wasn't that much different from the
one worn by Michael Keaton in the far superior Batman and Batman Returns, it had one very
obvious flaw - visible nipples.
Big, prominent, distracting, Bat-nipples.The fact that it was worn by the worst big screen
Batman by far in George Clooney really didn't help matters, but the main point is that the
Bat-nipples are just downright unacceptable.
The costume also limited Clooney's movement significantly when he was wearing it and it
had an extremely prominent, weird-looking and slightly misshapen crotch area that almost
defied physics and, with all of those things in mind, it absolutely has to be on this list.
General Zod and Co. in Superman II This might be a controversial entry, given
the era of the movie in question and the popularity of the iconic villains who wore the costumes,
but the fact is that - retrospectively at least - these guys looked absolutely ridiculous.
We are, of course, referring to Kryptonian villains General Zod, Ursa and Non – played
so memorably by Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas and Jack O’Halloran – from 1980’s Superman
II.What on Earth were they actually wearing?!
They genuinely looked like a corny Scandinavian pop group in matching all-in-one playsuits.
Even in the early 1980's, that was hardly a look that should have struck fear into the
heart of a superhero.
Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad Ever since she first appeared in a 1992 episode
of Batman: The Animated Series - and in her countless subsequent comic book appearances
- Harley Quinn's costume has caused controversy.
By the character's very nature, what she wears is very sexualised and, over the years, it
seems to have gotten skimpier and skimpier, but the latest version in 2016's Suicide Squad
movie has prompted the most complaints.Margot Robbie's character has been given a completely
new look that some people are arguing isn't anything like what Harley Quinn should look
like.
Her modern red and blue colour scheme is still somewhat intact, and she wears short shorts
and stilettos like she has done in the comics in recent years, but something about it just
doesn't look right - and Robbie herself has complained that she got cold and wet whilst
wearing it.
Don't get us wrong though, the actress does look sexy as hell, so we'll have to wait and
see if audiences take to the character with this new look.
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