So I’ve made two of these “best superhero movie of the year” videos now and they are
some of my most disliked videos.
So, I thought why not make another?
To be clear, the movies that I’m going to be talking about here are Deadpool, Batman
v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad,
and Doctor Strange.
No, I will not be talking about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Out of the Shadows or Max
Steel, simply because I haven’t seen them, and I don’t think anyone will be too upset
with me not touching on these.
Also, I just wanna mention, I get asked a lot, like a lot a lot, about how I would rank
and rate movies in franchises, and I’m happy to do so, but I hope people remember that
my ratings for movies can change over time.
Great example is when I gave Age of Ultron a 9/10 when I first saw it, now I’d call
it about an 8 or so.
So I just wanna say, before someone comments “you rated this one a 9.6/10 and this one
a 9.5/10 so what gives?”
My ratings can change and at least in this contest the very specific ratings I’ve given
some movies are kind of irrelevant.
I hope that makes sense.
So, the way I’m gonna do this is pit one movie against another based on their Rotten
Tomatoes score.
So, let’s start off with Batman v Superman vs Suicide Squad.
2016 was a rough year for DC.
Not necessarily in terms of box office, but critically these two movies got slaughtered.
However, this is my personal opinion, and….I enjoyed….elements of these movies.
Specifically Suicide Squad, just to clarify I’m not sure when this video is going up
but at the time of this recording I haven’t seen the Suicide Squad extended cut, so I’m
just gonna judge it by the theatrical version here.
I liked it quite a bit.
It has a lot of issues, but I was fully entertained throughout it.
And Batman v Superman, I enjoyed it more than most people, but I still thought it was a
bit of a mess with some extremely illogical moments and a really jumbled plot.
There was some absolutely incredible action in BvS, but there was also some pretty disappointing
action.
So, for this first round, I’m gonna give the edge
to Suicide Squad.
Alright, so Suicide Squad is moving on.
Next up is X-Men: Apocalypse vs Deadpool.
I’ve just realized that these are all coincidentally perfectly divided by franchise.
Huh.
Anyway, Apocalypse vs Deadpool.
Now for most people, this would be the easiest choice ever, obviously Deadpool is better!
But if you’ve been subscribed to my channel for a bit now, you know that I loved Apocalypse.
I do realize that it’s not a perfect movie, but it was one of the most fun cinema experiences
I had this year.
And that’s pretty much the same with Deadpool for me.
Not a perfect film, but again, super fun to watch.
However, ultimately, I do think I’m gonna go with Deadpool.
Because while I do love Apocalypse, it does have more problems than Deadpool.
Like while I thought Deadpool’s pacing wasn’t the best, the pacing in Apocalypse was pretty
all over the place.
Same with the tone of the film and also some of the acting.
There are some great performances, but on my re-watches the not-so-good acting has stood
out more and more to me.
Also, Deadpool deserves a ton of credit for what it did for the superhero genre, and being
maybe the perfect example of how word of mouth can shoot a movie to the top.
This should by no means have made over 700 million dollars, it’s an r-rated comic book
film starring Ryan Reynolds about a relatively unknown comic book character to the mainstream.
But because everyone loved it so much, it became the highest grossing r-rated movie
ever and has definitely changed the superhero movie genre for the better.
So, for all of that and just because it’s a great movie overall, Deadpool is moving
on.
Finally, the best of the best, at least according to Rotten Tomatoes, Captain America: Civil
War vs Doctor Strange.
Now look, if I had seen Civil War and then immediately walked into Doctor Strange afterwards,
and was then asked which I liked more, I’d probably have gone with Doctor Strange.
Because, while I really, really enjoyed it, Civil War dissapointed me a little right after
seeing it.
It just felt like something was missing, and I attributed that to the Zemo storyline, which
I wasn’t at all prepared for and so every time it was on screen I was waiting for the
movie to get back to the Civil War part.
However, after seeing the movie multiple times and letting that storyline sit, it got a lot
better for me.
I still don’t think it’s fantastic, but once I knew what I was getting into, that
plot line does fit in much better with the film for me.
And as a result I’ve actually enjoyed Civil War more and more since my initial viewing.
And Doctor Strange I just made a review on, so check that out by clicking the link in
the description.
This is a really tough call because these two movies are pretty similar.
Great action, great performances, great direction and visual effects.
They’re both two of my favorite MCU movies.
At the end of the day though, I think Civil War just has more to offer and is a little
less predictable than Doctor Strange.
I love them both, but funnily enough after sitting on Civil War for longer, it just feels
like a more complete experience.
It’s fun, it’s emotional, it has really interesting conflicts, not even to mention
the characters it introduced into the MCU.
So while both are great, I’m gonna go with Civil War.
Ok, so again, this weird system for ranking these I’ve created is really messed up and
doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but now because of the number of movies we’re gonna
leave Civil War alone and see which movie will go up against it in the finals with Deadpool
vs Suicide Squad.
I mean, this should be kind of obvious.
Again, I liked a lot of Suicide Squad, I think there are some really cool moments and some
great casting.
But there is a lot of it that was just incredibly disappointing to me.
I had a total blast with Deadpool from start to finish.
So, I’m gonna give this to Deadpool.
Alright, so finally, the championship battle.
Civil War vs Deadpool.
Look, I don’t wanna sound like a broken record here.
You know that I think both of these films are fantastic.
In the end though, I’m gonna have to pick Civil War.
I know some people are gonna call me a Marvel fanboy and I’m totally biased towards Marvel,
which, one of those is true.
I am a big fan of Marvel, and that’s because they make movies that I love.
If Marvel puts out something I think is subpar, I won’t hesitate to call them out for it.
So far, they just haven’t put anything out to me that’s subpar.
And Civil War again is just such a complete fun film experience.
It’s how these superhero movies should be made.
And while it didn’t take as many risks as Deadpool, I just think as a film it’s better.
Also, when re-watching Deadpool, I’ve noticed I tend to want to skip to the action scenes
and maybe a couple of the comedy scenes, but that whole section in the middle, while good,
just doesn’t really lend itself to re-watching.
In Civil War, even with the Zemo stuff, I still wanna watch the whole thing.
So while both are awesome superhero movies, I’m gonna have to say Captain America: Civil
War is subjectively the best superhero movie of 2016.
So at the end of the day, this is probably how I would rank these movies overall.
Keep in mind I like these top 4 pretty much equally, I think they’re fantastic.
I think number 5 is a pretty entertaining watch and number 6 is just ok.
So those were my thoughts on the superhero movies of 2016.
What did you think of these?
Let me know all of your thoughts down below in the comments.
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