9.Judge Dredd
Sylvester Stallone stars as Judge Dredd, a cop in the future who in the Comic book version is judge and jury. Not so in the watered down movie version where Judge Dredd is made more sympathetic and boring. In the comic he would have shot first and asked questions later. In the movie we see none of that and have to suffer through Rob Schneider for comedy relief. Crap!
8.Tank Girl
Jamie Hewlett's Tank Girl is one movie that probably should have stayed a Comic Book. The comic is funny and has great art but it just doesn't translate well to the movie version. Lori Petty is annoying and Iggy Pop makes a cameo as a half human, half kangaroo ripper. The only good thing about this movie was the animated sequences. Maybe they should have just made an animated version!
7.The Punisher
Now I'm talking about the Dolph Lundgren version, not the new one. Which probably should be on here too but isn't. Dolph stars as The Punisher, with his blonde hair dyed black, riding around on his motorcycle shooting all the bad guys. Really funny fight scenes that aren't meant to be and just plain bad. He doesn't even have his cool skull logo on his shirt. C'mon!
6.The Hulk
Ang Lee's Hulk should have been good. A great director with a rich back story from the original Comic Books. But it just didn't work. Very slow-paced at the beginning and only really gets going when the Hulk is fighting and smashing things. Which is the only good thing about this movie. I would have paid for a whole movie of the Hulk just fighting with eveyone, but not so here. Nick Nolte overacts in the whole movie and looks like Charles Manson on crack. Has an awful tacked-on ending which presumably was meant to imply a sequel. Let's hope not.
5.The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Alan Moore's League is brought to the big screen starring Sean Connery as Adam Quatermain. The comic is incredible, bringing various literary characters together to fight crime for the English government. The movie version has, with the cast from the comic version, Tom Sawyer and Dorian Gray as two of the most annoying crime fighters ever. Boring!! No wonder Alan Moore doesn't want his name on any movie versions of his work.
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