Comic Book Movie Madness: Sweet 16 Gotham & Xandar Region

Comic Book Movie Madness: Sweet 16 Gotham & Xandar Region

As promised here we go with the Sweet 16 in the Gotham & Xandar regions.  So the full 16 movies left standing are up for vote the next 3 days.  A few surprise match-ups but mostly not too many surprises with who's left standing.






Gotham Region

1 The Dark Knight vs 4 Iron Man

Billionaire vs billionaire while these two face off!  The teaser alone for The Dark Knight that just had a voice over of characters talking about the Joker got people pumped.  So this trailer that gave the first taste sent people hyped!  Iron Man's trailer embodied everything that was fun and cool about the movie.  It's fitting that these two are going against each other seeing how these movies both sparked the direction for which the studios would take with their films. Warner Bros definitely follow that Dark Knight blueprint playing down the fantasy element, while Marvel Studios seems to fully embrace the source material with a few tweaks.  Great match-up to get to the Elite 8.

 

1 The Dark Knight vs 4 Iron Man

 11 The Mask of Zorro vs 2 Spider-Man 2

 Truly this is a David vs Goliath match-up while The Mask of Zorro is looking like the Butler of this tourney.  But if there was truly a giant to take down it'd be Spider-Man 2 which before The Dark Knight and Avengers you could argue was the best comic book movie out.  The trailer fantastic giving a taste of Dr. Octopus and even more action!  As a kid I've always loved Zorro and this movie was a ton of fun.  Even if it doesn't make it past the Sweet 16 Zorro has definitely left it's mark.

2 Spider-Man 2 vs 11 The Mask of Zorro
Xandar Region

1 Guardians of The Galaxy vs 4 X2:X-men United

The freight train that is Guardians of The Galaxy keeps on rolling.  From the very first trailer which was just a re-issue of the Comic-Con sizzle reel that got fans fired up for this group of misfits. X2 falls into the same realm that only a few sequels fall into, surpassing the original.  X-Men United topped it's predecessor in every way.  The action was better the story more grand, and you didn't have any horrid lines that were so bad it made your brain hurt like "you know what happens when a toad is struck by lightening?" NO! I'll just stop right there. Point is X2 was great.

1 Guardians of The Galaxy vs 4 X2:X-Men United
3 Blade vs 2 Avengers:Age of Ultron

Another colossal throw down between two worthy opponents.  No surprise that these two would meet in the Sweet 16 though the roads have been slightly different.  Blade breezed through the first 2 rounds and initially Age of Ultron had a shaky start to round 2.  It's funny to me as soon as something reaches a certain status like The Avengers you'll always have detractors trying to tear it down.  Blade was at the very infancy of comic book movies golden age.  I don't think it'd be crazy for Blade to get an upset here, but if you really break Age of Ultron down it's definitely the superior.

2 Avengers:Age of Ultron vs 3 Blade

So the full Sweet 16 is out and ready to vote upon!  Getting down to the creme de la creme make sure you vote and share to see who'll make the Elite 8.