On Remaking Movies as Marvel Super Hero Movies

[danieldwilliam]

I am not a great fan of superhero movies and to be honest less a fan of the superhero movies of the last 10 or 15 years. I've seen a fair few Marvel movies in recent years and not been very excited about them. Prompted by seeing a poster for the Flash film on a bus I was mulling over the reasons on the walk to work but distracted myself by wondering what a Marvel movie remake of Road to Perdition would be like.

What would Marvel movie remakes of of other films be like.

The current list I'm thinking about include

Road to Perdition

Ice Cold in Alex

His Girl Friday

Rashomon

Doctor Strangelove

Billy Liar

Notting Hill

Whisky Galore

Usual Suspects

Silent Running

Comments

[andrewducker]

No detailed thoughts yet, just wanted to say I remember really enjoying Road to Perdition. I must read the comic some day!

[danieldwilliam]

I watched Road to Perdition again a few months ago. It is a cracking film.

[neowolf2]

Doctor Strangelove would involve Doctor Strange of course. Did he ever have a romantic interest in the comics?

[danieldwilliam]

I think so, yes.

[andrewducker]

The first two Ant-Man movies have parts of their plot retold by Luis. I think he'd be pretty good for a Usual Suspects style movie.

There have been at least a few comics that have used a Rashomon Effect. And I believe that there was supposed to be a Deadpool/Wolverine movie that used the different memories to tell the story (with comedic effect), but it never got off the ground.

Silent Running seems so iconic that I can't imagine it working as anything other than it is. Whereas, for instance, you could do an amusing His Girl Friday kind-of-thing with Superman/Lois Lane.