10 Best (And Worst) Comic Book Superheroes On The Big Screen

7. Hulk - Hulk & The Incredible Hulk

The-Incredible-Hulk-HD-Wallpaper There's a reason that you saw Mark Ruffalo in The Avengers, even after two successive Hulks. Eric Bana and Edward Norton's Hulks just made one want to see what was on the weather channel. While we all enjoy the raging green anti-hero, the earlier Hulks were nothing more than angry giant monsters being chased by the military. If I wanted to see that, I'd turn on Godzilla or Jurassic Park. What set off Norton and Bana's Hulks was pathetic Banner performances. Did we come to see the Hulk? Of course, but the scientist behind Big Green shouldn't be there simply for filler. Whenever Banner hit the stage, I knew we were going to be regaled with crying, sorrow and desperation of what his alter-ego has done. You're a caged beast, just waiting to explode and you're sorry about it, we get it. Now why exactly do we care?

6. Green Lantern - Green Lantern

green_l_s Most of the redeeming qualities of the worsts is a decent costume. No matter how bad the characters were, at least we could admire the aesthetics. And then Green Lantern came to the screen, and we all just looked away. The iconic warrior of the corps, with a sparkly suit that glittered more than a Twilight film and a mask that made Reynolds' eyes look like a five-year-olds. To top off this costume was the brash air pilot who could only make sense in the final moments of the film. Hal Jordan wasn't a brash go-getter, but an arrogant tool with a frat boy sense of humor. It was always weird seeing cars and race tracks come up out of his imagination, when it seemed barely possible that Green Lantern finished high school. Did he have the arrogance and hubris to think he could pull off superhero-ing? Yes, but not much else.
 
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