5. Blade: Vampire Massacre At The Vampire Rave
You thought I'd forgotten this classic didn't you? The opening of this early but awesome film is by far the greatest Blade moment and deserving of its place at number 5 on this list... just thinking about it now again makes me want to re-watch the whole movie in fact. We are introduced into the awesomeness of Blade as he cuts and slices through tons of vampires at a vampire rave club in gloriously gory and visually spectacular fashion. The world could do with more superhero movies like the original Blade... Underworld just doesn't cut the mustard.
4. X-Men: The Concentration Camp
The original X-Men film opens with a strong, heart-wrenching World War 2 flashback that immediately fills the audience with nothing but sympathy for a character who shouldn't really be all that sympathetic... especially considering he didn't exactly take with him the right message after the Jewish Holocaust... you know, not to try to create another Holocaust somewhere down the line? The beginning of this film was so strong that at the time it didn't even feel like it was coming from a superhero movie, and could very well have been from a Steven Spielberg Oscar winning movie (until of course Magneto happens). This simple but beautifully effective scene sets the entire tragic tone of the X-Men films and despite sympathizing here with young Magneto, this piece of history reminds us that the real good guy is Professor X... who is fighting to stop this very thing from happening sometime in the future.
3. Iron Man: Iron Man Takes Flight
Most of the reason we watch superhero films... or most of the reason I watch superhero films at least... is so I can watch iconic characters in colorful costumes fly around places and do super-cool things I wish I could do, whilst also looking all shiny. The first time Iron Man put on his hot rod red Iron Man suit and took to the skies was exactly what I want to see from a superhero movie, and it certainly didn't disappoint.
2. The Avengers: Preparing For Battle
The first time we see all The Avengers together and powered up is on the ground of New York city as they prepare to engage in an all out war on Loki and his army of alien invaders. As we pan around the all 6 super-cool superheroes in their super-cool costumes as they all prepare to fight in their own signature ways your eyes almost can't take so much awesomeness in one movie, and it was at this point in the film when I realized how grateful I was to Marvel Films, and I thankful I was that their 4 year long plan payed off as well as it did. Here's to the next 4 years... and the next, and the next. Really, why would they stop?
1. Spider-Man: Web-Slinging Across New York
As cool as Tony Stark is in his suit as he zooms through the sky like the bad ass he is, for me personally nothing can beat the first moments when I saw Spider-Man take to the skies and websling his way through New York city, weaving in and out of building, gliding his feet close to the busy roads beneath him. Though Iron Man sure does look cool in the sky, Spider-Man moves with a grace Iron Man can only dream of, and this is why Spider-Man's web-slinging action has to take the number one spot on my list. Although I liked superhero movies before this (in all fairness though, there weren't all that many), as soon as I saw Peter Parker put on the suit and head for the sky I knew I was hooked for life. There really is nothing better in all of film than to watch something beautiful... and you don't get much more breathtaking and beautiful than this. Thank you Marvel, for the Marvellousness. Did I miss any of your favourite Marvel movie moments? Do you disagree with my placements or my justifications? Share your thoughts below...