The biggest miracle about Iron Man 2 so far is that Black Widow ’s skintight jumpsuit looks seemly . Often , superhero costume from comedian are just ridiculous on the enceinte CRT screen . Here are 10 other comic - to - movie costume translations that in reality cultivate .
It ’s easy to think of superhero costume that have look pathetic on flick — most of them have . A lot of comic - Koran costumes really only work in two dimensions , and especially many superheroine costumes would be a outre disaster if a flesh - and - blood woman essay to do any activity scene in them . Even the relatively sane amusing - book costumes often fail to make the start to moving picture , though — for my money , there has never been a non - absurd Batsuit on sieve , including in the two Nolan moving picture . ( The Dark Knight ’s adaptation was better than the one in Batman Begins , except that it had the weirdbra cups . )
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I considered thrive this list to include telecasting , but I frankly could n’t believe of an example of a comic - book character costume that did n’t face at least somewhat ridiculous in its television version .
Some superhero movies take the easy way out and do aside with the original costumes — like the Bryan Singer X - Men movies , which dressed the mutant in black leather instead of the sneaker - yellow spandex they ’d sported until then . ( My anamnesis is that Grant Morrison ’s New X - Men comic , which similarly went with the black leather look , came after Singer ’s first movie . ) In any grammatical case , although the Singer costumes mostly worked , you ca n’t really summons them as an object lesson of a successful conversion of a comic strip costume to the movies .
Superman , Superman : The Movie .
This was the first — and for class , the only — superhero picture that accept a slightly ridiculous costume from the comics and stage it on screen , with … what ’s this unaccustomed flavor ? Oh , right . Dignity . Christopher Reeve really contend to look self-respecting wearing the blue union suit . I ca n’t tell how much of it is just Reeve ’s amazing posture and military force of personal property , and how much of it is neat tailoring . But it just works . By demarcation , the updated costume in Superman Returns always looked a little too fake and plastic . And his dresser “ S ” has teeny tiny “ S ” symbol all over it , which is just featherbrained .
The Joker , The Dark Knight .
To be fair , the Joker ’s look in this film takes quite a few familiarity with the original — especially the scar - mouth and smudged eye make - up . But it get the spirit of the Joker perfectly right . And the actual wearing apparel are very , very skinny to the comics version . The overall appearance is very jokester - esque — and it ’s a million times cooler and more baleful than the Jack Nicholson version , sad to say .
Hellboy and Abe Sapien , Hellboy and Hellboy II .
Here ’s where you stray middling from costumes to tool gist — you could argue Hellboy and Abe Sapien are brute rather than people in costumes . But Guillermo Del Toro , working closely with Mike Mignola , does such an amazing business of capturing every facet of the look of these characters , include their clothes and their gear . It hold up beyond just Del Toro ’s usual tending to fauna result , and gets into the cunning business of capturing the look of a comic - Christian Bible quality on covert .
Catwoman , Batman Returns .
When superheroines and other distaff comic - book characters get translated to the big CRT screen , their outfits inevitably become fetishwear . It ’s just the manner it works . And you could go two direction with this — the Barb Wire direction , in which the costume wait purely like an alien dancer matter , or the Emma Peel direction . Tim Burton ’s Catwoman costume is by all odds fetishwear , and it inspired a whole generation of fetishwear designers , but it has a mo of that Emma Peel thing go on . It ’s slinky and assertive , not just flirty . I consider that ’s why ScarJo ’s Black Widow costume seems to work too , based on the footage I ’ve insure so far . ( And if you need an exemplar of a Catwoman costume that does not work , expect no further than Halle Berry ’s translation . )
Iron Man , Iron Man .
Iron Man ’s costume , of course , is armor , which is a more or less dissimilar issue than making spandex take care unspoiled . But it could so easily have look sleazy , or thudding , or like one of Michael Bay ’s transformer . The coolness of Iron Man ’s look , surge through the sky , is a huge part of why a second - cosmic string superhero managed to become so democratic at the movies . The crew at Industrial Light and Magic used a portmanteau of practical effects and CGI so seamless , you ca n’t quite tell where one start and the other ends .
The Comedian and Rorschach , Watchmen .
I ’m on the fence about some of the costume in this movie . The Nite Owl costume was a valiant effort , but a bit too shiny and armor - y. Silk Spectre ’s costume was okay but way fetishy . And of course , Ozymandias … Well , you have a go at it . But the Comedian and Rorschach were perfect . They were like your mental prototype after reading the mirthful , somehow beamed out of your brain onto the screen . The first clip I really got to see Watchmen footage on the big screen , including the propel inkblots on Rorschach ’s masquerade party , I freaked .
Doctor Octopus , Spider - Man 2 .
Actually , when the first Spider - Man came out , I could n’t help being impressed that they managed to invalidate the “ footie pajamas ” expect that all of the live - activeness telecasting Spideys had always cavort . The Raimi Spider - Man costume was definitely a major leap forrader for movie superhero costumes — and yet , it still looked a bit too pliant and armored , with too much grain . If I have to pick one costume from the Raimi Spideys , I ’d go with the Doctor Octopus costume in the 2d film , which was note - perfect , including the coat and glasses .
Ghost Rider , Ghost Rider .
I was racking my head to call up of a terrible comic book flick that did a great job with the costume , and I could n’t retrieve of any for a while — but I think Ghost Rider is it . The whole pic is one farsighted Penance Stare of cinematic pain in the neck that will wither your very soul . But if you ’re somebody who read a lot of Marvel strip in the early 1990s and always wanted to see a biker with a flaming skull head , then you know , it actually looked pretty bitching . Just cut all the dialogue , and all the scene where Nic Cage is not a flaming skull , and you ’re countersink .
The Fantastic Four , The Fantastic Four .
Oh , here ’s another one . The Fantastic Four moving-picture show were n’t as bad as Ghost Rider , but they were n’t gravid . Still , one sphere in which they did succeed was costuming — Mr. Fantastic , the Human Torch , the Invisible Woman and the Thing look pretty much the way you ’d always imagined them after read the comics .
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