Superhero origin triple bill ideal sequence
July 23, 2012 5:51 PM Subscribe
Superhero origin triple-bill movie evening: Kick Ass, Batman Begins and Spider-Man (Sam Raimi). Optimum viewing order? Guests arrive at 3pm.
Best answer: This is a tough one. I'd go Spider Man, Kick-Ass, and then Batman. Spider Man is nice and light to start things out, Kick-Ass is still light but a little more violent/disturbing, and then you bring things home with Batman.
posted by Fister Roboto at 6:00 PM on July 23, 2012
posted by Fister Roboto at 6:00 PM on July 23, 2012
Best answer: Going from dynamic to torpid, it's Kick Ass -> Spider-Man -> Batman Begins. So you'd want to stick Batman Begins in them middle after people are fired up from another movie. Now, most people can't actually do a three-movie marathon, so you want to stick the movie with the least amount of complex plot and emotions to process at the end, so that'd be Kick Ass. So that leaves Spider-Man at number one which, hey, can't fault that.
posted by griphus at 6:01 PM on July 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 6:01 PM on July 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
(Also, Kick Ass is by far the weakest of the three.)
posted by griphus at 6:03 PM on July 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 6:03 PM on July 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
Best answer: I'd do Spiderman while people are sort of arriving and milling about, then Kick Ass, and then Batman as people are really settled into the night for something serious.
posted by fillsthepews at 6:16 PM on July 23, 2012
posted by fillsthepews at 6:16 PM on July 23, 2012
Best answer: Have Spider-Man on to open the day (3:00 PM). People generally know it scene for scene, can walk in on it in the middle and know what's going on, and generally settle down for the evening at their leisure.
Then proceed to Kick Ass (5:30 PM), which probably takes more attention and a slightly relaxed or inebriated mind.
Next, Batman Begins (8:00 PM). The heart of the evening. Everyone's ready for a real movie.
Then — surprise! — Spider-Man again (10:30 PM). Everyone wants to relax and laugh and have fun again. Evil is vanquished and valuable lessons are learned. A clean close to the night.
Then, Zardoz (12:30 AM).
posted by Nomyte at 6:19 PM on July 23, 2012 [9 favorites]
Then proceed to Kick Ass (5:30 PM), which probably takes more attention and a slightly relaxed or inebriated mind.
Next, Batman Begins (8:00 PM). The heart of the evening. Everyone's ready for a real movie.
Then — surprise! — Spider-Man again (10:30 PM). Everyone wants to relax and laugh and have fun again. Evil is vanquished and valuable lessons are learned. A clean close to the night.
Then, Zardoz (12:30 AM).
posted by Nomyte at 6:19 PM on July 23, 2012 [9 favorites]
Best answer: Start with a laugh and end with a song. If you can't do that (since these movies are neither laughs nor songs, technically), then remember that the middle of a trilogy is where the heavy lifting gets done, and then combine those two philosophies:
Start with Kick Ass; it's light and vivid, loud and punchy. It is your laugh.
Then, Batman. It is the meat in your sandwich; it is your Empire Strikes Back. The middle of the marathon's trilogy, when you have everyone's undivided attention. The serious one.
Spider-Man is also light and vivid, but fairly fluffy with a markedly upbeat ending. It is your song.
There you go.
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 6:46 PM on July 23, 2012
Start with Kick Ass; it's light and vivid, loud and punchy. It is your laugh.
Then, Batman. It is the meat in your sandwich; it is your Empire Strikes Back. The middle of the marathon's trilogy, when you have everyone's undivided attention. The serious one.
Spider-Man is also light and vivid, but fairly fluffy with a markedly upbeat ending. It is your song.
There you go.
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 6:46 PM on July 23, 2012
Best answer: I'd go Spiderman, Batman then Kickass.
Spiderman is pretty light stuff, perfect for setting the mood - and it has a somewhat crappy ending, meaning it wouldn't work well at the end of the night. Batman Begins is more serious, more involved, and the most thoughtful of the three - I'd say people will have settled in by this point but shouldn't be getting restless just yet, but the darkness and serious nature of the film makes it unsuitable for keeping people awake as you approach the end of the night. Instead Kickass gives a total change of pace, a lot of humour, some more graphic violence and a really great closing section, all of which should stop everyone from nodding off...
Enjoy, it sounds like a fun evening!
posted by tzb at 7:07 AM on July 24, 2012
Spiderman is pretty light stuff, perfect for setting the mood - and it has a somewhat crappy ending, meaning it wouldn't work well at the end of the night. Batman Begins is more serious, more involved, and the most thoughtful of the three - I'd say people will have settled in by this point but shouldn't be getting restless just yet, but the darkness and serious nature of the film makes it unsuitable for keeping people awake as you approach the end of the night. Instead Kickass gives a total change of pace, a lot of humour, some more graphic violence and a really great closing section, all of which should stop everyone from nodding off...
Enjoy, it sounds like a fun evening!
posted by tzb at 7:07 AM on July 24, 2012
Response by poster: All great ideas. I rolled a dice (I know - lame, amoral super-villain behaviour) and went with tzb's Spider-man, Batman, Kick Ass. It went down perfectly - Spidey for chatty catch-up familiar viewing, Bats for eating and contemplating, Kick Ass for punky encore fun. Thank you all!
posted by Hugobaron at 4:40 PM on July 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Hugobaron at 4:40 PM on July 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Oops - I rolled a die. They call me Grammar-man.
posted by Hugobaron at 4:44 PM on July 24, 2012
posted by Hugobaron at 4:44 PM on July 24, 2012
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