I agree with Eman Resu. The first and even the second Batman (on a slightly smaller scale) were incredible for their time. Needless to say, they were done by Tim Burton. I can't think of a director, even today, more suitable for directing the Dark Knight. No gay nipples and butt cracks -- and I say gay not to be hostile towards homosexuals, but because those suits were introduced to us by director Joel Schumacher, who is openly gay.
Regardless to changing the original comic storyline, I'm also impressed with Sam Raimi's Spiderman. I was a fan of Spidey's since I was a kid, imagining I could scale fences and walls, and hang upside-down for hours from them ... until I fell on my head. No, wait, that happened BEFORE I thought I was Spiderman. Anyways, you have to look at what they've had before the recent flick. The comics had always done well, the cartoons from the 80s were action-packed, but that motion picture from the 70s was horrible. I'm glad Raimi did a wonderful job, mostly due to the fact that he worked closely with Stan Lee ... and the huge budget helped too, I guess.
The Bill Bixby/Lou Ferrigno Hulk series and films were also highly-accepted for their time. I'm curious to see what thy can do with CGI Hulk. I'll admit, he resembles the REAL Hulk moreso than any human actor could ever portray. I don't know any people over 12' tall. Spawn sucked. Steel sucked. Punisher sucked. The 2 X-Men were decent (2nd one is better, IMHO). But the best one was Thor ... oh, nevermind, that was Adentures in Babysitting.
