I'm about to watch the trailer. I am a HUGE fan of the superhero movies, so I'll chime in on the major ones (note - this list is in random order, as they come to my head, not in order of greatness):
1) Superman (the Reeves): Watched all these as a kid, religiously. Back then, I thought they were all greatness, though in rewatching 3 and 4 as an adult, I realize why they are skipping those in this sequel. But this was what started it all for me. The John Williams score, the original superhero movie that has been the standard since. I have the second song on the original soundtrack, the strings part for Krypton, on my 'Best Songs' playlist on my IPod, and have for long before the teaser of this film. So imagine my excitement.
I've been following the progression of this film since Nick Cage was rumored to be involved, so to say I am excited is an understatement. I can't believe I am typing this and not watching the trailer.
2) X-Men Movies: As a preteen and early teenager, I used to collect exclusively the X-Men comics. Always thought they were the best in the early nineties during the Comic Boom. I remember being in the theatre, seeing the first trailer, when it showed Wolverine on the Statue of Liberty and all of a sudden his claws came out. I jumped in shock, because fans had been crying for an XMen movie for nearly a decade.
And it was done masterfully - instead of the cheesy blue and gold spandex of the comics, Singer really added some reality into the movie. He aged Magneto with a fantastic actor, he gave Wolverine the limelight as a 3d character, and really even made the far-out powers realistic enough to allow even casual movie goers the ability to suspend reality for a couple of hours.
In fact, the only thing he did that everyone expected was cast Patrick Stewart. I fully expect the last movie to be good, though they seem to be touching on one of my favorite plots in all comic book lore, the Phoenix Saga. I will have to remember that they have to turn that one upside down to make it fly.
3) Batman - the first two were amazing with Burton at the helm, then they got ridiculous. And then, out of nowhere, they resurrected the movie to be even better than the first, in that it was a) so realistic (as far as a comic movie can be) and b) makes it possible to make good sequels. I'm very excited. Bale did a good job, now if he can just take some cough drops.
4) Spiderman - This movie was made for casual comic fans and more mainstream fans, and though it has received more acclaim and popularity, neither has been nearly as good as the three mentioned above. The problem with this one is that they tried so hard to stay true to the comics, which just don't translate well to film. They were fun to watch, and exciting, but they were more summer-blockbuster than the three above. Spiderman just won't be memorable to me as a movie.
5) Daredevil - God-awful movie. Affleck tried, but the script was garbage, the cinematography and coreography just screamed wires. I didn't feel for the characters, it wasn't fun, it was just boring. Best thing that came out of this was the chick from Evanescence.
6) The Hulk - I'm torn on this one. I see where Ang Lee wanted to go, and it was more comic than any of the others, but I never thought it was as bad as everyone said. I thought the CGI was fun. I put it above Daredevil in that I had a good time, but still slightly below Spiderman, if only because the Hulk hasn't been popular since the seventies, and I wasn't alive then.
7) The Fantastic Four - Marvel is determined to put everything they ever printed on film. The Fantastic Four was very close to the comics - it was OK. It was, again, watching a comic on TV. But the problem here is that this movie was made with sequels in mind, or had to be. Because the whole ****** movie was made to show how they get their powers and learned to deal - which is great for 20-30 minutes...but eventually, we want to see them use them
8) The Punisher - This one flew under the radar, mostly because it involved no flash and pizazz like the others. But it actually wasn't bad. It had it's cheeze, but it was OK to watch, too.
9) V for Vendetta - One of the best movies I've seen this year. Not really a comic movie in the mold of the ones above, but it is based on a graphic novel, and was just fun and thought provoking. Probably the best thing I'll ever see that resembles an adaptation of 1984 (and don't mention the movie that was based on the book that, consequentially, starred William Hurt as well - it was garbage and ridiculously bad)
10) Sin City - one of the top 5 movies from 2005. Nuff Said.
