Best Comic Book Movie Bracket Round 1: Avengers Region

The Best Comic Book Movie Bracket is moving along as voting has completed in The Dark Knight region for Round 1.  You can check out the results below.  But now it is time to move on to our next region, headed up by #1 seed, The Avengers.  Vote below and then continue reading for my thoughts and analysis.


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Looking at the matchups, here are some quick thoughts and predictions.

1 The Avengers vs 16 Fantastic Four (2015)
This one shouldn't be close.  The Fantastic Four reboot completely bombed, and The Avengers showed how impressive a super hero team up movie can be.

8 Man of Steel vs 9 Thor:The Dark World
This is actually a tough matchup.  I enjoyed both of these movies.  Man of Steel was a fun reboot of the Superman story and what appeared to be a good intro to the DC Universe.  More on that later.  The Thor movies are just so complex from a character perspective and I enjoy that.

4 X-Men: Days of Future Past vs 13 Blade II
Days of Future Past was my favorite X-Men storyline as a kid.  The movie did not disappoint.  I don't think the second Blade offering has much of a chance.

5 Spiderman vs 12 Batman Forever
I don't hate Batman Forever like many people do, and I think there are some fun moments in the movie.  But the first Spiderman movie really started to show what comic book movies could be.

3 Thor: Ragnarok vs 14 The Punisher
The third Thor installment was widely acclaimed, while The Punisher franchise couldn't catch on on the big screen.  I don't see this one being close.

6 Doctor Strange vs 11 Suicide Squad
I didn't particularly enjoy either of these movies. But Doctor Strange was visually impressive and Suicide Squad was just plain bad.  In the first matchup we have of MCU versus DCEU, Marvel is clearly a class above.

7 The Amazing Spiderman vs 10 Captain America: The First Avenger
I didn't understand why they decided to reboot the Spiderman franchise so soon, but I enjoyed the first film in the new franchise.  The first Captain America, however, was a little boring and stiff.

2 Wonder Woman vs 15 Blade: Trinity
Wonder Woman was a cultural phenomenon, and by far the best movie in the DCEU.  Sorry, Blade: Trinity.

And now let's look back at the results from the previous region.

As expected, the top two seeds won in blowouts.  In fact, they shut out the competition in moving on.  The other matchups, though, also weren't that close.  Iron Man 2, Age of Ultron, and Spiderman 2 all won easily.  The closest matchup we had was X2 vs The Incredible Hulk.  X2 moved on by an 8-5 margin.  The two matchups that I thought would be close, weren't all that close.  Ant Man dispatched X-Men 3 by a 9-4 vote, while Superman beat Watchmen by another 9-4 margin.

This sets up some interesting matchups in the second round.  The Dark Knight takes on Ant Man.  Sorry, Ant Man.  In a matchup of old vs new Age of Ultron meets up with the original Superman.  And on the bottom half of the bracket, sequels Spiderman 2 and X-Men 2 face off, while another sequel, Iron Man 2 takes on Deadpool.  I can't wait to see what happens when we get to that vote!

For a look at the updated bracket, check it below!