It’s like ‘Long Day’s Journey.’ I saw Olivier play James Tyrone as a young actor. For me, it’s like if I was going to play ‘Richard II the III.’ I would be aware that many other people made great performances. “You allow the writer and the director to make the decision about how faithful one is to echoes of the past, past productions. “You approach it as a new role,” he said. The actor shakes it off, comparing the obstacle back to his stage work. If the fact that there are over a dozen different versions of Alfred in the world worried Irons, he doesn’t show it. Because as you read a comic, they are obviously drawn figures with bubbles coming out of their mouth with the words, but when you get inside, it becomes real to you.” If you’re playing comic book, you have to be aware of the reality. “If you’re playing tragedy, you have to be aware of the comedy if you’re playing comedy, you have to be aware of the tragedy. “A comic book and a straight drama all have the same elements,” Irons said. And he doesn’t treat the subjects any differently. It’s a rarity that Superman, Batman and Shaw are mentioned in the same sentence, but this is Irons’ world, a melding of the old and the new. He’s discussing the similarities between acting in a George Bernard Shaw play and a comic-book franchise (both mediums have a heightened style that the actor must be consciously aware of in order to ground it in reality). … Very strange.”īut today, just for the day, he’s in Los Angeles dressed in a many-buttoned waistcoat and a popped collar, standing on the balcony of his suite at the Chateau Marmont - and if there’s ever an actor who looks like he belongs in a place called a “chateau,” it’s Irons. I don’t know whether it’s the lack of oxygen, or whatever it is they put in the air on those airplanes. The day before, Irons had spent a 12-hour flight from Britain trying to master his lines for his next production, an adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” at the Bristol Old Vic. It’s an impossibly cheery California afternoon in January. See more of Entertainment’s top stories on Facebook > New Alfred doesn’t sit out when Ben Affleck’s Batman goes hunting at night he monitors from afar, guiding the hero, fixing busted batarangs and even patching up Wayne’s fancy new Superman-fighting suit of Bat armor. Gone is the red phone and house tuxedo, replaced with engineering know-how and tactical military training. This may explain why Jeremy Irons’ portrayal of Alfred Pennyworth in the Zack Snyder movie conveys more of a bodyguard and less of a doting, dottering Jiminy Cricket voice in Batman’s ear. 16” would no doubt be terrified by the modern-day “Batman v Superman” hero, whose voice sounds like a monster and marks his criminal conquests with a red-hot bat brand. The first rotund, bowler-hatted Alfred introduced in the 1943 comic “Batman No. And as the caped crusader transformed from Watusi-dancing crimefighter into a frightening vigilante, so did the caretaker of the cape and cowl. Great leaping buggaboos! This introduction is now over! Throw up the cape, slip on that cowl, and hop into the Tomatomobile: We ride for to the best superhero movies of all time! (And don’t forget the worst superhero movies ever as well.As long as there is a Batman, there will be an Alfred. Everything from the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( Iron Man, Avengers) to DCEU ( Aquaman, Wonder Woman), animated fare ( The Incredibles, Megamind) to live-action spoofs ( The Toxic Avenger, Mystery Men), comedies ( Deadpool) and the super serious ( The Dark Knight), and then throwing in some originals made just for the big screen ( The Rocketeer, Darkman, Unbreakable). It’s been a decades-long battle towards the top in pop culture for superhero movies, and we’re featuring here all the goods, the greats, and the masterpieces made along the way. (Photo by Universal/courtesy Everett Collection) The 88 Best Superhero Movies of All Timeįriends of the super variety, we’ve collected every Fresh and Certified Fresh superhero movie with at least 20 reviews to assemble our guide to the best superhero movies ever, ranked by Tomatometer!
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