Comic book movies have become huge in Hollywood, producing more high-grossing blockbusters than any other genre of film in the current market. From the well-loved films of the MCU to the DCEU and beyond, comic book movies are a staple of pop culture. One of the great things about comic movies in general is how varied they can be. While the MCU is largely simplistic, mostly family friendly superhero fare, other comic movies have gotten more extreme in their approach to things.

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Some comic book movies have done a great job of being edgy, but others fail completely at it. Not every comic book movie is able incorporate edgy material in a way that makes sense to the audience.

10 Handled Edginess Well: V For Vendetta May Have Changed A Lot From The Comic, But It Kept Its Tone

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Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta is a classic comic, one that shone a light on the dangers of right-wing conservatism taken to an extreme and was an allegory for Thatcher-era England. The comic was adapted at the height of the Bush Administration and the War on Terror, so it tweaked the narrative to reflect those times.

The film adaptation kept the comic's themes of anarchy and rebellion, though, never flinching from the violence. As with most film adaptations of his work, Alan Moore wasn't happy with it, but fans of the comic for the most part enjoyed it and the way it portrayed the story's edgier plotlines.

9 Didn't Handle Edginess Well: The MCU Collectively Is Terrible At Edgy Content Of Any Kind

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The MCU is the biggest purveyor of comic book movies out there. Fans love the MCU, with its style considered the pinnacle of modern comic movies. Being a subsidiary of Disney, Marvel Studios does its best to balance the darker aspects of superheroes with more family friendly fare but fails completely when it comes to any kind of edginess.

The MCU uses humor a lot, to the point where it can be distracting and actively hurt the tone of the movies. Any time anything remotely edgy is introduced, the movies go out of their way to lessen the impact by falling back on a more humorous style. This kills the films tonally and keeps them from engaging audiences on anything but a surface level.

8 Handles Edginess Well: Sin City Did A Great Job Of Capturing The Comic's Hard-Boiled Storytelling

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Frank Miller's Sin City was revolutionary for the genre of crime comics, embracing a hard-edged storytelling style that was rare for its time. Miller's crime stories gained legions of fans and were eventually optioned for a movie. The 2005 film embraced the excesses of Miller's comic, perfectly aping the book.

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One reason for this was the fact that Miller was a huge part of the production, even getting a co-director credit. Miller and directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino — who directed Clive Owen and Benicio del Toro in one memorable sequence — worked to replicate the visual style of the comic and didn't shy away from the sex and violence the book was known for.

7 Doesn't Handle Edginess Well: The Spirit Was A Complete Failure In Every Way

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Will Eisner's The Spirit is a classic of the crime comic genre and is a favorite of many fans and creators. When it was announced that it was being adapted to film and that Frank Miller was directing, fans were optimistic. Miller had done a great job on Sin City and the cast, which included Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson, looked promising. Unfortunately, the resulting movie was a mess.

The movie's aesthetic was great but it basically copied everything from Sin City. While this makes sense because of Miller's involvement, it didn't really help the movie. Miller trying to mix The Spirit's madcap stylings with his edgy approach didn't work at all.

6 Handles Edginess Well: Blade Embraced The Schlock Of The Concept Delightfully

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1998's Blade was a massive success and has millions of fans. The fact that it made as much money as it did is a huge deal, and while it didn't exactly pave the way for movies like X-Men and Spider-Man — which were both already greenlit — its legacy lives on to this day. Blade did a lot for the vampire movie genre and knew how to get edgy when it needed to.

Blade is often a masterpiece of schlock, combining bloody fight scenes with sillier fare in a way that works wonderfully. Blade is able to make every distinct aspect of the movie work, which is rare for a film that veers between tones so much.

5 Doesn't Handle Edginess Well: Man Of Steel Attempts To Make Superman Edgy And Fails Completely

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Since the release of the Snyder Cut of Justice League, director Zack Snyder's work in the DCEU has gotten a second look — but that look isn't always good. Take Man of Steel, for example. After the success of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, Warner Brothers wanted something similar for Superman and went to Snyder and screenwriter David S. Goyer. This proved to be a mistake.

Man of Steel tried to make Superman into an edgier superhero, which is just a huge misunderstanding of the character. Superman can work in edgy narratives, but trying to make him edgy doesn't work at all.

4 Handles Edginess Well: The Deadpool Movies Do An Amazing Job Of Combining Violence And Humor

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Saying fans were underwhelmed by Deadpool's appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine is an understatement. They weren't the only ones, as actor Ryan Reynolds spent years lobbying to play the actual Deadpool. Eventually, he got his wish and produced two of the best comic book movies ever: Deadpool and Deadpool 2.

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These two movies were able to take everything that made the character tick and put them on screen. They juxtaposed the often ridiculous violence with the earnest hilarity of Deadpool to create brutal spectacles that found a way to balance everything without sacrificing tension or tone.

3 Didn't Handle Edginess Well: Suicide Squad May Have Been A Success, But Its Edge Is Often Hilarious

A poster for the 2016 film Suicide Squad featuring most of the main cast.

When most people think of the first Suicide Squad movie, they think of two things: Margot Robbie's exceptional Harley Quinn and Jared Leto's Joker. Leto took Joker to an edgy extreme and while the Joker is the ultimate edgelord type of character, the portrayal didn't work at all. This is endemic of the movie's edginess as a whole.

Suicide Squad goes much too far with its bad guy super team, taking the edginess and darkness to the Nth degree. It feels like it was focus marketed to Hot Topic teens and re-watching it can lead to a lot of inadvertent laughs.

2 Handles Edginess Well: Logan Is A Deep Meditation On The Effect Of A Life Of Violence

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Wolverine was far and away the star of the X-Men movies, with actor Hugh Jackman portraying the character for seventeen years. Logan was his final appearance as the character and the only time he got to play the character in an R-rated movie. Logan would prove to be a masterpiece, hitting the sweet spot between R-rated excess and deep storytelling.

Logan is a picture of a near perfect comic movie. It does a remarkable job of presenting the violence of the character and the pathos of his life and never feels as edgy as it actually is.

1 Doesn't Handle Edginess Well: Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice Went Too Far With The Edginess

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The DCEU got a reputation for being too dark early on, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a huge reason for that. Man of Steel put the train on the edgy tracks but Batman v Superman sped it forward to the edgiest station. The movie went in the darkest directions possible and while it has vocal fans, its edginess is often derided.

Batman v Superman leans into Snyder's worst excesses and instincts as a filmmaker to create a movie that's just much too edgy for its own good. Most fans weren't into the movie, enough so that it almost put the nail in the coffin for the entire DCEU.

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