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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
I agree the overall quality of The Crow wasn't as good as it seemed when it was so original and new but it was really a genre creating flick.
And yes. Indeed the Terminator seems to age like cognac and only get better and more indulgent. It also becomes more relevant
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When the Crow came out, I was just desperate for more "dark hero" films after being inspired by Tim Burton's Batman. Totally different films, I know, but the fact that it was "dark" and featured a violent avenger is probably all my little adolescent brain needed to go nuts on it. I also went nuts for Darkman (which, holy wow, is fucking awful... even for a non Evil Dead Raimi film... Jesus it was bad), and even (sighs) The Shadow, with Alec Baldwin.
Yes, I was desperate. All of those films are terrible, and even Tim Burton's Batman films basically feel kitschy and more
stupid, with an excellent score, some nice cinematography, and possibly the most child-inappropriate comic book villain portrayal in history courtesy of Danny Devito's nightmarish Penguin. Apart from that, and the figure Michael Keaton cut in the Bat suit, it was style over substance, and only qualifies as the second best Batman adaptations because every single other film aside from the #1 Nolan trilogy has been complete shit through and through.
