Singles love online dating for many reasons, but one of the most compelling is the variety of choice, literally at your fingertips. If you’re a comic book fan you can specify this background interest in your profile, then sift through the details of other site users, seeking out kindred spirits. This will make it so easy to strike up a rapport, leading to dates.
Once you start seeing each other, there are so many fantastic movies that have been adapted from comics for you to enjoy together. According to steamylocals, any of these movies will be a great night out for you and your couple.
Joker – a mesmerizing central performance
This character has appeared as Batman’s nemesis on various outings. Jack Nicholson portrayed a flamboyant dandy; Heath Ledger a gloomy villain. But for his first solo outing within a feature, Joaquim Phoenix’s portrayal rightly drew plaudits from every quarter. By day, he dons gaudy clown make-up. By night he prowls Gotham City, seeking revenge against the society that has bullied him his whole life. You and your date will be mesmerized by his strong performance.
Hellboy – a demon with a heart of gold?
The best comic characters are those who seem ambiguous. Is this red-faced demon a goodie or a baddie? His original mission was to destroy the world, but he is only a half-demon, first summoned to the world by Nazi occultists. So from the get-go, he pits himself against fascists and witches, making him a definite good guy. That he also possesses an ironic wit makes this an even more endearing watch for your date.
300 – never underestimate these outnumbered but plucky swordsmen
Leonidas (Scottish actor Gerard Butler) and his musclebound band of 300 Spartans make a determined if suicidal stand against the Persian armies invading Ancient Greece, even although they are outnumbered by around a thousand-to-one. Despite the odds being somewhat stacked against them, for most of the splendidly action-packed feature they hold their ground until betrayed by one of their own.
Hulk – big, green, and dangerous … terrific entertainment
Hulk, the green-skinned, alter-ego of Bruce Banner, is the perfect anti-hero for your date watch. Never has a quote been so apt. “You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry,” warns Banner, because when he does get riled, skyscrapers get smashed up and he swats machine gun-toting army helicopters from the skies like so many annoying mosquitos. Another adrenaline ride for your date.
Suicide Squad – worth watching for bubble-gum blowing, baseball bat-wielding Harley Quinn alone
Featuring an ensemble cast including Will Smith as expert marksman Deadshot and Margot Robbie as the crazily dysfunctional Harley Quinn, if you like your comic book characters lurid, and the action non-stop, this movie choice would be ideal. With the odds frequently against them, you’ll be rooting for the Squad members. It was also a box office smash.
The Dark Knight Rises – there have many movies about the caped crusader, but this one ranks the best
Accomplished director Christopher Nolan delivers an awesome action blockbuster, starring Christian Bale as Batman. The seventh-highest grossing film of all time, this comic book movie broke the billion-dollar mark at the box office, and you’ll understand why once you get engrossed in the exhilarating plot.
Guardians of the Galaxy – when a movie spawns a whole bunch of sequels, you now it is going to be worth watching!
Featuring Chris Pratt as a half-human/half-alien Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as a green-skinned alien, Vin Diesel voicing an amazingly cute tree-like creature, and Bradley Cooper doing the honors for Rocket, a raccoon with more attitude than most of the human cast, this magnificent film combines white-knuckle action with strong characters, a twisting plot with much humor. This is perfect for a date because there’s never, ever a dull moment from start to finish.
These seven suggestions are merely the tip of the iceberg. There are so many to choose from, you’ll never run out of ideas for your leisure time. Appreciating movies together has been a staple activity for the romantically-inclined for decades, so grab some drinks and snacks, snuggle together on the couch, then aim that remote control at the screen and escape into fantastical new worlds together.
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