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on 8/18/2009
Personality versus team spirit.. tough choice..
on 10/1/2009
Going with 'X-Men' as it was a very solid first entry and I dislike some parts of the first 'Spider-Man' film.
on 10/19/2009
Both are great first films, but I think Spidey just edges out the X-Men here. Just. And I might change my mind if I watched them again. Now, X2 vs. Spidey 2...? Then I'd have a REAL fight on my hands....
on 10/27/2009
Definitely Spider-Man.
on 11/1/2009
Two great battles from Marvel. The team work is better of the spidy work.
on 11/15/2009
X-Men. I like them better...
on 12/28/2009
Two of the great comic books movies. X-men is the better comic but Spider-Man is definitely the better movie.
on 1/22/2010
A story's strength lies in its villain, and both Ian McKellan and Willem Dafoe were both excellent. "X-Men" was rewarding, but "Spider-Man" was fulfilling.
on 2/24/2010
I like X-men as a franchise better, and X2 is my favorite overall in the super-hero movies. But between the Origins its a tough one. *Thinking* X-men FTW
on 5/3/2010
Man. This is a tough one.
on 5/17/2010
X-Men absolutely. The better film and comic book.
I don't know about the comic book but Spider-man is a better film.
on 9/3/2010
The first Spider-Man is probably the best superhero movie so far.
on 10/26/2010
Wow. Two solid entries for two great superheroes/team of superheroes. I really have no idea, since both spawned great sequels and terrible threequels.
on 10/27/2010
X-Men. Hands down, cock sure, without doubt... Saturday morning and comic books, the nostalgia is terminal.
on 11/13/2011
Time hasn't been very nice to either, but I think I like Spider-Man better.
on 5/8/2012
Bryan's X-Men has held up a bit better over the last decade than Raimi's Spiderman. It's not quite as over the top and takes itself a bit more seriously.
I think Spider-Man takes this one. Both movies were essentially platforms for their next installments (which were exponentially better), but Spider-Man has a stronger story and better character development.
JRM is right about neither of these movies aging very well, but I do think Spider-Man is the more impressive of the two.
on 8/14/2012
hard decision but my vote goes to Spider-Man
on 3/19/2013
I agree with JRM, neither of these two movies have aged into timeless blockbusters, and fall short when compared to their sequels. X-Men is pretty weak in some areas, I haven't seen it in sometime, so Spider-Man it is.
I'm not a fan of the first three X-Men.
I'll have to go with X-Men as the Spider-Man trilogy did nothing for me...
The battle to see which movie based on my favorite comic book characters disappointed me less. X-Men ends up winning because, well...no Tobey Maguire.
on 6/10/2013
If it were comics, I'd pick Spidey. Here, I like X-Men better.
Both are pretty good, but nothing special in my opinion. I'll go with Spidey.
on 10/19/2013
I agree with JC
on 11/11/2013
spider
on 2/8/2015
X-Men film's quality is most low
on 4/2/2015
Well, it's actually not that bad than Fox version
Obviously the best the superhero genre has to offer. Ooooobviously.
on 6/15/2017
The franchises that started it all! Thank God for these two thank God indeed.
on 7/19/2019
X men for the win
Spider-Man owns the original x-men.
on 7/20/2019
X-Men is decent but kinda vanilla. All the sequels have something to them that has more personality- even the awful ones (with an exception of Dark Phoenix is was a directionless mess that’s completely forgettable). Spider-Man is still great as well as being far more interesting than any film in the original X-Men trilogy!
on 2/13/2021
both don't age well but SM1 wins since it has a better soundtrack and more memorable moments
Spider-Man is still just as awesome today as it was in 2002. It's aged very well. X-Men 1 on the other hand, hasn't aged well.
on 3/16/2021
X-Men is better by a bit
on 8/29/2022
Spider-Man has a more interesting style but the X-Men is better in terms of story and characters and has arguably aged better.
on 9/7/2022
Both are classic Marvel movies, honestly both have aged really well. Spider-Man wins.
on Jan 7
switching to X1 by far, SM1 is kinda mid looking back at it
