Last week, we asked MTV readers to vote on their favorite comic book movie of 2009, and now the votes are in!
With more than 50 percent of the total votes, "Watchmen" was the top choice among fans — and by a wide margin, too. When all the votes were tallied, Zack Snyder's live-action adaptation of the classic Alan Moore graphic novel was the clear-cut winner over "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which received half as many votes to nab the second-place spot.
However, while many predicted a victory by Rorschach, Nite Owl and the rest of "Watchmen" cast, there were some surprises in the final vote — namely among the animated features.
Here's how the numbers settled out:
POLL RESULTS
Watchmen: 54%
X-Men Origins: Wolverine: 28%
Green Lantern: First Flight: 4%
Wonder Woman: 4%
Hulk Vs.: 3%
Surrogates: 2%
Dragonball Evolution: 1%
Astro Boy: 1%
Whiteout: 0%
Other: 3%
Among the films receiving votes in the "Other" category were the animated feature "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies," which was unintentionally left off the ballot (there's always one!), and Paul McGuigan's "Push" (which wasn't actually based on a comic, but sure seems like it was). The two films essentially split the "Other" vote down the middle, with each receiving the same number of votes.
Here's what readers had to say about why they voted the way they did:
theboogieman631: Watchmen was the best. Wolverine was the biggest disappointment. Hulk Vs. was my fave animated movie.
Sosuke Aizen: haven't seen Watchmen but I've heard it is one of the best comics turned movie this year. the Wolverine was a great one. I'm going to have to check out some of these animated movies
Phear: I had to vote for Green Lantern: First Flight. It may have been an animated film, but it was a film nonetheless, and it was brilliant. Watchmen was good but just wasn't able to capture me the way GL:FF did, and Wolverine was a complete and utter disappointment with terrible story-telling, bad acting, and awful CG throughout.
@HollywoodRS: If people are voting for Wolverine then they should be kicked in the shin because it was T E R R I B L E
B: Out of these choices, I only counted live action films. And of those, I thoroughly enjoyed Surrogates and can't wait for the blu-ray release next month.
@atchicory: I'm a sucker for comic movies, but Watchmen is the only one I booked plane ticket, hotel, & rentcar to see. I regret nothing!
ghettoManga: anybody who voted for Wolverine should be forced to watch the last 15 minutes over and over. Not to help them change their vote, but as punishment.
So, there you have it, folks. The best comic book movie of 2009 among MTV.com readers is Zack Snyder's "Watchmen."
Now who's going to tell Alan Moore?
