Four films from graphic novels/ a manga series

I've only seen the first Sin City and V for Vendetta (long time ago, maybe I need to re-watch) so I can't vote. 

Sorry for the double-post, but although I think V for Vendetta the best of these and will give it a vote later, and I'll probably give Watchmen a vote too at some time (I wrote a pretty praising review on Netflix), and Sin City maybe too, I'm giving what will likely be the only vote for 20th Century Boys.

It's a Japanese film trilogy that has been panned by various critics as sloppy, overlong, and lacking character development, but I just loved it and found it great fun (can be quite gory). It helps to have some understanding of Japanese culture when watching it, methinks.   I watched the first two parts on the plane on a trip to Japan, and have watched it a few times since. It has a 33% tomatometer score and I think various critics didn't get the humour and whimsy and get too easily confused (perhaps because some of them are too busy making notes and thinking too much about it during the screening rather than just watching the dang thing -- that would help explain my so many professional critics can be so easily baffled).

^ Glad to see that V for Vendetta and the Watchman both have votes. Those two are excellent films. And I agree with you too on how well Watchmen and Sin City capture the graphic feel of the books.

Incidentally, I thought about including one that I haven't seen in the poll called The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (not to be confused with the comedy the League of Gentlemen which I have seen, or with Robert Fripp's band).

^ Good post, Icarium, thanks.

Indeed with League of Extraordinary Gentlemen -- I just beat you on mentioning that in this topic by a few minutes (i.e. you would have still been composing your post when I posted it). I actually did include it in this poll but removed it just before posting, partially because I haven't seen it and rarely include options I haven't seen, but also because it was, as you say, panned by critics. That shouldn't have been a good reason as there are various films I love that the critics have been hard on, including one in this poll, 20th Century Boys. At a sci-fi site I belonged to before this one, the site owner as I recall was really encouraging me to see League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Now that you bring it up, I will look for it (know I at least checked Netflix once without success). I have seen Dick Tracy and 300, they didn't occur to me. The 1945 Dick Tracy would be a neat one to include, methinks (personally prefer it to the 1990 film and feel its pulp noir-ish qualities fits this selection a little better). 300 has a look that makes me think it should have occurred to me.

Now I'm wishing that I had expanded this to generally noir-ish films with a fantastic element, I was wanting to include Dark City when I did this, but decided to frame it this way (could then do Alphaville and City of the Lost Children etc.). Or maybe I'll do a "City" poll. Ugh, I'm rambling again.