Off My Mind: Superhero Movie Costumes

 If I were a robber, and Batman came at me wearing gray spandex, a blue speedo, and  knee-high hooker boots like he does in the comics; I'd be scared, but for all the wrong reasons.  
 
That having been said, Batman's lack of mobility in the movies due to his costume really bugs me.  

Film-makers need to be faithful to the source material, and that includes costume design. The look of these characters are a big part of their identities. That said, no matter what they do they won't be able to please everyone. Fans are just going to nitpick, and film-makers shouldn't worry too much knowing that. 
 
These are my favourites and least favourites so far. 
 
Favourite 
 
Iron Man: No one can say this was not spot on. Iron Man's suits all look perfect. 
Spider-Man: Also faithful, however I never liked the silvery glued on webs and symbol of the original trilogy suit. I am digging the reboot costume much more.
Superman: Say what you will about his costume but it's iconic and film-makers have been faithful to it. 
Daredevil: I may be in the minority as some don't like the red leather, but DD looked quite accurate to me. It worked well.  
Captain America: Looks very Ultimate Cap, and I love it. 
Thor: Also loving it so far, but I want to see him in his helmet.
 
Least Favourite 
  
Green Lantern: The CG is too obviously fake and feels really off to me. 
Batman: It's not that bad, but he never quite looked like he does in the comics (no grey/black contrast) and the cowl Christian Bale wears looks really weird around the nose (and don't get me started on the nipples and cock piece of the George Clooney suit). 
X-Men: I like the First Class image, but the original trilogy uniforms, while not bad, looked too biker-gang for my taste.

Superhero costumes are tricky to do in live-action. Because we all realize the skin-tight suits would have torn off with all the rough housing both women/men do in the comics. 
 
Armor or more S.W.A.T based design is more believable. As for the lantern movie idea being all computer generated sounds like a good idea, since it appears at will. Still pictures will never do it justice...have to see it in action.   
 
Some character's like Thor/Iron Man are easy! They already have an armor based believable fighting costume. 
The Lantern costume could have been made out of the same material as the spiderman costume from movie 1-3, while still appearing at will. Spiderman's movie costume idea works cause, swinging in heavy armor, only works in comics. 
 
Watchmen...GREAT Comic & Movie! Was based in a more realized idea. Those designs worked and they even talked about the stupidity of flashy costumes for media spotlight or how it helped in getting some of them KILLED.

The only thing I hate is when costumes are overdone. Since when does Peter Parker have the ability to get a $900 costume? Why did the Superman Returns suit have little S's all over it?

G-Man I have to agree with you on the Capt. America costume, it look like Juggernaut tried to fit it and then gave it back to Cap!

When an iconic character like Superman, Spiderman or Supergirl wears a close version of their costumes in a movie, the audience accepts it. The X-Men, with their varied, everchanging costumes with garish color palettes & combinations, and bad designs that can't show a real man or woman's body in the most flattering way would look ridiculously stupid in a movie, and there are so many of them that you can't get away with what you could with an iconic hero whose costume reinforces their identity. For example, Polaris during X-Factor had a number of costume changes, some of them looking as if they could be worn without looking retarded in a live action movie but others, such as the infamous metallic red and gold swimsuit would look completely ridiculous and make a woman look like a stripper IRL. Some artists are good at designing costumes that feel iconic and could make this translation to live action really well (there are sketchbooks showing Alex Ross and Chris Claremont pitching different costume ideas for various characters, with the former using real life models and trying hard to translate the idea of a costume to a real human body with real proportions) while others are too gimmicky.  
 
If the movie can keep elements of the original costume and make it translate successfully into a costume that can be worn by a real person without making the actor/actress look silly, then they are successful IMHO, so you don't need the costume to look exactly like the comic book version - Cyclops, for example, doesn't need a blue, spandex suit to be recognized as "Cyclops", but he definitely needs his visor. Superman doesn't need the red underwear, but he does need the "S" insignia on his chest to be recognizable.

I'd like the costumes to be close as possible.  I actually want to see a bright yellow wolverine costume.  It would be EPIC if the costume department could pull it off.  Same with Gambit's costume.  I'd like to see what Hollywood could do with it with there extravagant budgets.  They shoulds just treat it as a challenge to overcome.  Of course the more leeway can be taken with characters who don't have one defining look.  I'd find it more exceptable for the x-men to have new looks, because they change there costumes all the time, though I'd like them to still be brightly colored.  Of course I don't think the original blue and yellows work that well in the comic, let alone on screen.