The Riddler (Batman Forever)
Now, for this particular entry, you should be reminded that this list has nothing to do with the quality of the actor’s performance – because Jim Carrey was one of the best things about 1995’s otherwise very poor Batman Forever – and everything to do with the way he looked.
In the world of comic book movies, there’s a definite danger of making characters look too “comic-esque” and, in the case of Carrey’s Riddler, that definitely happened.
He ended up looking absolutely ridiculous, in his one-piece bodysuit covered in question marks, his tiny little pointless eye mask and with his neon pink hair. Still, we should reiterate that Carrey’s performance was extremely entertaining, and he deserves credit for that. It’s not as if he can be blamed for his stupid costume.
And now we move on to a character who was unrecognizable as the comic book character he played in every single way.
Deadpool (X-Men Origins: Wolverine)
Recently, of course, we’ve had the Deadpool movie, which made amends for this particular version but, in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, we were given a version of the character that was wrong in every respect – including the way he looked.
Ryan Reynolds starred as the character on both occasions (with Scott Adkins sharing the role in the first outing), but for everything that was right about the recent depiction, there was so much more wrong with the first.
He looked like Baraka from the Mortal Kombat series of video games (infamously spawning the nickname “Barakapool“) and had his mouth sewn shut. Gone was the red and black uniform, in came elastic top pants. It just wasn’t Deadpool and he simply looked awful.
And now we move on to a trio of iconic villains who, in hindsight, actually look really silly.
