After some extensive and ear fatiguing research, Twang Jr and I have agreed the best superhero film is, without doubt, “Captain America – Avengers Civil War”. Close behind is “Avengers Assemble”, with “Ant Man” third. Most disappointing is “Batman vs Superman”. We watched the first half hour of the original Superman/Christopher Reeve (“you’ll believe a man can fly…”) but it was horribly dated and of its time. I have a lot of time for the first few Spidy films, but the Batman ones leave me (almost literally) cold – too dark, wet, not enough action. The Marvel secret is combining action, humour, pace and colour in a complete rush of excitement. All the dark dripping alleys of Gotham City can’t beat it.

Any other contenders?

PS – we were unable to agree on best superhero. My candidate was Thor but TJ vetoed this in the basis that he’s not really a superhero, he’s “just” a God. His choice is Iron Man who is all together too pleased with himself for my liking. So we settled on Cap.