Best & Worst DC Animated Films?!

[Ood Omega]

DC films can be either hit or miss with me but overall I'd say most of them are pretty enjoyable. I like the adaptation of Darwyn Cooke's New Frontier and thought Gotham Knight was pretty interesting. I thought Wonder Woman and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies were OK but pretty much haven't picked up an animated DC film since then. I'm curious to know which films people like the most, which ones they found OK and which they thought were utter sh!t.

[brandnewfan]

DC films can be either hit or miss with me but overall I'd say most of them are pretty enjoyable. I like the adaptation of Darwyn Cooke's New Frontier and thought Gotham Knight was pretty interesting. I thought Wonder Woman and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies were OK but pretty much haven't picked up an animated DC film since then. I'm curious to know which films people like the most, which ones they found OK and which they thought were utter sh!t.

Under the Red Hood is my favorite. Great film.

[InformationGeek]

The best DC Animated film I saw was Batman Year One and the worse was All Star Superman. And this isn't because of my biases towards the stories in particular (Year One being my all time favorite Batman story and All Star being just okay in my mind), it is based on how well it adapts the material, what it does new, the animation, the voice acting, etc. When it comes down to it, Year One is adapted flawlessly in mind while All Star has tons of problems in its attempt to adaption a 12 issue mini series.

[sunofdarkchild]

Mask of the Phantasm stands heads and shoulders above the rest. It ranks with the best superhero movies ever and deserves to be the one that got a theatrical release.

Most of the rest are still good too. Subezero benifits from being so much better than Batman and Robin. Public Enemies was fun. Apocalypse was a great adaptation. Under the Red Hood was better than Jason's return in the comics in every way. All Star Superman is one of the best Superman stories in any medium. The Justice League movies are all good. Year one and TDKR aren't as good as the orignal comics, but still very worthwhile. Of the ones I've seen Wonder Woman is the weak link, though not really bad.

[Ood Omega]

Thanks for the recommendations. I have a giftcard and was thinking about getting TDKR part 1 but not sure if I should wait till Part 2 comes out. I can't tell if your serious about Mask of the Phantasm though.

[JSA]

Thanks for the recommendations. I have a giftcard and was thinking about getting TDKR part 1 but not sure if I should wait till Part 2 comes out. I can't tell if your serious about Mask of the Phantasm though.

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.

Crime Syndicate (E-3) vs Justice League (E-1)

[sunofdarkchild]

Very serious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_KcFFqLggY

[Burning Eyes]

In terms of character faithfulness and overall quality, here's my opinion of them.

Great
New Frontier
Wonder Woman
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
All-Star Superman
Justice League: Doom
Superman vs. the Elite

Good
Green Lantern: First Flight
2nd Green Lantern (can't remember it's name)

Mediocre
Superman Doomsday

Outside of the poor art work, I really liked Superman vs. The Elite
I haven't seen any of the solo Batman movies (Red Hood, Year One, etc), so I can't say anything on them.
My biggest complaint is that they haven't strayed too far from Batman, Superman, or the JLA.

[Coyote2010]

I think that DC animated is better when the stories ae original, my favorites are the first Worlds Finest, Gotham Knights, and Mask of the Phantasm. I love the season long Justice League Unlimited story lines much better.

As to worst, All Star Superman falls so short of the comic it's heartbreaking. ( I would like to see a computer animated Kingdom Come with Alex Ross art come to life) I think they generally stray to far from the actual comic art.

[robcastor729]

Best
Superman/Batman Apocalypse
Justice League Crisis on Two Earths
Batman Under the Red Hood
Justice League New Frontier

Worst
Batman Gotham Knight
Wonder Woman
Green Lantern First Flight
Green Lantern Emrald Knights
All Star Superman

[SteveGus]

My personal favorites:

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Wonder Woman
Justice League: New Frontier

Average but entertaining:

Green Lantern: First Flight
Superman vs. the Elite
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Justice League: Doom

Poor:

All Star Superman
Superman: Doomsday

The rest, I have not seen.

[Xarcon]

Umm...I liked:

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Justice League: Doom
Batman: Return of the Joker
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

I know I've seen more that I liked, but I can't recall them at the moment. I didn't really care for New Frontier.

[Mr. Holmes]

Liked:
New Frontier
Gotham Knight (yeah I'm that guy)
Crisis on Two Earths
Under the Red Hood (best one yet IMO)
All Star Superman
Year One

Okay:
Wonder Woman
GL: First Flight
S/B: Public Enemies
GL: Emerald Knights
Dark Knight Returns Part 1

Bad:
S: Doomsday
S/B: Apocalypse
JL: Doom
Superman vs The Elite.

[The Darknight Detective]

I like them all, but my favorite is Justice League: New Frontier. That one just moves me the most.

[Mr. Holmes]

I like them all, but my favorite is Justice League: New Frontier. That one just moves me the most.

It was really good, but I wish it got a 2 parter like DKR to adapt the whole comic.