"It is wrong to assume that art needs the spectator in order to be. The film runs on without any eyes. The spectator cannot exist without it. It ensures his existence." -- James Douglas Morrison
Best: Batman Under the Red Hood (I'd say it's my favourite super hero movie live action or animated), the all to brief Green Arrow short was pretty awesome.
Worst Batman Gotham Knight.
I've seen them all aside from Dark Knight Returns, I want to wait for part 2, and really enjoyed each of them.
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 9.5/10
Superman vs. The Elite 9/10
Justice League: New Frontier 8.5/10
Batman: Year One 8/10
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths 8/10
Superman/Shazam: 7.5/10
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights 7.5/10
Superman: Doomsday 6.5/10
Haven't seen any others, though I have seen TDKR Part 1 but I consider that only half of a full movie so I'm holding off judgement until I see Part 2 (it's really impressive so far though).
superman doomsday was the worst that ive seen.
IMO the best was batman year one.
Gotham Knights is really the only one I didn't like. Superman:Doomsday was just ok, and All Star Superman was disappointing. As for the shorts, the Spectre was by far my favorite, with Catwoman being the only iffy one.
I'm not saying it should be on a "best" list or anything but The Batman vs. Dracula was a very "fun" watch. Parts of it were corny but overall it was a very enjoyable film.
"It is wrong to assume that art needs the spectator in order to be. The film runs on without any eyes. The spectator cannot exist without it. It ensures his existence." -- James Douglas Morrison
I think DC has overall done a great job with their animated movies. Some of my favorite include:
Wonder Woman
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Superman & Captain Marvel Team-Up (although I don't remember this one being promoted at all like the other films)
All the Batman animated films
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
However, I have to say that I was kinda disappointed with Justice League: New Frontier. For whatever reason, it just didn't connect with me and I remember being somewhat let down by this one. Maybe I should watch it again to see if my opinion of it has changed.
I also wasn't a fan of All Star Superman. I didn't like the artwork and just felt that the adaptation was poorly done. I also didn't like the first Green Lantern animated movie, but I thought the second one was absolutely excellent.
I would love to see a Teen Titans animated movie featuring either the Wolfman/Perez team or the 2003 team as those two were my favorite line-ups.
I wouldn't mind seeing more from Milestone either. I will take more Static, but I would mind Icon & Rocket or Hardware, or Blood Syndicate.
And I would love to see an Aquaman animated movie, based loosely off of what Geoff Johns is doing right now. I would love it if it could incorporate the Trench, Black Manta, and Ocean Master; but if that's asking for too much then I will be more than willing to settle for multiple films.
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BEST
New Frontier - By far my favorite, I enjoyed this story alot.
All-Star Superman - I thought this was a great interpretation of the book, yes they cut alot, but they kept many of the main plot points, and that made it great for me.
Under the Red Hood - This one just caught me, I wasn't that excited about it at first, but after I saw it, I was hooked.
Enjoyable
Justice League:Crisis on Two Earths - A really good story, I just wish they had used the actual graphic novel story instead of modifying it so much. BUT I did enjoy it.
Green Lantern:First Flight - SO MUCH BETTER A MOVIE THAN THE THEATRICAL RELEASE OF GREEN LANTERN!!!!!
Green Lantern:Emerald Knights. - A fun follow up story to the First Flight movie, I just wish it actually connected with First Flight.
The Dark Knight Returns
OK
Batman Year:One
Justice League:Doom
Superman/Batman:Public Enemies
Superman/Batman Apocalypse
Superman vs The Elite
Bad
Superman:Doomsday - I was just really disappointed with this film, the lack of consistency in the art and to the books really did this one in for me.
Batman:Gotham Knight - I haven't seen this one yet, so I really cannot comment.
Wonder Woman - I haven't seen this one either, but do plan on watching it.
Just watched Under the Red Hood last night and really found it enjoyable. Bruce Greenwood is much better as Batman here than on Young Justice. I think its because he is actually given the opportunity to act as apposed to on Young Justice he just comes off as bland, flat and boring. At first I wasn't sure about the casting for Joker but halfway through the film I realized I had been laughing at most of his quips. Joker really brings levity to what is otherwise a very dark Batman story.
"It is wrong to assume that art needs the spectator in order to be. The film runs on without any eyes. The spectator cannot exist without it. It ensures his existence." -- James Douglas Morrison
I'm having trouble deciding on which DVD I want to buy next. It's between Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths or Batman: The Dark Knight Returns parts 1 & 2. Which one should I get?
"It is wrong to assume that art needs the spectator in order to be. The film runs on without any eyes. The spectator cannot exist without it. It ensures his existence." -- James Douglas Morrison
Dark Knight for me was a dissapointment. They REMOVED ALL THE INNER MONOLOGUES. You know, the most memorable part of the whole all thing?! Also, Bats voice just sounded goofy to me.
Two Earths was serviceable, nothing really memorable. The plot is an excuse to have tons and tons of action, but James Wood is pretty badass while playing Owlman with all his monologues about lack of choice etc.
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