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Walter, Heather, & Aiyanna count down their Top 5 picks for Best DC Movies.
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My list (before watching the video):
1. Dark Knight.
2. Wonder Woman.
3. Batman Begins.
4. Superman II.
5. Burton Batman.
Only counting live-action releases, not animated. If animated is included, then Mask of the Phantasm, Return of the Joker, and Under the Red Hood would all be included.
I actually disliked Batman Returns. While not as bad as the Schumacher films, you can see it already heading that way. I didn’t like that they took two of Batman’s most mundane villains and gave them supernatural origins. A demon-possessed baby raised by penguins in the sewer? A dead woman brought back to life by cats breathing on her?
And then there’s the Toy Batmobile scene. Holy Adam West!
Yeah.
This is where we learned that giving Tim Burton creative control was the best and worst thing you do as a studio…basically a crap shoot if we’re going to get Edward Scissorhands and Big Fish Burton, or Planet of the Apes and Alice in Wonderland Burton.
My List:
1) 1989 Batman
2) Wonder Woman
3) Batman: mask of the Phantasm
4) Superman II
5) The Dark Knight
While I love the original Superman, I might be tainted with a bit of nostalgia for Superman II, which I loved as a kid because it had a real super villain threat with Zod and his minions, while Gene Hackman’s Lex Luthor was always played more as a caricature.
The main issue I have with this list is: Batman Returns better than 1989 Batman? Really?
The first batman film featured a tight story, great performances, and a weird mix of dark and campy. Keaton defied expectations and Nickelson re-defined what audiences could expect from a comic book villain. I honestly thought DeVito’s Penguin was a bit over the top, and the overall plot and pace of Batman Returns was a bit sloppy.
Interesting list. I would have made Batman begins a top honorable mention for the reasons they gave. The camera work is really awful, and you can’t make out the action.
V for Vendetta is a good honorable mention too. While it’s a crappy adaptation, as a film its pretty good.
My List
Dark Knight
Wonder Woman
Batman ’89
Superman II
Watchmen
Animated
Mask of the Phantasm
Under the Red Hood
Lego Batman