In my review of Watchmen: Chapter I, I said its adaptation and filmmaking choices sabotaged the film. Nothing has changed with the second half of the story and it even gets a little wobblier than before. Still a pretty good, … Continue reading
When I first saw there was going to be a Watchmen animated adaptation, it looked so similar to the Zack Snyder film, I couldn’t figure out why they’d bother. But that impression was wrong as this film more closely follows … Continue reading
After a wobbly first part and a disaster second part, this non-fan-favorite DC animation reset actually surprised me by being pretty good. Easily best of the three… mainly for managing to cohere the big crazy plot into something that made … Continue reading
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 1 finds good ol’ Flash having the zoomies through the multiverse again. Just like in the latest Flash live action and a few previous DC animated films (and probably infinite comics). It’s part … Continue reading
This is the way the DCEU ends This is the way the DCEU ends This is the way the DCEU ends Not with a bang but a whimper. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a tiresome exercise in listless sound … Continue reading
When I saw the art style of this DC animated film, I hated it. And that didn’t change with the watching… but the villain character models in the second half at least suited the look. And while I hated the … Continue reading
When the Justice League mysterious vanishes and a flaming phantom stalks the Hall of Justice, Jimmy Olson calls in a favor. The Scooby Gang travels to Metropolis to help solve the crime… if they can evade the rampaging supervillains. Yes, … Continue reading
Batman vs TMNT is what happens when a million zillion ninjas of the Foot Clan descend on Gotham. Batman joins forces with the turtles to fight Shredder and Ra’s Al Ghul’s fiendish plot… which has something to do with the … Continue reading
I have no idea who Blue Beetle is as a DC comic book hero. He’s up there with the Guardians of the Galaxy and even Ant-Man as characters I didn’t know until the movie released. So maybe I wasn’t the … Continue reading
I don’t think I’ve experienced many movies that started out so strong and fell apart so fast and so consistently. If you were to map the movie on a linear graph, it’d make a wonderful ski slope all the way … Continue reading