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Wednesday, 8 May 2019

How The Disney Star Wars Era Is Failing


This is something which does sadden me to say but the Disney era of Star Wars movies aren't that good and this is coming from someone who owns a copy of The Force Awakens. This is sadly a fact that we must all come to terms to with and while I alot of people have covered this in the past it's something that i myself want to touch upon since we are months away from the release of The Rise Of Skywalker.

Like many of you I was eagerly awaiting the teaser for the new movie and like many of you i'm sure, I was watching the live stream for the panel when it dropped but here's the thing while the trailer played I wasn't that excited for the movie. Of course I was excited because it's a new Star Wars movie so of course there's going to be some level of excitement but when compared to The Last Jedi or The Force Awakens it just wasn't at that same level.

Alot of this comes down to the fact that we've been getting a new Star Wars movie every single year since The Force Awakens. That's alot of movies and when you factor in the fact that alot of those movies haven't been that good and the fact that there's no story planned out it kind of makes it hard to be excited for what is meant to be your big finale.


The Disney era of Star Wars has been more focused on trying to give us strong female characters which isn't a bad thing but there strong characters just aren't that interesting. Leia is a far more interesting then Rey and Holdo combined and alot of that comes from the fact that she's an interesting character and well written Rey could have been interesting the potential was there for her to be a good character but in The Last Jedi they got so caught up with trying to force an agenda down our throats that they forgot to make Rey interesting.

The same thing goes for Holdo she could have been interesting but because this new era is more focused on agenda pushing then creating interesting characters she just comes of as a pointless character. In all honesty the only female character I like at this point is Rose and I know that's kind of a bad thing to say but I honestly feel that she was the best written female character so far but like the rest of you I do agree that the casino sequence in Last Jedi was pointless.


The marketing for this new series often ranges from great to flat out bad and that is a huge issue for me because how are people meant to get excited when you've not given them a reason to be excited. We had to wait until a few months before Solo was coming out before we even got a teaser for the movie and that was because someone thought it was a bad idea to remove people who are fans of the saga from the director's chair. 

Solo should have been a movie for the fans and who else better to direct the movie then two people who are fans but tho since we can't have nice things in this new era they got kicked from the film months into production. So what we got left with was something that in theory should have been good but instead ended up being forgettable at best and since I can't remember a single thing about the movie that's all I have to say.


The first two trilogy's in the saga told one story the fall and rise of Anakin Skywalker guess what this trilogy hasn't done. Yeah think about it we are approaching the end of this trilogy of films and there's no overlapping story arc at all each of the main films feels self contained and for one film that wouldn't be a bad thing but to do it for two movies in a row and with a third one on the way you need to wrap things up and the characters aren't in a place where that can naturally happen.

Just based of the first two films in the main saga I have to say that it's use of legacy characters has had very mixed results because while they were treated well in The Force Awakens in The Last Jedi however it was a different story. Those characters in The Last Jedi felt like they were there just because Lucasfilm thought it would please the fans and while it was good to see Luke and Leia together again both of them had nothing to do in the whole film and since these are important characters not just for the fans but also for the world of Star Wars.


As a fan I will be seeing the final movie when it comes out just to see how the Skywalker saga ends but I won't be hopeful for it being that good. 





Tuesday, 7 May 2019

Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over The Rainbow Review


Anime fans as you may or may not know i'm a huge fan of the Love Live! franchise i've seen every episode of both shows , i've seen the first movie and played the game. So to say I was excited for this movie will be like saying Avengers: Endgame is a good movie and as of a few days ago i had the chance to watch it and i'm not passing it up so here is my review of Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over The Rainbow.

The plot of the movie as far as I can work out is the third years Kanan , Dia and Mari go missing in Italy and it;s up to the rest of the group to find them. Now i'm going to let you all know right now that that plot line is fully resolved within the first hour of the movie with the rest of the movie having to do with one of the girls from Saint Snow wanting to join Aqours. If i'm being honest the first storyline was alot more interesting because it was so different from anything Love Live! has done in the past but for some unknown reason they chose to resolve it early on in favour of a plot line that was better suited for an episode of the show.


The only thing that really ties both plots together is another plot line which sees the six remaining members trying to decide if they want to continue in the group or not. I didn't mention this when I first mentioned the plot because it's something that's only brought up once or twice when in reality if you combined it with the first story with the third years going missing then it would have made for an interesting plot.

Most of the actors who are in this film are returning from the show and so starring in this movie is Ai Furihata as Ruby Kurosawa , Aika Kobayashi as Yoshiko "Yohane" Tsushima , Aina Suzuki as Mari Ohara , Anju Inami as Chika Takami , Arisa Komiya as Dia Kurosawa , Kanako Takatsuki as Hanamaru Kunikida , Nanaka Suwa as Kanan Matsūra , Rikako Aida as Riko Sakurauchi , Shuka Saitō as Yō Watanabe , Asami Tano as Sarah Kazuno and Hinata Sato as Leah Kazuno. In terms of what I thought about the acting it's not that bad but I felt that it could have been better and i'm honestly not sure why that is. There was also a few new characters introduced but as I couldn't find who played them I couldn't list them and the same goes for there acting it could have been so much better.


If you know anything about this franchise then you'll know that the animation was done by Sunrise who have worked on everything to do with Love Live! from the very beginning. The animation here tho to me didn't feel like it belonged in a movie it felt like the kind of animation you'd see in an episode of the show which in some ways is a good thing but in others it's not because if I wanted to see something that looked like an episode of the show i'd load up my season 1 DVD.

There was a Marvel style end credits scene at the end of this movie which if i've read it right means were getting another Love Live! series but I might have read into it wrong. I'd be more then happy for another series if that is the case but I really do think that they should try and mix up the setup a little bit just to keep things fresh like maybe have a few male members in there or have them all be the same age or something like that.


Unlike the previous movie which only featured the main characters this one has a whole bunch of returning characters and that was something that I applaud the film doing. Since in the first movie it felt like it was kind of ashamed to admit that it was based on a TV show where as here it fully embraces it to the point where I have to say that if your not a fan of this franchise then I wouldn't recommend watching this movie.

I also say that you shouldn't watch the movie because the movie really doesn't tell you who the characters are and what there relationship to each other really is. That is something that I could very easily see putting alot of people of but at the same time if your watching this movie and your not a fan then you kind of have yourself to blame really but for myself and alot of fans I can't see this becoming a big issue.


I don't think i'm giving that much away when i;m saying this but this movie really does feel like a good send of for the third years by that I mean they get there chance to say goodbye to there friends and not to choose what they want to do in the future. I will admit that it was a great move on part of the film makers to just have the three older girls leave the group since it was something different but even in this movie it comes almost out of know where.

Incase you haven't noticed yet I prefer the first movie just for the fact that it had one storyline running through it and not three. I cannot stress that enough because it's such a strange thing it would have been ok if this was an anthology movie but it's not so it comes across as rather jarring it honestly feels like the script writer had three different ideas and asked the director which one he liked and instead of choosing one they chose all of them.


In a rather strange move they did what normally would close the movie at the start of it by having a big town wide musical sequence which in all honesty wasn't that bad but it felt like the movie blew it's load to early since whatever happens next is always going to fail in comparison. I will say tho that the songs and the humour of the movie were both pretty spot on I don't know the names but my two favourite songs was the opening number and one of the songs that Saint Snow sings.



Overall I can't say that this is a bad movie because it's really not but at the same time it's not a good one either the only thing I can say for sure is it's better then Tolkien. This movie is by no means better then the first one and it doesn't feel like it's the end of this group of characters so the movie gets a 4.5 out of 10 from me. 





Sunday, 5 May 2019

Tuca & Bertie Review


Animation fans the folks at Netflix are back with another new animated series and this is a show that i've been looking forward to seeing. I don't know why this is the case but I seem to be the only one talking about this show like i've seen know one in the animation community talking about this show at all and now the show is finally out and I have a feeling that alot more people are going to be talking about the show and so here is my review of Tuca & Bertie.

The premise of the show is two female birds Tuca a cocky and care-free toucan and Bertie an anxious and daydreaming songbird. Live life and get into adventures that involve the workplace , boyfriends and other things. As you might have gussed by how I described the show it's episodic but in this case you might need to watch at least the first few episodes because they do make some call backs which you wouldn't really understand. 

I personally love the fact that it's episodic because if it wasn't then alot of the show just wouldn't work. I have to admit tho that it would have been nice if there was a story just because it would make the show more engaging in my opinion but it's not really needed to make this show any good since it's already a really solid show for other reasons.


Starring in the show is Tiffany Haddish as Tuca , Ali Wong as Bertie , Steven Yeun as Speckle , Richard E. Grant as Holland and Tessa Thompson. There's alot more people in this show but for the sake of my own sanity i'm only listing the actors who've appeared in all of the first four episodes since that's what i'm basing this review of.  In terms of what I thought about the acting the main duo of Tiffany and Ali are have such great chemistry together and in my opinion that helps sell the fact there really best friends but sadly tho Steven isn't in that many of the scenes in these episodes so I can't really get a handle on his performance.

Like I said in the intro i've not seen anyone talking about this show at all and I can't see why this is since it has a lot of things that would normally get people talking about it. Like for example it's being made by one of the team behind Bojack Horseman and the fact it's being made by Netflix so you'd think that both of those would be enough to get people talking about the show but sadly it's not and I have idea why.


The only company I found in terms of doing the animation is ShadowMachine who are the company behind The Shivering Truth and Dallas & Robo and in my opinion the show looks alot like Bojack Horseman. That doesn't mean the animation is great tho because at best it's ok it has a very trippy feel to it and that just doesn't work for me personally but I can see it being appealing to fans of Bojack Horseman tho.

Speaking of Bojack this show is made by Lisa Hanawalt who was a production designer and producer on the show. So of course the shows are going to look the same because Bojack is a huge part of her career it seems but I have some sad news for you guys tho she has said that despite the shows looking the same the two will not crossover at all. I do wish tho that this show had a bit of a different look to it just to make it stand out a little bit from Bojack.


This show is made for adults so don't think that just because it's got animals init's main cast that it's for kids because you'd be shocked by the content that's in this show. I will say tho that this show isn't as over the top with it's adult content as I thought it would be if anything it's pretty subtle with it and in my opinion that's a really good thing and it's a very rare thing thing when today every adult show is very upfront with the fact that it's made for adults.

There is one thing about the show which I hate with a burning passion and it's the opening theme song. I honestly make it a habit in this show to skip over the intro because the song is so annoying it has no beat to it and no real lyrics outside of the main characters just saying there name and that's it an intro is supposed to get you hyped for a show not make your ears bleed whoever thought that this was ok should be fired.


This show is ten episodes long with each episode lasting around twenty five to twenty six minuets with each episode telling one whole story which is again something that is kind of rare in animation today and i'm glad that Netflix are keeping this old tradition alive. With that said the pacing for each episode can at times be kind of slow but then there are times where an episode will just fly by so it's hard for me to say that the pacing is either good or bad because it's a bit of both.

This is a comedy and that means we have to talk about the jokes in the show and they are in my opinion one of the best things about the whole show. If your like me you'll find yourself laughing at the very least once or twice an episode which for a ten episode show i'd say is pretty good the jokes aren't just what the characters say or do tho since there's plenty of sight gags which will have people laughing and the fact that a segment in one episode is a musical for no reason and it just works.


Overall i'd say give this show a chance it won't be for everyone but there will be a few people out there who enjoy , it currently has a 100% on RT I wouldn't go that far since I did find a few minor issues with the show but in my opinion it's going to be at least a 9 or a 9.5 out of 10 from me.







Saturday, 4 May 2019

Cartoon History Star Wars Special


Cartoon fans today is a very special day for us Star Wars fans because it's May The 4th which is known as Star Wars Day. So to celebrate this day and for one day only i'm resurrecting one of my old series for a special all about the animated shows in the Star Wars universe these shows all range from shows that are no longer canon which is basically everything that was made prior to Disney buying the franchise and shows that are canon which is everything made after Disney bought the franchise, so let's start of at the very beginning with the non canon shows.

Star Wars: Droids / Ewoks


I'm putting these two together because apparently when they aired in America they aired them together as The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour. To put it simply these shows were made to capitalise on three popular characters R2-D2 , C-3PO and Wicket all three of which were very popular with young kids and so to reflect that the shows were made for kids. For the Ewoks series they also made some changes to the lore of Star Wars with the Ewoks now being able to talk perfect English which is something I believe started with either the first or second Ewok movie. 

For Droids they made the show episodic so you don't really need to have watched the first episode to understand the second. What is interesting tho is that the Ewoks series was one of the earliest writing jobs for writer Paul Dini who would later go on to co-create Harley Quinn. According to my research the Ewoks series is also a follow up of sorts to the Ewok movies I can't say if that's true or not since i've not seen those movies and Droids is set inbetween Episodes 3 and 4 of the main film saga.

Star Wars: Clone Wars 


Astonishingly it would take around seventeen years before we'd get another Star Wars animated series and when we did get it it wasn't a full series. In 2003 Cartoon Network released the Genndy Tartakovsky directed Star Wars: Clone Wars were each episode was only a few minuets long and was designed to fill in the gaps between the then upcoming episode 3 and episode 2 of the main series. It's also worth noting that the character of Asajj Ventress actually makes her debut in this series.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars


The previous show ended in 2005 with the final episode directly leading into Episode 3 and so it would be three more years until we got another chance to visit a galaxy far far far away. When we did get that chance tho it was worth it because we got Star Wars: The Clone Wars which would last six seasons with the first five all being made and aired before the Disney purchase and airing on Cartoon Network and season six airing on Netflix. This is a rare show in that it was made before the buy out so you could consider alot of it not canon but then there are episodes made after it heck there's even an upcoming final season that's going to be airing on Disney+.

Canon

Star Wars Rebels


Now we enter the era where the shows are indeed canon starting of with the show that directly followed the insanely popular Clone Wars. Like alot of Star Wars animated shows this one is set inbetween episodes of the main saga this time being episodes 3 and 4 unlike The Clone Wars which from what I can gather was popular since episode 1 this show took a bit of time to get popular if i'm right it took most people until season 2 to fully come around to it. This series also spawned Kanan and the book A New Dawn unlike The Clone Wars tho this one only lasted four seasons.

Star Wars Forces of Destiny


Now since we're covering all of the Star Wars animated shows that means I have to talk about a show which is mostly disliked by every Star Wars fan myself included. This show was first announced on April 12th 2017 and had a special preview of April 14th at Star Wars Celebration Orlando what makes this series stand out from the previous two tho it that it's the first 2D animated show since the 2003 Clone Wars show and it's also the first series to be an exclusive web series. 

What was a huge selling point for this show was the fact that pretty much all major actors from several Star Wars projects throughout the years all came back to play there characters. It's just a shame that there talents were wasted on this show which as of this writing is still going on even tho the last episode was on May 25th of last year.

Star Wars: Galaxy Of Adventures

     

I'm going to be keeping this one very brief because there's so little out there about the series but from what I gathered just by glancing at one of the Star Wars wiki pages it's basically a retelling of certain events from the main saga but done for kids. Again as far as I can tell this is still going on and like Forces Of Destiny is made exclusively for Youtube if i'm right this one was made for Star Wars Kids so yeah that's really all I can find on this show.

 Star Wars Resistance


Finally we reach the current Star Wars series which was first announced in 2018 on April 26th with the trademark being done on February 12th. This series is set before The Force Awakens with I believe the last episode of the first series taking place during that movie i'd say that this show uses cell shading for it's main style and unlike The Clone Wars and Rebels this one was influenced by anime and does not have direct involvement from Dave Filoni.







  

Friday, 3 May 2019

Letting You Guys Know Some Of The Animated Films That I Love


Boys and girls you've seen me rate alot of things from bad to worst over the past couple of weeks and mostly that's because there so easy to do. For this one I couldn't really use that title and so I had to ditch the concept so instead of rating some of my favourite animated films from worst to best i'm instead going to go a little bit more personal and tell you guys what some of my favourite animated films are and like my previous animation related post i'm going to be including anime in this post.

Anime

Ghost In The Shell


There's very little actually wrong with this film and that's because it does so much right it's a true classic in every sense of the word. Without this film we wouldn't have gotten The Matrix movies for better or for worse , what honestly sells me on this film tho is how well done the mystery aspect of the story is it's so rare for me to find a genuinely good mystery and that's what this film has in my opinion.

A Silent Voice


Now depending on where your seeing this post you'll know that i've just done a review of this movie and will thus already know what I think about it. To cut a long story short I think that this movie is easily better then Your Name and it deserves alot more attention from not only anime fans but fans of animation , to me this film is far more upsetting because of the fact that anyone who's been bullied would know what the main female lead Shōko is going through and will find the film more relatable.

Cartoons

Toy Story 1,2 and 3


Now then for obvious reasons I can't include the fourth one in this so i'm only counting the first three films. In my opinion these first three movies are the perfect trilogy they tell one complete story and they have fantastic animation which only gets better with each passing film. On top of what I just said the third and second films also have great emotional moments which work because we've gotten to know the characters and because of the fact that the films are so well written , so to say that the fourth one has a lot of live up to would be a huge understatement.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit


I can't believe that more people don't talk about this film since it has alot of things that make a great animated feature , it's has a great storyline , it has great characters , great animation and great jokes this film has everything that an animation fan would love. The only reason why i can see people not talking about it as much is due to the fact that it's British and films from Britain don't get talked about as much.

Early Man


Sticking with Aardman for there newest film which is also the latest film from animation legend Nick Park Early Man is a football comedy set in the stone age. Yes Americans I said football because that's it's name now that i've just insulted an entire country I best explain why I love this film I love it because of the fact it has all of the things we've come to expect from an Aardman film plus it's set in my hometown of Manchester ,  on top of all that tho it's a weird film that on paper shouldn't work but it some how does and I love it for that.

Moana


Now one of the reasons why I love this film I won't go into because it can also be said for the next film i'm going to talk about and I would thus be repeating myself. Another reason for me loving it is the fact that the animation is truly beautiful to look at , each frame is truly stunning and it's not often that I get to say that about any film. This film also made me cry alot and any film that made me do that is in my opinion a great film.

The Lion King 1994


Now i've had to label this film just to make it more clear that i'm talking about the original movie because I don't want people to think that i've somehow got my hands on a copy of the remake. This film was such a huge part of my childhood it's a movie that I loved as a kid and I still love it to this very day , heck I love this movie so much that I not only saw the musical but I bought the soundtrack and I saw it when it re-released in 3D. Like Moana this film has jaw dropping animation and it's shocking that animation this good came from the Disney B team and again like Moana this film made me cry and I cannot remember what I was going to say when I wrote the Moana segment for this post so yeah i'm ending it here.




  


Monday, 29 April 2019

Rating Some Of The Non MCU Movies From Worst To Best


Marvel fans I thought that I would but a spin on another post I did last week and honestly I can't believe that no one's thought of doing this. We all know that the MCU is this machine that at this point prints money i'm not even kidding Endgame hasn't even been out a week and it's already made over a billion dollars and so I thought i'd take a look at the Marvel movies that aren't set in the MCU and rate them from worst to best.

Elektra


Marvel really hasn't had the best of luck with female lead movies Captain Marvel while making a tone of money at the box office isn't that good of a movie and the same thing is true for this movie. Altho this one didn't set the box office on fire Elektra is just Elektra in name only if anything this feels more like a bad romantic comedy then it does a superhero movie and it's so freaking boring no wonder it took them years to make another movie with a female lead.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine


This film is just so bad in so many ways I think everyone is in agreement that this is the worst X-Men movie ever made. They some how make a character who was already watered down in the previous movies seem even more watered down if that's even possible and for some reason the makers of this film chose to give the film bad CGI because heaven forbid we have a movie where the CGI is actually good.

X-Men: The Last Stand


This movie isn't bad in that it's a bad movie it's bad because it was a let down here is this great epic storyline which could have a decent trilogy of movies but instead it's crammed into one movie. It's because of that fact that all of the storyline gets rushed I honestly would have been angry if this was the final film to feature the original cast because it's a bad send of for them and i'm glad that this film got retconned.

Ghost Rider


Honestly this film is more entertaining then it is bad because it's so balls to the wall insane that you can't helped but get sucked it in by it. I'm not going to say that this film is good by any means because it really isn't but there's so much fun to be had with the film that you can kind of forgive it for being bad that being said there's no excuse for not having a Nicolas Cage freak out those should be in every single movie he's in.

Blade


This right here was the first R rated Marvel film and the first Marvel film to have a person of colour as the lead character. This film was bada*s back in 1998 and it still is Wesley Snipes is perfect as Blade and in my opinion it's a must watch just so you can see how badas* Marvel heroes can be but at the same time there are things about this film that hasn't really aged well chief in which being the CGI.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse


Yes this movie isn't set in the MCU which means I can include it on this list. I really enjoy this film quite alot in my opinion it's a funny and fresh film and one that the Spider-Man films really needed since for a long time they all had one thing in common and that was they told the exact same origin story. The only film that didn't do that apart from this film was Homecoming , this film also has a great visual style that makes it stand out from all the other animated films out there.








Saturday, 27 April 2019

Some Of My Favourite Animated Comic Book Films


DC and Marvel fans depending on where your currently seeing this post i've spent the past few days making posts about either company talking about both there film out put and there TV output. Both of those posts dealt with the live action side of things and well I thought lets not break the habit of a life time just yet except instead of talking about there live action stuff i'm only doing there animated movies and not all of the films included will be from either Marvel or DC.

Hellboy: Sword of Storms


This is one of two animated films to feature Hellboy and it's also the only one I own on DVD and the only one i've seen. I can't honestly say if this version of the character is close to the comic book version in anyway shape or form since my only exposure to the character is the movies but with the new movie now out I honestly think that this movie is better then the new movie just because it's at least trying.

Superman: Doomsday


While The Death Of Superman and Reign of the Supermen told this story better i'll always have a soft spot for Superman: Doomsday. This was the first animated superhero movie I bought and it kicked of my obsession with watching the latest DC Animated Movie so no matter if the other two told the story better i'm always going to come back to this one because of the fact that it has a special place in my heart.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns


I'm counting both films here because they tell one story so it wouldn't really make sense for me to include one film and not the other. Like the other two movies I actually do own both parts on DVD and I watch them both regularly again I can't say if this is  true to the comic book or not but as a movie the story works , it has great animation , great action and solid voice acting I will admit I would have preferred Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill but the Batman and Joker we did get were solid enough.

Ultimate Avengers


Just like i'll always have a soft spot for Superman: Doomsday there's a few animated marvel movies that i'll always have a soft spot for and this is one of them. This was the first movie that introduced me to the Avengers I had heard of these characters but I didn't know they also teamed up so for me seeing these characters together in an animated movie was just so cool. I also noticed that the live action Avengers movies borrowed some elements from the comic boom that this movie is based off which I thought was awesome.

The Invincible Iron Man


This is the other animated Marvel movie that I have a soft spot for because both this and Ultimate Avengers were the first animated Marvel movies I saw. I might not be able to tell you the year it was either before or just after the first live action Iron Man movie. I will say that plot wise there's alot of similarities between the two movies and while I did indeed own this and Ultimate Avengers I have since gave them away to charity.

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

 

Not many people know of not only this movie but also the comic book and that's such a shame because there both balls to the wall insane. That's honestly the best way to describe both the movie and the comic book I will say that this movie is made exclusively for adults so don't go thinking that little kids will like this because they won't but if you like something that just pure insanity in cartoon form then this is for you.

Wonder Woman


People give alot of credit to the 2017 Wonder Woman movie for being the first good female lead but those people either forgot or straight up didn't know about this one. This film was good back when it came out and it's still good ten years later and out of all the movies to get a sequel this one should have been one of them because there's so many stories that could have been told and while we are getting a new Wonder Woman animated film this year we won't be getting sequel to this film.

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies


This is the movie that none of us thought would be any good given the show that's spawned from but low and behold it was actually really funny. Seeing how good this movie was makes me wonder why the makers of the show don't put in the same amount of effort that they put into the movie because if they did the show would be ten times as good and would actually have a lot more fans then what it currently has.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse


Now then both this and the next film i'm going to talk about are very good films and it was honestly hard for me to choose which one to talk about first. I went with this one because it's the best Spider-Man film but it doesn't include who I think is the best Spider-Man Tom Holland this is honestly a super fun movie and is a love letter not just to Peter Parker but to all of the Spider-Men and that's not something that's been seen before now.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm


You all knew that this film was going to appear on here at some point i've expressed my love for it so many times now that it would be pointless for me to say why I love this film. For me this is a film that every Batman fan has to watch at some point in there lives regardless if they've seen the animated series or not in fact i'd go as far to say that in terms of quality it's the Avengers: Endgame of Animated DC movies and if you've seen Endgame then you'll know that's quite the statement to make.