Hmmmmmm
Honestly, with the exception of the opening scene, I really didn't like the Wonder Woman movie. It was missing energy and felt too isolated, without much purpose. It felt like an introduction to different versions of characters from her mythos that we care little about, but nothing full-blown.
I loved New Frontier, although the comic is easily better in every way imaginable. It was already there for me to begin with, considering its focus on J'onn, probably my favorite of the DC universe. The only thing that got me there was the voice acting, and the overuse of the score.
Crisis on Two Earths was easily the worst experience for me. There is no feeling. You can't relate to any of the villains, or the existing "heroes" of the parallel Earth, and even though I love the Martian Manhunter, his depiction with Rose was downright terrible. Bad voice-acting too. I didn't get my hopes too high for it, however, as I've grown to despise all of the Crisis stories.
First Flight tried to throw too much together in such a small movie that it didn't have room to breathe, to develop. Hal becomes "the Greatest Green Lantern ever" because he was in the right place at the right time on more than one occasion, not because he's smart, talented, or possesses an indomitable will. I loved the voice-acting, but like Wonder Woman, it was an introduction to different (lesser) versions of characters to draw non-fans in.
Under the Red Hood was surprisingly good for me. I thought the comics were terrible, but the movie gave it all purpose when all the essential points were united. I didn't like DiMaggio's Joker (and it wasn't because he's no Mark Hamil) mostly because every scene with him tries to be menacing, but only leaves you waiting for the punchline (which never shows). What brings the movie down, however, is the Black Mask, who is just annoyingly loud and stupid.
I really like the Superman/Batman movies. Public Enemies was short-sighted, but still fun enough to overlook all of that. Apocalypse, aka, Supergirl, pushed away one of the title characters, revealing its' shortsightedness, but the action and voice-acting was enough to make it enjoyable.
Then there's the shorts. I liked them all. Even though Shazam! takes me back to the introductory reimagining of First Flight/Wonder Woman, but it has spirit true to the characters. The Spectre utilized a couple of elements from stories during Michael Fleisher's short run and presented it like a Dirty Harry movie, and even though I'm not a fan of the character, I thought it was a great presentation. Green Arrow was pretty spectacular, true to form in every way. Jonah Hex, while slow to pick up, was pretty boss. That's a DVD I'm happy to own.
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