Top Ten Animated Superhero Movies.

August 22, 2013 in ANIMATION, SUPERHEROES

ANIMATED/SUPERHERO/MOVIES – Top Ten Animated Superhero Movies.

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I love watching animated cartoons.  And one of my all-time favorite genres is superhero animated cartoons.  There are other great animated Superhero movies out there besides The Incredibles.

Today I’m going to give you my top 10 animated superhero movies.

You can watch the video below or read the post with the links. I’ve embedded a trailer to each movie below.

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The Order of the List

Today I’m going to talk to you about my top 10 superhero animated movies.  I consider all of these movies good.

The order that I’m going to put them in from 10 to 1, 1 being the number 1, the highest best one, as far as replay value, as far as me sitting down and wanting to watch it over and over.

So 10 being the one that I would want to experience less of, 1 being the one that I would want to watch over and over the most.

10. Batman Dark Knight Returns (Parts 1 and 2)

Beautiful movie.  Great adaptation of the Frank Miller story, too dark and brooding for me.  I remember reading it as a kid.  I remember loving it.  It no longer resonates with me as much, but the story and the production quality and everything about it, top notch, fantastic adaptation of the comic book.

 

9.  Batman Year One.

Again, another Frank Miller story.  I love how vulnerable Batman is in this movie.  I like how great the adaptation from the graphic novel it is.  Once again, too dark and brooding.  I kind of don’t want to live in that place all the time.  That’s just me.

 

 

8. Green Lantern: First Flight.

Fantastic movie, way better than the live action movie.  It moves a little bit too fast, especially with the origin and all that, but great.  I love it.  Fantastic, highly recommend it, a lot of fun.  If you love Green Lantern, this is the movie to watch.

 

 

7.  Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.

This one’s a fun one.  Evil Justice League versus good Justice League.  Ultraman versus Superman, Owlman versus Batman, fantastic.  Great stuff, very nihilistic, over-the-top ending.  Great, I love it.

 

 

6. Planet Hulk. 

Planet Hulk is great.  Basically, it’s Gladiator with the Hulk in a different planet where he just becomes this — he just gets to let lose and fight and just — it’s epic.  It’s based on a really cool comic book storyline, also, which I’d also recommend you read, but the movie, great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf13JRZKspM

 

5. Hulk Versus.

Now this is kind of almost cheating.  These are not necessarily one movie.  It’s two shorts compiled into one DVD where Hulk fights Wolverine and Hulk fights Thor.  Cool.  I like the designs more when he fights Wolverine.  The story with Thor is a little bit better, but it’s cool fights anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJd4O2blM_A

 

4. Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam.

I don’t own this.  It’s on Netflix.  Fantastic.  I love the fights. The Shazam!/Superma story is part of a showcase.  A lot of those shorts came out as backup stories to some of these other animated movies.  Superman and Shazam fight Black Adam and it’s just epic. There’s a lot destruction.  Great, great, great.  I highly recommend it.  Pick it up.

 

3. Superman vs. The Elite.

I also don’t own this.  One of my all-time favorite Superman animated movies.  And it’s all about how Superman is irrelevant and nobody cares about him and how he should change and be different.  It’s basically saying that to Superman’s face and how he reacts.  Awesome, awesome story.  Great, I highly recommend it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXUu91JrpzA

 

2. Batman Under the Red Hood.

Incredible.  This is one of the all-time best-written Batman movies ever.  It’s so good.  Great, fantastic climactic moment when he has to make this really hard decision.  It is incredible.  If you haven’t seen this, you owe it to yourself to watch it.  If you’re a Batman fan, this is the movie to watch.

 

1.  All-Star Superman.

I don’t own this because it’s on Netflix.  I don’t need to own it right now.  The moment it’s off Netflix I’m buying it.  I’ve seen this movie so many times like six, seven, eight times.  I love it.  It’s great, it’s fantastic.  Highly recommend it.  Best animated Superman movie.  The best representation of the silver age Superman you will ever see.

 

Honorable Mention – Fleischer Superman.

It’s an honorable mention.  Why?  Because it kind of doesn’t fit as a movie.  It kind of does though, because this is the very first movies of Superman ever.  Endlessly re-watchable.  One of the best animated superhero cartoons ever made period.  But they’re not like movies.  They’re just shorts.  And there’s a lot of them.  They’re not quite TV shows.  They’re not quite movies.  So that’s why they’re honorable mention.  I still think that you should watch them.

So that’s my top 10 animated superhero movies.  Let me know what you think.  If you just watch them.  If you think I’m crazy with my list let me know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeKexMAzs6M&list=PLBC90FD5E7FE633BE

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ANIMATION – How and Why Animated Films Need to Avoid the Same Fate as Westerns

I read this article on Indie Wire.  It’s fantastic, it’s called: How and Why Animated Films Need to Avoid the Same Fate as Westerns.

I agree with this.  I want different kinds of animated movies besides JUST family movies.  I don’t have anything against family movies.  They’re great. My kids and I can watch them together and they’re safe for us to watch, but I’d like animation to explore beyond just those types of movies.

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