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The absolute best would remain Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. I even prefer it over any of the live action versions.
Phantasm is a great movie. Though perhaps not quite the epic that the first two Nolans are, it's definitely one of the most inspiring Batman movies ever, at least IMO. Hamill's Joker gets some of the best moments of any Joker in any Batman movie ever!
I'm a fan as well.
Have it on LaserDisc and DVD.
Sadly it's the only animated movie not abailable in HD of the lot.
Still in my Top 5. Year One and Return Of The Joker are amongst my most loved DC movies as well.
I loved it! Similar to the other Kevin Costner action film I saw on the big screen, '3 Days To Kill' (which I also greatly enjoyed), this film is filled with badass action scenes (perhaps more than in '3 Days)', but the humour is still there. Which is what I like about Costner's action film - they have a lot more humour than the Liam Neeson action vehicules, althought I am a fan of both these actors. A killer soundtrack (especially that cool electro song that Costner dances to in a van), the ever-so charismatic Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Oldman, and Kevin Costner on top of his game. 2016 is starting quite well in the action movie department - 'London Has Fallen' was pretty cool, and 'Hardcore Henry' was insanely entertaining.
In conclusion: I am a fan of '3 Days To Kill', and I enjoyed this latest Costner action film, 'Criminal' even more.
My next trip to the cinema will be for 'The Nice Guys' in about 11 days' time.
Sorry to @bondjames for having such a different opinion about 'Criminal' than his, as I always enjoy reading his movie reviews and often agree with him on various subjects.
Looking forward to your review of it, I can't wait to see it.
I enjoyed '3 Days To Kill' more than 'Criminal', personally. I couldn't stand 'London Has Fallen' this year either though but loved 'Olympus Has Fallen', so I hope I'm not losing my interest in action heavy films. It would be really sad if that was the case.
@Creasy47 I think it's because of the Cannes film festival, since 'Nice Guys' is premiering on (sunday) the 15th here, and not on our usual wednesday release day. Always the same nonsense during Cannes - it's tough to keep track of the new releases during those 2 weeks.
You seem to like action films quite a lot. :)
I agree it's the best animated one, but my personal favorite overall remains The Dark Knight. The Killing Joke might just become the best though. Everyone seems to love The Dark Knight Returns except me.
Woah. You're some kind of crazed filmwatcher who likes to watch lots of movies. :)
I don't think I have been to the cinema that many times in a year before, let alone a month. Hope you enjoy it! ;)
Oh? Everyone here doesn't watch lots of movies? That didn't sound like a crazy amount to me at all. I recently saw more movies in theatre during one weekend. (Admittedly it was a personal record... a lot of fun, though, so I'd happily do it again).
Sadly we've now entered the time of year when there's very little for me to watch in cinema. Last year it was Mad Max: Fury Road in May and June and then nothing else till September or October I think. - At least there were concerts and theatre. Now I only have 1 concert to look forward to, gotta think of some other entertainment...
@Tuulia, you and I both. At max, there are three movies I need to see from now until September or so. Hell, even the end of the year doesn't inspire much excitement for me.
For me it was the case of not being particularly excited by the concept (not much of a fan of the orginal trio), but going since, well, Tom Hardy, so how could I not, and the movie far exceeding my non-existent expectations. :D
As for 'Fury Road,' it sounded pretty cool from its inception but it wasn't something high up on my radar for the longest time. As more details came out - especially how practical it was going to be in terms of the vehicles, the effects and stunts, etc. - I became even more interested, and all it took was for me to see that first trailer for me to make up my mind: I had to see it. It's not often that I re-watch trailers, but for that, I'd end up watching one a few times a week.
Sometimes, having little-to-no expectations is the best way to catch a movie. I've seen some movies go from script to theaters and all I manage to catch before is a 30 second TV spot, and if it looks good enough, I go and see it without knowing anything else, and usually I'm more than impressed since I wasn't expecting anything.
I think it is the best way. I can't often help myself and just read and watch stuff in advance, and there's pleasure in that, too. It's fabulous, though, to watch movies without information what they're even about story-wise, not having read any synopsis (I never read back covers of dvds), or reviews, without having seen trailers, etc. You start watching and you find it all out along the way and it's an adventure. That is more likely to happen with smaller movies, of course, and often with older ones, too (ones not in theatre anymore). I think I probably watch most movies because of an actor, director, cinematographer... so I don't need to know anything about the story or see a trailer or anything to be interested. Sometimes I watch a trailer afterwards when I've seen something I enjoyed, and I'm always glad and grateful I hadn't see it beforehand. I had no clue what I was going to get with movies like Fight Club, The Machinist, Locke, Requiem For A Dream, Breakfast On Pluto, Mr. Nobody, etc. and boy was I glad I didn't. Recently I went to see The Dressmaker and expected to see a completely different kind of a movie (based on just the poster) than what I got, and I was happy about the surprise in style and plot (the trailer would have completely ruined that). In probably less than 5 minutes I was thinking "this is clearly something other than what I thought it would be - that's fun... so, let's discover it." I still remember watching Locke, and at some point realizing it really was what it was and being blown away that a movie like that even got made, and I loved it, and was so glad I hadn't known in advance.
I suppose in general we know and see too much of movies before actually seeing them, which is a pity. So much of the discovery and adventure and surprises get lost with that.
Take the new Bourne movie: saw the teaser trailer and the theatrical trailer, and that's about it for me. I don't want to check out any more trailers or TV spots for it, lest I ruin all of the action and big moments.