So here it is: my first post. What topic should I write that will capture the attention of people and get them excited to come back for more? Oh, I know – let’s talk about movies that I’m sure most people haven’t seen. That’ll get the readers hooked!
It might seem silly to launch my blog based on animated films no one is watching… but that’s exactly the point of this post – why don’t people watch the Animated DC movies? They are absolutely incredible! The Avengers movies are the highest grossing films in history, and even that terrible Justice League movie with Ben Affleck made a Billion Dollars. There’s a big interest in superhero films, but for some reason, people don’t look deeper than live-action and the animated ones get no love.
Now, part of this is definitely DC’s fault. They appear to put zero marketing dollars behind their movies and make them hard to find you have to search multiple streaming services and online resources to search them out. Sure, DC does not make this as easy as it should be, but if you are even a quasi comic book fan, these movies need to be on your radar.
The animated Justice League movies alone are fire (yes, I’m a 36 year old who describes something that is awesome as ‘fire’) and provide such great depth to their characters. Justice League: War is what the Justice League Movie should have been, complete with Darkseid being the villain. Beyond those bigger films, you have a huge catalog of movies that have been released over the years that are unique to themselves – in other words there is no shortage of content, interesting storylines, and standalone stories. For the most part, these animated films aren’t tied to one universe like the MCU, and are mostly adapted from graphic novels or lesser-known storylines from the comics. Last night for example I watched The Batman vs Dracula – yes, Dracula – and it was awesome.
Now for a helpful suggestion: if you have HBO Max*, they have a large portion of the DC movies available to watch and I highly recommend you take advantage of it. Search Batman, Justice League, Superman, or basically anything related to a DC character and a huge collection will pop up. You won’t regret this decision. Enjoy watching!
*If you don’t have HBO Max, make friends with someone who does and “borrow” their password.