Mask of the Phantasm is #1!

[James Harvey]

Mask of the Phantasm has been labeeld the best comic book movie! WOO! Here's the article about it (which I put up on the news page) about it:

This is what you get when you mix perfect writing with perfect animation. Batman: Mask of The Phantasm proved one thing explicitly.The creative team responsible for Batman: The Animated Series, and each of it's four highly successful spin-offs shows (Batman Beyond included), should be writing the movies. Plain and simple. Each character from the Batman mythos was represented faithfully, without talking down to the audience. There was comedy, drama, action, and an actual mystery, being that Batman is the Dark Knight Detective. Most folks don't know that. If the live action Batman movies were any indication, you shouldn't have known that. Nothing, but NOTHING beats Batman: Mask of The Phantasm as a comic property translated to the screen. Give the creative team run with a live action product (with X-Men level leeway), and comic franchises will soar. SOAR.

How sweet is that?

[Calhoun07]

Hey, that is pretty awesome! It is a great movie, better than most of the live action counter parts too.

[optimal321]

It's my favorite Bat-Movie! Glad to know the critics agree!

[Inque]

What a great movie. I think I'll go watch it again.

[Nightwing]

Well I could have guessed that! lol. Do I get anything for already know that to be true before the papers did? :)

Mask of The Phantasm is the absolute best Batman movie alive! And if you even remotely liked the movie, make sure you pick up the soundtrack. Shirley Walker, the god of Batman music. lol

[Calhoun07]

Originally posted by Inque
What a great movie. I think I'll go watch it again.

You know what? These boards are so influential! We talk about Spaceballs, and suddenly a handful of us want to watch it. SLC Punk...we talk about it then watch it (I rented it myself), and now this movie. I just have to watch my DVD again!

[jackal]

This is true. This movie rocks! It is even better on DVD, just bought it and watched it the same night. What a coincedink!!

[James Harvey]

I think it's becuase we've got so much in common here and we're influencial on each other. We al have the same general taste, so it's easy to lilke stuff that people suggest. And the MOTP soundtrack is great, but a hard find!

[Calhoun07]

Originally posted by DickGrayson
I think it's becuase we've got so much in common here and we're influencial on each other. We al have the same general taste, so it's easy to lilke stuff that people suggest. And the MOTP soundtrack is great, but a hard find!

I'm not familar with this one? What kind of music is on it? I am sure one could be dug up on Ebay, with hope that it isn't going for an arm and a leg. (I once sold a live CD on there by Leonard Cohen for $187.00!)

[James Harvey]

Score music by Shirley Walker. It won't be going for much. 10 - 15 bucks at the most.

[Nightwing]

Originally posted by DickGrayson
Score music by Shirley Walker. It won't be going for much. 10 - 15 bucks at the most.

Yeah. But I suppose it's good news for us Bat-fans (and in turn, Walker-fans) that those morons don't know what kind of gold they're selling.

[Calhoun07]

I think I will wait, however, to look for that soundtrack on Ebay! I get the feeling a few of us will all be going there all at once now and driving the normal prices up just a little higher!

[BWDK]

I agree this movie was the best. But I think there were too many flashback scenes.

[James Harvey]

I thought the flashbacks definatly enhanced the story. It created the right tone and carried the book all throughout. Who else didn't feel upset when Bruce got the ring back from Andrea. Heck, even my sisters began to tear up!

And there's nothing like watching it on DVD. Although I saw it on the big screen and it was AMAZING!

[Salvor]

Originally posted by DickGrayson
And there's nothing like watching it on DVD. Although I saw it on the big screen and it was AMAZING!
God I wish I had seen it on the big screen...

[James Harvey]

Trust me, dude, it was amazing. The sound worked especially well for the big screen. The Batwing was loud, the thuds sounded painful, and the score sounded great. It was definatly a great theatre movie.

[Joker85]

For all you people that missed it in the theaters, I'm so sorry. I remember going the week it was released and there was hardly anybody there. The movie was awsome on the big screen and I hope to get it on DVD soon. :)

[James Harvey]

You saw it on the big screen, too, Joker85? Amazing, wasn't it?

[Joker85]

DickGrayson, yes it was. The sound was amazing. It is a shame that so many people didn't see it on the big screen.

[James Harvey]

Given the limited release WB gave it, I wasn't suprised that the theatre I was in was almost bear, too. I actually still have the newspaper ad for the movie somewhere in a scrapbook I kept. The threatre was empty, but that just made me enjoy the movie even more.

[Calhoun07]

Oh, you are all making me upset! I had never seen this one on the wide screen! But I know what you are talking about, Dick. I was one of the few who saw Iron Giant in the theater, so I know what you are talking about. And I was one of three in that theater, which was quite interesting.

I also saw Toy Story 2 one afternoon in a HUGE theater, the big theater for the new releases. There was only one other person in there besides me. It was like a private showing. I love seeing movies like that.

[James Harvey]

I took my neice to see THE IRON GIANT in the threatres and ours was actually a bit full. She begged me to buy it when it came out on VHS, so I did. She watches that movie quite a bit and doesn't even care when they usual the casual swear word (which I think is no big deal, but apparently alot of people did) and still loves it. There's even scenes that she'll get me to act out with her, preferably the scnee where the Giant twirls Hogarth around in the car. Naturally, I can't do that, so I just swing her around by the hands. But sometimes I just love seeing movies in a packed theatre, and sometimes in an emtpy one.

[Bruiser]

Christmas '93 -- my brother and I went to see MOTP in the theater. WOW -- truly awesome. But like DG it wasn't in a packed theater (not like Pearl Harbor this past weekend).

[oranthal]

was the film well received by critics? not that their opinions count but i'm just curious. i think siskel and ebert gave it good reviews, and ebert has made it known that he is an animation fan.


Originally posted by DickGrayson
Given the limited release WB gave it, I wasn't suprised that the theatre I was in was almost bear, too. I actually still have the newspaper ad for the movie somewhere in a scrapbook I kept. The threatre was empty, but that just made me enjoy the movie even more.

[Joker85]

Siskel and Ebert didn't even review it until its video release, but when they did they gave it two thumbs up!!!:)

[Calhoun07]

Ebert also prefers Batman Beyond's animation to any of the live action movies. He has been a real supporter of the Batman animated movies. And of course, I agree fully with him!