Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
February. 23,2010 PG-13A heroic version of Lex Luthor from an alternate universe appears to recruit the Justice League to help save his Earth from the Crime Syndicate, an evil version of the League. What ensues is the ultimate battle of good versus evil in a war that threatens both planets and, through a devious plan launched by Batman's counterpart Owlman, puts the balance of all existence in peril.
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Crappy film
Absolutely the worst movie.
Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
I know i might sound like I'm exaggerating, but i have watched this film enough times to memorize all the best lines, and have the amazing action scenes burned into my brain, as awesome as this movie is, i am not blind to the mistakes in it, but like any movie mistakes will be made, and what matters is that the movie entertains you, and this one certainly does! I've seen a lot of superhero cartoons and anime, including every part of the Bruce Timm Verse, i wish i could travel to that world, there is always the possibility of getting superpowers, every woman there is gorgeous, and my favorite superheroes will be there to protect me from my favorite super villains, however i would have to get a lot of insurance if i lived there! But i digress, this is one of the best justice league cartoon movies out there. In a parallel universe Lex luthor and other villains including the joker are heroes, while the justice league are the villains ( SCARY!) Good Lex travels to the justice league world to ask for help, being heroes of course they do, as soon as they travel to the other world the action never stops. the animation in this film is so fluid, and every action scene literally leaves me in awe, i gave the animators of this film a lot of clapping. I felt this movie really put into perspective for me what it means to be a hero, the justice league willingly decide to leave their world to another world, just because its the right thing to do, i do feel they could have been a little more skeptical, but that's what Batman is for. Good Lex luthor has got to be the most likable character in the whole movie, maybe its his voice or his armor, because i never thought of him as the evil lex, and i like that despite asking for help from other heroes, he still gets things done, himself, and only needs the league for backup. The voice acting did take a minute to get used too, but the voice actors really grabbed me and i accepted them very quickly. the evil justice league are awesome, their actually a syndicate but act more like a mafia, the evil superman and green lantern even have awesome Italian/Brooklyn accents! evil flash has an Australian accent which is interesting. Superwoman is a creepy, yet sultry femme fatale, no surprise since shes played by Gina Torres. And probably my newest favorite villain of all time is Owl-man/ evil batman. His armor is awesome, his gadget are just as cool as batman, and best of all hes played by James woods, i flipped out when i recognized it as the same guy who played Hades from Disney Hercules, accept instead of being evil hammy, he is stone cold evil, which is just as delightful, and proves how great an actor JW is. But what separates him from other villains, his nihilistic philosophy that disturbingly intrigues me. He discovers alternate earths and decides life is meaningless, and creates a bomb capable of destroying all of earth, but since that wouldn't matter, what does he do, he goes to the first earth to blow that up, and in doing so destroy all of reality, killing everyone who ever existed,and who ever will live! That is all very thought provoking. A lot of people will complain that batman didn't put up much of a fight as he usually does, but lets not forget, he was fighting freakin superwoman, who with one pinch broke one of his ribs, yes that is upsetting ,but also it shows that hes very much human even his suit doesn't give him any sort of artificial powers like lex's does, but what proves that Batman is the ultimate hero of all time is when he confronts owlman on earth prime as the nukes about to go off, he is very outmached physically and mentally, at first, whats very interesting is batman actually tries to help owlman at first, perhaps because hes his alternate self, but also probably because hes become a professional psychologist at this point, after all the fights with joker, of course after that fails, and he knows owlman is going to do it, he kicks his butt, teleports owlman with the nuke to an uninhabited world, while delivering one of the most bad ass batman lines ever, proving he is capable of anything, if it means it will save the world. When Owlman realizes what happened, he notices his nuke about to go off, but there is an emergency stop button, with only a few seconds to go, all he says is " it doesn't matter", that is one of the most intriguing, nihilistic and kind of bad-ass deaths for a cartoon villain i've ever seen. I really like that this is supposed to be the bridge for justice league and JLU, it helps explain a few things. Yes the plot is simple, its mostly action, but the dialogue is memorable and so are the characters, and its all thought provoking about parallel earth, free will, the human race in general, but it also helps us to realize why the world is worth fighting for. I've talked long enough, go see this movie!
Pretty good just like the previous Justice League movies this time a good version of Lex Luthor from a parallel Earth comes to the Justice League's dimension for help to fight their evil counterparts. Superwoman, Owlman and many more. I found this movie to be pretty good i liked that there was an actual good Luthor but also a bad Justice League but i'm still team Justice Lords baby no matter what. My favorite scene is quote delivered by the great Batman who says to Owlman "There is a difference between you and me. We both looked into the abyss, but when it looked back at us, you blinked." Even with broken bones that dude is still amazing you know because he's Batman he's just way cool.
When it comes to animation films based off comic books it would seem that DC Comics has the edge on that battle because so far they have been the top dogs with their animation motion pictures based on their characters. And Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths is no different. This time the plot centers around Lex Luthor from another Earth must seek help from the Justice League lead by Superman along with Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash and Martian Manhunter to help save his world from the Crime Syndicate lead by Ultraman, Owlman, Superwoman, J'edd J'arkus, Power Ring, and Johnny Quick. Plot wise it is pretty cool and holds your attention from the start of the film. That's what DC Animation films do very strong with is making stories that will hold your interest and make you respect the writing staff for their effects and in this film they did a good job.Plus with a voice cast as this how could you go wrong?William Baldwin as Bruce Wayne / Batman Mark Harmon as Clark Kent / Superman Chris Noth as Lex Luthor Gina Torres as Superwoman James Woods as Owlman Brian Bloom as Ultraman Jonathan Adams as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter Josh Keaton as The Flash , Aquaman Vanessa Marshall as Princess Diana / Wonder Woman Bruce Davison as President Slade Wilson Freddi Rogers as Rose Wilson James Patrick Stuart as Johnny Quick,The Jester Nolan North as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern,Power Ring Jim Meskimen as Captain Super,Red Archer Kari Wührer as Model Citizen,Black Canary Bruce Timm as Uncle Super Captain Super Jr. Carlos Alazraqui as BreakdanceSecret Service Agent Cedric Yarbrough as Firestorm/Black Lightning Richard Green as Jimmy Olsen / BlockbusterAll of them brought the film to life with the voice acting being superb and with the writing for the film it help the actors bring these characters to attention and make them believable plus they reference other films in this movie that you have to watch to believe it gives you the impression that the voice actors and actresses really enjoy making this film and it shows in their work because they did a superb job The music in the film is top notch and it helps bring the movie together as each piece of music helps tell the story of each scene Plus the animation in this film is some of the best in a long time and good that they went with the hand drawn style because I always love hand drawn animation this film really deserves a medal for it's art because the characters look very believable and the backgrounds are superbI should warn you that the film does feature language not much but enough to warn you in advice it just not often you would have an animated film with language also the film does have some moments that make you go serious in a animated filmBut none the less this is a film worth your timeOverall if you're a fan of comic books and enjoy animation films you'll enjoy this one because it just a lot going for it so give it a shotI give Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths an 8 out of 10
These Marvel and DC animated movies are certainly great chances to explore different stories. The only problem with the DC ones is that they have a strict formula for the number of action scenes. This means most of the dialogue between the action can pretty much be ignored. Crisis on Two Earths did well in displaying the different characters and their relationships in the short amount of time. James Woods as Owlman was the most interesting character, becoming something worse than his dull crime- syndicate buddies. It's no New Frontier, and perhaps it's just my love of Green Lantern, but he wasn't in this enough. Hopefully DC will focus on the individual characters as the group efforts are overflowing with too many ingredients.