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The artwork is from Matthew Therrien.

Halloween 1978. Honestly the movie is a masterpiece in general. I could spend days listing off all the things I love about it. The forbodding atmosphere and amazing suspense. The eerie mask which is still the best in the franchise. The amazing writing from John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Donald Pleasence's very subtle nuance performance. Jamie Lee Curtis's performance. Dean Cundey's cinematography. The score by John Carpenter.

Nick Castle's very creepy performance. One of my favorite moments of Michael is when he's hiding behind a tree watching Annie and Laurie arrive for babysitting. The way he creases the tree with his hand, it almost makes him feel human, and it's these little things that get left out in most of the sequels.

Fun fact, when it came time to shoot Loomis's reaction to Michael vanishing after being shot and falling two stories. Pleasence told Carpenter he could play the scene two ways. He could act surprised, or he knew this would happen. Both versions were filmed and the second one was the one used.

It's a brilliant choice on Pleasence's part and shows how well he understood the character. Witnessing Michael vanish at the end left Loomis unfazed, because he knew the truth about Michael the whole time, even if no one believed him.

Halloween II. Great cinematography from Dean Cundey. Michael breaking into that old couple's house is creepy and send chills down my spine. I appreciate that they reused the same mask from H1. The third act is one of my favorites in the franchise. I love the atmosphere and suspense of the film. The score from John Carpenter and Alan Howarth. I love how gothic it sounds. The music in this is my second favorite in the franchise right behind the original Halloween's score.

Halloween H20. Jamie Lee Curtis's very realistic portrayal of someone living with ptsd. The great writing and likable characters. Just like the original Halloween, H20 relies more on suspense and less on gore and a large body count. The amazing third act and the definitive ending(Fuck Resurrection). The rest stop sequence, and the gate scene are the highlights of the movie. And opening scene of Michael breaking into Nurse Marion's home to steal the file on Laurie is scary. And I also like the main mask in the movie aka the Stan Winston mask. The mask sculpt captures the likeness of the original mask very well. The cheekbones, lips, nose, forehead, ears, eyebrows are all remarkably similar to the original mask.

People who know me know that I prefer H1's human prowler Michael walk over the slow robotic walk from most of the sequels. This is something I really like about Chris Durand's performance in H20. His walk is so similar to Nick Castle's walk. It's why it's so easy for me to buy it's the same Michael from the original Halloween. I also like that his physique is slim and lanky like Nick Castle's, like an old decaying tree.

Halloween 2018. James Jude Courtney nailed the sit up and head tilt at the end. The mask is a huge improvement over most of the sequels. Just like H20, it share many similarities with the original mask, like the lips, cheekbones, forehead, etc. They also got the hairline and hairstyle down.

I love the rest stop sequence in this. It's up there with H20's rest stop scene for different reasons. It's probably the best part of the movie and is a personal highlight imo.

The motion sensor scene is suspenseful and scary. The third act is very suspenseful and I appreciate that. The closet scene is scary as hell. Vicky is a great character and I wish we could've seen more of her. I like the cinematography and the score from Carpenter. I remember listening to the score so much back when the movie came out.

Halloween Kills. I love the score from John Carpenter. He always delivers a great score. It has good gore effects. And there's some cool shots like one shot of Michael firefighter sequence. Because of him being backlit by the fire, he looks like a silhouette during that moment. Lindsey seemed a lot smarter compared to other characters which is cool and she got a good chase sequence. They did a great job of recreating the Myers house in the opening, and making it look the way it did in the original.

Halloween Ends. I like Jamie Lee Curtis's performance in Ends. John Carpenter gave another great score. Good gore effects.

And yeah, I have H20 out of release order. It's because it's the end of the Laurie Strode trilogy and it just looks more cool this way.

The artwork is from Matthew Therrien.

EDIT I apologize for not having The Dark Knight in my list and for having a different opinion on a movie.

Before say anything else, I wanna say Kevin Conroy is the definitive Batman voice imo. He's the voice I hear in my head every time I'm reading a Batman comic. The same goes for Mark Hamill as the Joker. Speaking of Mark Hamill.

Batman Beyond: Return of The Joker Here's my reason for why this is my all time favorite. Mark Hamill's Joker is such an evil sadistic bastard in this movie, while still retaining his comedic side.

Imo for Joker to work, there needs to be a balance with his character, and this movie strikes that balance perfectly.

Batman Returns Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman steals the show in this. Her character is beautifully tragic and compelling. She's not the most faithful depiction of the character, but she is one of the most interesting.

And of course Michelle gives one hell of a performance. The movie is also overall just great is both it's writing, acting, set design, and visuals.

The Batman This movie felt like a Batman graphic novel brought to life. I really loved that the movie leaned into the detective side of the character, which is something that's been absent from most of the live action Batman movies in the 21st century.

Batman: Under the Red Hood This is one of those rare times when the movie adaptation is better than the comic it's based on. This movie really improves on that storyline in so many ways.

John DiMaggio is also my second favorite Joker voice behind Mark Hamill. The speech Jensen Ackles gives as Red Hood at the end really sells how broken he is, especially the little crack in his voice. It's heart breaking.

My only criticism is this movie feels a little too short, but overall great movie.

Batman & Mr Freeze: Sub Zero This should've been Mr Freeze's final appearance in the DCAU. His ending is beautifully bittersweet and fitting for him.

Batman 1989 Jack Nicholson was born to play the Joker in this movie. I can see why the studio was dead set on him playing the role. Just like Mark Hamill does, Nicholson strikes that balance of making Joker menacing, while still never losing the silly side of him.

Watching him in this movie has been the only time I felt like I was watching Joker in a live action movie. He felt like he was ripped right out of the pages, and I will always hold that deal to my heart.

Also we can't forget Michael Keaton as Batman, the look of Gotham, Danny Elfman's music. Yeah these two Burton Batman movies really do hold up well.

Superman/Batman Apocalypse Every since I can remember, I've always been a Batman fan my entire life.

After the Nolan trilogy finished, I eventually got burnt out on Batman. Superman/Batman Apocalypse reminded me why I became a Batman fan in the first place. Batman isn't some dumb brute. He's smart and uses wits and intelligence to win when he can't punch his way out.

He beat Darkseid in this movie, but not through brute force. He knew he stood no chance against Darkseid in a physical battle, so he created a situation in which Darkseid couldn't kill him, or else risk having his planet blow up.

Batman: Year One This is more of Jim Gordon's movies then Batman's. I love the ending. I won't spoiler the ending in case someone reading this hasn't seen it.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm This movie does a great job of summing up who Batman is, and why he became Batman. This is probably one of the first things I'd show people if they wanted to get into Batman. Also the musical score is amazing.

Batman: Gotham Knight This is basically a collection of mini Batman stories, each one with a different animation style. It's really cool to see how different citizens view Batman. He's almost like an urban legend.

Superman/Batman: World’s Finest Overall just a great story showing how the two met, there's not much for me to say. It's just a great movie and I highly recommend you watch it. Honestly I recommend you watch all these movies I'm listing if you haven't already.

I debated with myself on if I should include World's Finest. It technically isn't a movie. It's a couple episodes from Superman TAS. But when I first watched it, it was edited as a movie.

It's kinda like the 90s IT mini series situation. It depends on how you watched it. When I watched it, it was edited together as a movie.

Batman Begins Out of the Dark Knight trilogy, this would be my favorite of those three. This movie features my favorite moment between Bruce and Afraid in general, whether we're talking about comics, animation, live action. It's when Afraid ask Bruce why do we fall. It's such a touching scene between them. I love it.

Begins is also the most visually interesting out of the trilogy, and Bale is probably at his best in this movie as well. I do have some criticisms about this movie, but overall I do like it. Also shout out to Gary Oldman for being the best live action Jim Gordon.

The Batman vs. Dracula Is it just me, or does Dracula look a lot like Ras Al Ghul in this movie? Overall just it's awesome, especially the animation and fight choreography.

Batman: Assault on Arkham I know this movie has a love hate relationship with some people, but I like it. But I totally agree it shouldn't have been called Batman. It's not really a Batman movie for most of it.

The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 I like this movie alright. It really improves on the visuals compared to the comic from Frank Miller. Miller's art style is an acquired taste, let's say that.

The story is pretty faithful. I don't really like how Joker looks in this movie or the comic. I'm not a fan of the white suit he wears, and I'm not big on the voice he has either.