Source: vertigocomics.com
7. Animal Man
(SPOILERS FOR GRANT MORRISON’S ANIMAL MAN).
Deadpool showed that people respond very well to wacky, fourth-wall-breaking comedy in their superhero films. But what if you had a story that used a fourth-wall break to dramatic effect? To tell a metatextual story about creator and creation that challenged our preconceptions about storytelling? Well, then you’d have Grant Morrison’s Animal Man.
Animal Man is one of those seminal stories that one really should read because it is simply groundbreaking. Plus, a fourth-wall break at this level could lead to a movie that elevates the typical superhero fare to something greater.
Hey DC fans, you want to know what a “serious†superhero movie would ACTUALLY look like? Go give Animal Man a read. While these films are never darlings of the highbrow critical set, this movie, if executed half as well as the comic book, could veer into awards-caliber territory.
