InstigatorGIRL's Rant & Review of the Jonah Hex Animated Short

InstigatorGIRL's Rant & Review of the Jonah Hex Animated Short

How did the latest animated short fair against it's live action counterpart, which was a failure? Minor Spoilers.

Review Opinion
By InstigatorGIRL - Jul 27, 2010 08:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Animated Features

In this new animated short by DC, Jonah Hex is on the hunt for an outlaw named Red. Only to find out that the guy has been offed by a bar wench and her goons. Now in order to collect the bounty he must collect the dead body of the man and avoid becoming a dead body himself.

-Okay, let me start off by saying that Thomas Jane did a fantastic job voicing Jonah Hex. If they ever do anymore Jonah Hex animations I hope they bring him back.

-The action in this was pretty decent and definitely had the feel of a good western flick.

-My big complaint is I wish this damn short was a damn movie. Was not nearly long enough for me. It was over way too soon.

-Had some great lines/scenes in it. For example, when Linda Hamilton's character (sorry I don't remember her character's name) says to Jonah Hex,
"You wouldn't hit a lady, would you?" Jonah Hex replies, "You ain't no lady." Then BAM! Punch to the face! Awesome! There were other scenes like that.

-Another complaint was that the ending was predictable. I won't say it on here for those who haven't seen it, but I hate watching a flick and I can figure out how it's gonna end after a certain point. Sadly though, that's how most movies are anymore. So it wasn't enough to take away from the enjoyment of it.

-The animation was pretty good. Although, Jonah Hex didn't really have the trademark "eye" I have seen from the comics, but I'm not a big follower of the comic series so I dunno how he looks now a days.

Overall, fantastic short. If you haven't checked it out yet then you need to. With two successful shorts now (the Spectre being the other one) I fully look forward to more of these shorts and hope that they will eventually start producing longer storylines with the same quality. Basically, apply it to all of their animated movies, because some of their movies have come off as half-assed.

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Creature
Creature - 7/27/2010, 9:03 PM
I really love Jonah Hex. I'm gonna pick up the DVD just for the short.
TheGambitFreak
TheGambitFreak - 7/27/2010, 9:07 PM
I liked it as well, nice review! Push the like button people!
Mileena16
Mileena16 - 7/27/2010, 9:07 PM
hahaha "you wouldn't hit a lady" i love those kind of quotes when stupid annoying women say them and they get what they deserve. good reveiw!
LOL
LOL - 7/27/2010, 9:14 PM
"You wouldn't hit a lady, would you?" Jonah Hex replies, "You ain't no lady." Then BAM! Punch to the face!

--- methinks Jonah Hex took lessons from Ash on quippage on that one as it reminds me of two lines in Army of Darkness:

"You found me beautiful once..." Zombie girl said to which Ash replied: "Lady, you got real ugly."

AverageCitizen99
AverageCitizen99 - 7/27/2010, 9:14 PM
@InstiagorGIRL
Great review! I just wanted to say that I'm really sorry about earlier. I was panicking and things got out of control. Thanks again for taking down one of those articles. :)
InstigatorGIRL
InstigatorGIRL - 7/27/2010, 9:17 PM
@AverageCitizen Hey you never need to apologize. I wasn't upset about it was just explaining why I was doing it. LOL. =) It's all good homefry!

Thanks everyone. Watch it if you haven't.

@LOL Hahaha. Yeah, Ash rules!
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 7/27/2010, 9:53 PM
IG: Good write up but I have to question this statement. Was not nearly long enough for me. It was over way too soon.

LMAO! Thats just too funny! ;D
LOL
LOL - 7/27/2010, 10:24 PM
@IG: Ash always rules... Hail to the king, baby!

@Hawksblueyes: IG's ".....Was not nearly long enough for me. It was over way too soon....." - OMG, there's too many ways that can be sooo misconstrued indeed.
InstigatorGIRL
InstigatorGIRL - 7/27/2010, 10:40 PM
LMAO @Hawks & LOL
LOL
LOL - 7/27/2010, 11:40 PM
In Scottish acccent: Nay, tha's na InstigatorGirl, tha's just a secret identity to fool us mere mortal men... once those glasses are off; she's Super InstigatorGirl!

*runs and hides from possible mega-mallets of doom and angry cries of "LOL no baka!"*
TANKGIRL
TANKGIRL - 7/27/2010, 11:50 PM
usually i don't read all reviews in cbm because they are long and i don't understand English so well

but this one is short and i can under stand what are you saying


great review
NiteSoul69
NiteSoul69 - 7/28/2010, 12:36 AM
sorry if i missed it somewhere but i didnt see where we could watch these shorts, could u please let us know where to find them, i would like to check them out, jonah hex and spectre
JoshCharmley
JoshCharmley - 7/28/2010, 1:15 AM
Bar Wench - "You hit me." Jonah - "Hard as i could.." Classic!

@IG Great review.

@NiteSoul the jonah Hex short is on the new Batman: Under the Red Hood DVD. And the Spectre is on the Justice League: Crisis on two earths DVD. On the Menue screen it would say "DC Showcase - Jonah Hex (or The Spectre)
longbowhunter
longbowhunter - 7/28/2010, 5:33 AM
I too wish the animated short was feature length. Thanks to the live action Hex movie this will probably be all we ever see.
Shaman
Shaman - 7/28/2010, 6:18 AM
What i'd pay full price for is a 90 minute DVD of ALL the shorts DC's planning on doing! Now THAT would be EPIC!!! :))
EditNinja
EditNinja - 7/28/2010, 7:26 AM
Nice & concise review.
If he's that good, maybe Thomas Jane will star in a western TV series called 'Hanged'. Or it could be a full-length feature. (bada-boom!)
NiteSoul69
NiteSoul69 - 7/28/2010, 10:27 AM
@JoshCharmley thanks bud:)
i have only rented both those online without the extras, guess i need to add to my collection so i can view all the extras. Btw, for anyone who hasnt seen Under the Red Hood, it is one of the best if not best animated DC movies, it might be a little much for some of the younger audiences so parents might wanna check them out first and decide for themselves whether or not their children should view it.
georgia49th
georgia49th - 7/29/2010, 7:12 AM
The short was awsome , a good interpatation of issue #19.,
AS for an animated feature length of Jonah Hex the story they should use is No Way Back.
David Goyer writes the new Jonah Hex film with Nolan as director......
Hey I can dream cant I ?
Aries8
Aries8 - 7/29/2010, 6:58 PM
I agree with your review! And wish they would do a animated Jonah Hex movie!
Aries8
Aries8 - 7/30/2010, 5:53 AM
Also, would love to see the Tallulah Black character in a animated Jonah Hex movie too.
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