It's like criticizing a comedy for being TOO funny, you know. I think that the movie was intended to be campy and criticizing it for that is pointless. On one hand, I don't think that the movie, at least from reading the consensus on Rotten Tomatoes, should be criticized for the fact that it is campy. Anyway, so this was the movie I ended up watching and I have quite mixed feelings on it. I find it, legitimately, surprising that a movie as awful as that also has an accompanying series with the same terrible actors from the movie. My Guardian Angel was the awful movie in question and it's on Amazon. I started watching another movie yesterday, but it was so awful that I switched to this one. For those curious (ie: none of you) those movies were: The Innocents (Argentinian horror movie), A Touch Unseen and Proof Of Innocence (both from South Korea). Three of the weren't available on here, therefore I did not review them. I've watched four films since then (including this one). And for more superhero movie posts you can follow me on Twitter suprememango012.It's been, almost, five days since the last movie I reviewed. So have you seen The Killing Joke? What did you think of it? And what’s your favorite animated Batman movie? Feel free to comment below.įor a less serious take on Batman you can check out my post on the LEGO Batman trailer here and for my post on the new Justice League trailer you can click here. Ranking: Batman: The Killing Joke gets 2.75/4 really, really bad days. But the inclusion of the Batgirl side story unnecessarily weighs it down and feels more out of place than a clown at a funeral. Welcome to the show!Īs an adaptation of the graphic novel The Killing Joke is spot on, the voice cast solid and the additional action a welcome addition. And do not get me started on that out of left field romance story between Bats and Babs. They did not, not even a little, and really ends up being needless filler. ![]() ![]() But I kept waiting impatiently for the Joker story to start and to see how they would tie into the main story. I understand that they may have wanted to do a Batgirl story to make her shooting more impactful. Now the story is cool but feels just a nudge above a “Batman: The Animated Series” episode. The movie actually opens with her narrating and saying, in a fourth wall breaking moment, that this is probably not what we expected. Sadly most of the new content comes in the form of a Batgirl/Barbara Gordon story that feels like it belongs in another film. And even with the new content the running time is still only an hour and 16 minutes. The novel is a compact little tale and short on length so new things had to be added to make it into a feature film. Also kudos to Hamill on his sympathetic portrayal of the pre-Joker, a down on his luck failed comedian. The voice cast of Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill and Tara Strong as Batman, Joker and Batgirl respectively all give solid performances. And it earns its R rating with some very bloody murders and a bit of profanity. The novel is very action lite and who wants to watch a Batman movie without any fisticuffs? The film makes up for that with a number of new action sequences, mostly in the Barbara Gordon opening arc (more on that in the next point), and I appreciated those additions. There are also a number of shots lifted directly from the graphic novel including the Joker’s transformation. We still get Joker’s origin story, told in a tan colour like faded photos, Barbara’s shooting is as shocking and visceral as the comic, and the ambigious ending with Batman laughing is the end of the film. One thing fans of the novel should be happy about is that the story remains intact with very slight changes. Here’s my review in three chewy pieces: Swear to me! So with a SPOILER ALERT in effect let’s dig in. Now I will be going into spoilers with this review so if you have not seen the film yet or do not want to be spoiled you can check out my trailer review here. ![]() The film adaptation of iconic graphic novel “The Killing Joke” was released late last month and your brave and bold blogger had the pleasure of watching it.
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