AngelCityOutlaw Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Just got out of the theater. Overall, I enjoyed it and it was great hearing Hamill and Conroy in an animated Batman again, but I'm not sold that this animated adaptation truly does the classic graphic novel justice. Simply because I felt the visuals could be much better and more in line with the comic's aesthetic. They also cut some odd corners on the dialogue, at least in the theatrical release. The animation isn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be from the trailer, but it is well below what they're capable of. I did like the expanded story with Batgirl - hate me for it. In the future, I'd be down with seeing a re-animated re-release that keeps all of the audio, but with better animation and art direction more like the graphic novel - Sorry, Bruce. Let me know what you thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKa Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 looks wicked sick. can't wait for it. Always been a fan of the Joker - especially Mark Hamill's Joker AngelCityOutlaw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleck Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 it kinda sucked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelCityOutlaw Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 48 minutes ago, Bleck said: it kinda sucked Definitely not as good as it should've been. Also, the ending Conroy laugh was absolutely cringe inducing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Crust Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 This is the only graphic novel I have ever bought. Specifically because of its popularity. I'll be honest, I am absolutely sick of the joker. In the last 5 years we have had him in Injustice(I'm sure also in the upcoming injustice 2), Suicide Squad, The upcoming Suicide squad movie, Under the red Hood, 4 Arkham games, This movie, Young Justice, Dark Knight Returns part 1... and that is only off the top of my head. I'm sure there are more. The Arkham games were able to make other villains as charismatic and awesome as him so why are we so obsessed with him? How many people actually knew anything more than Dr. Strange's name before Arkham City? I'll still watch it, but I'll be doing it with the book open following along to see how close they get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 I'm glad that the shitty five frames a second thing from the trailer wasn't in the final film. I don't know what happened there, but someone fucked that trailer up with that. It looked choppy as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelCityOutlaw Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 6 hours ago, Thin Crust said: This is the only graphic novel I have ever bought. Specifically because of its popularity. I'll be honest, I am absolutely sick of the joker. In the last 5 years we have had him in Injustice(I'm sure also in the upcoming injustice 2), Suicide Squad, The upcoming Suicide squad movie, Under the red Hood, 4 Arkham games, This movie, Young Justice, Dark Knight Returns part 1... and that is only off the top of my head. I'm sure there are more. The Arkham games were able to make other villains as charismatic and awesome as him so why are we so obsessed with him? How many people actually knew anything more than Dr. Strange's name before Arkham City? I'll still watch it, but I'll be doing it with the book open following along to see how close they get it. Because he is the mirror of Batman. That's what the killing joke was always all about. Both Batman and Joker are totally insane to do what they do, it's just that where Batman found meaning in the tragedy that befell him, the Joker became a reflection of all life's random injustice. I also think it's because Joker has had possibly the most iconic and vastly different portrayals of any villain in film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 On 7/30/2016 at 8:48 PM, Thin Crust said: This is the only graphic novel I have ever bought. Specifically because of its popularity. I'll be honest, I am absolutely sick of the joker. In the last 5 years we have had him in Injustice(I'm sure also in the upcoming injustice 2), Suicide Squad, The upcoming Suicide squad movie, Under the red Hood, 4 Arkham games, This movie, Young Justice, Dark Knight Returns part 1... and that is only off the top of my head. I'm sure there are more. The Arkham games were able to make other villains as charismatic and awesome as him so why are we so obsessed with him? How many people actually knew anything more than Dr. Strange's name before Arkham City? I'll still watch it, but I'll be doing it with the book open following along to see how close they get it. A big part of this has to do with how wonderful Hamill's performance of the character is -- and Tara Strong's Harley Quinn (who usually comes along with) is pretty damn good as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 13 hours ago, BardicKnowledge said: A big part of this has to do with how wonderful Hamill's performance of the character is -- and Tara Strong's Harley Quinn (who usually comes along with) is pretty damn good as well. Tara Strong is pretty great as Harley, but let's not forget that she's essentially just doing Arleen Sorkin's Harley. BardicKnowledge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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