This animated "Rated R Animated Movie" we were all so crazily awaiting to the point of our gigantic nerd elephant blue balls just ripe for bursting. So much so, Fathom Events sold out of the one day screening in theaters that they added a second day!
So this last weekend at SDCC the film finally debuted, and after the first thoughts, I knew I'd just wait to rent at home. Not for the reasons most people are mad about like the added scenes and terribly forced screenplay. [ More on that below ]
The Killing Joke IS a joke.. and honestly, the added batgirl stuff didn't even bother me. Everything bothered me.
This film may be good for newer fans of Batman but the older ones are scratching their heads at the decision to change a few things up and just waste so much extra screen time by what you chose to fill it with IMO.
Also, two head shots, some sexy braw, "bitch" and a "goddamn" does NOT warrant an R rating. Probably the most boring all together Batman-Joker film I've ever seen.
Mark Hamil still shines as the clown prince of crime but.. does he though? They gave him a GREAT musical number that surprised me and reminded me of something out of a RockSteady "Arkham" video game. Unfortunately Kevin Conroy was VERY flat and Tara Strong was WEAK as Batgirl.. Because, screenplay.
[ What changed my mind about going out to theaters for this ] Speaking of the screenplay, at the Q/A after the world premier, a fan asked "Why did you turn Babs into a whiny sex object to "Deepen the story".. and he replied, "Wanna say that again, pussy?!" Really? Yea I'm good on that.
Some of the most quintessential Batman tales written, don't necessarily need movie adaptations. That's why Alan Moore boycotts every film made from his work. Now he sits alone in his big dark mansion hating everything. Thanks, Hollywood!!
Also as a life long Batman/Bruce Wayne fan, just as I hated it in the book.. the worlds greatest detective would've known that wasn't Joker in that Arkham cell.. That problem made it much worse for me in animation form. I don't need a Joker backstory. I don't need to know who he was and where he came from and how sad he was.. NOW HE'S HAPPY.
No. He's chaos. He's evil. He's a menace in form. He IS the antithesis of tranquility and peace, everything Batman never had, yet risks his life to give that tranquility and peace for Gotham.
I am disappoint. Some may love it.. Some may be bored out of their minds but one thing is for sure.. Nothing can ruin the original source material because it's ALWAYS going to be there when you need it.. Like Ghostbusters. Oh that "movie" sucks ASS. Don't go see that piece of shit. This new Batman-Joker film is much better but ehh..
Buttered Noodles.
4/10
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