Ed-Shullivan Ahhhhh, it is so nice to just sit back, forget about what ever may be ailing you, and enter into an animated dreamland with the Dark Knight of Gotham. This is a series of well done short animated (anime') stories which are easy to follow, quite pleasant and most interestingly provide a different type of the Batman. The film opens up with three (3) skateboarders not only trying to one-up each other at their favorite skateboard park, but with their individual stories of how they met the anime' Batman. As each skateboarder tells their own story of what happened to them when they needed the Batman's help, each of their stories becomes more interactive and The Batman anime' is gradually introduced to us so that we know what to expect from the subsequent story lines. The animation is great, the short stories wonderfully written, these individual stories are not filled with longer than needed fight scenes (as in some films the CGI fight scenes are so long that I tend to walk away and see what is available in the fridge, and then I still have time for a bio break while some of these fight scenes drag on and on), and then no sooner does the short story end when we see our favorite animated hero tackle another short story villain.I really enjoyed Batman: Gotham Knight so I rated it an 8 out of 10 score. Great job!!!

TheFunkyBass This is a 6-story anthology movie directed and animated by different people.1) "Have I Got A Story For You": I caught this part of the movie a while back on the TV and my first reaction was "wtf is up with the animation?". The lip- sync was atrocious, like terribly bad. And the story made no sense. Some random kids were telling stories about Batman and just as the last one finished talking, Batman appears out of nowhere fighting a bad guy for the sake of the plot. And then one of the kids saves Batman's life????? 2) "Crossfire": This one focuses on two policemen who end up getting in the middle of a crime battle. Sounds dumb? It is. Because it's very convenient, like the previous one. The animation looks like cheap anime, but looks WAY better than the first one. Kevin Conroy sounded way off as Batman in this one, almost as if he was replaced by someone else. The only good aspect of the story is that the story centers around officer Ramirez and we get to see Batman through her eyes. This character is later used in The Dark Knight in the same year.3) "Field Test": We get to see Lucius Fox creating new technology for Batman. For some reason, Lucius looks really orange in some scenes. And this Batman sounds different too. And he looks really dumb... he has a huge bat-nose.4) "In Darkness Dwells": This one features Killer Croc and Scarecrow kidnapping a priest. Now this is a good one, this is what the whole movie should've been like. Story centered around Batman and showing his detective abilities. Simple, awesome, effective.5) "Working Through Pain": It's not clear if this is directly after the previous chapter, but it goes through flashbacks of Bruce's training. This one wasn't as good as the previous one, but it was very a interesting take on his lore.6) "Deadshot": Finally, this last chapter focuses on the titular sniper assassin and adversary of Batman. The animation in this one is top notch and by far the best. It's very detailed and polished. The plot is solid and very entertaining.In conclusion, this movie goes from horrible to great. Honestly they should've just cut the first half of the movie and release it as an episode on whatever Batman TV show was airing at the time... or something, I don't know.6/10

MildInconvenienceMan This collection of short films is fascinating to watch for any batman fan, but I feel as a collection it is a little too different and there does not really seem to be any logical link between the story lines, which was irritating. The stories were also underdeveloped and I just wished we could have seen more of these stories and they could have had that room for development.What I did like is that none of the real generic batman villains were used instead the villains were more non common ones and it really helped to make each story unique so that it wasn't just the same kind of stories being generated over and over again. The stories were fairly unique as well although underdeveloped they did each have their own unique style.All in all I enjoyed the stories but they were too fragmented and I just wish they had more of a central them or something that made them fit together better or something, just to make them fit, which was the main problem with this film.

TheLittleSongbird Well it's not necessarily a movie, more a collection of 6 shorts. But it is entertaining and interesting on the whole. The animation is generally very good, very atmospheric and stylish though the character designs in the first couple of the stories seemed rather stiff to me. The music is exhilarating, full of rousing themes and quite powerful use of instrumentation. The writing is generally smart and intelligent, especially in Working Through Pain, and while the stories in the first story and in Crossfire are rather thin structurally and forgettable, those of Darkness Dwells and Working Through Pain have the brooding intensity and Gothic pathos Batman is known for, a big reason why I rate these stories so high. The characters are wonderful, Batman is still charismatic though somewhat out of character in Field Test, Scarecrow and Deadshot are great foils and while I would have loved to have seen more of Killer Croc it was still a pleasure to see him. The voice acting is spot on, Kevin Conroy IS Batman as far as I'm concerned. In conclusion, a little uneven-the last 3 stories are better and more memorable than the first 3- but still interesting and very well done. 7.5/10 Bethany Cox