bmtauto Some Batman Animations are off. Bad story line, bad acting, bad animations. This one is on point.

DCfan I saw this movie back in 2015 a week before my dad was about to come home from his holiday.This movie was super amazing it is nice having a Batman that is not even voiced by Kevin Conroy.This movie did well portray a brief segment that was used in The New Batman Adventures episode "Legends of the dark knight" and making it into a whole movie.This movie even had clever jokes and scenes when Batman hung a mutant upside down when saving a toddler and when Batman was fighting the mutant leader.This film is definitely worth the watch if you love the comics.

utgard14 First part of the animated adaptation of Frank Miller's classic comic book miniseries, The Dark Knight Returns. The comic was highly influential on the direction of superhero comics over the last 30 years. It tells the story of how Bruce Wayne returning to being Batman after a ten year absence and how the world has changed without him. This first part deals with Batman return to battle a gang known as the Mutants that is terrorizing Gotham, as well as the release of Harvey Dent (aka Two Face) from Arkham Asylum.For the most part, it's faithful to the comic so no complaints there. The animation is decent but I can't help being disappointed it isn't more stylized. There was an episode of the 1990s Batman cartoon that featured different stories told by kids about Batman. One of them was an homage to The Dark Knight Returns. The animation in that tried, despite its television limitations, to match the style of the Frank Miller/Klaus Janson artwork from the comic. I think this would have been better served had it also tried to match that art. Instead it's fine for what it is but it isn't particularly impressive or stylish. Christopher Drake's music is very nice and at times evokes a John Carpenter vibe that I liked. The voice work is solid but I miss Kevin Conroy's Batman.It's hard to capture what made the comic work, particularly because so much of what worked was due to the time in which it came out. Translating it faithfully word for word or picture for picture doesn't necessarily mean you can make it click the same way it did in another medium made at another time. The sad reality is this story has been copied and ripped off in various mediums since its release. Batman as a character is now firmly established in the public consciousness as the grim & gritty Dark Knight, whereas at the time the source story was first released it was cutting edge stuff. So the impact is lessened is what I'm saying. That's not the fault of the people who worked hard on this; it's just that too much time has passed and this just can't have the same impact it would have had it been made 25 or 30 years ago. It's still a fun watch, particularly for comic fans, but it will likely leave some viewers wondering what the fuss is all about. Best seen as a whole with part 2.

midas-jacobs This is my first review for a animated feature, so sorry if this isn't a good review, and if it is a bit short.In this adaptation of the character 'Batman' we meet him in his retired period. He hasn't been Batman in 10 years, but now there is this group called 'Mutans' terrorizing Gotham, and Burce is forced to pick up the cape again.The Directing of this animated movie is very good. The director of 'The Dark Knight Returns Part 1'is Jay Oliva. It was all handled good. So was the cinematography. This was very pretty. The famous scene of Batman hanging in the sky while there is thunder in the background. That is so pretty. I love that they made Batman in that shot obscured by the shadow. They also do this again near the end of the movie, when Batman confronts the boss of the mutants (forgot his name) but here isn't Batman the one who is obscured by the shadow, but the boss. I like this technique, and Ithink that it brings something special to the movie. There were also some very impressive camera movements, which were animated very good. Now I am going to switch over the the things I liked, apart from the cinematography and directing. The first thing is the drawing and art style, of course in a review for an animated feature this has to be discussed. The art style was very nice to look at. Some drawings were a bit weird for me (the helicopter), but overall this was a special style (the bulky Batman etc.) The animation was good too. It was done really well. It may sound stupid to you, but one thing that really stood out to me about the animated stuff, was the cape. It looked really good. This is most of the time an issue, because of the physics a cape has. A thing that I liked too were the fighting scenes. These were cool to look at, and weren't dull at any given point in time. They look 'realistic' in comic terms. Because it litterly was just a comic, but animated. The pacing was fantastic. The sequence where you can notice the most is in the building scene, right after Bruce decides to pick up the mantel again. This was tense full, and well edited. This was maybe one of my favorite scenes. Now the sounds. This was good, but the sound editing was that great. There were moments the the sound came earlier then the action, or even later. A part that I didn't like, but actually did fit the movie, is that they made Batman a sort of Superman in strength. Not in capability, which we can see in the movie. But Batman punching through a wall was a bit ridiculous to me.This is the part were I don't really have to say anything. The voice acting. It was done well, by every actor. The only 'issue' I have with some of this voice acting is the Batman Voice. It isn't wrong or anything. It just didn't really fit Batman. The Bruce voice, worked well for the character. Now something about his character. I liked that the story takes place when Bruce has retired. He is old and bulky, out of shape. And you can notice this in the movie, which I think, is impressive. I find that his portraying is done very good. But I don't really have to say anything more on this subject of my review, except for the character of the new robin. This time he is a she. She was pretty interesting, but I don't wanne spoil to much, so I am going to shut up.The script is the final thing I am going to discus, and then I will end this review. The script was maybe one of the best parts of the movie. I got sucked into the movie immediately by this. The begin dialogue between Gordon and Bruce is fantastic, but also the dialogue between Batman and the boss of the mutants at the end. The story overall was good. I think that it was a good idea to put the origin story scattered around in the movie. By using dreams, news... Doing this they also made you get sympathy for the character of Bruce, but also Batman. And by following him, and the voices in his head driving him crazy, that he has to become the Batman. Bruce isn't the only interesting character. Like I have said the new Robin is too. But about this one I don't want to spoil a lot. There is also some creative story telling. And here I am going to talk about SPOILERS. When Gordon gets threatened in the store, and the camera goes outside, where after two gunshots can be heard. Then we see a news reporter saying something that Gordon just died, but then adjusting herself by saying that Gordon killed someone. This was a eye rolling scene, when you look back at it, but at the moment you first are in shock that Gordon is dead, but is in fact not.Well that concludes my review for this movie. I hope you enjoyed reading it, and that we share the same opinion. I really loved this movie, and I am going to watch part 2 soon, so maybe I will upload a review for that one too.9.5