Batman: Gotham Knight

[Sledge Hammer!]

Originally Posted by Hellboy

Hmmm . . . I was going to blind buy this on Blu-ray because hey, its Batman, but after reading your review Sledge I think I may give it a rental first. Based on past discussions regarding other films our tastes seem pretty similar so if you had issues with it theres a good chance I'll feel the same. Appreciate the review.

All I can say is watch it and make up your own mind, after all opinions do vary. But if you can "try before you buy" then that might indeed be the way to go...

[nemesisenforcer]

Im with Sledge on this one. The story was not that good, I was falling asleep. Didnt they say that this connects to TDK. I did not see it at all, maybe it was the part where I was about to sleep. Although some of the anime were good. Thats IMO and like what Sledge said...try it before you buy it.

[mwf6171]

What is Batman TAS??

[goodydog12]

Originally Posted by mwf6171

What is Batman TAS??

Batman THe Animated Series, from the 90's

[patrickwm68]

Originally Posted by mwf6171

What is Batman TAS??

Batman The Animated Series

[CessnaDriver]

Two of the stories made it worth it for me.
The Scarecrow and Deadshot segments.

The rest were ok.

I think if your a Batnut or a big anime fan you'll be wanting it.

[AsOneDead]

I really like the first story. I like how it shows people telling different tall tales about Batman.

[moon_knight1971]

Originally Posted by Sledge Hammer!

Well that was a massive disappointment. I thought this ranged from mediocre to downright awful personally.

The first story is as bad an animated Batman story as I've ever seen, in fact it made The Batman look like a masterpiece by comparison, it was just so flat out awful. Not to mention being a complete rip off of the Legends of the Dark Knight episode from the New Batman Adventures, only told far more poorly, with horrible fake sounding "kid speak" dialogue, and paint by numbers predictable as all hell storytelling. Oh and the animation was the crappiest of all six segments too. For a story that only lasted a bit over twelve minutes, it seemed to drag on forever, which is never a good sign.

The five episodes that followed ranged from poor to mediocre, and while none were anywhere near as bad as that first episode, I didn't find myself enjoying any of them really. To me the whole thing just looked cheap, with prehistoric anime techniques used for much of it, the scripting and dialogue was stilted, the voice acting stiff and unconvincing for the most part (even Conroy seemed bored much of the time), and even at 70 odd minutes the whole thing seemed interminably long. It does get gradually better as it goes along, but it never actually gets 'good', at least not in my eyes.

A major disappointment in my opinion.

That said, I'm sure there will be plenty of people who enjoy this, just like our buddy AsOneDead above demonstrates, I'm just not one of them, as the whole thing just didn't work for me at all. Ah well, such is life. Roll on The Dark Knight anyway.

Agree. I found the last 2 segments halfway decent. Working through pain & whatever the last one was. Glad I just Netflix'd it.

[scott]

Well I just bought this, I was told at the store that it was very like the Spawn series from HBO. Now I see that some of you guys are giving it a thumbs down. I will watch it on Sat. nite. My hopes are not that high.

[DSET]

Originally Posted by CessnaDriver

Two of the stories made it worth it for me.
The Scarecrow and Deadshot segments.

The rest were ok.

I think if your a Batnut or a big anime fan you'll be wanting it.

i agree thoose two had decent storylines,
the animation was above average but not amazing.

overall I felt GK was just an average experience