Just watched this movie. OH MY GOSH. It is everything I love my Batman to be.
1.) VOICE ACTING. Neil Patrick Harris as Nightwing. Bruce Greenwood as Batman. John DiMaggio as a really fantastic Joker. JENSEN ACKLES AS THE RED HOOD. CAN I JUST. HNG-ING EVERYWHERE. He was really fantastic and really carried the climax of the movie just based on his voice alone.
2.) ANIMATION. AGH. THOSE TITLE SEQUENCES. AND ALL THE FIGHT SCENES.
3.) BRUTALITY. Blood everywhere. There were seriously a TON of moments that made me cringe, and it made the world totally believable. It wasn’t gratuitous in the sense that they had to SHOW you everything, but they definitely didn’t shy away from killing off characters in really brutal, imaginative ways. Essentially it’s that kind of mindless violence that drives the entire story arc, so it really fit. And I just absolutely love the entire Batverse because it’s so dark, so I love when shows/movies/etc actually let it be as dark as it can be and not just make it into a kid-friendly thing.
4.) PSYCHOLOGY. I didn’t know every detail about the plot—just that it involved Jason Todd’s death and his transformation into the Red Hood. But as far as what his actual motivations were, I still wanted to be surprised. And just… it was fantastic. The entire Joker/Jason/Batman standoff was made of complete and total win. I can’t even deal with it. They completely explored Jason’s side of things in BEAUTIFUL WAYS and it was just completely glorious.
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Batman: Under the Red Hood
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