Blu-ray Review – Batman:The Killing Joke (2016)

From Warner Bros and DC comes this new and exciting animated batman epic! Out now on DVd and Blu-Ray

Batman is on the hunt for the escaped Joker, meanwhile the joker is terrorising the Gordon family retracing the steps that sent himself insane.

As I am not a comic book follower I am not the greatest judge on weather this is good in terms of relating to the original work so I am going to look at this from the stand point of every film I review.

I thought the animation was brilliant in this film, as you would expect from a DC film. However although I am not a comic book follower I need to admit this film was not great if you don’t have a general knowledge of the comics. I am a Batman fan, but the films more so. I looked at this film and was rather confused at times.

I found myself asking the people I was watching the film with what was going on as they are Batman comic followers.

In general though, I think that once you get past the origins of the film, you can really get right into it. I liked the story and I thought it was very strong and had me gripped so really not knowing about the comics, I guess is sort fo a good thing in a way, as I have nothing to base it off of.

I think this was a solid film, although I do think it is a disadvantage to have not read the comics, however I wouldn’t say this should stop Batman film fans from watching this. My only tip would be is possibly even have a little read online and get a little bit of knowledge before hand.

Totally enjoyable and worth the buy in my opinion the negatives aside of not being a follower of the comic books or the previous animated films. I am a massive advocate of going into a film clueless (excuse the pun) as I think it gives u a fairer judgement on the film. I know personally I have let feelings of origin stories get in the way of films before.

[rating=4] | Ross Wilcock

Animation, Crime | USA, 2016 | 15 | Warner Bros. | 8th August 2016 (UK) | Dir.Sam Liu | Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong | Buy:Batman: The Killing Joke [Blu-ray] [2016] [Region Free]

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Ross Wilcock

Born and raised in Glasgow. I have been a film fan for as long as I remember with some of my favourites being GO (1999) Scream (1996) Prisoners (2013) and Wild (2015). As well as many others, I am a YouTuber and I also write for FF Magazine Scotland and Volunteer at Pride Glasgow. My dream is to be a Film Maker and Screen writer. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RosseeBoy19 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rossieboy19sworldOfMovies/ Twitter: @RossWilcock Instagram: @rossmovieman Letterboxd: ross22

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