Very Cool!!!

Awesome Movie

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I saw this movie about two years ago and it wasn't that memorable, to be honest.But I do remember that mainly focused on Commissioner Gordon's life as a cop and his life struggles because of his wife having a baby, him having an affair with a colleague at work and to putting an end to the Batman. The movie kinda had bad animation and I find it weird that Selina Kyle bearly has hair, a daughter and if I remember correctly a husband or a an agent who she ends up killing. I must admit though in a scene where a swarm of Bats come in that reminded me of Batman Begins (See my review) when he is getting away with the cops.I also think that Bryan Crayson, sorry if I missed spelt his name wrong, was a good voice for Jim Gordon.

Frank Miller after writing the Dark Knight Returns (More about it later) he wrote Batman Year One, in which we saw how co-missioner Gordon and Batman started their careers in crime fighting in Gotham. What I liked it is that this story is also an origin story for James Gordon as much as it is for the Caped Crusader. I agree with that for when a crisis hits Gotham these two guys always try to find each other in order to face the coming storm!Now I will focus more in Gordon for I have already analyzed the Dark Knight. Gordon is just an average Joe policeman with a strong sense of justice and in this crooked city and though he hasn't the training, intellect or gadgets of Bats he is as much of a hero as Batman ,for he is on the front line every day. This story line was used in Batman Begins, and why not? For it is awesome. To the main theme of the story which is that although they use different tactics in dealing with crime and their back stories couldn't be more apart from each other,they are both good men, made of solid steel and nerves, with a need to bring justice in a world full of injustice, corruption and nepotism.Now is the flick good , yes in its tide time it really sets very good the Gotham we all know and love, as well as the characters in their place. The animation is OK ,apart from two scenes, nothing ground breaking, but the job is done very well. However it isn't the best of all the animated films of Warner brothers and it doesn't try to be, so good for the creators that know their boundaries.The flick is recommended for hard core Batman fans and his environment that city full of Sins (hahaha, pun intended).

Ben Mackenzie is the worst batman I've ever heard. The guy who plays Gordon is good. The film is too comic like....going from scene to scene in an uncinematic way. Selena Kyle shouldn't even be in this its only an hour and her scenes take up an entire 5 minutes and she plays no role in the story. This film is extremely boring. Im being generous giving it a three. I believe the only explanation for this poor voice performance is that Ben Mackenzie was on drugs or something. Listen to the first line in the film and he sounds like someone is forcing him to read the entire oxford dictionary and he's on letter J and getting too tired to care. How someone thought he was a good choice is beyond me. How could you have the guy do such a poor job at times and not even demand that he do it over?

Animated version of the classic Frank Miller/David Mazzucchelli comic book story about the beginning of Batman's career as a crimefighter and Jim Gordon's career with the Gotham Police Department. It's a pretty faithful adaptation with minimal changes. For the most part I liked it but I did have some problems. For starters, the animation is unremarkable. I applaud them for using comic stories as source material because there's a lot of gold to mine there and Hollywood has shown that, when screenwriters are left to their own devices, they come up with some pretty shitty stuff for these characters. That being said, adapting a comic book into a cartoon brings with it the natural comparison of the art styles. Mazzucchelli's artwork is just amazing so you would think/hope that they would try to add the same level of creativity to the animation. But, no, it's just your basic DCAU cookie cutter 'house style.' It's disappointing if you admired the art in the comics. Also, the voicework is full of face actors not great voice actors. Kevin Conroy and Bob Hastings are missed. Ben McKenzie, who does the voice of Bruce Wayne here (unimpressively), goes on to play Jim Gordon in the similar "Gotham" TV series. Finally, the story seems a bit rushed. The comic story took place over four issues but adapting that into a film you have to take into account the different pacing of the two mediums. The buildup here is kind of limp for such an iconic story. Still, the source material is so good that they could only mess it up so much. It's an enjoyable animated movie. Not as great as it should have been but very watchable.