And if an origin story makes you want to see that, despite knowing how things must work out, it’s done its job. The fun will be in seeing how it all happens. All of this is established Batman lore, and not a plot point spoiler. The heroic trio of Batman/Gordon/Dent will break apart, and Falcone will make bad deals with supervillains that ensure eventually they rise in Gotham and more traditional organized crime falls. The included trailer for Part Two hints that all the good stuff will come there. RELATED: New Batman: The Long Halloween Images Highlight the Supporting Cast Though you’d never, ever want to live there. However, minus a few Carmine Falcone-centric scenes that slow the pacing way down, The Long Halloween Part One offers a Gotham City that’s fun to observe from afar. The screenplay ditches a lot of the comic’s specific details in favor of simply implying them, which makes this a little bit of a Cliffs Notes version.
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Considering DC only this year put out an animated, multicultural, martial arts movie, they could have done better here.Īssessing half a movie remains a challenge, as it’s always easier to do a good setup than a satisfying payoff. And while the movie casts Catwoman correctly - by current continuity - with Afro-Latina actress Rivera, she’s not drawn that way. In place of the comic’s Irish gang, we get a Chinese gang who border on racist caricatures in their design. Cinematic references to Alfred Hitchcock and Roman Polanski sneak in occasionally.Īesthetically, the only odd misstep is of representation. The Gotham he resides in is gray, shadowy and huge. With Alfred there to occasionally remind him what the best Bruce Wayne should do as well. He’s still just trying to be the best Batman he can be. He doesn’t kill, he doesn’t just want to settle down, or even do a raspy voice. Yes, this is a young Batman, so occasionally he misses the mark on a jump and slips. RELATED Bruce and Alfred Have a Fireside Chat in the First Batman: The Long Halloween Clipīut as far as Batman goes, it’s hard to imagine comics fans will take much issue. And for those concerned about excess Joker, that impression appears to have been mainly made by the marketing department at work.
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The full story should span a year we’re merely four months in by the end of Part One. But the big bad - a killer who operates only on holidays - remains anonymous, and the movie ends with a post-credits tease. So we have the Joker here (Troy Baker, again doing Mark Hamill), and a more heroic Catwoman (the late Naya Rivera).
Many of the best comic stories get around the problem by featuring a mystery with the standard super-villains on the periphery. There’s a reason for this: his arch-foes are colorful characters, often stunt cast with celebrities, and pretty obviously guilty. Most live-action Batman movies make the mistake of neglecting the detective aspect of his persona. The rating is a “hard” PG-13 with some bloody mafia-style violence. Sure, some kids may watch it, but maybe they shouldn’t. It’s hard to imagine anyone viewing this doesn’t already know what’s coming for him. And when one of them is young Harvey Dent (Josh Duhamel), and he keeps saying things like “I’m of two minds” or “I’m just one man,” it gets to be groan-worthy quickly. But in any form of movie, viewers’ eyes and ears go to the characters. In a comic, where the eye takes in all the artwork first, conversations can be on the nose. Translating comic book dialogue too literally doesn’t always work in a more audio-visual medium. RELATED: Batman and Gordon Confront Calendar Man In The Long Halloween Part One But he has that Bruce Wayne arrogance nonetheless. And he’s still figuring out his own strengths and weaknesses. Having hoped to simply intimidate street thugs for a living, he finds he must rise to the challenge of being a detective who can outsmart the most devious of criminals. Batman (Jensen Ackles) comes across as a rookie superhero at a crossroads. And while the animation feels like its a hybrid, the backgrounds at least look hand-painted on black paper, like the classic Animated Series. Gotham City looks like a Tim Burton movie, and the major characters feel more visually inspired by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm than Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, albeit in the current overall DC animated style.
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