Plus, let’s face it, all the best lines are in Part 1. You’re so enthralled with the spectacle that you don’t need Batman’s calculated insights to support it all. That’s why Bob Goodman’s monologue-less approach is a total success in this half of Miller’s epic. It’s not very captivating in a fight with someone who’s not well known as physical threat and it wouldn’t be true to his wise-cracking persona either. Would you want to watch a fight to the death between Batman and the Joker in which Joker doesn’t say a word? I know I wouldn’t. Especially one where the fight at hand is so monumental. That technique works in literature fine but not so well for a movie. These same fights in the book were utterly silent except for the narration. And with so much adrenaline pumping going on, having an inner monologue play over it all would be awkward, slow down the film’s momentum, and ruin some really breathtaking fight sequences. Part 2, however, is a completely different animal.Īnyone who has read the books its based on ( Hunt the Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Falls) knows that these two stories are more fast-paced and action oriented, which makes them more naturally cinematic. Still good enough to earn an 8.5 though, which is quite high. Part 1 was a really faithful adaptation of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and The Dark Knight Triumphant, however, the slow pace, absence of the much beloved inner monologue, and the weird changes to Two-Face’s bomb plot among a few other flaws brought the flick down some in my eyes. ![]() I’m the kind of movie viewer who usually doesn’t see the same movie twice and that goes for quite a few of these animated DC films as well. I can say this with certainty because I’ve watched it 3 times in the past week and that’s saying a lot. I gave Part 1 an 8.5/10 as a Batman film but I’ll tell you right now that I enjoyed Part 2 more. So without further ado, let’s get scrolling! I hate reading online articles like that myself so why would I make one of my own? If a webpage can scroll down infinitely, there’s no reason for me to move you to another page other than greed over that sweet, sweet ad revenue. As always, I won’t break my musings up into multiple pages that you have to click through. That section will be in list format made up of all the notes I made (I wrote 2,000+ words worth of them while watching the movie and turning all of that into a full article might very well be insane). As for the more hardcore bat-crowd, I’ll continue the article with a far more in-depth look at the performances, the bonus material, and, most importantly, the similarities and differences between the film and the source material. ![]() ![]() I’ll be starting out this article with a brief spoiler-free overview so that the majority of you good folks get the gist of what I have to say and then can get back to your day. For all my thoughts on Part 1, just click here. I’m back again to give you another break-down of a DC Animated feature, the second part of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
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