Review of Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) by Samuel N — 13 Feb 2017

For fans of the Barbara Gordon and/or the comic this is based on, this was almost offensive. The actual comic is very short, so they needed to add more story to make it into a movie. To do that, they turned Barbara Gordon into someone obsessed with Batman and introduced an unhealthy relationship element.

In addition, this added backstory that took up half of the runtime had very little to do with the other half, which adapted the comic. The tone and scripting were obviously different, and in some ways it was too faithful.

Sometimes comic dialogue can be be verbose and unnatural, and I found it noticeable. Overall, I'd say give this a big pass.