Review of Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) by Secrets1X — 03 Aug 2016

The movie overall was pretty meh - but then again, after re-reading the graphic novel, why IS this touted as one of the best Batman stories? The graphic novel is only around 60 pages, and outside of a couple of key scenes, there really is nothing special here. And this is why the movie isn'y overly entertaining either, in fact the Batgirl prologue (not in the graphic novel) had more character than those in story proper.

The animation was decent and voice acting was great, however the movie could of fleshed more using the original story as a guide. I mean, the Joker's "origin" makes sense to some extent, but he wasn't overly upset the circumstances that led to that "one bad day," nor took the time to even grieve.

Those that loved the movie have every right too, but I have heard many state "facts" about certain scenes from the book and why they were so unique and disturbing. I'd suggest re-reading it (it won't take long) - there isn't as much there as you may remember...