Review of Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) by Jacob — 25 Jul 2016

Batman: The Killing Joke gives fans what they want to see. A faithful adaptation of a classic comic story where Batman and the Joker go at it psychology and physical. The visuals may not translate perfectly from comic to screen but considering how most films today are CGI seeing hand drawn animation was a welcome return.

The Barbara prologue does weigh the film down a tad but thankfully it isn’t present much once the film starts as the Killing Joke story is left larger in tact. As a result, it is easy to forget and ignore the change made to the story.

And its something I’m willing to. The fact that the direct-to-DVD animated DC films are more adult and more mature and overall more engaging than the live action ones is astounding. Seeing on the big screen was a real treat hopefully more people saw it.