Review of Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) by Jazgalaxy — 10 Aug 2016

This film is shockingly terrible in a way I didn't think possible. NOTHING in this film works. The pre-amble about Batgirl is weird, meandering, and confusing. The animation uses the phenomenal artwork of Brian Bolland as Keyframes. This means that characters rarely move out of their blocked out positions in the comic book. Everyone feels stiff as they slide from pose to pose. Dramatic monologs that should have facial animations to match the intensity of the scene come off as flat and lifeless. NOTHING in the film is as dramatic as it should be. Terrfied people never seem terrified, scared people never seem truly scared, and angry people never feel angry. And this is supposed to be a story about the heights of all of those emotions.

It's just a mess.