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16 of 21 customers found the following review helpful:
 In the darkest of Knights..., 2008-07-08
With The Dark Knight just around the corner, Warner Bros. and DC has released another more than solid, direct to DVD animated feature with Batman: Gotham Knight. A collection of six interlocking stories featuring various writing and animator talent, Gotham Knight gets off to a bit of a rocky start, but winds up being a thoroughly entertaining ride while it lasts. "Have I Got a Story For You", with a script from A History of Violence screenwriter Josh Olson, revolves around a group of kids and their stories about encountering Batman in action. The story and animation here aren't really anything special, but thankfully things get better from here on forward. "Crossfire", with a script from acclaimed comic writer Greg Rucka, finds detectives Allen and Ramirez caught in the middle of a gang-war between mob factions, with Batman in the middle as well. "Field Test", with a script from Jordan Goldberg, features a ridiculously young Bruce Wayne putting new gadgets from Lucius Fox to use, while Batman Begins and Blade writer David Goyer contributes the excellent "In Darkness Dwells", where Batman takes on the Scarecrow and Killer Croc. Comic writer Brian Azzarello contributes "Working Through Pain", which is an intriguing look at Bruce's past lessons to overcome physical pain, and the excellent finale entitled "Deadshot" is written by classic animated series writer Alan Burnett and features a bloody face-off between Batman and the gun-toting assassin of the title name. The various animation techniques used throughout may not be everyone's cup of tea (some will certainly thrill you more than others), but as a whole Gotham Knight is a dark (and surprisingly violent) blast. The Two-Disc Special Edition features some spectacular extras that are worth the price of admission alone, including a fascinating documentary going over Batman's rogues gallery, a documentary about Batman creator Bob Kane, and four great episodes from the classic 90's animated series. All in all, Batman: Gotham Knight will tide you over (briefly) during the wait for The Dark Knight, and Batman fans should definitely give it a look. Be warned however if you're a parent: Gotham Knight is a surprisingly mature and violent animated feature that more than likely should not be viewed by young children.
6 of 12 customers found the following review helpful:
 It was okay -- not great -- but okay...., 2008-07-08
I had high expectations for this flick, but, I must say I was disappointed. The animation was mediocre, and the story was slow moving. But, it was very happy to have Kevin Conroy voicing the Dark Knight.
4 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
A welcome introduction..., 2008-07-08
The basics, this is an emulation of the Animatrix Release.
Its an in between-er that links the two Batman films. The production is outstanding. Its done in various jap-anime styles and give a good deal of depth to the already deep batman persona developed from the Batman Begins Film. Pretty hardcore for a animated film. The various visual takes on the characters appearance is really interesting.
If u don't feel the need to buy, at least rent b4 u see the new batman film. Thou, i still recommend u buy if u are a batman fan.
8 of 11 customers found the following review helpful:
okay, 2008-07-06
wow, very dissapointing but its still ok.
The animation was beautiful but most of the stories were dull and boring for the exception of a couple or so and i love Batman.
the first story with the little kids was ok but it just wasnt " Batman" to me, I felt like i was watching PBS or something. The animation or art was nice looking but the story was ok. my rating: 3/5
the second story was alright but the first few minutes were dull and boring, i thought the two detectives were boring charcters.but then i saw batman at the end and that was probably the best part.but in the end, it wasnt very good, and lets keep in mind these stories are about 12 min or so, my rating for this 3/5
the third one was much better than the first 2, although parts of it were dull, the scenes with batman were really cool, the action was cool but i wish i could of seen more of Batman. this story was good but dissapointing.I liked the design of batman on this one.
my rating 3.5/5
the 4th story was also pretty descent , batman looked cool in this story. I didnt like how killer croc and scarecrow looked and how they were used in this story but its was still descent, but the story is just way too short. my rating 3.5/5
the fifth story sucked big time balls, it was very dull and boring .it wasnt a very good story at all, it wasnt entertaining. I didnt like it at all, the only good parts were the scenes with batman. my rating 1.5/5
the 6th and last story was the best and it was very cool. in this one batman must face an assasin named deadshot. Batman's design looks very cool in this story and i think its the best design. deadshot is a very cool villain. the action scenes were cool. this was well written but my only complain is that it was just way too short. This is is what the entire "movie" should of been like. It would of been awesome to see deadshot vs batman more than once. It would of been much better had their been a bigger plot and a bigger story instead of having six stories. the 6th story gets a rating of 4.5/5
the entire 70 minute or so movie should of been the sixth story They should of taken the 6th story and expand it to 70 minutes.That way we could of had a very cool Batman anime film. 12 min was not enough. this idea of six stories by six different people was sort of a good idea but it just didnt work out right.bad excecution.
i'll probably wait until this dvd gets cheaper and buy the two disc dvd, which comes with 4 episodes from Batman The Animated Series, now thats the type of story telling that this film was missing.
overall 3/5 stars
6 of 27 customers found the following review helpful:
disappointed, 2008-07-05
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it's still pre-ordered on my cart right now,
i'm now bit skeptical about actually purchasing it.
i might get it in the future
because of making film parts and interviews,
i don't think i will be ever want to buy this one
purely based upon those episodes on this dvd.
2.
visual's ok, they hired top notch japanese studios.
they delivered it nicely.
there were some episodes that didn't live up to my expectations
though overall i think it's well done in terms of
art directions and visuals.
3.
writings might be one of the most major disappointing part.
i mean nothing special, just plain boring stories on and on and on.
if they had some prquels about villains...that might be
interesting...but they didn't.
i'd rather watch wb's tv series batman,
it has better intriguing and fresh ideas than this gotham knight.
4.
i don't know why dc let japanese stuios come up with their own
stories just like animatrix did.
outside looks fresh because of visuals from different studios
but as you peel it out more, it stinks just like onions.
inside is just same old...
batman's old franchise, and i think it needs more freshness.
i'm not sure this dvd makes happy old batman fans.
one of my friends who is hard core batman fan
wasn't that happy with gotham knight.
5.
anyways,
if you're a mild batman fan, and expect new visions from
japanese studios. don't expect too much.
visuals are good, but stories are just sam old.
but i think it will be worth 20$,
including making films and interviews
which i haven't got a chance to watch it...:)
hopefully
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