Batman: Year One (2011)

Watched in 2013 (91 movies items)

"Watched 4/20"

Batman: Year One

“I don’t mean this as a criticism, but barring a few minor tweaks and adjustments, Batman: Year One is the most slavishly faithful adaptation of any of the DC direct-to-video films. It faithfully, in a sleeker and cleaner style, recreates the moody noirish look of the comic, complete with the muted colors and expressionist lighting. It also follows the novel’s penchant for character voiceover instead of length dialog passages and has a predominant amount of time devoted to Jim Gordon with Batman as a more ancillary character.

With numerous shots being practically a faithful recreation of panel by panel, if not pages by pages from the source material. Much of the ground will be immediately familiar to fans of Christopher Nolan’s astounding The Dark Knight Trilogy, but that sh” read more

Watched in 2013 with Commentary (57 movies items)

" 1st viewing Note: This was pretty good and much better then I thought it would be. I remember reading the Year One graphic novel years ago and I was not sure how they would have handle this movie. They handle the characters very nicely, the writing was good and the voice acting was pretty solid. Animation was top notch as well. I do wish that Catwoman had more screen time though."

Movie Diary 2013: January (17 movies items)

"January 28th Batman. Something that in my opinion has been destroyed. I've been a Batman fan for years and it's very upsetting to see that how these big Hollywood companies destroy Batman..Fiddle with it. Just change the story..Like look at Catwoman now..She's suppose to be in disguise not having her mask off every five second to focus on the sex appeal. I don't think I know what Batman is any more. It was a very unique creation but now it's just..There are now so many different versions of Ba"

A Month at the Movies - Jun. 2012 (11 movies items)

" Check out my review: http://www.listal.com/viewentry/2515377"

Petri's Movie Diary - 2012 Edition (629 movies items)

"7.8.2012"

Filmes Baixados (2247 movies items)

"Porta-CD: 01 CD: 76"

“I was always interested in reading Mark Miller's defining Batman: Year One but couldn't find the comic anywhere, real-life or online. When I read that there's a movie based on it, I had to see it, nomadder what and boy, was it impressive. It's realistic, gritty, violent and top of all, it captures Jim Gordon and Bruce Wayne perfectly, although I do wish Bruce Greenwood or Kevin Conroy had voiced the latter but Benjamin McKenzie wasn't bad at all, providing a-lot of character in his voice.

Basically, I liked the story and the human, likable portrayal of the two lead protagonists and a further insight to the corrupt streets and people of Gotham. Despite the increase in technology, I still think no other direct-to-video Batman feature, including this one, can beat Batman & Mr. Freez” read more

Wrecker's Movie Diary - 2012 (204 movies items)

"Watched: 25.1 - PC Frank Millerin näkemys Batmanista vastaa aika kiitettävästi omaa kantaani, joka tosin on muovautunut vuosien kuluessa elokuvien ja nimaatioiden toimesta. Year One on hyvin mielenkiintoinen elokuva, joka keskittyy Batmania ja Bruce Waynea enemmän Gordoniin ja Gothamin korruptioituneeseen virkavaltaa. Mukavan synkkä piirretty aikuisempaan makuun."