a5c7b9f00b As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness. If you subscribe to moral relativism and Batman xoxo Joker romantic innuendos this is the film for you. There is no black and white, no good or evil here. Batman is supposed to have a female romantic interest but the only time he opens up and shows his soft side &amp; emotions is when he&#39;s dealing with the Joker, which seems to imply the the most intimate relationship in the film is between the Joker and Batman.<br/><br/>The end product is an animated Batman film that attempts to cater to atheist ideals: implied Batman x Joker gaydar and moral relativism within the guise that neither good nor evil exists,morality is but a &quot;man made abstract&quot;.<br/><br/>Aside from those things, it doesn&#39;t have much going for it other than Batman/DC brand name appeal. The summary&#39;s not a joke or hyperbole. This is honestly one of the worst Batman movies I&#39;ve ever seen. I mean, if the alternative was Batman and Robin, I might watch this again, but it&#39;s still kind of a close contest. It&#39;s so bad I actually just made this account because I wanted to warnmany peoplepossible not watch this movie, if the &quot;sex on rooftop&quot; keyword for plot elements didn&#39;t already raise enough flags.<br/><br/>From beginning to end, this was just a thoroughly unpleasant experience. It&#39;s a far-too-long animated equivalent of a snuff film that fails to acknowledge or correct the problems of the source materialit claimed, instead substituting pseudo-philosophical debates about the nature of humanity and even more sexism and ableism the worst Batman stories are always known for.<br/><br/>The only reason it&#39;s not a flat 1 is because,is typical of DC animation, the art and the voice acting is fantastic. Kevin, Mark, and Tara all do their best to salvage this sinking ship, but there&#39;s nothing really to salvage to begin with. It&#39;s especially sad to see Kevin have to be in this, given the near-compassionless brute version of Batman for the majority of the film is exactly the opposite of the character he normally plays.<br/><br/>Bottom line: A faithful adaption isn&#39;t always the best adaption, and this wasn&#39;t even all that faithful until the second half. Alan Moore&#39;s writing style works great on paper, but translating his long speeches word for word into film is always a recipe for a boring disaster. Aside from the flashback bits that don&#39;t even start until the actual plot does, there&#39;s no substance to any of this (including the tacked on after-credits).<br/><br/>The Killing Joke is a chronically over-hyped comic far worse than most people are willing to admit, and this movie managed to be even worse than that. Save your money for something else.
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