Batman Year One The Animated Movie

[The Joker]

Great review. Can't wait.

 

[The Joker]

Double!!!!

 

[Travesty]

I'm about to watch it in about 2-3 hours from now. I'll come back and let you guys know what I thought about it.

 

[spideyguy16]

im thinking about reading the comic.

 

[Batmatic]

Just finished watching the Catwoman short. I really wasn't too impressed, but the scene that starts at the 5 minute mark is going to give fan boys a serious heart attack.

Nolan needs to seriously consider adapting it for TDKR.

 

[EliteF50]

Just finished watching Year One.

Fantastic movie, one of DC's best. Bryan Cranston knocked it out of the park as Gordon, superb performance. Epic action, bad-ass fight scenes, very tense finale. My only gripe? The voice acting. Everyone besides Bryan was flat and emotionless. Ben was hit or miss, he nailed some lines, but butchered the majority of them, especially when talking to Gordon and his wife. Eliza was okay, Falcone was terrible. All in all, it's not as good as Under the Red Hood or Mask of the Phantasm, but it's worth the watch.

7.5/10

 

[The Joker]

You didn't like any of the voice cast except Cranston and you still managed to give it a 7.5 out of 10?

I don't think I could be that generous if I felt that way about an animated Batman movie. Vocal performances are high on the list for what makes a movie great for me.

 

[EliteF50]

I agree, so thankfully, for 90% of the movie we hear Gordon. The other 10% can be forgiven due to its excellent action and thrilling narrative.

 

[Travesty]

Just got done with it. The animation is good, I really liked the voice actors, and it's Year One. It's a perfect adaptation of the book, so it worked for me. Definitely one of the best Batman animated movies out there. I actually liked it better than Under the Red Hood.

 

[Mister Meddle]

What the....

It's already online?????

Damnit why am I always the last to find out about this stuff?

 

[theMan-Bat]

I will be watching Batman: Year One after I buy it from a store once it's officially released on October 18th.
I like what I've heard of Ben McKenzie's young Bruce Wayne/Batman and the others voices from the preview, trailer and clips.

Here is the full Batman: Year One voice cast:
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) is Police Lieutenant James Gordon.
Ben McKenzie (Southland) is young Bruce Wayne/Batman.
Jeff Bennett (Alfred Pennyworth on the "Downtime" episode of Young Justice) is Alfred in Batman: Year One.
Fred Tatasciore (9) is corrupt Police Detective Arnold Flass.
Jon Polito (Miller's Crossing) is corrupt Police Commissioner Gill Loeb.
Stephen Root (No Country For Old Men) is corrupt Police Officer Brendon, the head of Gotham's SWAT team.
Nick Jameson (Red (2009)) is Police Officer Merkel, a rookie patrolman.
Eliza Dushku (Tru Calling) is Selina Kyle/Catwoman.
16 year old Liliana Mumy (The Cleaner) is Holly.
Steve Blum (Hulk vs. Wolverine) is Stan the pimp.
Alex Rocco (The Godfather) is crime lord the Roman/Carmine Falcone.
Katee Sackhoff (CSI) is Police Detective Sarah Essen.
Grey DeLisle (The Flintstones: On the Rocks) is James Gordon's wife Barbara Gordon.
Robin Atkin Downes (The Starter Wife (TV series)) is District Attorney Harvey Dent.
Keith Ferguson (G.I. Joe: Renegades) is drug dealer Jefferson Skeevers.
Sara Ballantine (Spider-Man (1994-1998 animated TV series)) is Skeevers' Attorney.
Danny Jacobs (The Penguins of Madagascar) is Flass' Attorney.
Roark Critchlow (Afterworld) is the Hare Krishna at the train station.
Pat Musick (The Tick (1994-1996 animated TV series)) is the Roman's wife.
Andrea Romano (Batman: Year One voice director) is the medical Obstetrician for Barbara Gordon's pregnancy.
Bruce Timm (Batman: Year One producer) is thug #1.
James Patrick Stuart (Andy Richter Controls the Universe) is a henchman.
Michael Gough (Totally Spies) is a driver.
Bruce Wingert is a guard.

Here are more stills from the film:

 

[The Joker]

Just got done with it. The animation is good, I really liked the voice actors, and it's Year One. It's a perfect adaptation of the book, so it worked for me. Definitely one of the best Batman animated movies out there. I actually liked it better than Under the Red Hood.

Trav has renewed my faith in this movie

 

[marvelrobbins]

For those who have seen it does the panel for comic which strongly hints Selina Kyle
as Dominatrix be Included? And If eliza dushku has dialogure calling guy skunk In
the movie it Is worth seeing alone for that.Although It will make me wish eliza
was doing a live action catwoman.

 

[EliteF50]

Trav has renewed my faith in this movie

But, I never said the movie was bad, I said it was "fantastic".

 

[The Joker]

But, I never said the movie was bad, I said it was "fantastic".

Yeah, but I didn't like the idea of all the voice cast except Cranston being poor.

I've just ordered mine. Can't wait.

 

[joem4077]

Just gotta wait 136 more hours and I'll have it downloaded.

Yes, iTunes takes that long to download 930mb movies

 

[Mister Meddle]

Only took a couple hours to download. I'll make sure to pick it up on bluray some other time just so I'm not cheating them and to support them. The Catwoman feature was neat but there isn't much to say about a 13 minute short. It would be neat to see a Catwoman animated film sometime in the future.

I still have to watch Year One. Actually I'm about to watch it. I'll give you my opinion later on.

 

[EliteF50]

Yeah, but I didn't like the idea of all the voice cast except Cranston being poor.

I've just ordered mine. Can't wait.

Well, I guess you'll be able to tell me if you agree or disagree soon.

 

[Hunter Rider]

The clip from the Catwoman short on MTV is not available outside the US.

 

[The Joker]

The clip from the Catwoman short on MTV is not available outside the US.

http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/10/11...n-year-one-dvd-and-blu-ray/?xrs=share_twitter

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/10/11...n-year-one-dvd-and-blu-ray/?xrs=share_twitter

A squire and a gentleman. ...The question is, was there enough cleavage?....

 

[Mister Meddle]

Just watched Batman Year One. It's exactly what I expected. All of the voice actors did a fine job. The film is very good however I still like Under the Redhood more.

 

[Macphisto]

Solid, nuts and bolts adaptation. Hard to screw up when the source material is so good. However, the guy who voiced Bruce/Batman was absolutely atrocious. He...con-stantly...talk-ed...like..this. I couldn't work out whether he was reading his lines for the first time or a robot sent from the future.

 

[ultimatefan]

Just saw it. If you´re a fan of the GN, like myself, there´s hardly anything to complain about. It´s more than 90% straight from the miniseries. Most of the changes were cutting off inner monologues, which are mostly understandable. After all, a movie´s a movie and a graphic novel is a graphic novel. I miss a few things, though, the noiresque narration was a big part of the flavor of the comic book. Like, I like the montage they made between Barbara doing baby ultrassounds and Gordon doing target practice, but I still miss Gordon´s vivid, graphic descriptions. It´s minor stuff though. It feels very much at home with Nolan´s gritty realism, like many great Batman stories do. I can´t wait to see Dark Knight Returns.

 

[Macphisto]

Just saw it. If you´re a fan of the GN, like myself, there´s hardly anything to complain about. It´s more than 90% straight from the miniseries. Most of the changes were cutting off inner monologues, which are mostly understandable. After all, a movie´s a movie and a graphic novel is a graphic novel. I miss a few things, though, the noiresque narration was a big part of the flavor of the comic book. Like, I like the montage they made between Barbara doing baby ultrassounds and Gordon doing target practice, but I still miss Gordon´s vivid, graphic descriptions. It´s minor stuff though. It feels very much at home with Nolan´s gritty realism, like many great Batman stories do. I can´t wait to see Dark Knight Returns.

Yeah, thought that was a great bit of cinematic flair. I can't fault the animation but I do think the voice work was a tad flat with the exception of Cranston.