THIS IS A SPECIAL ENTRY!
I AM ONE OF THE LUCKY FEW TO HAVE SEEN IT. And let me tell you something, it's fantastic. I'm probably going to end up picking this gem up on DVD if the bonus features are great. I'm not a fan of anime at all. I mean I used to like DBZ and all that as a kid but...I can't stand toned down writing and shitty dubbing. I like Akira, though that was...wack. But this...this feels different. Overall I'm not seeing this as a anime, I see it as...Batman.
The art is beautiful. The direction is stunning. The voice acting is grand.
The writing is superb, giving a feel of the movies, cartoons, and the comics.
The Film itself is anthologetic, so I shall review according.
HAVE I GOT A STORY FOR YOU
DIRECTOR: Shojiri Nishimi
This story is told by four skateboard punks as they all give their tale of Batman. Each account consists of a jetpacked man(who I thought was Firefly) fighting Batman. The children each see Batman differently. With him being, a robot, a literal bat-man, and a shadow creature. The art for the people was just rubbish. Felt very low budget and the lip dubbing hardly matched up. Very lazy looking. This is the one I have cared the least for. I hoped they all weren't this...bad.
6/10
CROSSFIRE DIRECTOR: FUTOSHI HIGASHIDE This is by far my favorite one. The art is just so fucking creepy it goes ahead and visually shows you you're not safe. We follow two detectives as they escort a captured fugitive back to a island prison, similar to Escape From New York, filled with criminals. On the way they get caught up between a gang gun battle and need the Batman's help. Just...bravo on this one, guys. It was so brilliant. The writing is great. The characters speak incredibly well in the time we get to know them. It could easily stretch into a 1 and 1/2 hour film and still be excelent. It's like Escape From New York but with Batman. And in my book...that's fucking awesome.
9/10
FIELD TEST DIRECTOR: HIROSHI MORIOKA
This was the second weakest, closesly behind Have I Got A Story For You. I didn't dig the art at all. Made Bruce Wayne look almost girly and that's anything what he should be. The story itself feels rather...cartoonish? Bruce tests out a bullet deflector which ends up doing more pain than good. Along the way he plays golf. That's the episode. I just didn't dig it. The dialouge here isn't good at all. It feels very...I can't put it into words. It could have been better. But it just wasn't. 6/10
IN DARKNESS DWELLS
WRITER: DAVID GOYER
The big guns get as one of the writer's of Batman Begins steps up to the plate, well he wrote the first draft atleast and collaborated on story. Still. This is a spectacular entry in this film. I enjoyed a helluva a lot. It deals with Batman tracking Killer Kroc in the sewer which leads him to finding The Scarecrow as the leader of a cult in the sewer's darkness. It all works together, the art, the directing, writing. Feels great and continues with the movie's "real world". Some great interaction , no classic, classic interaction between Gordon and Batman. I really REALLY enjoyed this one plenty of action with a great finish that sticks the landing.
8/10
WORKING THROUGH THE PAIN
I didn't watch this one. Thought it was meh from what I saw so. I passed.
And...
DEADSHOT
This was a pretty good one. The art was good, story was accomplished pretty well from the time they gave us. I would've liked to see more of Deadshot than just one short. He's a great character and I think his alter ego's character desgin was just brilliant. I loved the monocle. Anyway, it was pretty good.
7.5/10
ALRIGHT. So, I've skimped a bit on the last 2 reviews. I started writing this last night afterall. It was a good film. Highly reccommend it. Now, stay tuned there's another entry...a great one coming up later tonight!
I AM,
Lewis
I AM ONE OF THE LUCKY FEW TO HAVE SEEN IT. And let me tell you something, it's fantastic. I'm probably going to end up picking this gem up on DVD if the bonus features are great. I'm not a fan of anime at all. I mean I used to like DBZ and all that as a kid but...I can't stand toned down writing and shitty dubbing. I like Akira, though that was...wack. But this...this feels different. Overall I'm not seeing this as a anime, I see it as...Batman.
The art is beautiful. The direction is stunning. The voice acting is grand.
The writing is superb, giving a feel of the movies, cartoons, and the comics.
The Film itself is anthologetic, so I shall review according.
HAVE I GOT A STORY FOR YOU
DIRECTOR: Shojiri Nishimi
This story is told by four skateboard punks as they all give their tale of Batman. Each account consists of a jetpacked man(who I thought was Firefly) fighting Batman. The children each see Batman differently. With him being, a robot, a literal bat-man, and a shadow creature. The art for the people was just rubbish. Felt very low budget and the lip dubbing hardly matched up. Very lazy looking. This is the one I have cared the least for. I hoped they all weren't this...bad.
6/10
CROSSFIRE DIRECTOR: FUTOSHI HIGASHIDE This is by far my favorite one. The art is just so fucking creepy it goes ahead and visually shows you you're not safe. We follow two detectives as they escort a captured fugitive back to a island prison, similar to Escape From New York, filled with criminals. On the way they get caught up between a gang gun battle and need the Batman's help. Just...bravo on this one, guys. It was so brilliant. The writing is great. The characters speak incredibly well in the time we get to know them. It could easily stretch into a 1 and 1/2 hour film and still be excelent. It's like Escape From New York but with Batman. And in my book...that's fucking awesome.
9/10
FIELD TEST DIRECTOR: HIROSHI MORIOKA
This was the second weakest, closesly behind Have I Got A Story For You. I didn't dig the art at all. Made Bruce Wayne look almost girly and that's anything what he should be. The story itself feels rather...cartoonish? Bruce tests out a bullet deflector which ends up doing more pain than good. Along the way he plays golf. That's the episode. I just didn't dig it. The dialouge here isn't good at all. It feels very...I can't put it into words. It could have been better. But it just wasn't. 6/10
IN DARKNESS DWELLS
WRITER: DAVID GOYER
The big guns get as one of the writer's of Batman Begins steps up to the plate, well he wrote the first draft atleast and collaborated on story. Still. This is a spectacular entry in this film. I enjoyed a helluva a lot. It deals with Batman tracking Killer Kroc in the sewer which leads him to finding The Scarecrow as the leader of a cult in the sewer's darkness. It all works together, the art, the directing, writing. Feels great and continues with the movie's "real world". Some great interaction , no classic, classic interaction between Gordon and Batman. I really REALLY enjoyed this one plenty of action with a great finish that sticks the landing.
8/10
WORKING THROUGH THE PAIN
I didn't watch this one. Thought it was meh from what I saw so. I passed.
And...
DEADSHOT
This was a pretty good one. The art was good, story was accomplished pretty well from the time they gave us. I would've liked to see more of Deadshot than just one short. He's a great character and I think his alter ego's character desgin was just brilliant. I loved the monocle. Anyway, it was pretty good.
7.5/10
ALRIGHT. So, I've skimped a bit on the last 2 reviews. I started writing this last night afterall. It was a good film. Highly reccommend it. Now, stay tuned there's another entry...a great one coming up later tonight!
I AM,
Lewis
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