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. So to contrast the comicbook, wherein Batgirl was a bit part, a plot device to get Gordon and Batman all riled up, they&#39;ve nearly doubled the length of the story to flesh Batgirl out, give her depth and meaning. So now Batgirl is a whiny, angsty and impulsive teen with very few redeeming features to her personality. Other than a little Kung-Fu, there is no reason for Batman to &quot;hire&quot; her at all - she&#39;s stupid, emotional and easy to manipulate.<br/><br/>Moving on though, nothing about this film works. None of the moments that make the graphic novel great LAND at all. I&#39;m not sure it&#39;s the actors or the script - it&#39;s the direction, purely. The timing is off. The tone is off. It&#39;s all wrong.<br/><br/>So disappointing. Don&#39;t watch this. Read the novel, and forget this ever happened. As a Fan growing up with this comic book, I&#39;d have to say it was spot-on fantastic. In my opinion, this was darker than The Dark Knight Returns 1/2 due to it pushing past limits TDK didn&#39;t. I loved how they didn&#39;t hide anything out from the comic and stayed to true it, and the film overall was truly touching and even played with my emotions a bit. Kevin Conroy and Hamill were obviously very good Voice Actors in this and you won&#39;t be disappointed. As for the R rating, I absolutely think it earned the Rating R badge with a lot of similarities to the extremely dark comic itself. The movie also gives you a great build-up on certain new characters in the film. Overall I give this movie a solid 10/10, and consider it an animated masterpiece.
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