Batman Ninja (2018)

Too many fans seem to be blown away

not as good as all the hype

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

This movie is like an old Power Rangers episode. With huge roboters whivh get tohether to a bigger robot...... Just too bad!!!!

I say this as a lifelong Batman fan, since I saw Batman (1989) as a kid, Batman Ninja is one of the best things Batman-related ever made. This is a film that's remarkably superb in every way, from beginning to end, extraordinary in all its qualities, visually gorgeous and massively entertaining. This is not only one of the best things from DC Animation ever, but one of the best animated movies, period, I've ever seen.This is a story oozing with love and respect for Batman's mythos and characters. This movie coming from a foreign source, Japan, does not diminish that at all. The Joker/Batman relationship is especially well executed here, two characters eternally at odds with each other, who couldn't be more different, but completely understand each other. It's a story that manages to surprise us regarding what direction it's headed in; it's not as simple as it may seem at first. It's not all over-the-top ridiculousness either, this movie surprisingly manages to feature perhaps some of the most truly emotionally powerful scenes in anything Batman related ever, in particular one sequence involving the Joker, which I won't spoil for you, but you'll know it when you see the art style abruptly changes to a hand-drawn water-color looking style. Do not trust the negative reviews and low ratings. I'd like to say the unfortunate prevalence of low scores and angry ranting reviews are baffling, but I think I've got those haters figured out. I've scrolled through the low ratings and, on top of the obnoxious Internet-spawned trend of mocking everything DC-related, started by movie critics in recent years, most of the negativity towards this movie seems to be essentially just scoffing at the basic concept of even putting Batman in Japan at all, or simply at the thought of letting Japanese people make it - a Batman anime? How dare they?!... Yes, it's a ridiculous concept, but if you have the willingness to move past your own mental hurdles, rooted in misguided purist restrictions on what Batman should be and learn to enjoy this movie for what it is, you will marvel at the extraordinary quality of this movie.And the beautiful musical score by Yugo Kanno deserves special mention and praise. This is what beautiful music sounds like.

Batman Ninja is an anime superhero film based on Batman. Featuring character designs by Takashi Okazaki (Afro Samurai), it is an interesting but uneven amalgamation of Eastern and Western pop culture.After a fight against Gorilla Grodd, Batman is sucked into a time portal and sent back to feudal Japan. While there, Batman discovers that all of Gotham City's main criminals, including The Joker, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, The Penguin, and Deathstroke, were all sent back in time with him, albeit two years earlier, and are now intent on changing the course of history. Batman must now find a way to stop them and look for a way to return home to the future.While the film has an intriguing concept and great visuals, the overall pacing feels inconsistent and confusing at times. A great deal of anime tropes are shown, likely to remind the audience that this is what a Batman story would look like through Eastern eyes, which at first is enjoyable to see, but it unfortunately becomes stale by the end of the film. The voice acting is good, but the lip syncing was frequently off probably because it was animated for Japanese dialogue and was highly distracting throughout many scenes. This film may be worth seeing for the visuals alone but don't expect it to leave many lasting impressions.I rate it 5.5/10

Yeah I can't lie, this one hurts a little. Batman gets attacked by a group of guys wearing Joker masks and the first thing he yells is, "WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?!!!?"... and a million other stupid things. I think this film was just trying to do too much and didn't and enough time to, na. I can not make excuses for this. It is a dumpster fire. Avoid it at all costs.