Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)

Amateur movie with Big budget

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

What exactly does the first 30 minutes have to do with the last 50 minutes of this movie, outside of getting batman laid.I guess I need to read the comic, if the comic makes sense, then this movie goes into the abyss of negative tenIf anyone bothers reading this for some reason, do the following, start watching the movie about 20 min in, you literally will not miss anything that has to do with the plot

The long-awaited animated adaptation of Alan Moore's acclaimed graphic novel broke new ground in a few exciting new ways, not the least of which being that it was to be the first ever Batman theatrical release to hold an 'R' rating. All the signs pointed towards 'The Killing Joke (2016)' doing its seemingly 'sacred' source material some sort of justice. Sadly, though, the film fails to deliver on its implied promise despite solid performances from the definitive Dark Knight, Kevin Conroy, and the conclusive Clown Prince of Crime, Mark Hamill, as well as its interestingly dark story done more or less beat-for-beat as the original, except from its unnecessary and generic 28-minute prelude. It's this odd addition which ruins the piece's pacing, provides a few uncomfortable moments and paves the way for an ultimately dull first half right from the poorly-drawn first frame (animation issues persist throughout the generally rough-looking picture). When it does the comic-book verbatim, it pretty much works, but when it doesn't, it's almost like a bad joke. 5/10

I really don't mind the concept of starting off with a new Batgirl story, but it was not well executed and did not even portray Batgirl very well. The rest is a solid adaptation, but it still feels like it's missing something. Not sure why it got an R rating, either, it was pretty much PG-13

I do not understand how someone can justify giving this movie a theatrical release. It is more like a couple of episodes from a Saturday morning cartoon than it is a movie.It starts with a hardly related subplot that serves little purpose but to weaken Batgirl as a character and show us that Batman is Batman. It is almost like those movie releases on VHS where they obviously just put some episodes from a show together to form a movie.Once the story with the joker begins, the movie gets a bit better, at least partly due to Hamill's performance. There are some interesting moments, but even this part of the film feels like a low budget replacement. And the visual style does not fit the story at all. It's like they read the source material and decided to make a 90s animated show about it, only less pretty.