Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)

Absolutely amazing

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Batman: Under the Red Hood is just an awesome piece of animated perfection! I felt invested in it throughout, because it had great voice acting, pacing, dialog and a fitting musical score. Batman and Robin's relationship and experiences in the past is shown very well in some creatively rendered flashbacks. John DiMaggio's Joker is certainly among the best animated ones. It's not Hamil's Joker, but definitely ranking in my top 5. The movie utilizes a perfect mix of traditionally animated characters and mostly CG backgrounds which made the action scenes seem real and still kept the comic book feel to it. Really good. The climax is simply amazing! Great build-up and even greater pay- off. My only complaint is that the ending felt a little abrupt, but up until that you're in for one heck of a ride. You won't be disappointed.

The Good. OMG the movie grabs you buy the throat and never lets go. I am so tired of Superhero movies with a nuclear bombs or the universe at risk of ending; this movie is based on a pure detective story of character building like no other....it didn't save the world, just told a great story with great acting. Voice Acting A+, best Joker laugh ever! The Bad, I am hard pressed to think of anything it could have done better...not often I do not find a glaring plot hole to exploit. The Ugly, the knowledge that a movie like this will never see the big screen because not enough explosions and world ending events to justify it in the minds of the Hollywood Elites. The Other, I accidentally ran across this movie and had the added pleasure of not knowing how good it was, lucky are those who accidentally watch it.

One of the best animated movies to come out of the DCAU. Well-written with a lot of focus on the characters but it doesn't skimp on the action in any way. The people making DC's current crop of animated movies should look to this as an example of how to get it right. You don't have to sacrifice quality storytelling for action. Also, I've objected to the use of violence, language, and sexuality in some of the later DC animated films because it seemed mostly superficial and tacked-on just for titillation and posturing. But here the story warrants adult themes. If anything, it soft pedals a bit when it shouldn't (Robin never looks as badly beaten as he should, for one). The animation is excellent. The action scenes are just incredible. Enough good things can't be said about the script, which is well above par for these things. The voice acting is solid, although the BTAS fan in me will probably always yearn for those voices in these movies. All together it's amazing and deserving of all its praise.

Everything was done right in this movie. The characters fit perfectly to the plot. No Batwoman romance, that usually ruins most of the other movies. In this one we see the real Batman as most fans want to see him. The atmosphere is dark and original. The animation and voice acting is also great. I actually would love to see this as a movie with real actors, but I don't think it could come close to this masterpiece.Although it's only 75min you get a deeper and better story than on many 160min movies. There are no boring parts or unnecessary scenes. The ending is also perfect and not as simple as good hero defeating evil bad guy. Under the Red Hood is definitely my favorite Batman movie next to Assault on Arkham. I'd give more stars if it was possible.