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DC Comics graphic novel, Batman: The Killing Joke is a journey into the dark psyche of the Clown Prince of Crime. Follow his humble beginnings as a struggling comic to his fateful encounter with the Dark Knight that changed everything. Now escaped from Arkham Asylum, The Joker sets out to prove that one bad day can make anyone just as insane as he is. With The Joker's sights set on Commissioner Gordon, can Batman stop the demented plan in time? Featuring a gripping prologue spotlighting Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) and featuring the return of Kevin Conroy as Batman, Mark Hamill as The Joker and Tara Strong as Batgirl, witness the birth of a super villain, the fortitude of a hero and the punchline that will leave you speechless! (Roadshow Entertainment)
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This is one of the legendary comic book Batmans, but what they turned it into in the film adaptation is just an action flick about how one lunatic went a bit too far. It doesn't have a shred of the magic that the comic possesses, nor a shred of what Alan Moore brought to the script. The animation is fine, but that's kind of expected.
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Kameňák is one of the most famous, most fundamental and, after all, the best Batman stories. It is the pure essence of what Batman/Jokers is about. Like any good "joke", it's short, striking and damn impressive. And therefore completely unsuitable for full-length footage. Which the creators somewhat clumsily handled so that the introductory half is about something completely different, and no matter how hard the creators try to fit it to Kameňák itself, this effort has zero result. It is decent and not that bad, but completely useless padding which is too lengthy and nothing more. Scenes from the second half, which are taken one to one (including picture framing), work, but paradoxically this is also detrimental, as it is not so much an adaptation as an illustration of the original. But what stands out is the great voicover (Hamill confirms that he is still the best voiceover artist) and worse portrayed. It is therefore something between a cat and a dog, which does not give the original a good name (rather the opposite), but it is only and only thanks to the high quality of the script that it will stand up to the result.
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Specially adapted for kids, but some extremely rough moments mean that in the end there was no point (I won’t let my daughter watch it before her 18th birthday). The Killing Joke is a story about how Batman breaks his only rule, not that he laughs at the joke. The animated Batman: The Dark Knight Returns shows that this can be done better. Much, much better.
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An adaptation of Alan Moore's famous and great “The Killing Joke" comic books. I was a little worried about what the creators would use to stretch the story, which is in fact impressive just because of how relatively short and impactful it is. The good news is that they didn't directly stretch the length of “The Killing Joke" with anything. The slightly worse news is that before it begins to unfold, we follow a completely different story for almost half an hour, which, although it can be justified by the need to introduce Batgirl/Barbara to complete newcomers, the mob plotline and action scenes were not necessary. But I wasn't bored, I got used to the animation after a while... Mark Hamill is perfect as the Joker.
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