Well, this is a shame. This comic is one of the best of all time. Seriously, it is amazing. So you'd think that a animated movie adaptation from it would be great for sure.

And then you start the movie and it is about Batgirl going on a random, generic mission. Batgirl getting annoyed and angry with Batman. Batgirl banging Batma- wait... what? WHAT IS GOING ON? THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COMIC'S STORY.

Yea, they literally just tacked on some junk to make this at least 75min. Frankly, that first 30ish minutes in is worthless. I have no idea who wrote that and thought it matched the tone for the source material.

Then we do get into the direct adaptation. Now it is sticking very close to the comic, down to the same exact lines and frames. Part of me likes that, but the other part wonders why it is even needed. Why not just read the comic if it is going to stick directly to it? Well, whatever, it is great dialogue and a fantastic plot.

And then I go back to thinking it doesn't fit the comic well enough. In some scenes, the timing doesn't feel right at all. Some of the lines just don't come out like I feel the scene's tone is supposed to be. One big moment is the dramatic shooting. Gordon's reaction to that event does not seem nearly as emotional as it should be.

Finally, the closing scene starts of great. Mark Hamill, oh, I don't think I mentioned this yet. Mark Hamill is great as always. So Mark Hamill starts it off, and that leads to some combined laughing. His works, he knows how his character laughs. But Batman... his laugh seems really fake to me. That kind of ruins the impact of that finale.

Not as bad as the epilogue scene though, that made it worse.