Best movie of this year hands down!

Well Deserved Praise

Purely Joyful Movie!

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

My ten year old son was in the mood to watch some old BTAS episodes. I'm always down for that so let's fire up Amazon Prime. While doing our search we found this movie. Cool, let's check it out. It should be good. WRONG. I actually came to IMDB to write a scathing review of whoever wrote this drivel and lo and behold Bruce Timm wrote it. WHAT. Say it isn't so. I can only hope he was high as a kite when he wrote this. Half of it seemed to be fetish fan fiction and the rest was just absurd. I get it. BTAS fans are older now, but gratuitous profanity and cheesecake shots aren't the way to show the writing is now edgy and adult. I was hoping the ending would reveal that Harley was still in Arkham and this whole movie was just a crazy, drug induced dream, but that was not the case. Still, Bruce Timm has written so many brilliant Batman stories, he's entitled to one stinker.

This movie was a very light-hearted and comedic film in contrast to darker animated renditions of Batman, such as The Killing Joke. As a result, viewers expecting a bad ass action movie might have been let down by the old-school style of animation and the tendency towards comedy rather than seriousness (why so serious?). I feel that this movie is somewhat comparable to Suicide Squad in that it balances action scenes with punch lines in order to achieve the silly/goofy humor that suits Harley's character so well. My one complaint is the resolution of the story which was anticlimactic and seemed a bit rushed. Overall, I really enjoyed this film as I could tell from the Intro credits that it was not going to be a sinister and serious take on Batman, but more of a silly depiction of Ms. Quinn. For people who did not enjoy the comedy, I might recommend The Killing Joke. What sets this film apart from typical Batman movies is the inclusion of Harley Quinn as an antagonist, which I feel justifies the use of goofy humor to accompany her personality. Can you imagine a dead-serious Harley Quinn?... DC keep doing what you're doing!

You say there is a first time for everything. But tell me, Bruce Timm, what the hell were you thinking?First Batman The Killing Joke which had Batman and Batgirl make out with each other and now Nightwing and Harley Quinn hooking up into an apartment. What is next Tim Drake and Selina Kyle, Jason Todd and Pama Isly (Position Ivy) or Bane and Talia? Because these are really stupid ideas for hookups.I was going to give it a one but instead, I am giving it a 3 since the art style and character designs especially Poison Ivy's sexy design was brought back. The movie was just plain weird because of the story and the horrible ending. It was weird not seeing Robin, Batgirl, Alfred or Jim Gordan in this movie as well. But if you are a fan of DCAU avoid this movie at all costs.

While it Canonocity may be questionable, this movie is a lot of fun overall. Admittedly it can be all over the place with what type of movie it wants to be at times, seeming to have more dual personality issues then Two-Face, it does have some fun scenes in it.Harrley is in perfect form in the movie, exactly how you would expect her to behave in animated series. Shes over the top, silly, but still can kick butt if it's needed or be down to earth and level headed. But overall throughout the film she is played as more of an anti-hero goof. While there isn't a set time it is given it takes place, it's possible it might be after the events of the flashback in Batman: Return of the Joker as Tim Drake and Barbara are nowhere to be seen which would call into question some of Bruce's behavior in this movie but it would explain Harley's reform.The Film brought back classic characters such as Nightwing and Poison Ivy in addition to Harley. It also went for some deeper characters like floronic man and swamp thing. There's even a lot of background characters as Easter eggs with a whole minion bar full of Easter egg henchmen the likes of 60s henchmen and some from animated series.While serious at the time, the movie overall goes towards silly to over the top at times in that department, but also at times does a complete 180 with serious moments that can give you whiplash they are so out of left field. Also is should be stated, this is not a kid's movie, despite the fart joke (which I'm ashamed to admit is one of the few that actually had me laughing when Konroy uttered the line "It smells like discipline"). Overall the chaotic movie might turn some off, but I find it similar to the likes of Deadpool and it really fits the character of Harley. Certainly not the best of the DCAU, but hardly a low point.