Brilliant and touching

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

This rendition of Batman was different in a good way. I welcomed the take on the start of both Bruce Wayne's time in Gotham as Batman, because the origin story has not been done to the fullest yet, I think. This isn't either, but seeing Bats being vulnerable and unknown to Gotham was nice. The animation was my only small issue with the movie. It is not bad at all, but unlike the other direct-to-video movies from I have watched from Warner Animation it was pretty average and only doing what was needed. I liked the focus on Comissioner Gordon and his arrival in Gotham and how torn he is on the city. You know he is afraid of putting his wife and kid in danger, but simultaniously wants to bring law and order to the lawless City. This movie is an animated take on the real Batman. If you want batmobile or other fancy gadgets, look somewhere else. I enjoyed that and recommend it to every Bats fan and mystery and crime lovers.

I am stunned by how faithful this is to the graphic novel. Although I shouldn't say "faithful", more "respectful". Even though adaptations are totally able to make things different (see Nolan's "Batman Begins") the people involved in this movie went with just a straight-forward "book-to-film" format. And it's awesome! I knew what was going to happen in each scene because I read the graphic novel before-hand, and it was still incredible. I knew 99% of what was going to happen, and it was still incredible. I was able to almost directly quote character's lines of dialogue, and it was awesome! I don't give this any flack at all for staying so close to the source material because the source material is so incredible on it's own. In fact, it took me about as long to read the graphic novel as it did to watch the movie. And in this case, I would both read the book and watch the film. It is that well done! Could you imagine if they did this same thing with stories like "The Long Halloween" or "A Death in the Family" or "Hush"? Seriously, how have they not made an animated movie out of "Hush"?Bottom line, if you are a Batman fan, you owe it to yourself to watch this movie. It is one of the best adaptations I've ever seen!

'Batman: Year one' was an enjoyable Batman animation. It wasn't my favourite one I have seen but it was still good in its own way.For me, this one seemed more about Gordon rather than Batman (I probably should have read the description before watching it and I would have realised).The animation looked great, one of the better animations I have seen in that sense. There was only a few fight scenes (which were good) but I just wanted more. I wanted to see the Batmobile and stuff like that. Also Catwoman was kinda just there, what was she doing? I'll admit I haven't read any Batman comics for years and have only just started watching a few of the animated films, maybe that's why I didn't like this one so much. Overall it was still good but just not as good as other ones I have seen.6/10

Not a bad adaptation, but also not great. And here's why . . . Watching "Batman: Year One" is like watching a glorified motion comic; the dialogue is lifted (very nearly) word for word from the original Frank Miller comic. Which is not necessarily a slam against the movie, but a definite handicap. If I had the choice between watching animation that's liberally peppered with anime touches or gazing on the wonderfully gritty pencil work of Dave Mazzuchelli, I'll go with the comic any day of the week. Anime's just not my thing. So the reason to watch said project becomes the voice casting (featured here is casting director Andrea Romano, who is top of her class, sincerely). Ben McKenzie does a pretty good job as Bruce Wayne/Batman, and Bryan Cranston is terrific as James Gordon. Jon Polito is a surprisingly good choice for Commissioner Loeb, while (also surprisingly) Eliza Dushku lends a very Dana Delanyesque voice for Selina Kyle. The one nitpick I have about this whole thing is the appearance of Gotham City. A number of the characters make mention of what a nightmare this place is, but it's painted in bright and cheery colors (night sky is safe purple, as opposed to menacing red or black). Also curious as to why Gordon doesn't smoke here. It's PG-13, what's the problem?What surprised me is how closely the animators adhere to the dating aspects of the comic's time period. The cars are very '80s, and there's even a store sign advertising VHS & BETA RENTALS. But the gritty, trodden look of Mazzuchelli's art is lost.6/10