Very Cool!!!

Pretty Good

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

And this is not anything to do with not liking Batman. I happen to love Batman, right from the 60s series(camp but compulsively colourful fun) to the animated DC movies with Batman:The Animated Series being the real jewel in the crown. This said, I happen to not be a fan of the The Batman show. It is not a terrible show, it has its good moments, but I do prefer more darkness and Gothic pathos when it comes to Batman and there are elements that take some getting used to. I happen to think The Batman vs. Dracula is much better. It is not perfect, Joker's character design like the show does take a lot of getting used to, in all honesty I never really warmed to it, and Peter Stormare while voicing Dracula with just the right smooth menace has an accent that is very inconsistent. However, the animation is really great, much smoother than the show's and has much more atmosphere. There is also a haunting music score, smart intelligent writing that has a much mature tone than the show and some exciting action sequences, though there perhaps could have been more. The story is very dark and compelling, with some both intense and moving moments and perfectly paced. I would have liked to have seen the Vampyric lore element further explored but that wasn't enough to harm the story. The characters are great, Batman is much darker and more brooding, Penguin as always is great fun, he was a bright spot of the show always, and Joker is more menacing and twisted than ever before. Dracula in design may be more Ras Al'Ghul than Dracula, but is still a more than worthy adversary to Batman. The voice acting is very good too, Rino Romano sounds more comfortable and brooding, Tara Strong is a likable Vicki Vale. Tom Kenny voices Penguin with great enthusiasm without ever overdoing it while Kevin Michael Richardson's voice for Joker is in keeping with the character's more twisted personality here, it didn't work in the show for me because that psyche wasn't really explored. All in all, a very good movie and much better than The Batman show. 8/10 Bethany Cox

I was pretty wary of this film due to the title alone. However, I read enough positive reviews by fans that I thought I'd check it out.I was right to be wary. This film, while as effective at some horror elements as it'll ever be in a kid-friendly animated movie, had a hokey concept. Dracula is actually buried in Gotham City. The Batman is likened to Dracula. The Penguin is Dracula's new Renfield.It's like fanfic; it may sound kinda cool at first, but when you see it played out, you discover it really isn't. Crossing Batman with a literary character is a ridiculous idea to begin with - not to mention a supernatural character like Dracula. Those characters in Batman's rogues gallery who are fantastical have some science behind how they are what they are. They try that approach here, but are inconsistent and the execution fails.Serious Batman fans should probably stay away. But if you don't really care about how good a movie is and just want some light entertainment, you might enjoy this. Either way, it certainly isn't among the best Batman animated films.

Non-fans despise this particular Batman show for being entirely in correct, but I like watching it....Its Batman...The prince of darkness has made his way to Gotham City and now the Batman must stop the legendary Vampire from turning the entire city into his minions. The film itself is corny writing but the show overall has a comic book type of look and the action sequences are done; the new Joker look is a little radical but it suits him.The introduction of Vicki Vale was brilliantly placed and reminded me of the Burton Batman. Overall the voice actors provide a satisfactory job, a good TV cartoon movie to watch when your bored...

This is an enjoyable enough movie to watch and to kill some time with but its not on par with most of the other animated Batman movies.I was slightly disappointed by the animations. Normally they try for a full length movie to give it a bit more flair and drawn out details. This movie just simply looked liked an extended "Batman" TV-series episode. I also didn't really liked Dracula's look. He was way too monstrous looking. How can you take this guy for a respectable gentleman that goes by the name of Alucard (weak, dumb, overused), in his human form?The fight sequences between Dracula and Batman are pretty nice to watch, since Dracula has far superior powers as Batman. It shows how vulnerable Batman is and that makes his character very humane and realistic, unlike many other 'super-heroes'. The choreography and action animation in those sequences are also really fine. Yes, the acting is really the best thing about this movie.I really hated the musical score and I missed the Batman theme in it as well. Wasn't Shirley Walker available?The story isn't that much interesting. I mean Dracula's tomb lying right underneath Gotham City and all...Some real lazy writing in this movie. It's a pretty cool concept and all, Batman versus Dracula (voiced by Peter Stormare) and couple of vampire minions and the Joker and the Penguin (though you can wonder what the purpose of those two in the movie is) but I just feel that the execution could had been a better one. The story now instead sort of feels like a modern update of the whole Dracula story. It's a story thats handled much better in the "Blade" movies, to which this movie obviously shows some resemblance as well. Pehaps a bit too many and obvious ones for my taste. No, there isn't really much originality in this movie.Watchable, but certainly not an highly recommendable one.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/