Batman: The Long Halloween - Part Two Review

 

Batman: The Long Halloween - Part Two is a direct-to-video animated comic book movie and the second chapter of The Long Halloween saga. It's based on the 1996 story arc simply titled, Batman: The Long Halloween. The movie is produced by DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Batman: The Long Halloween - Part Two is written by Tim Sheridan and directed by Chris Palmer.

The story is Batman still doesn't know who the serial killer named "Holiday" is. Because of this tensions among Batman, Commissioner Gordon, and Harvey Dent are rising, and just to make things worse, more and more of the mob is being replaced by supervillains. Batman must finally put an end to this Holiday, and go on to stop these new supervillains.

Initial Reaction

The reason for wanting to see this is simple, it's the second half of a story. Although If you read in my Part One review, you'd know that I'm a little concerned about the changes, because a major character who played a big role in the comics was killed off in Part One. So in actuality I was looking forward to this because it's the other half of the story AND curiosity.

Cons

I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.

Middle Ground

The only mix bag with the movie was it can get slow in some scenes. In a way that makes sense given this isn't an action-oriented movie, but it did feel like some scenes were a lot slower than they needed to be.

Pros

One pro to this movie is the animation. It's still for the most part the same as The Long Halloween - Part One, but there were times when it looked far more gorgeous than some of the shots from the previous film. Another thing I'm gonna give credit where credit is due is the changes. Back in my review for Part One I mentioned how worried I was, because one character who played a big role in the comic storyline got killed. Thankfully, after watching this part of the story my worries were put to rest. Cause even though there were changes we still basically got the same story. What I also want to praise is the voice work. I still dug Jensen Ackles as Batman, still wish there was something to make his Bruce Wayne voice different from the Batman persona, but he still did a good job overall. But I still gotta give Josh Duhamel as Harvey Dent/Two-Face. He once again killed it as this character. The other aspect of The Long Halloween - Part Two I liked was the post-credit scene. Really made me curious about what's next, and I'm just gonna leave it at that. The last thing I'll praise and this is the movie's biggest strength is it's focus on character. Throughout the movie we get to learn so much about them, whether it's through backstory, dialogue, or with scenes with no dialogue whatsoever. In a way, this part of the movie was almost like a character study.

Batman: The Long Halloween - Part Two is a perfect conclusion of this story. It has good animation, the changes still don't change the fact that we witness a great story, the voice acting is great, the post-credit scene will get fans curious, and I loved how there was a focus on character. The only mix bag was some bits could be a lot slower than they should've been.

My final rating is Great.

Okay, I'm finished here. Gotta say I'm really excited for what DC has in store for us, I know we're getting an animated Injustice movie, really excited about that. But I'm also curious about what goes after that. But until then, come back on Saturday, Jul 31st for my review of Disney's newest movie, Jungle Cruise. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.