Hey everyone, and welcome back to Looking Back at the Films of 2020. Today's movie is the interactive animated DC film, Batman: Death in the Family. Let's get started.
Why Didn't I See Batman: Death in the Family?
Now if you read my Tucker & Dale vs. Evil review than you would've known that I was indeed planning on reviewing this movie. So what happened? Well I then had to write about why that wasn't going to happen. The simple story is everyone had the same idea as me. When that movie came out on Blu-Ray and sh*t everybody wanted a copy. So much that no matter where I went in Ohio there wasn't a copy in sight.
What is Batman: Death in the Family?
Batman: Death in the Family is an interactive animated short film based on the storyline Batman: A Death in the Family and is considered a spiritual sequel to 2010's Batman: Under the Red Hood. The movie was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Batman: Death in the Family was written and directed by Brandon Vietti. The story is one that's all too familiar, we find Jason being brutally beaten to death by the Joker. Only this time Jason's fate is in your hands. You can chose which path our heroes and villains will go down, but chose wisely.
My Thoughts
The Good: One thing I enjoyed about the film was the animation. It's almost as good as it's spiritual predecessor, Batman: Under the Red Hood. Could've used just a bit more in the budget, but overall it still looked good. Another thing I enjoyed was the voice acting. Especially from Vincent Martella. I really liked his performance in this. He could really hit those more emotional moments with Jason Todd. Speaking of Jason Todd and a fan of this character, I really liked how this kind of felt like his movie. And because of that not only do we see a lot of him in action but, we also get explore what's going on with him mentally.
The Bad: The thing I didn't like about the movie was this one segment they had I think the filmmakers titled Under the Red Hood: Reloaded, and you get that one by choosing to let Robin die. And I really did not see the point in that, because it's basically just Bruce/Batman telling a shorter version of the events of the 2010 movie, Batman: Under the Red Hood. Sure there's a cool moment where it's revealed that Bruce was telling this story to another iconic DC superhero, but do I really got to sit through a retelling of Under the Red Hood just to get to that moment?
The Okay: The mix bag with this movie was one story where our choice brings us with Jason, Batman, and Talia al Ghul. You're giving two choices but one of the choices doesn't feel like we got a real ending. For me it didn't feel like the story had a satisfying end, it felt more like it just stopped. Like "Okay, there you go. Onwards to the next thing."
Final Verdict: Good.
Okay I'm all done here. Come back on Saturday, Oct 30th for my review of Netflix's newest movie, Army of Thieves. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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