Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons Review

 

Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons is a direct-to-video animated comic book film, based on the DC Comics' characters, Damian Wayne (aka Robin) and Jon Kent (aka Superboy), and their comic series, Super Sons. It's also first DC direct-to-video film to be animated in full CGI. The movie's produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons is written by Jeremy Adams and directed by Matt Peters.

The story is Jonathan Kent has not only discovered his dad is Superman, but that he has his own superpowers. He soon meets Batman's son, Damian Wayne aka Robin. Just as soon as they get to know each other, Starro launches an attack. Now these two boys must put a stop to him....that's if they can stop being at each other's throats.

Initial Reaction 

The reason why I wanted to watch this was not only because I'm a DC fan, but because I really do enjoy the Super Sons by Peter J. Tomasi. It's a really good and fun read, and I was bummed when the series was cancelled. Not only that but DC had a lot of story potential with Jonathan Kent....that was until Brian Michael Bendis decided to stupidity age him up, and Tom Taylor made things even worse by having him be bisexual for no reason at all, because who needs good stories when you got a token quota to fill. But, ranting aside, it did seem like it was going to be a fun DC animated movie.

Cons

When you think of something that's titled Battle of the Super Sons, you'd think that there'd be a huge fight between Jon and Damian, but no. They don't have one fight scene between them. Yes, I'm aware nobody truly wanted a Robin vs. Superboy movie, but that still doesn't excuse a very misleading title. If you're not gonna have a fight between them, then they should've renamed this. You can still keep Batman and Superman in the title, but call it something like Batman and Superman: Super Sons, and other titles that exclude anything related to battle.

Middle Ground

Now I'm gonna come right out and say it, yes the story can be predictable in some aspects. However, I always feel like even if your story is predictable, you can save it by giving an entertaining experience. And this movie is a pretty good example of that. Even though I saw some moments coming, I was willing to forgive that because there's still a fun experience to be had.

Pros

One pro to the film is the animation. There might have been a couple of times when it was stiff, but a majority of the time it's pretty good. I've seen many direct-to-video 3D animated movies that are just terrible. Movies you really need to stay away from, because their 3D animation is just off putting, an eye sore, or every other negative thing you can think of. Here on the other hand that's not the case. For the home entertainment side of DC, they did a really good job with the 3D animation. What I also enjoyed was the humor. There was a lot of good funny moments. Especially from Damian and Jonathan. Hearing them go back and forth with their banter was very entertaining, and I just couldn't get enough of it. Which now brings me to the voice acting. The two who really stole the show was Jack Dylan Grazer as Jonathan Kent and Jack Griffo as Damian Wayne. Their chemistry was just amazing and truly the highlight of the entire movie. I enjoyed them giving these characters their voices. And if they were to be the guys to star in more Super Sons movies or even an animated series, I wouldn't be against that.

Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons while flawed is still pretty good. It's got good animation, funny moments, and two really great stars. While the story can be predictable, you can forgive that because of the experience. The only downside was the misleading title.

My final rating is Good.

So that's going to do it for me. Come back on Saturday, Oct 22nd, for my review of Black Adam. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.