Boom! That's right, another underrated film review and this review is another documentary. Now before I get into the review I do want to explain a few things. Now originally I was gonna save this for later because I thought it was still on Tubi. But in typically streaming fashion it was there one moment then gone the next. I was able to find on another streaming service called zoneify. So I figured I could save this review for the next month or the one after that. But I got worried it could quickly disappear by then and decided to do it for this month. So here we are, enough of the explanations, let's get to reviewing.
Legends of the Knight is a 2013 documentary that was produced by Brett Culp Films, Broadcast Thoughts, and POP Kollaborative with Brett Culp directing it.
The documentary gives us a bit of information of how Batman is a pop culture icon. But more importantly then that it explores how people from different walks of life have been inspired by the strength and resilience of The Dark Knight to overcome the odds, achieve their dreams, and do good in the world.
Why It's Underrated
Be honest, how many how you have actually heard of this documentary? No matter how much of a hardcore Batman fan, how many of you actually knew this existed? Don't be ashamed, I didn't know about this until high school when I was working on a PowerPoint project and that was back in 2013, and I think by that rate the doc was already out for months. So don't blame yourself if you haven't heard of this. I imagine it goes under a lot of people's radars.
My Thoughts
Now before I get into some of the documentary's more positive aspects there is just one slight, tiny issue. That being the pacing. Now 99.99% of the time things to by very nicely, but sometimes the documentary just get slow in some spots. But I was willing to forgive because of the much better bits.
Alright now that I got that out of the way, let's get into those better bits. That being this is a very uplifting watch. I was both interested and very touched by a lot of these people's stories and how they were inspired by Batman. There's one guy (sadly I don't remember his name so please forgive me on this part) who only has three fingers on both hands and one leg and yet he can kill it on Dance Dance Revolution, one boy named Kai fought through cancer, and then we had another guy who calls himself Petaluma Batman who helped bring awareness to a missing girl. And that's only three stories, there's plenty of tales just as inspiring just like these all because they were inspired by Batman.
I also want to praise Legends of the Knight on how it touched on Batman's appeal. While we see fans talk about how The Caped Crusader inspired them, there was a nice bit that I liked where we see psychologist and college teachers who wanted to study Batman and his villains. There's even one doctor (again I apologize for not remembering names) who actually uses the comic books as a way to have his clients be more open about being in therapy. If that doesn't tell you just how powerful storytelling in comic books can be I don't know how else I'm gonna convince you.
The last thing I'll praise is and I didn't think I'd ever say this about a documentary, but this something the whole family could watch. Now I'm being serious. If by any chance you have a family who like watching documentaries together give this a watch. You won't be disappointed. Well watch it if you can find that is.
I truly love this. I've seen it at least three times and I enjoyed after each viewing.
My final rating is, Great.
So that's all for now. By the way, if want to support Brett Culp and his mission to spread a positive message, you can check out his website right here. But anyways, that's all for me. Come back on Thursday, Feb 26th, for part two of Looking Back at the Films of 2025. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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