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Nice effects though.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Blistering performances.

Hit or miss, mostly miss. Because they decided to do a movie that's basically just a bunch of 11 minute episodes, there's no connection. Sure they all might tie together at the end, but the animation and quality differs from short to short. One might be really good, like "Deadshot", and another might be mediocre, like "Field Test". In order for movies like this to work, there has to be balance. Remember when Warner Brothers would release those Looney Tunes movies that were just a bunch of episodes crammed into one? That's what this movie is. The animation varies from bad rotoscoping, to hyper-realistic, and neither particularly look good. The stories vary from very good, to mediocre versions of episodes from the animated series. Quality over quantity, that's the lesson that can be learned from this.

This is a 6-story anthology movie directed and animated by different people.1) "Have I Got A Story For You": I caught this part of the movie a while back on the TV and my first reaction was "wtf is up with the animation?". The lip- sync was atrocious, like terribly bad. And the story made no sense. Some random kids were telling stories about Batman and just as the last one finished talking, Batman appears out of nowhere fighting a bad guy for the sake of the plot. And then one of the kids saves Batman's life????? 2) "Crossfire": This one focuses on two policemen who end up getting in the middle of a crime battle. Sounds dumb? It is. Because it's very convenient, like the previous one. The animation looks like cheap anime, but looks WAY better than the first one. Kevin Conroy sounded way off as Batman in this one, almost as if he was replaced by someone else. The only good aspect of the story is that the story centers around officer Ramirez and we get to see Batman through her eyes. This character is later used in The Dark Knight in the same year.3) "Field Test": We get to see Lucius Fox creating new technology for Batman. For some reason, Lucius looks really orange in some scenes. And this Batman sounds different too. And he looks really dumb... he has a huge bat-nose.4) "In Darkness Dwells": This one features Killer Croc and Scarecrow kidnapping a priest. Now this is a good one, this is what the whole movie should've been like. Story centered around Batman and showing his detective abilities. Simple, awesome, effective.5) "Working Through Pain": It's not clear if this is directly after the previous chapter, but it goes through flashbacks of Bruce's training. This one wasn't as good as the previous one, but it was very a interesting take on his lore.6) "Deadshot": Finally, this last chapter focuses on the titular sniper assassin and adversary of Batman. The animation in this one is top notch and by far the best. It's very detailed and polished. The plot is solid and very entertaining.In conclusion, this movie goes from horrible to great. Honestly they should've just cut the first half of the movie and release it as an episode on whatever Batman TV show was airing at the time... or something, I don't know.6/10

I had grown up watching the batman TV shows as a kid, to later watching all of the live action batman films. About a year and a half ago i delved into reading almost all of the famous batman comics. I'd been working my way through watching all of the DC Animated Universe films when i came across this one. What a catastrophe this is.The idea to make an animated film that would show Batman's life in between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight was a good idea. This movie had so much potential. Then for some reason they decided to split the film into shorts, all done by different animation companies. All of these companies are awful. Trying to sit through the first short in which there is poor animation, and a story about skating kids dreaming about batman encounters for twenty minutes is torture. However you hope in your heart that it will get better... it does not.This film does not deserve to have 'Batman' in the title. A dull and boring movie with horrible animation makes for a major disappointment for a huge fan of Batman.

I was pleasantly surprised by this little collection. Usually these kinds of films feel like their sole reason for existence is to earn the studio some money. Usually there's about one good short film in the bunch while the rest are thoughtless and not worth your time. Not so much in this case. This film has six short stories, all loosely tied together by the overall plot and the passage of time between The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. None of these stories feel alike, though of course they vary in quality, both in terms of how they're put together and their story-telling merits. Thing is, none of them are bad. Sure some of them, like the first one, Have I Got a Story for You, are only average, but all of them are at least visually pleasing to look at and give their own takes on the character of Batman.And while some the stories are only average, a few of them are actually really good. Some for reasons of visual eye candy, like Crossfire and Deadshot, and some for reasons of good story, like Working Through Pain. Of course all of them are relatively short, so the stories are all pretty simple, which is why the visually great stories ended up being my favourites. Sometimes it's just nice to sit back and watch excellent action scenes take place. Deadshot especially excelled in this regard.And that's pretty much this movie. A certain fondness for Batman is absolutely required because, as I stated, plot-wise this movie doesn't really stand up to the likes of Nolan's Batman films. But if you're a fan of the character this movie is a fun hour and fifteen minutes to be had. It's creative, loves what it's doing and delivers you exactly what it promised.