2011 · action · animation · crime
Batman: Year One
Directed by Lauren Montgomery, Sam Liu1h 4m2011
A wealthy playboy named Bruce Wayne and a Chicago cop named Jim Gordon both return to Gotham City where their lives unexpectedly intersect.
Our read: Batman: Year One (2011) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded action · animation · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured action / animation, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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- intense
- cold
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How Batman feels to watch.
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“You want a lean, noir-soaked Batman origin without live-action bloat.”
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