I just finished watching the animated anthology, Batman: Gotham Knight. This collection of 6 intertwined animated short films are set between the events of Batman Begins and the upcoming the Dark Knight. The aim is to expand the Batman mythos and give a bit more information about the world of Gotham City.
Some of the films focus on the mystique of the Batman, while others focus more on humanizing him (going as far at times to portray Bruce Wayne/Batman as a flawed and tragic character). Each film focuses on a different facet of the character and has it’s own tone of story and visual style. Each piece is loosely linked to the others, but stands on it’s own. Much in the same way as the Animatrix series of shorts did for the Matrix trilogy. In fact, the only thing the films share is the voice actors, featuring Kevin Conroy’s voice as the Batman.
Click through for my impressions of the individual films: [read more...]
