Batman as a character has appeared in quite literally dozens if not hundreds of forms of different media. With their now being a brand new Batman animated film out their one which sees the character enter a new form of entertainment and well this was a film that I just really had to check it out just due to the fact that it makes you wonder how in the heck they really were going to pull all of this off in the first place and so then join me as I review the film that sees Batman enter the world of kids Christmas movies for the very first time with the film in question being called simply just "Merry Little Batman" enjoy.
The plot of this film is when Damien has his utility belt stolen he goes looking all throughout Gotham in order to find it before his dad gets back from a mission. Now then interms if what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with this film plot being the least of this films issues as it is the kind of kid friendly affair that you'd expect to see around this time of year and to this films credit it's plot is fairly entertaining and fairly engaging as well despite the fact that alot of the choices that they make regarding this films plot don't make that much sense in the slightest in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Luke Wilson as Bruce Wayne / Batman , Yonas Kibreab as Damian Wayne and James Cromwell as Alfred Pennyworth. Also starring in this film is David Hornsby as The Joker , Dolph Adomian as Mr. Freeze , Brian George as The Penguin , Theresa McLaughlin as Poison Ivy , Chris Sullivan as Bane , Cynthia McWilliams as Vicki Vale , Michael Fielding as Terry , Natalie Palamides as Francine and Reid Scott as Comissioner Gordon.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the issue as this films acting isn't all that good either with alot of the cast being really miscast with Luke Wilson being the best example of this as he just doesn't sound like Batman at all with the same thing being true for alot of this films cast members with this not really being helped by the fact that this films script just isn't that good which means that this films cast can't turn in a good performance as the films script just won't allow for it as that's just how bad this films script really well and truly is.
Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Gigglebug and Doghead Animation. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well the in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with this episode having better quality animation then what it really deserved to have but at the same time this films animation just isn't that good as some of the other DC animated outputs out there and while this film does indeed have better animation then Aquaman: King Of Atlantis TV series that's not really a high bar to reach as this films animation just isn't as good as it perhaps should or even could have been.
Speaking of Aquaman: King Of Atlantis the character designs in this film are on par with the character designs in that show. As the character designs in this film are just as of putting and really ugly looking as the character designs in that show with all of the characters barring Damien looking really ugly with the less said about what they did to Alfred the better as he really got the worst end of it both from a writing point of a view and a character design point of view the fact that Warner Bros and DC gave the OK to these designs is truly astounding as they usually nail the character designs down perfect and yet for some strange reason in this film they just chose to give the OK to the worst possible designs that they could have thought of be it because this is a kids film or a kids christmas film that is still no excuse for having really ugly looking character designs.
As alot of you know this film started out of a project for Max formerly HBO Max before the film was cut from that network before it was then picked up by Amazon and after seeing the final product Warner Bros did kind of dodge a bullet. As while this film is a pretty bad film it's also a film that could have made for regular yearly viewings for families which means that HBO Max would have been getting a yearly boost in viewership but as they decided to drop the film it's now Amazon that's going to be getting that yearly boost while HBO Max is going to keep on struggling animation wise as they really don't have any good animated films or TV show originals on their platform where as the opposite is true for streaming services like Netflix and Amazon who can afford to take the hits with a few bad animated films and shows HBO Max right now can't afford to do that.
This film takes the Teen Titans Go approach to things as it's a superhero comedy that's filled to the brim with references to other Batman media. Which unlike Teen Titans Go just doesn't work as the target audience for this film aren't going to know just who Bob Kane and Bill Finger are nor are they going to get alot of the references and alot of the jokes in this film as this films jokes just aren't that funny at the best of times or are to childlike at their worst this is something that really shouldn't be the case as past DC animated have proven that Batman can work as a superhero comedy as all you need are good jokes and a good story and while this films story is trying to be really good it's the films jokes on the other hand just aren't that good with there not really being any funny jokes to be found in this whole entire film.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty six minuets and two seconds. Which is a tad bit on the long side for this film as realistically this film really doesn't have enough there interms of either plot or story to cover that large amount of running time with the film having alot of scenes that are just filler scenes and nothing more then that which means that this film really should have been no longer then forty five minuets as that's how much plot there in this film and when you add in the fact that alot of the second act of this film just feels like it's on repeat mode with the film having alot of scenes that are just copies or scenes from this very film it really does make it feel like that the makers of this film just included those scenes to pad out the films running time with this not really being helped by the fact that this film really goes have some pretty bad pacing to it as well.
So now then as this is an action film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this film having some really good looking action scenes in this film the issue is tho is that this film features more bad looking action scenes then it does good looking ones which does make sense as the film does put alot more focus on the comedy aspect of the film but the film does it's action alot better then it does it's comedy and as this is a superhero comedy film there needs to be a balance between action and comedy with the makers of this film putting alot more effort in the comedy then they are the action in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall as a Christmas film this film is pretty harmless with their being nothing that will harm little kids and will hopefully get them in the Christmas spirit but as a Batman film this film quite clearly isn't the best representation of Batman and the Batman characters in the slightest un my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Aquaman fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very review being Google Images simply just due to the fact that really alot of the images that are on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.