Batman: Gotham Knight Film Review

When you think of The Dark Knight trilogy you usually think of it as just being Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. Yet the one film that not alot of people know about is the very film that i'm going to be reviewing for you all today as there is a fourth film in The Dark Knight trilogy with this film being set inbetween the events of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and so then join me as I review the film that is Batman's first ever anime film with the film in question being called simply just "Batman: Gotham Knight" enjoy.

The plots of this film is in "Have I Got A Story For You" four kids each tell a story of how they met Batman whilst in "Crossfire" Crispus Allen must overcome his prejudices towards Batman when his partners life is threatened in "Field Test" Bruce Wayne tests out a powerful new gadget that works a little two well while in "In Darkness Dwells" Batman searches for the missing Cardinal O'Fallon when he is taken in the middle of a public speech he was giving in "Working Through Pain" Bruce Wayne flashes back to an earlier point in time where he learns to control any form of psychical pain and in "Deadshot" when The Mayor is assassinated it's up to Batman to find out who killed before it's far two late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plots that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plots that are actually actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with some plots being alot more better then others which is something that was always going to be case given the fact that this is an anthology film with there only being a few plot strands that carry over from each short film with the best plot going to "Deadshot" just because of the fact that it was something that saw Bruce try to deal with the pain of loosing his parents which was interesting to say the least with the plots in this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Jason Marsden as A Cop , A Doctor , Youth 2 and Thomas Wayne. Also starring in this film is Scott Menville as B-Devil and A Cop , George Newbern as Jacob Feely / Man in Black , Guido , A Man and Youth 3 , Corey Padnos as Porkchop , Crystal Scales as Meesh , Alanna Ubach as Dander , Hynden Walch as A Woman , Young Cassandra , Female Campaign Worker and Young Bruce Wayne , Jim Meskimen as James Gordon and Floyd Lawton / Deadshot , Ana Ortiz as Anna Ramirez , Corey Burton as Yuri Dimitrov , Ronald Marshall and Dr. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow , Gary Dourdan as Crispus Allen , Jason Marsden as Doctor , Pat Musick as News Anchor , Rob Paulsen as Sal Maroni , Mole Man and Youth 4 , Andrea Romano as The Police Dispatcher and Martha Wayne , Will Friedle as Anton , A Cultist and Youth 1 , Kevin Michael Richardson as Lucius Fox ,  Avery , A Wounded Man and Bulky Man , Brian George as O'Fallon , Arman and A Scruffy Man , Parminder Nagra as Cassandra and David McCallum as Alfred Pennyworth.

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. Which given just who is starring in this film and the fact that alot of this films actors are not only voice acting legends in there own but in the case of Kevin Conroy is well known for playing Batman that he could play the character in his sleep if he really wanted to with alot of this films other actors also having major roles in other Dc Animated projects and while this might sound like a cliche thing to say at this point in time but the actor in this whole film is quite easily Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman as the man just simply is Batman so much so that he is who many people hear when they read the Batman comic books and it's who they think of when they think of Batman as he's just that good and while his young Bruce Wayne voice does sound a little bit weird just because of the fact that it doesn't sound as youthful as the character design makes him look the performance on the whole is really good with the same thing also being true for alot of this films actors as well as they all turn in some really good performance in this film with the acting that's in this very film really being helped by the fact that the scripts for this film are just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Doing the animation for this film is Studio 4°C , the legends and the greats that are currently over at Production I.G , Bee Train and Madhouse. 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 then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with this films animation really being a whole lot more better then what it really had any right to be as by all rights the animation to standalone Batman anthology film that is basically a tie in for The Dark Knight really should have that good animation to it and yet for the most part this film has a exactly that with all of the films shorts having some really well done animation with the only real issue when it comes to the animation being the fact that during the two Madhouse produced segments all of the characters have alot of shadows on them which is very distracting and seems to be there style as they did the exact same thing in one of the Marvel anime films that they worked on and it didn't work then and it doesn't work now and while the Production I.G segment "Crossfire" does look really good it's not there best work not that it's bad because it's not it's just that they've done better animation in other films but when they get it right in this film they really do get it right as the action scene in that segment really does come alive thanks to the animation with the animation in this film as a whole having alot of detail in the backgrounds that anime is known for so much so that it feels like that you can read any of the signs that are in the backgrounds of this film as that's just how detailed this films backgrounds are alot of the time.

As was mentioned at the very start of this review this film is set inbetween the events of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. With this film openly referencing the events of Batman Begins in the segments "Crossfire" and "In Darkness Dwells" the latter of which was actually written by the co-writer of the entire Dark Knight trilogy David S. Goyer but even so this film doesn't really tie into The Dark Knight as nothing that this film does or that happens in this film is mentioned at all in The Dark Knight it would there for be truly understandable if alot of people just straight up didn't know that this film is meant to be in the same world as the Christopher Nolan films and heck none of the designs for Batman match up with how the character looks in those films with the closest one being in "Field Test" which even then isn't exactly how the Batsuit looked in either Batman Begins or The Dark Knight for that matter but this film does carry the same realistic approach to the characters and to the world of Batman and the same tone of those films only now it's done in animation and that's really it and yet given the fact that one of the shorts was written by the co-writer of the Christopher Nolan Batman movies you'd think that he at the very least would make sure that the film connects to The Dark Knight and have more then just a reference to the finale in Batman Begins but nope and heck even having a character from those films come in would have been more then enough to tie the films together but we don't even get that which then makes this film feel like the black sheep of the family when compared to the rest of the Christopher Nolan Batman films.

Out of all six segments here in this film the best one overall is quite easily the last one "Deadshot" as it not only gives you a good villain in Deadshot but it also sees Bruce Wayne trying to come to terms with the death of his parents. Which is always going to make for a good segment as it does allow to do a deep character study on the character the issue is tho is that this film doesn't do that at all not only during that short film but in any of the others either which would be fine if they did that in the main live action films but they don't do it there either which is odd as that is something that does lead to some really good scenes when it's done well if you want proof of that watch Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm as that film has a scene where Bruce breaks down at his parents grave telling them that he might be able to continue to do his promise for them because he's happy and that is something that this film could have done as well as that Batman in these Christopher Nolan films really hasn't had the time to take stock and look at what it is that's making him happy and that is something that this film could have die either in "Deadshot" or "Working Through Pain" either on of those shorts would worked really well as they both feature flashbacks to a younger Bruce Wayne and seeing Bruce reflect on those moments could have caused him to wonder if he can continue on being Batman because he's found someone or something that does make him truly happy in the first place and yet by not doing that it makes the character of Bruce Wayne feel like a two dimensional character as he doesn't have those moments where he can reflect even if it's private on the death of his parents when that is something that a character like this one should have done in this film as this film does have two segments that would allow him to do so.

This film is made of six segments with not all of them being that good and even the film the first segment "Have I Got A Story For You" basically uses the exact same idea from an episode of Batman: the Animated Series. AS in that show there was an episode titled "Almost Got 'Im" which has a very similar set up to this films first segment where as instead of four kids each telling how they met Batman that day it's four of the dark knights foes each saying how they almost caught him and where is in the kids stories Batman's design changes depending on which kid is telling the story in "Almost Got 'Im" the design stays the exact same and that's really it which makes that whole first segment feel pointless as it's story that we've seen been played out before in a much more better piece of media and while the ending itself is also changed as instead of it being Batman tracking down this one recurring villain in "Almost Got 'Im" it's about Batman trying to find and rescue Catwoman an while the rest of the film isn't made up of stories that have been told more better in Batman: The Animated Series it is odd that the film does contain a story that was done alot more better in that show and part of that might be cause of the fact that the shows version of the story had a longer running time then what this segment had and because of that this type of story could have was told in much more better way then what it was done in this film with the rest of this film being made up of wholly original stories with one of the more unique ones being "Crossfire" as it's very rare that we get to see a Batman story told from the point of view of the police and having one of the police be distrusting of the caped crusader does make sense given that Batman has only just arrived on the scene.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fifteen minuets and fifty nine seconds. Which is pretty much the exact grand total running time for alot of these direct to DVD Batman films with the film really having the right amount of stories there needed to cover that running time but at the same time this is a film that really could have been a bit more longer n certain segments as alot of the films segments just end when they feel like that there just getting going with a prime example of this being both "Crossfire" and "Working Through Pain" as both the stories just end right when there picking up steam thus making there ending feel unnatural and out of place and while the rest of the film does have the same problem for alot of it's stories it's those two segments where you really do notice it as the plot of each segment does suffer because of it were as with say "In Darkness Dwells" you can kind of forgive it for just ending because the very next segment is a direct continuation of it and yet that one just ends with none of the films plots really getting the time that they really did need to be fully developed plots and as a result of that is the fact that while alot of this films plots could have been some really interesting Batman stories in their own right none of them are given the time to do so because of the fact that they have to rush along to get to the next plot beat when lasting alot more longer would have helped this film out in the long run but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a action film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action 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. As alot of of this films segments do have some really good action in them with it being hard to say which one has the best action scene in it as that all depends on the segment because if your looking for a more realistic type of action scene then "Have I Got A Story To Tell You" has that but if your looking for something that's more inline with Batman Begins then "Crossfire" has that with it being that segment that does have the best action scene in the whole movie as it's just Batman fighting Deadshot on top of a moving train with what makes it good being the fact that we have to see Batman try to use his wits to outwit Deadshot as if he takes his eyes of him for a second then he could get knocked of the train or worse when is something that does add to the tension of the scene and seeing Batman just beat up Deadshot almost to the point of the death but the struggle not to deliver the killing blow does remind us of the very narrow line that the character tows as if he goes that one step to far in any action scene then he's no better then the villains that he fights with it being helped by the fact that its in that action scene where the animation for that segment looks it's best and where the characters having alot of distracting shadows on them does make sense given that there fighting in a tunnel which is something that does help to sell you on just how good the action in not only that segment but the film as a whole really is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this wasn't a bad anthology film as it was great to see this classic character be seen through the airs of various anime studios for the first time but at the same time tho whole main selling point of this film was to see how it connects to The Dark Knight and that is some where where this film fails as to be put bluntly it doesn't connect to the The Dark Knight at all which makes this film feel pointless in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad ting that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does ern itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out 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 a swell as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Batman fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very film that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very film with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Scooby-Doo! Curse Of The Lake Monster Film Review

For even tho there have been a great many animated Scooby-Doo movies both theatrical and not there really have only been a handful of live action Scooby-Doo films and even then only four of them feature Scooby-Doo himself. With the film that i'm about to review for you all today actually being the last live action Scooby-Doo that had Scooby-Doo himself in it and so then join me as I review the film that was filmed by the same guy that shot both the original Halloween and the Back To The Future trilogy with the film in question being called simply just "Scooby-Doo! Curse Of The Lake Monster" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when Daphne and the gang get jobs working for Uncle at his country club they discover that the club is being haunted by a mysterious monster and set out to solve the mystery once and for all. Now then interms of 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 but at the same time tho this films plot isn't all that goof as it's a really weak plot at best with the film instead spending more time on the two romantic subplots in the film instead of the main plot which makes this films plot feel more like an afterthought when it should be the other way around but when this film does focus on it's main plot it can be really interesting with the country club location being a really good setting for this film tot have as it's one that really hasn't been done in live action Scooby-Doo media before now and while the films plot doesn't really make the most of that location instead only bringing it up once or twice and that's really it with it not really being helped by the fact that the romance subplots that the film does have don't play that much of a role in the films main plot with it coming across as them only being added to help to fill out the films running time and that's really it with the plot of this film not really being really rather entertaining and nor is it really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Robbie Amell as Fred Jones , Hayley Kiyoko as Velma Dinkley and Kate Melton as Daphne Blake. Also starring in this film is Nick Palatas as Norville "Shaggy" Rogers , Ted McGinley as Thornton "Thorny" Blake V , Richard Moll as Elmer Uggins , Nichelle Nichols as The Senator , Marion Ross as Hilda Trowburg , Beverly Sanders as Wanda Grubwort and Frank Welker as The Voice Of Scooby-Doo.

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. With alot of this films actors turning in some really good performances which is something that really does make sense as all pf this films main actors are not only returning from the previous film but also turned in some really good performances in that film as well with it being clear as day that this films actors were born to play this version of these truly iconic characters and while it would have been very easy to say that Frank Welker turned in the best performance as he has been playing Scooby-Doo for a little under ten years at this point in time that honor goes to Nick Palatas as Norville "Shaggy" Rogers who does manage to capture the tone and spirit of not only the original character but also oddly enough Matthew Lillard's take on the character as well with even this films newer actors not only turning in some really passable performances in their own right but also managing to hold there own when it comes to acting with the actors who are returning from the previous film as well with the acting that's in this film not really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so bad as it gives none of this films actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Doing the CGI for this film is Animation Picture Company , Custom Film Effects , KNB EFX Group and Special Effects Services. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI 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 CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad but in saying that it was alot more better then what the effects where in the previous movie as Scooby-Doo in this film whilst he still does look pretty he doesn't look have as bad as he did do in that previous film with it being made very crystal clear that there was more of an effort to make it look like that he was actually there on set and while having him look like his original character will always look weird in live action some credit does have go the effects teams for at least trying to make that design look good in this film with it also being made clear that this film had a much more higher effects budget then what the last film but in saying that they do still miss the mark on getting somethings right like the fact that during the opening and third act where Scooby is running across the wooden floor he doesn't cast much of a shadow something that would be the case and the toads don't look all that creepy with them just looking like toads when given the fact that the makers of these films are pretty much adapting things from the original show they could have gone all out with there designs as well.

As was mentioned at the very start of this review this films cinematographer was Dean Cundey who films lovers will also know did the same role for a bunch of other movies including the original Halloween movie , the Back To The Future trilogy and The Flintstones movie. With this film seeing him reteam up with The Flintstones director Brian Levant with it being odd that they got him to film this movie as you wouldn't expect the guy who was the cinematographer for all of these great movies to do this little made for TV movie and while he doesn't turn in a bad job by any means as the film does look very visually stunning but at the same time tho it's also a film that does look cheap which given that these made for TV movies where very cheap to produce does make alot of sense but at the same time tho you don't want the film to look cheap and while Dean Cundey does sneak in some really impressive shots in this film he oddly feels held back by what he can do which is odd because when these two did last team up for The Flintstones they both showed just what they could do and layed it all on the film for us all to see where as here because of the fact that the film did have a small budget they can't really do anything impressive with the camera outside of one or two tracking shots and that's really it and that's not something that works really well for this film with it being obvious that this film is a waste of Dean's talents as even tho Halloween proved that he can make a great film on a tiny budget here none of that is allowed to happen be it because of the fact that the budget or because of the fact that this films director Brain Levant just had no clue what he was doing either way something was holding him back from being as good of a cinematographer that we all know that he could be.

In what is a unique twist of fate this film is to date the final live action Scooby-Doo film to feature Scooby , Fred and Shaggy. As all three of them wouldn't make an appearance or ere even referenced in the 2018 direct to DVD live action Scooby-Doo film Daphne & Velma and after that there has been no other live action Scooby-Doo movies produced which does in a way make sense as you'd have to fully do Scooby in CGI which even for a direct to DVD movie was always going to hard to do but with them not producing quite literally any direct to DVD animated movie for two years now maybe now is the right time to get a live action Scooby-Doo movie made as if there done right then these can be good films as all you need to make them good is a good writer and a good director and that's really it as the rest will work itself out and while yes we are getting a live action Scooby-Doo show for Netflix that is something that could still look bad as there you'd have to spread the effects out over several episodes where as with a movie you can make Scooby-Doo look good in almost every scene that he's in if the movie's budget would allow for it and given that the Mystery Inc team work best when it's all of them and not just certain members of the group it's a wonder why Warner Bros haven't tried to get another live Scooby-Doo movie made as the sales from the direct to DVD movies alone should be more then enough to convince them that this franchise does still have legs but given that they currently hate there animated output maybe that's why we haven't seen anything from Scooby-Doo live action or not since Velma got cancelled.

The one thing that every Scooby-Doo should get right is the one thing that sadly alot of them get wrong and that's tell a genuinely good mystery. This is something that alot of Scooby-Doo films live action or not get wrong and it's something that this film also gets wrong as well as the films puts far to much thought and effort into the love lives of there characters then it does in telling a good mystery with the film not giving us one single clue so that us the audience could work out ourselfs who is really behind this crime and work out what there motive is in the first place this is something that the original show did so brilliantly as they weren't all about holding your hand through every clue they let you work it for yourself by giving you all the clues that you needed all throughout the mystery and that kind of thinking and attitude has sadly been lost with the makers of this film not even bothering to give you a clue or even any suspects for that matter which makes the reveal near the end of the film surprising but for the wrong reasons as while having Velma be revealed to be the bag guy albeit with her being possessed is a good idea and is one that iterations of the franchise have done in the past there was nothing to tell us that they could be a possibility outside of the fact that she wasn't shown at the start of the movie which then it makes really obvious that it's Velma yet if the makers of this film bothered to give us some clues then we the audience could work it out for ourselfs and thus arrive at that point at the same time as the characters themselves do and not have the answer come out of nowhere.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty two minuets and twelve seconds. Which to be fair is pretty much the bogstandard running time for the direct to DVD Scooby-Doo films with this film having more then enough plot to cover that amount of running time but at the same time tho this is a film that really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely in the first place as the main mystery plot isn't that fully developed due to the fact that the makers of this film spend more time in developing two pointless romance subplots both of which not only go nowhere but also add nothing to the plot of the film and the film isn't all that interesting in trying to develop it's characters either the film instead choosing just keep them as they were at the end of the first film and that's really it which would be great if you were producing an episodic TV show but for a sequel movie you need to have the character go through some kind of progression and not just keep them the same as they were in the last film and what's worse is the fact that if the makers of this film just removed or cut down upon the two pointless romance subplots and instead gave more time into developing both it's characters both returning and new and the main plot of the film then we'd have a much more better film because of it granted that won't fix all of the films problems but it would go a really long way as without having characters that your invested in and want to see more of then it doesn't matter if they have a romance or not because us the audience just won't care about them and with the added screen time more time can now be devoted into further developing the actual main plot of the film which would then result in us the audience actually getting clues that would help us to work out for ourselfs who the real culprit is in the first place but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy 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 comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. As the film does have some cute moments in it that are pretty funny but at the same time tho a shockingly high amount of this films jokes just don't land which given who is directing this film does track with this directors other films with this film having alot of references not only to the franchise as a whole but also to the opening of Scooby-Doo Where Are You with Fred and Daphne using disguises that look like there original character designs and Shaggy mentioning a "friend" that he has called Scrappy which was a decent joke but for every clever reference that the film makes there are also more that feel forced like the fact that the monsters hand tries to grab Daphne from behind the fact that at the end of the film the characters in a rap just straight up break the fourth wall by admitting that they now that there characters and even hold up actual DVD's from the franchises long history which while it was forced with that whole ending song sequenced feeling forced and unneeded it was still pretty cute to see them acknowledge the fact that they know that there characters even if it's done in a badly done rap with the Fred and Daphne using disguises that look like there original character designs being the best joke in this whole entire film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this was a pretty solid film but at the same time even this film doesn't give Scooby-Doo himself all that much to do outside of having a pointless subplot with him not being Shaggy's friend anymore because Shaggy wants to date Velma which again goes nowhere with all of the pointless subplots being jus the very tip of the ice bergs for all of the things that are wrong with this film but this film is at very least marginally better then then the terrible film that is Daphne & Velma in 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 really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 4.5 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 hat I personally used in this very review from the official Back To The Future fandom wiki page , the official Scooby-Doo fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very film that I used in this very review being the really great the official Scooby-Doo fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very film with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Scooby-Doo fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Garfield Gets A Life TV Special Review

While alot of people know that the Peanuts characters have alot of specials very few people if any know that Garfield has a ton of TV specials as well. With the Garfield specials not really bein all that well remembered outside of a few people who grew up with them with the special that i'm going to be reviewing for you all today actually being the last one every produced and so then join me as I review the special that is more focused on Jon then it is on Garfield with the special in question brin called simply just "Garfield Gets A Life" enjoy.

The plot of this special is one day when he and Jon are bored Garfield decides to help Jon get a life with the dup doin whatever it takes to make sure that Jon gets a life. Now then then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot thats actually featured / presented to us in this very special 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 special was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time it's also not all that good either as it is a really weak plot for a special and instead feels more at home as plot for an episode of the Garfield & Friends TV show as those are only made up of small segments which is the perfect place to put a plot like this one where as here because of the fact that the specials plot whilst it can be good in places just isn't strong enough to support an entire twenty two minuet special as the special itself barely focuses on the plot with it feeling more like a series of very loosely connected scenes and while that might very well be the case for alot of the Garfield specials that doesn't always mean that it works as it's just something that doesn't work for this special and it is something that should have been fixed if the makers of this special knew that it was goin to be the last one but on the other hand this kind of storytelling could also be seen as being true to the spirit of the Garfield & Friends TV show as well with the plot of this special not really being really rather entertaining and nor is it really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this special is Lorenzo Music as Garfield , Thom Huge as Jon Arbuckle and A Ranger and Gregg Berger as Odie , Stinky , An Announcer and Man 2. Also starring in this special is Julie Payne as Library Girl and A Receptionist , Frank Welker as Lorenzo , Gunner and The Station Announcer , June Foray as Mona and The Librarian , Kim Campbell as Woman At Laundromat and Kevin Campbell as Man 1.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special 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 special was in all honesty not that bad. As alot of this special actors are a bunch of really good actors in there own with several of them even reprising their roles from the show and other Garfield specials as well and a result of that is the fact that they really would know how best to perform there character and what kind of performance would fit there respective character in any given situation and while it doesn't need saying but the best actor in this special is quite easily Lorenzo Music as Garfield as the man just has that dry and deadpan delivery that just fits the character and matches the characters own sense of humor so well that it really is hard to picture anyone else no matter how well know that they are to play this character as he just played him so well that it was like that the character was written with him in mind and while the rest of this special characters are also perfectly well cast as well known of them match up to Lorenzo Music with the actin that's in this special not really bein helped by the fact that this specials script is just so bad as it gives none of this specials actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very special.

Doing the animation for this special is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Wang Film Productions Company and Cuckoo's Nest Studios. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty not that bad and was more then reaching the standards set by the show but that's also the problem and while it is understandable as to why this special looked like the show as that was still a very popular show at the time for a special you expect the animation to look better not movie quality good just something that would set it apart from an episode of the show where as here since it does look like an episode of then there was no need to make this special it's own thing as you very easily could have had air as an episode of the show and no one would be able to tell the difference and while that's not always a bad thing as in this case it does also fit the plot as the plot also feels like it would be more at home in the show it's animation isn't as could as it could have been but to be fair tho the characters do have some really nice fluid movements to them and the fact that it looks like a water color painting does somehow make it feel more timeless then what it really had right to be with the special animation really coming alive when there telling a joke with the animation even helping to make the joke even more funnier as well.

Oddly enough while the special is named after Garfield it's Jon that gets all of the focus which is something that makes no sense. As you don't go to watch a Garfield special for Jon you go to watch Garfield and there for having him be the focus of the special would have made alot more sense and it could even be argued that Garfield plays no major part in the special outside of him going with Jon to all of these events and makes jokes about him but that's really it and that's not enough to justify him being in the title of the special and while it would have been hard to do the plot of this special with Garfield as the main focus it wouldn't have been impossible as you could have had Jon not only get his life but that become so caught up in it that forgets all about Garfield and Odie not to the point where there in danger but to the point where us the audience start to notice it a bit more and you could even have Garfield remind Jon of him and Odie thus giving Garfield something to do in the special and since Jon only stops seeing this girl that he just met because of the fact that she's allergic to cats it would make perfect sense that Garfield would also be the one to remind Jon that he already has love in his life just not in the way that he would have thought off and heck you could even have a joke at the end of the special where the very next day both Garfield and Jon are bored again with the special as it is not really working because of the act that Jon is meant to have no personality and therefor isn't meant to be that interesting of a character which is fine for the comic strips as he's not the main character of those strips but here because he is now meant to be the main character it still doesn't work because of his lack of character something that shouldn't be changed as Garfield should always be the main character of any Garfield piece of media.

Unlike the Peanuts special which are meant to be cute and heartwarming specials that touch upon things that we do in every day life. The Garfield specials and indeed this one is meant to be absurd and crazy and to that degree that is where this special shine brightest as alot of the situations that both Jon and Garfield get into could be seen as being wacky , crazy and absurd which is something that's perfect for these characters as these characters are meant to be the kind of character that people young and old can not only relate to but also find some form of enjoyment in as well and while seeing Jon try and fail to get a life can lead to some funny situations it doesn't do enough to justify him being the main character of the special as Jon doesn't go through any character growth it's Garfield that does that with Jon just essentially being the audience type of character who is just along for the ride and that's a great role for his character to play as he's the hapless loser he's the guy that you want to see try and fail to get the girl because you know that deep down he will learn something special because of it whilst still being his crazy self and while the Peanuts gang can get away with having more heartwarming stories as they are meant to be in a heightened version of our world Garfield however doesn't have and never should have the luxury as the Garfield characters should always be telling these more wacky and out there stories that whilst they won't teach you any valuable life lessons but what they will do is put on a smile on your face and that's great as that's all they really need to do and that's something that this special oddly enough doesn't do as it tries to be like Peanuts special when it should have been more focused on being a Garfield special.

To be fair to this special Mona does seem like she's a really cool idea for a character as she's literally just the female version of Jon. Which does make her seem like the type of girl that he would fall for with them both complimenting each others personalities perfectly and even the fact that they met in a class for people who have no personality is a good way for those characters to meet up it's just a shame that the character really hasn't appeared in any other animated Garfield media since the release of this special and heck she even could have been used in the two live action Garfield movies or the most recent The Garfield Movie as then the makers of those films could take the opportunity to add to her character and even have her finally meet up with Jon again something which they do promise to do at the end of this special and while is like Jon personality which is already a pretty fun idea but what would have made her an even more fun character was if she had her own versions of Garfield and Odie just to hit home that she really is exactly like Jon or better yet have her be the exact opposite of Jon as the special was quite clearly hinting at the two of them being an item it would have done wonders for her personality as then we'd get to see what her likes and dislikes are and what are hobbies where as here since she's meant to be exactly like Jon in pretty much everyway possible it does mean that if you think of the lamest thing possible then chances are she'll like it but what doesn't add up is if she does have cat allergies then why does she allow Garfield to snuggle up to her and why does she stroke Garfield at all when all that would is just aggravate her allergies.

Now then this special has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and twenty nine seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for an episode of the show and this special really doesn't have alot of plot there cover that amount of running as it best this special has just enough plot to cover about five maybe ten minuets at maximum which would be fine if this was an episode of Garfield & Friends as you have the U.S. Acres half of that show to cover whatever running time you have left to fill but for a solo twenty two minuet special there really should have been some effort on the behave of the makers of this special to fully flesh out this specials plot as this special doesn't even use it's running time all that wisely with none of the new characters that meet in this special apart from Mona aren't all that well fleshed out and it could even be argued that Mona herself isn't that well fleshed out either and while the special really didn't have to flesh out either Garfield or Jn as we have the countless other special and episodes of Garfield & Friends for that there still should have been some effort into fleshing out the new characters to the point where we want to see more of them in either future episodes of specials and while alot of this specials characters are just one scene characters where they appear in just the one scene for a joke and that's it there still are characters like Mona who despite only being introduced in the specials third act was meant to have seen Jon the previous day at the beach and yet there's not that much character development for her either but I really will admit that this special really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty not that bad. As alot of what Garfield says when he's mocking Jon in his attempts to get girls and to get a life in this special are really funny with as was previous mentioned in this review the special animation really coming alive and making this specials jokes even more funnier then what they really had any right to be as that's when we get alot of really zany movements which would seem to be out of place in any ither special barring those done by Garfield with perhaps the best joke in the whole entire special being when Garfield is actively trying to stop Jon and Mona from falling in love as he had a nightmare about what there potential kid would do to him only for him to start liking Mona the second that she starts to stroke him behind his ears which is a really funny joke even if it does make you wonder why she's doing it if she got cat allergies with another good joke coming when Garfield sees that Jon has fully organized his sock draw with both him and Jon admitting that on needs a life which is a really funny joke and something that Garfield himself would say as it really is a good example of the kind of humor that Garfield does and it's something that really does work not only for both of the characters but also for the special as a whole as well in my freaking opinions anyways /at least.

Overall while this special won't ever top any of the Charlie Brown Peanuts specials that's OK as the Garfield specials , shows and movies have always been more joke focused and in this case while the story and characters really isn't all that strong in the first place it's jokes are the best aspect of the special itself and while the special isn't all that good it is still a fairly enjoyable special in 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 n this very special in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very special really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then interms of where personally of 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 Garfield fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very special that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very special with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Daredevil: Born Again Series One SPOILER FILLED Review

While the MCU used to be a place that was filled to the brim with good movies it has lately become a place where finding even an OK movie was very hard to do. Yet there seems to be one show that alot of people seem to forget all about with the show not only just concluding it's first season but also being the best thing about this current phase of MCU related projects and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED review of the show that proves that Marvel Studios can do mature content with the show in question being called simply just "Daredevil: Born Again" enjoy.

The plot of this show is after a personal tragedy Matt Murdock stops being Daredevil and Wilson Fisk unleashes his most diabolical scheme to date when he becomes mayor of New York City. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show 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 show was in all honesty not that bad as it did a good job of keeping the original tone of the Netflix show whilst also doing it's own thing and being it's very own thing as well and while there some plots in this show that are better then others with Vanessa's main plot perhaps being the weakest one of the whole show it's the dueling plot with Matt and Wilson that is the best plot of the whole show as both characters spend the first half of the show trying not to be there former selfs whilst deeply hating it and they spend the second half of the show just going on this collision course that is obviously going to end up with them fighting each other at some point down the road and it's that plot line that is the beating the heart of the show as it's just so well done and while it doesn't take any twists or turns it really doesn't need to as all it needs tto do is build up tension for the show and that's really it and in that respect it does that really well with the plot of this show being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. 

Starring in this show is Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/  Daredevil , Margarita Levieva as Heather Glenn and Tony Dalton as Jack Duquesne. Also starring in this show is Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page , Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson , Wilson Bethel as Benjamin Poindexter / Bullseye , Zabryna Guevara as Sheila Rivera , Nikki M. James as Kirsten McDuffie , Genneya Walton as BB Urich , Arty Froushan as Buck Cashman , Clark Johnson as Cherry , Michael Gandolfini as Daniel Blake , Kamar De Los Reyes as Hector Ayala / White Tiger , Mohan Kapur as Yusuf Khan , Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Fisk , Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle / Punisher , Patrick Murney as Luca , Cillian O'Sullivan as Devlin , Ruibo Qian as Angie Kim , Susan Varon as Josie , Hamish Allan-Headley as Connor Powell , Hunter Doohan as Bastian Cooper / Muse , Michael Gaston as Phil Gallo , Ashley Marie Ortiz as Soledad Ayala , Camila Rodriguez as Angela Del Toro , Lou Taylor Pucci as Adam , Jeremy Isaiah Earl as Cole North , Katherine Lanasa as Artemis Sledge and Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well hen in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty really good. With this shows acting being one of the true highlights of the show itself as everyone of this shows actors just hit it out of the book in every single episode and while some of this shows actors only make an appearance in one episode they make it count with it being helped by the fact that alot of this shows actors are reprising their roles from the Netflix Daredevil TV show and so they of course would know how best to perform there respective characters because they already did perform them for years and those actors really do just slip right back into character so much so that you stop seeing Vincent D'Onofrio and you start seeing Wilson Fisk as that's just how good the acting in this show with the same thing also being true for the shows newer actors as well which couldn't have been an easy thing to do as they have to act against the more established and beloved stars from the Netflix show and still somehow turn in a good performance something which they do with considerable ease with the acting that's in this very show really being helped by the fact that the scripts for the show are just so good that all this shows actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very show. 

Doing the CGI for this show is the legends and the greats that are currently over at RISE Visual Effects Studios and Anibrain Digital Technologies. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad for the most part as while yes granted there are a few dodgy looking effects shots in the final episode the overall quality of the shows CGI is pretty good but at the same time i'd be lying if I didn't say that there some bad looking CGI shots as well as the fight scene in episode one is filled to the brim with CGI smoke which not only wasn't needed as you could have done that for that real but it also distracts from what it is that we the audience actually want to see and that's the cool fight scene currently taking place but we can't see it because of the fact that the screen is filled with obviously CGI smoke and while the show does make use of mostly practical effects alot of the time which is not only a great thing to see but it's also true to how they did things on the Netflix show as well when this show does go full on CGI there are times where it works like by extending a building or a set but then there are times where it doesn't like for the fact that in the final episode of this season they have a shot which is obviously a CGI shot because it looks like that it was done on a TV show budget and not something that you'd expect from a Marvel Studios production.

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As is to be expected at this point in time this show does include a mid-credits scene during the end credits of it's final episode. Where after we see Frank Castle be captured by Wilson Fisk and his goons during the episode and we see that he's been left in a cage during the mid credits scene we see Frank talk to a random guard feigning friendship and offer the guard a handshake only for him to then brake his hand before cutting to black this is something that could be payed off in of two projects as it could be payed off in the upcoming The Punisher TV special which actor Jon Bernthal is noy only starring in but is also co-writing the script or the more likely place for it to be continued is in Daredevil: Born Again season 2 as that is going to be the final season of the show as a whole and so it would make sense for it happen there as it would tie into the main story of the show as a whole as well but it would also make sense for it to be in The Punisher TV special as it could very easily be a smaller scale story of Frank not only trying to escape from his cage but also trying to survive in a New York that is now overcome with not only crime but corruption as whole with him not being able to do anything because of the fact that Fisk's men are after only all vigilantes but also himself as well either way it is an interesting way to see where this storyline with this character could pick as realistically either one of them makes sense and either one of them would be a great place to put it as it's not something that would need explaining at all.

While there are some really good things in this first season there are just as much bad things about this first season of the show as well. Like the fact that none of the shows new characters are fully developed which might be because of the fact that this was original meant to be one single eighteen episode season before being split up into two separate season with them both being around nine episodes along which if that is the case then it might be to little to late for those characters to get any kind of development as the show would be ending by that point in time and us the audience would have decided if we like those characters are not with the other thing being the fact that the show ends good plotlines early in favor of the predictable reveal of Wilson Fisk still being a bad guy like for example for about three or four episodes they set up this mysterious villain who is going around killing people in New York and using there draining them of there blood to use for his paints that's a cool idea and a cool plot thread but the show ends it at episode seven when it would have been more then strong enough to carry the whole first season as we didn't need to know who fired Bullseye to kill Foggy during this season as that could have been saved for the shows second season and yet for some reason the makes of this show thought it was a good thing to have it be all but resolved in this first season of the show when there are other plots that could have filled that whole whilst still having the mystery of who it was that it had Foggy Nelson killed be an going mystery as that would be a great hook and a great reason to continue to watch this great show show.

Another kind of bad thing that this episode does is it does reveal who it was that hired Bullseye far to quickly as it does it at the end of episode eight. When this is something that could have been saved for the ending of this episode as that would have made for a great hook for season two and yet for some strange reason the makers of thought that it was a good choice to put a reveal that's this big and that's this important to matt's plot of the show in episode eight and while that episode was a good episode and from a narrative standpoint it does somewhat make sense to place it there as that's the only scene in which Matt and Vanessa actually spend some time together and it was fun seeing Matt basically turn into Sherlock Holmes and work out that it was Vanessa who ordered the hit out of Foggy as that is something that her character would do but at the same time it would have created more of mystery if it wasn't reveled who ordered Foggy's hit as it could even Wilson or Vanessa and either one of them would have made sense it would have been fun to see if there were any clues hidden all throughout the show as a whole to see if we the audience had missed anything the first time and while the show still doesn't given us any clues as to who it was in the first place thus meaning that this first season has to rewatch value to it it would have made the big reveal not only all the more shocking but also feel like a full circle moment if we got that reveal at the end of episode nine as the season started with Foggy in he first place it would there only seem right to end the season talking about him.

Now then this episode has / had an exact gran total running time of exactly fifty seven minuets and twenty three seconds. With each episode in average being around forty minuets with some being around the fifty minuet mark which in all fairness us also what the running time was for the average episode of the Netflix Daredevil show was as well with this episode having more then enough plot there to cover that running time but at the same time tho this episode in particular really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as none of the side characters are given a chance to show us the audience why we should care about them outside of the fact that either working for the bad guy or are working with the good guy and that's not really enough to justify them being this active in the shows main plot and where as the Netflix Daredevil really didn't have that many if any superheroes living in New York this one has plenty of them and yet none of them show up in this episode as realistically if something like this was going on then Spider-Man would show up to help as would Sam Wilson or Bucky Barnes or even Ant-Man for example all of whom have called New York there home and yet not one of them showed up when New York needed them to yes there might be some in story reason coming from the movies to explain that away if you live in the city where you know for a fact that there are superheroes around wouldn't you all want them to help to defend it that is something that could have been done in this episode but for one reason or another it just doesn't happen but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action show then that really does mean that I gave to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually feature / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty. Not that bad as while yes the action in episode one was obscured alot of the time bad CGI smoke when we could see it it looked really good and that's the same thing for alot of the action that's in this show with it all being as brutal and as bloody as you'd want to be and while it's not as well done as the Netflix show in the respect that's not as up close and personal like alot of there fights were you can still tell that it has alot of that same DNA with the best action in this show being either the fight between Muse and Daredevil in episode sense which was just such a well done fight scene that was done in just one tiny office or the fight in episode nine with Daredevil and The Punisher teaming up to take on a bunch of Fisk's goons which is a just as awsome and as cool as you really want it to be with the only issue being with that fight is the fact that's alot shorter then what it really should have been with the fight itself barely lasting a couple of minuets when a fight that's could could have lasted at the very least five minuets easily and given just how long this final episode was you really wouldn't have to loose nothing that's actually important to the plot of the episode as that's just how good that fight scene really was in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall this show is so much more better then Captain America: Brave New World and is one that should be watched by all that love the MCU as it proves that when they really want that Marvel Studios and Disney can make something good that's related to the MCU it's just a shame that nine times out of ten they chose not to do so in 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 show in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very show really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly 8.5 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 ell 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 Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page ad Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very show that I used in this very review being the really great the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very show with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.