Batman: Under the Red Hood
by High Definition on Jul.26, 2010, under HD Disc
Product Description
Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code. Killing is an option. And when the Joker falls in the balance between the two, hard truths are revealed and old wounds are reopened.Amazon.com
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July 26th, 2010 on 9:24 pm
I’m not much for writing these things so I will keep it short and to the point. This movie will be awesome! I’ve collected all the DC universe blu rays and this is truely the one I’ve been waiting for. It seems to be much darker than your typical Batman “cartoons” which for anything related to Batman the darker the better I always say. I’m also really looking forward to NPH’s rendition of Nightwing. Batman Gothm Knight was “ok” but this one will be legen…..wait for it…dary!
Cant wait!!!!! Hurry up July 27th!
Rating: 5 / 5
July 26th, 2010 on 11:47 pm
Why couldn’t they get the real voice cast to do it? The joker’s voice in particular is just awful.
Rating: 1 / 5
July 27th, 2010 on 12:10 am
I’m glad that this short is getting such rave reviews. My question is what is the Amazon-exclusive full-color animation 3″ x 5″ litho cel that is excluded as an extra? Is it really a cel used in the production of the movie…or just a re-creation a cel used as a gimmick to trick buyers into spending $3 more than the regular Blue-Ray version of the DVD? Answers please?
I would like to second the request an earlier reviewer suggested that DC has to make their animated films longer if they are going to make the experience truly satisfying for the many older-fans who are buying them. I realize that the excuse they may offer is that kids have too short an attention fan for a 2-hr cartoon, but I suspect that the real reason is that it’s just cheaper to make a short film than a full-length one….and yet they still get to charge the same prices! You can full some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time but……
Rating: 4 / 5
July 27th, 2010 on 3:02 am
DC animation admittedly can be VERY uneven. Bruce Timm, as much as I am grateful for his stewardship of most of Batman: The Animated Series, and the Superman animated series can really bite the big one. I’m not a fan of the Doomsday, or even the New Frontier adaptations, and innumerable other projects he’s taken on. But here, he knocks the ball out of the park. The animation is first rate! Dark, moody, and with the right kinetic feel to make it seem like a comic book come to life. Like something that could only exist in animation terms. They stick close to the original story (with a few minor variations, which serve the story, as a stand alone, outside of continuity, quite well), and the script is by Judd Winick, so I’m glad for that. The music serves the story very well. The acting, for the most part is first rate (I’m an actor, so please forgive me for nitpicking this part). Bruce Greenwood takes over the role of Batman (look him up on imdb, you know him, yeah you do) from Kevin Conroy, and sounds almost exactly like him! Which is not a bad thing. He does a really great job! Kinda feel bad for Kev, who otherwise is the only guy that should be allowed to play the role, but hey, if he had a sore throat on the day… Bruce did a bang up job! Jenson Ackles (the pretty boy from Supernatural) does a very pretty boy job of playing the the Red Hood. And, ok, I realise he has his fans, but I just don’t think he’s all that. I think they cast a name, and I think they could have done better. He doesn’t suck… but he’s helped by a really good script! Neil Patrick Harris plays Nightwing… Not bad, not great, too small a role to be great at. He serves the story well and my only comment is “when is the next Dr. Horrible coming out!” The Joker, as played by John DiMaggio is frankly week! But he’s not in enough of the movie to be a detriment. Still, they should have stuck with Mark Hammil. But for all the nitpicking and whatnot, I gotta say… this is a first rate animated feature, with as much balls as the format will allow. I saw an interview once with Bruce Timm, where he joked that his core audience was a bunch of thirty and forty year old’s who still read comics. If that’s true, why don’t you right and draw for the adult mindset instead of saturday morning cartooning it? Instead of sanitizing it, in other words. This one almost feels like he’s playing to that core audience he joked about. It’s well worth adding to your animated collection, and even though I’ve seen ad advance copy of it, I can’t wait to add the 2 disc version to my collection (’cause I’m a geek and I like all those bs features and documentaries that come with them). If you want, wait ’till the price goes down (it’s a tough economy we’re stuck in) but put on your wanted list, it’s worth the wait!
Rating: 5 / 5
July 27th, 2010 on 3:48 am
this movie is one of batman best bout the studios need to put spanish audio on all of the knew movies what is the point of havin all the space in the blue ray if they not goin to add spanish audio they got portuges audio bout they dont have the spanish audio come on who in the …speaks portuges in usa.. spanish its the secondary bigest language after english come on dc think
Rating: 4 / 5