Comments | caffienekitty: Reaction: Batman, Under the Red Hood

caffienekitty

Reaction: Batman, Under the Red Hood

Jul 27, 2010 22:58

Yes, I have a deadline, and I needed to get an extension for it, but if I didn't watch Red Hood now, I'd get spoiled for it and be really crushed. So, writing break tonight, I'm watching a movie.

( Short live-ish reaction for Batman: Under the Red Hood. Contains much blithering, profanity and MASSIVE SPOILERS )

spoiler, blithering, reaction, jensen ackles, red hood

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shadowsunrising July 28 2010, 06:21:38 UTC

I wanna read...but I don't wanna be spoiled...BUT I WANNA REEEEAD.

*frustrated wibble*

caffienekitty July 28 2010, 06:27:53 UTC

Don't read it until you've seen the movie!! Find the movie, rent it, whatever you can manage, as soon as you can. Spoilers are going to be everywhere for this.

blackcat333_99 July 28 2010, 06:48:53 UTC

But, but --- the Jensen? How was Teh Jensen? I'm assuming from your reactions that he didn't suck, but... specifically, this being his first animation VO role... adequate, held his own, or owned it?

caffienekitty July 28 2010, 15:38:27 UTC

His voicework was excellent, and I can see why the director teared up in the sound booth, but because Red Hood had no mouth with the mask on I was having a hard time connecting his voice to the character depiction. I could much more easily see Jensen's face saying the words. That's just my personal issue about speech-indication in characters though.

I think Jensen did fantastic, there only were a few times where I could tell he was struggling a little with the lack of the other actor being present to bounce off of, but for the most part, those were the sections where the character would have been saying something he'd been repeating over and over in his head since his rebirth, so it actually served to make the character seem more compulsive and obsessed and off the rails.

That's my impressions though, and mileage varies widely. :-)

idioticonion July 28 2010, 07:26:25 UTC

I loved it. I agree with you, it's VERY adult (no idea what it was rated) but it's very much in line with the graphic novels, and some of the other more adult animation recently!

Loved Jensen and Neil. Both were superb. Great stuff.

caffienekitty July 28 2010, 15:40:28 UTC

Absolutely. I love the darkness in this and to my mind that's how Batman should be.

bellatemple July 28 2010, 08:09:38 UTC

OMG I KNOW RIGHT?

Though I think my favorite bit is in the middle of the fight with the five glowy assassins of doom when Red Hood lands after getting hit several times and just kinda casually goes "Ow."

Heeeeeeeell yeah.

caffienekitty July 28 2010, 15:41:20 UTC

Heee! Yeah! :-D

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caffienekitty July 28 2010, 15:49:01 UTC

why some decent amounts of nuance make them go bananas

Because emotional nuance hasn't been very present in North American animation, not to that level of intensity. A lot of it has been more line-reading with emphasis in my experience. There are good ones, but they're rare, I think because for the longest time, animation and voice work hasn't been taken seriously.

I take it you weren't familiar with Jason Todd.

Sounds like a knowledge of the comic canon isn't conducive to enjoying the movie. :-/

izhilzha July 29 2010, 04:45:54 UTC

Sounds like a knowledge of the comic canon isn't conducive to enjoying the movie.

I wouldn't say that, actually. One of my first Batman purchases as a new fan was A Death in the Family, which is what you see right at the beginning of the movie here (Robin/Jason being beaten to death by the Joker). And I LOVED this movie. :)

caffienekitty July 29 2010, 05:20:08 UTC

Yeah, mileage seems to vary on knowing the story before watching. I guess it depends what people go in expecting.