Oh! I recorded my latest podcast yesterday and for it I had to watch Batman: Year One. Now, for the record, I like Batman. You may know this already. I despise Batman: Year One as a story because Frank Miller hates women. Either way, I had to be the controversial one and say that I don’t actually like Frank Miller. I understand the importance of the book, but really, this is moreso Jim Gordon: Year One than it is Batman.
Either way, Ben Mckenzie doesn’t really nail it on Bruce Wayne’s voice or Batman’s inner monologue, but he nailed young Batman’s speaking voice. The fan favourite is, naturally, Bryan Cranston as Jim Gordon. But for me, it was Alex Rocco as Carmine Falcone that was the best. I couldn’t describe it like this one the podcast because it’s PG, but it’s seriously a “Fuck you, yes, I’m Italian and I’ve smoked Cuban cigars since I was four years old, pass the goddamn Chianti before I shoot your nuts off” voice. I don’t know if I liked Katee Sackhoff as Sarah Essen because she had about five lines in the entire movie. Same goes for Eliza Dushku as Catwoman.
The animation was nothing more than a love letter to David Mazzuchelli’s art in Year One, which is what I was expecting based on the preview we saw before the screening of Green Lantern: Emerald Knights back in June. That’s not to say it wasn’t fantastic, because it was. I loved the animation much more than I loved Mazzuchelli’s art.
There are rumors floating around that there’s going to be one of the Dark Knight books adapted as a film, and I really am not looking forward to that. At all. No mas Frank Miller, por favor. Gracias.
