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  Arkham Asylum Fan Film 2007

  ★★★★ Rewatched 28 Nov 2023

  Miguel Mesas García's iconic live-action fan tribute to Grant Morrison and Dave McKean's seminal Batman comic 'Arkham Asylum' perfectly captures the book's hauntingly beautiful, unnervingly gothic atmosphere and visuals.

  García's versatile voice acting over a phantom-like Batman and a grotesquely nightmarish, almost melting Joker (both portrayed by Adrián Miranda), the repurposing of Danny Elfman's score from 'Batman Returns,' and García's stellar blocking, lighting, and cinematography choices make me wish they had attempted an actual short film.

  Although it would require…

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  Batman: The Killing Joke 2016

  ★ Watched 26 Nov 2023

  I remember the 2008 Deluxe Edition of 'The Killing Joke' being one of my three entry points received on my 20th birthday into the world of comics, alongside 'The Dark Knight Returns' and 'Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth.' (Five years prior, the underwhelming 'Joker' graphic novel by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo was my first 'Batman' comic after riding the Heath Ledger hype.) Said Deluxe Edition was completely recolored from the garishly loud purples and yellows of…

Popular reviews

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  Dumb and Dumber 1994

  ★★★★ Rewatched 30 May 2022 1

  I'll take "Underrated Banger '90s Film Soundtracks" for $400, Alex.

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  The Batman 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Mar 2022 2

  Matt Reeves' iteration in Batman's ever-growing cinematic legacy involves a deep psychological exploration of an emotionally stunted Bruce Wayne and his violent crusade against crime. He took emotionally-harrowing portrayals you would find in similar comic book tales such as 'Ego', 'The Man Who Falls', and Grant Morrison's horrifically and beautifully surreal 'Arkham Asylum' and steeped Bruce's journey in a deliberate sense of realism and plausibility that a ruthless vigilante could feasibly exist in our present day.

  While not an inherently…