Batman vs. Robin

Taking influence from The works of Scott Snyder as well as Grant Morrison, this film is well put together. It's Honest about what it is, and executes a father and son conflict well, in the context of Batman. This makes the story on a different level, relatable to viewers.

Certainly an improvement over the sequel "Son of Batman" with a better story and chracter exposition this movie was worth the watch.

Solid story with some great character exposition and nice pacing. Very good visuals and music composition. Great voice acting and dialogue/writing. The antagonist was decent and had motives and a detailed background.

Overall an enjoyable movie with great character dynamics mainly between the father and son and a solid execution.

Memorable: No. Rewatchable: Yes

I must say that i was a little bit skeptical before watching this one. "Batman vs Robin" is a Sequel to the 2014 DC animated movie "Son of Batman" and while i definitely enjoyed watching that one i didn't really think it was good. The sequel is also based on parts of the comic book " Court of Owls" from the "Night of the Owls" Storyline and as someone who read the comic i must say that it combines those two stories pretty good.

The biggest difference to the source material is Damian who, once again, seems more to be the protagonist rather than his father. So the writers realized that it would be better to make him more likable than in the first movie where he was basically an almost unbearable prick. But here he's a little more like an actual child and it works for the most part especially when Bruce tries to build a relationship with him. Their scenes together are the best in the movie along with the good action which extremely profits from the great animation.

The writing, in general is pretty decent and the voice actors do a great job portraying these characters especially Jason O'Mara who is probably my second favorite Batman by now, after Kevin Conroy of course.

I won't spoil it, but i want to mention that i really like the ending of this movie. It's not written in a way that this type of story normally ends with and it's also a bit emotional showing that Bruce and Damian really care for each other. It also leaves a bit open ended to set up a sequel which i normally don't really like that much but i'm okay with it here because i'd like to see another movie from this series especially when the third one improves as much on the second one as this one did on the first. Because then we probably could talk about the best animated Batman movie up to this point.

The story is good, Damian's troubled personality is an interesting problem, the "eyes-wide-shut" Court of Owls is a great collective member for Batman's rogue gallery, and Talon's suit is nice. In my opinion, the script had some bad decisions in its final part, but the outcome was positive anyway.

Thanks to a more personal and emotional story for its title characters, Batman vs. Robin is a stronger sequel that's emotionally satisfying, dark and surprisingly violent even if the court of owls are kinda wasted.

Jason O'Mara and Stuart Allan both give even better performances this time around due to their characters relationship and struggles being front and centre. Jeremy Sisto is a solid villain, mostly because of his extremely imposing voice.

The animation has also improved slightly with some really impressive fights throughout that are undoubtedly some of the best in the animated department. The music by Frederik Wiedmann is once again good without being too memorable.