Film Reviews & Movie Analysis

A Movie a day in the Month of May
Day 16 pick

I am a big fan of the DC Animated Universe (DCAU), it encompasses all the grit of the DC universe that the live action movies left out, and explores more characters in a shorter amount of time. These movies tend to be on average on 70minutes long so it also makes for a nice short movie if your stuck for time.

Batman: Hush is a stand out movie for me specifically as it draws in a lot of the villains from the Batverse, as well as exploring the relationship between Batman and Catwoman, as well as between Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle.

It’s a turning point in the progression between these two characters where we tend to either see the pair as they meet, or after they’ve known each other for a very long time.

Past this aspect of the movie we went on a journey to find out who the seeminging unbeatable villain ‘Hush’ was. This, like I mentioned, meant that we saw more villains than ever feature in a single movie whilst having a formidable mystery for us to solve. This movie now ranks third on my list of the DCAU, after Killing Joke and Batman: Under the Red Hood.

As an additional sell; the DCAU shows a lot of Nightwing as well as Damien Wayne’s Robin, not to mention Red Hood – and outside of Batman’s Gotham the Justice League and each heroes subsequent story arcs. If you’re into the comic world then it’s not to be overlooked.

Keep up with every ‘A Movie a day in the Month of May’ pick on Letterboxd and Twitter