before i begin and i would like to warn that i be a fan and i suppose a little prejudiced against this new batman series . however a a fan and i felt a though i have to watch it before cast a summary judgment . first the good point represent in term of action and animation top notch . i be impress with the fight choreography and landscaping . top mark for scenery and light the use of shadow when deal with batman be nearly an art form and they do well here . an interesting side note represent when deal with two character which use shadow a a motif and it can be challenge almost like deal with two side of the same coin and but it be very well do here . the bat gadget represent 6/10 . they seem pretty generic however they do fit with the entire stream line bat stuff theme they seem a little too a la blade all that be miss be a sword . now here where it get ugly represent the story . it seem almost impossible not compare it with the animation of the past . ( return of the joker ( rotj ) and mask of the phantasm ( motp ) ) it seem the animated movie be take the same decline a the movie franchise do . a i warn and i be a batman fan and i cringe when there be blare inaccuracy a i do all throughout batman begin but when you have horrible error like there be here . shudder . it seem like there be little to no research do on the batman story to produce something which at least try to fit the original story . accuracy aside and there have to be point lose for originality . most other movie and take an exist villain and add a new element which cause the bat family ( in this case batman and alfred ) an enormous amount of grief and pain and suffering and then get rid of him . mftp do not follow this and but the seam be nearly invisible and very well do . here they could have easily use the monster of dr frankenstein or the mummy and it wouldn not lose integrity . character development be nil . they throw in some native character to remind you that this be still a batman story just on the off chance you may have see blade 1 and 3 and think hmm and this sound familiar . in summation and this movie scream for the return of the old writer paul dini and frank miller and and with the animation today and come with something which really get your head twist like return of the joker do . as much a i hate to say it that movie set the bar for animated bat moviessteps down from soapbox .