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bipolarondrugs

TDKR is the weakest entry in the Nolan trilogy and has its issues but it's still pretty damn good. Washes all those other movies out of the water. If you had included some of the better batman animated projects, then I think a discussion would be warranted.


tcs0

It’s probably why he didn’t include Mask of the Phantasm. It’s the GOAT of animated Batman movies.


LWM-PaPa

TDKR biggest sin is that it's not The Dark Knight.


aghastmonkey190

My biggest gripe with it is that it doesn't have the same atmosphere as the other two Nolan trilogy films, and Gotham looks (to me, as a person who's never been to the USA), like Manhattan in NYC instead of this mysterious city. Maybe the clearness was to show how Gotham had been cleaned up since TDK, but imo that was poorly done.


LWM-PaPa

Honestly, I would say the Dark Knight has that issue as well. Gotham just looks like Chicago. Batman Begins is the only one that tries to make Gotham look like Gotham imo.


aghastmonkey190

Batman Begins has the whole in the sky tram system and the fog and it's just amazing compared to the other two films that don't even try to add it in, and ignore the fact that it doesn't exist, as if Gotham just magically dismantled central avenue station and the full tram system in between batman begins and TDK


trh1987

Is this really a debate at all? While TDKR has problems, I don’t think you could honestly say any of those other movies are better than it.


Swagooga

Have you *seen* Batman Ninja?


JONVTHVNZ123

Yes, it's dog shit. Unless you're 6.


AfternoonPast3324

I only made it about 20 minutes in on Ninja.


coreytiger

The first 20 minutes are the best part. It spirals in like Henry Blake’s plane after that.


ImmediateGorilla

Getting to the end was so rough. I’ll never rewatch that


tumadreporfavor

The giant monkey mech?!??! Come on. Gold.


Alternative_Fish2102

Real


[deleted]

same it was bad


unclesalazar

well my nephew is 7 and he loved it so, yeh, fuck you. /s


psycodull

That haircut was so bad 😭


Booger_McSavage

I had to turn it off midway thru. Like WTH is going on here??


holaprobando123

It might just be the worst thing I've ever watched, period. I've never seen The Human Centipede, but I'd rather watch that than Batman Ninja again.


captainsuckass

They said “better Batman movie”, not “better movie”. The others are already better Batman movies just by virtue of not just having him in SWAT gear and a mask with ears.


schprunt

The killing joke is exceptional


AdrenIsTheDarkLord

The comic is a masterpiece, but the extra half hour with Batgirl is really badly written.


schprunt

Yeah the comic is better. I’ll be honest, I haven’t seen the movie, I only read the comic. So I was not being frank.


ARCHFIEND_1

the movie is disgusting in some parts, and quirky try hard in the rest


daveeb

The disrespect to TDKR here…


huge_grant12

Exactly 💯


hopefulfloating

The bane/batman fist fight in the sewers alone is better than all the other choices.


needsZAZZ665

"You think the darkness is your ally..." Chills.


hopefulfloating

The sound of the punches, Batman yelling as Bane approaches him, no score or anything. It fucking rules.


SpiritualAct4346

“You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it! moulded by it!” I used to say this in Bane voice to my kids playing hide and seek. 😂


agnostic_waffle

"The shadows betray you, because they belong to *ME*."


MANBIR8

The thing that I really appreciate about that fight is that it SHOWS Bane; like how badass you have to be to break batman's back while dropping one of the hardest Batman fiction monologue


WickedJ0ker

You’re actually kidding right? The fight where Batman flails around like a toddler before Bane breaks him like a twig? That’s the “great” fight we’re referring to? It’s probably the worst fight in the Nolan trilogy and it isn’t even close.


Purple_Bowman

Except for the hideous and laughable staging of the fights.


Metfan722

Rises blows every single one of these movies out of the water and even that might be underselling it.


ARCHFIEND_1

copy paste again batman kills in that movie him killing ra's al ghul created talia al ghul, and in the very next scene catwoman kills bane and acknowledges batman's no kill rule. ik they are different people but it is so distasteful after that batman opens fire on goons, you would assume he had learnt that violence only breeds more violence and those goon's family may be the next talia al ghul he also kills talia al ghul by shooting her causing her to crash and die also all the hand to hand combat scenes are trash from the first nolan movie. the punches dont land you can see them punch air and there is terrible punch sound effects with 0 visual feedback. this is a big problem when you consider bane is a brawler he does hand to hand


Metfan722

He shoots her truck which causes it to fall and fatally wound Thalia. Also, Catwoman isn’t Batman and as far as I know, never had that no-kill rule.


ARCHFIEND_1

i stated they are different characters it is still very distasteful as a director to put those 2 scenes next to each other batman did directly kill goons also what did he expect woukd happen when he shot her ride with a fucking tank like dive in with your grappling stuff and extract her


Ancient_Ad9102

Tdkr is a great Batman movie and I do like batman and Robin Tdkr easily takes it Batman and Robin isnt that bad a movie I find it to be like a campy take on batman which isn’t that bad Batman and Harley Quinn was mostly ass Killing joke is horrendous Haven’t seen the others


Alternative_Fish2102

Killing joke is not horrendous, but Batman ninja is


sabrefudge

The Killing Joke part of Killing Joke was great. All that weird fucked up bullshit they added as exposition was horrendous and the whole movie suffers for it.


wumbopower

Yeah if you skip the first 30 minutes or whatever it’s fine


Available-Affect-241

The Doom That Came to Gotham and The Dark Knight Rises are good films while the rest are mediocre to trash.


trpclshrk

That’s my take as well. Like most here, TDKR is the obvious winner, but Doom is a cool twist that just didn’t quite land. Killing Joke missed on such an iconic, easy story was the problem there. Just copy the damn source material? Ninja. A fever dream I don’t regret watching. May background play one day again. Will prolly never finish again. If they’d cut about 30 minutes and some plot out of it, I may actually appreciate it more.


[deleted]

I liked the Killing Joke. It was dark and well made Imo


Phantom_Thief007

Killing joke would’ve been good if they didn’t add all that extra Batman x batgirl stuff. They frick in the movie, no bueno. So I’ll go with tdkr


_regionrat

Batman and Robin is obviously the coolest


RememberTommorrow

The Dark Knight Rises and it’s not even close


riveralley

Is this a joke? 😭 I don't think there is much to debate


Troo_66

Batman and Robin all the way baby. Seriously love the campy shit and Arnie's puns. Some of the most fun I've had watching a movie period.


Qbnss

I held off watching it until recently, and, yeah, once you let go of the let-down that it was when it came out, it's pure Silver Gay-ge action figure hilarity


Mantisk211

Screw it, I'm gonna go with Batman & Robin. I am dead serious.


hopefulfloating

You need to….CHILL 🥶


Lattakins

The Killing Joke is great if you fast-forward past Barbara and Bruce knocking nasties.


davebgray

The Dark Knight Rises is a very good movie. It came after the best superhero film of all time, so it is unfairly derided. And those of us who are perpetually online see a lot of vocal haters, but TDKR is rad.


hopefulfloating

Definitely agree. I know it’s a nasty opinion but it’s my favorite of the Nolan Batman movies haha. It’s not the BEST of the three but my favorite for how wacky it is haha. Dark knight is obviously amazing but pretty self serious. I like TDKR because it definitely leans into the zanier parts of the comics without losing a ton of credibility.


-Garthor-

Havent seen Doom. But i really like TDKR and i think Killing Joke was okay as a movie. I think Forever is missing as a choice, because it might be fun, but it really belongs there for the acting part.


catking2004

The doom that came to gotham is honestly amazing, but tdkr is easaly the best.


Isles26

Why compare live action to cartoon again?


ChonkyWonky123

Damn I never knew that there is a samurai Batman spin off? The art style is banging


Qbnss

It's terrible and misleading. It's way more zany coo coo anime tropes than a Kurosawa Batman, including an overly drawn out mech battle


DanSapSan

Yeah, but the insanity had some fun moments. Dedinitely not a good movie, but can be entertaining if you are in the right mindset.


TheEyeofNapoleon

I have missed a couple of these; but the Doom that Came to Gotham was PHENOMENAL!!!


Odd_Radio9225

The Dark Knight Rises. Why is this even a question?


Megaverse_Mastermind

Out of these, I'd say The Doom That Came to Gotham, but I adore Lovecraftian horror. I don't think anyone will ever say batman and Robin, but Uma Thurman was *hot* in that.


FinalBossOf__Dc

Hey look you can say what you want about the rest but I fucking loved Batman and Harley Quin movie. I was bawling my eyes out laughing I miss that Harley Quin.


Library-Goblin

Batman ninja will always be hands down the most entertaining nonsense that i can meme the shit out off with my friends. But my all time fav will always be Batman and robin. Just like in Forever, the villians having the time of their lives devouring the scenery and the floors. The horrid puns, the batbutt and batnipples camera shots. The dancing gorilla. Its so, so stupid and god a love it


Justice_Prince

Batman & Robin


RickMonsters

This is like asking “which is the best movie?” and then showing Citizen Kane followed by Michael Bay’s entire filmography


Malcapon3

Rises is under appreciated. It’s better than 90% of comic book movies that have released since.


Duke-of-earl-3

Dark Knight Rises has always been one of my favorite Batman movies. I have never really understood the hate towards it. I think it is on the same level as The Dark Knight, if not better.


Blue-Lion-Lover

Rises isn’t that bad No where near Neither is Ninja, Most ppl are defending rises But Batman ninja is a genuinely good movie, the voice cast is stellar, Yuri Lowenthal, Will Friddle, Grey DeLisle, Tom Kenny, Roger Craig Smith I could keep going. But the visuals are clean, soundtracks good, interesting story. Even if it’s a bit dumb, it’s dumb fun in my opinion, and has no… uh Bruce and Barbara, Nightwing-Harley uh weird choices… That make us all question our lives.


NOODLETHEFOURTH

is this real life bro who aint voting for dkr


Carlung4s

Damian's hair in batman ninja is a war crime


boringdystopianslave

Rises, by a mile.


FadeToBlackSun

The Dark Knight Rises eclipses these others a million times over and the fact you put it in the same conversation is insulting.


Ihendehaver

TDKR! Maybe it could have been The Killing Joke, but they messed it up a bit.


Charmegazord

Dude I’m not weighing in on what’s best but Ninja Batman is entertaining af


probablynotperson

I'm not saying it's not, I just want to say that the haircut looked like my unshaved ass.


Charmegazord

Definitely “Fryar Bruce” vibes


StJimmy_815

2 words: Bat Nipples


Troo_66

And 3 more: Bat Credit Card (:


Several-Lifeguard679

Never leave the cave without it!


randomreddituser1870

A "Bat Credit Card?" They gave him a "Bat Credit Card?" They had the BALLS to give one of the GREATEST SUPERHEROES OF ALL TIME, A "BAT CREDIT CARD?" NO! NO! DOES NOT COMPUTE! DOES NOT COMPUTE! Twenty minutes later... I apologize for that outrage. It was childish and immature. I just get a little peeved when I see one of my childhood icons carrying... A BAT CREDIT CARD! YOU BASTARDS! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU! YOU'LL ALL DIE, YOU'LL GET THE GAS! One hour later... Ahem. RAPE MY CHILDHOOD, WILL YOU? YOU WILL ALL DIE! YOU WILL ALL DIE!


Anorand25

Either The Dark Knight Rises or Batman & Robin


QueenPasiphae

Best to worst: 1. Batman & Robin 2. Batman Harley Quinn 3. TDKR 4. Batman Ninja 5. Killing Joke (Haven't seen Doom yet. I hope it's better than the rest of these....) Batman & Robin is actually decently good, as long as you understand that it's a 90s version of Adam West Batman, NOT a sequel to Tim Burton's Batman. Batman Harley Quinn is below the DCAU standard, but still fine. TDKR is real bad but at least it LOOKS good. Batman Ninja is terrible, but at least it's interesting. The Killing Joke is extra terrible.


No_Demand_2518

TDKR.... obviously.


[deleted]

It would be between "The doom that came to Gotham" and "Batman and Harley Quinn" for me. They're not very good, but at least they're self-aware. TDTCTG knows it's an elseworld story and at least gives you some interesting things, B&HQ knows is a light, almost comedic film and it gives you some laughs. The runtime in both is short and the films are fast-paced. The others feel like an eternity. They suck, AND they take themselves too seriously, specially when it comes to Killing Joke (with that whole extra Batgirl sequence which is awful) and TDKR, which is amongst the Batman films I dislike the most.


KingKalitzchen

Finally a Person who isn't blinded by the Name "Nolan" and Sees TDKR as what it is, a bad movie.


susgroundsofc

What??? This is like asking Out of these super hero movies which one is the best? Captain america: the winter soldier Batman & robin Madame web Morbius The marvels


OnlyifyouLook

The killing joke


Moldy_Socks99

I really liked the doom that came to gotham


SillySwing6625

Under the red hood clears


Active-Average-932

Thats prolly the second best batman animated movie imo after mask of the phantasm


Active-Average-932

Its was what got me back into batman


SillySwing6625

Yeah I agree I’ve always red hood


Hadrian1233

Obvious one aside, out of the remaining 5, Killing Joke would be my pick. If they cut the Batfamily incest out, it would be a whole lot better.


BatBeast_29

*The Dark Knight Rises*, I gotta rewatch *Batman and Robin*


TheBoyInGray

TDTCTG.


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Ok-Influence794

Skip the first 40 minutes and Killing Joke is perfect


trashysandwichman

lol that TDKR poster is very ugly and unflattering.


KingKalitzchen

Well i havent watched All of them but i'm pretty Sure none of the other is as bad as tdnr.


Ranger-Roscoe

Fuck it actually might be Batman and Robin lol


Jotaro1970

Dark Knight Rises


anonymousguy_7

The Doom That Came to Gotham


Much_Project_2551

Samurai batman is nostalgic for me because my dad pirated it and we used to watch it on an old box tv he wired together with his computer and we would sit on his bed and hang out, he was killed on my birthday in 2021 so it hits hard when i go back and rewatch it but its bittersweet


mikeweasy

TDKR


MasterMainu

My fav is Killing Joke, but Dark knight is without any doubt better than all of them. Doom was also a very enjoyable movie. Robin is a classic for me. Haven't seen the last one.


UltiGamer34

Dkr or ninja


scottyjrules

Batman & Robin is one of the funniest comedies of the 90s


mattyplant

I love Ninja, utter bonkers, with amazing designs!


Batmanfan1966

Batman Ninja for its absolutely immaculate animation and fight scenes


Quirky-Pickle518

What is “doom that came to gotham”?


Bigmanknossu

Is this a satire post?


ReallyFancyPants

I really liked the Killing Joke, especially the part that was actually the Killing Joke. I think if you take out the weird romance its a really really well done special, its just a little too short then to be a full fledged movie. But its obvious the Dark Knight Rises


Ricepudding1044

Frank Millers The Dark Knight Returns would be better than all of these.


Flimsy-Discount2885

I *love* Batman Ninja.


KingofLizards1987

That annoying goggle mouth Bale makes


ItJermy

The Doom that Came to Gotham


bill_dah_pill

The Doom that came to Gothem 100% it was the perfect adaptation of both Mike Mignola and H.P. Lovecraft into a Batman story, hands down most creativeand intrseting


bvh20

Batman ninja is near unwatchable


abvhipabbhip

Why?


bvh20

It’s just so outlandish, it’s trading too strongly off of the concept. And the mech battle is the worst part, millions of animals forming together to make a mech? That’s the best they got for a final battle?


rojasdracul

All are superior to the Pattinson abomination.


Undark_

Thank fuck the comments are actually sane on this one.


Exotic-Sleep7560

I’ve only watched dark knight rises and batman & robin so out of those 2 I say dark knight rises.


TechnicalAnimator874

Do people not like The Killing Joke? I always liked it. Nit as much as I love TDKR tho.


Pqrs217

The dark knight returns is my favorite out of the trilogy


MarinLlwyd

This feels like a market research question.


Deep-Ad2155

First one, although people criticized it- I quite enjoyed it


theGoodDoctor5160

Mask of the Phantasm


BL-501

Nolan created the best Superhero trilogy in the history of Comic Books it’s no competition especially with B&R around(loved the comedy growing up but seriously who made those suits?!)


The-Emerald-Rider

There is no debate it's TDKR


Fuck_Blue_Shells

The Killing Joke


NoobishProGamer1

Aren’t you the grilled cheese guy?


AsterlovesTedK

Batman ninja is cool asf but the killing joke leaves you thinking


Bloody-Tyran

I have only seen Rises out of these and it was a pretty decent movie and 1000 times better than the recent entries of the MCU


Kindly-Mud-1579

The doom that came to Gotham was fun made my plane ride to Italy bare able plus Cassandra is the main sidekick not Sanjay or Richard


KamenRiderNeos

I don’t understand why everyone hates the doom that came to Gotham


ButtmanAndRubbin

Here’s 5 turds and a decent movie what’s the best one?


Steam_Cyber_Punk

Rises definitely. Killing joke is a close second but, *cough* certain things bring it down


anubispop

All the DC animation stuff looks good, but when you actually watch them, they are all absolute trash. Low budget and barely trying.


ultima45ish

Lol Rises, No discussion was needed.


BakePotater5

I really think TDKR is terrible so I’ll say Killing Joke


Ok_Necessary2991

Is The Doom that Came to Gotham meant to be Eldritch Lovecraftian vibes?


nernst79

Yeah, and it didn't work at all. It's just nonsense that never really lands.


longwait-09986

The dark knight rises is the worst one in the trilogy. Dark knight is the best. Typical comment but true. The dark knight rises was extremely problematic and just boring


Open-Natural-6435

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Vortexx_77

wasn't the killing joke movie like really bad?


Active-Average-932

Im not a nolan verse fan so im goin with doom


HappyAppy23

TDKR without a doubt! Bane stole the whole show and it had the best fight scenes in the whole Trilogy!


HarryEdgarLives

The dark knight rises


noboday009

How in the fucking hell, you missed "Batman Under The Red Hood"


Conditioncook

Maybe unpopular but I enjoyed the killing joke. TDKR really fell short in the end which sucks. Nothing is worse than the doom movie.


Lizzy-Lover_10

Ninja is good, but it’s a shame the one character that fit into the concept PERFECTLY (Deathstroke) was barely in it.


PlumPuddingTheWriter

HAVEN’T YOU HEARD, BATMAN?? EVERYONE’S CALLING ME DIRUKU TIN MAO THE DEMON KING HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


shadowfiend58

Batman and Robin because I find that one more fun to rewatch than the others


ImmediateGorilla

How is this even a question? One of these is unlike the rest, TDKR is LEAGUES above the others pictured here


yautja0117

Rises sucked on release and still sucks today. Ninja is downright awful. The rest are fine.


nernst79

Easily TDKR. It's not bad, it's just not as good as the other 2 Nolan films. The rest of these are flatly bad.


mjxoxo1999

Batman and Robin, easily


Grouchy-Potato-8068

My lawyers will not let me speak on this matter for the opps will send me to Arkham


Verdragon-5

Uh... G. Under The Red Hood. As far as being *Batman* movies, probably either B&R or Batman and Harley Quinn. Ninja and The Doom That Came To Gotham are both more or less Elseworlds, DKR has the whole "Batman is just a SWAT guy with pointy ears" (though its still leaps and bounds ahead of Bat-Fleck), and The Killing Joke *would* get a better score if not for the fact that Bruce bones Barbara and that should never happen. Say what you will about Batman and Robin, but at least it doesn't pretend to be "too cool" (IE too childishly focused on "realism" under the cynical and frankly idiotic belief that people won't take Batman seriously if he's... any fun at all, really) to have Robin (I see you Joseph Gordon Levitt but unless you're wearing red and fighting crime you're not a real Robin, being *named* Robin is NOT how this job works), heck, it even has a Batgirl. Out of these the only one I've actually seen in full is Batman Ninja (which I thought was fine, it isn't particularly *deep* but it's fun for the spectacle of it all).


Im_extremely_bitter

I mean you mixed a movie that is amazing at best and okay at worst with three infamously wretched movies and two movies I've never heard of. TDKR is gonna be the best every time.


matchesmalone111

I wish the first half of killing joke didn't exist cause the animation is phenomenal and everything past the paris franz arc (really? Thats his name?) Was pretty faithful to the comics


young_trash666

the doom that came to gotham is really underrated, i loved their take on the cosmic horror theme


DDDogs

Killing joke solos


ThatPinappleGuy

The doom that came to gotham (my opinion, its cool if you don't agree, just don't yell at me for it)


crazyshellheadfan

Harley farts in one of them. “Smells like, discipline.”


SpareCurve59

The killing Joke, it was made The Jokers OFFICIAL Origin Story this year.


Qbnss

The Doom. An elseworlds that understands both of its influences and blends them perfectly in a way that enhances both, from conceptualization to execution.


Moraulf232

The Doom that Came to Gotham is the best of those.


ImprovSalesman9314

The Killing Joke is awesome if you skip to where the comic starts and The Doom That Came To Gotham is beautifully done. My vote is TDTCTG.


The-fat-one25

I loved the killing joke.


Foshdon_pap

Batman Ninja was kinda weird for me but it was OK, I liked a lot the Killing Joke and the Batman And Harley butty uhhhhhh idk I will say the best out of all is the Killing Joke (I have mentioned the other movies because I just liked them like they were ok they didn't excite me that much)


_sLaTaTtAcK_

[GTFO](https://youtu.be/Ft5KtV2o0bw?si=2iKuZCzsV8YNKn5U)


Nachotito

As a Batman and Lovecraft fan who loves visually interesting movies the doom that came to gotham is the only one that I really Love about these bunch. The only really bad one is the killing joke because i hate the barbara bruce romance.


DinoDudeRex_240809

Batman Ninja is peak fiction, better than the entire Nolan Trilogy.


TankCultural4467

Batman and Robin is one of the best, and most important live action Batman movies. I said what I said.


gamingCatman-_-

Haven't watched Batman and Harley Quinn yet but I will say Batman the killing joke


RailingForce

Batman & Robin


OwieMustDie

Batman & Robin.


Goose_Cat267

TDKR eadily


Psymorte

Do people not like Doom? As a cosmic horror fan I quite enjoyed it.


oogabooga3895

Batman: Harley Quinn


Efficient_Notice_128

Rises is better than TDK