First, I must give credit to the animation, fight scenes, and the animators. It looks great. Batman and Nightwing's voice actors do a great job.
I enjoy the concept of Batman having a son and what their dynamic could be. I like Damien despite other fans' view of him. His arrogance and entitled behavior is understandable. No affection or love was given to him, just expectations and praise when he fought well from his mother and grandfather.
My first big issue is the lack of depth or emotion in this film. There could have been more care or happiness or statements of such from Batman learning that he had a son. Good can be born from bad things happening. Raven is an example of this. Sure Batman is going to treat Damien the same as Dick and other Robins he fathered, but learning he had an actual son should warrant a bit of reaction. Their relationship could be something important to show. This boy needs some kind of warmth even if it's small. A child that basically has had no care mentally or emotionally needs something. The movie really likes stating things in dialogue rather than showing it. The audience can see that the kid is cold, show us something from the other characters rather than have them joke about him not being a human.
A minor issue is the bad voice acting for Deathstroke. The general dialogue in this movie is weak.
But the BIGGEST issue in the film is the fact that they ignore that Batman was r*ped. Talia Al Ghul is a bad person. She was gaslighting Batman by telling him that he enjoyed it despite her slipping him dr*gs. Can a woman ever be in the wrong in these movies? It's so wrong to treat a horrible thing like it's nothing. Making it seem fine by saying that he enjoyed it is evil of the writers. Men can be the victims in sexual assault too. Maybe it doesn't fit their narratives that men can be victims. And this isn't the only instance of DC writers glossing over men getting r*ped. They did this also in the Batman and Harlequin movie.
The issue isn't necessarily that it happened in the story, the issue is that they treat it like it isn't a horrible, traumatic crime.
These writers need to be fired.
I enjoy the concept of Batman having a son and what their dynamic could be. I like Damien despite other fans' view of him. His arrogance and entitled behavior is understandable. No affection or love was given to him, just expectations and praise when he fought well from his mother and grandfather.
My first big issue is the lack of depth or emotion in this film. There could have been more care or happiness or statements of such from Batman learning that he had a son. Good can be born from bad things happening. Raven is an example of this. Sure Batman is going to treat Damien the same as Dick and other Robins he fathered, but learning he had an actual son should warrant a bit of reaction. Their relationship could be something important to show. This boy needs some kind of warmth even if it's small. A child that basically has had no care mentally or emotionally needs something. The movie really likes stating things in dialogue rather than showing it. The audience can see that the kid is cold, show us something from the other characters rather than have them joke about him not being a human.
A minor issue is the bad voice acting for Deathstroke. The general dialogue in this movie is weak.
But the BIGGEST issue in the film is the fact that they ignore that Batman was r*ped. Talia Al Ghul is a bad person. She was gaslighting Batman by telling him that he enjoyed it despite her slipping him dr*gs. Can a woman ever be in the wrong in these movies? It's so wrong to treat a horrible thing like it's nothing. Making it seem fine by saying that he enjoyed it is evil of the writers. Men can be the victims in sexual assault too. Maybe it doesn't fit their narratives that men can be victims. And this isn't the only instance of DC writers glossing over men getting r*ped. They did this also in the Batman and Harlequin movie.
The issue isn't necessarily that it happened in the story, the issue is that they treat it like it isn't a horrible, traumatic crime.
These writers need to be fired.